| Assamese cinema | |
|---|---|
 Gold Digital Cinema in Golaghat; Gold Digital Cinema is one of the largest multiplex chain of Assam | |
| No. of screens | Approx. 82 in the state of Assam[1] |
| Main distributors | ASFFDC AM Television Dolphin Films Pvt. Ltd[citation needed] |
| Produced feature films (2022)[2] | |
| Total | 32 (Theatrical) |
| Gross box office (2019) | |
| Total | ₹10 crore (US$1.2 million) |
Assamese cinema (formerly Jollywood) is the Indian film industry of Assamese language. It is based in Assam, India. The industry was born in 1935 when Jyoti Prasad Agarwala released his movie Joymoti. Since then the Assamese cinema has developed a slow-paced, sensitive style. In the beginning the industry were called Jollywood,[3][4] for Agarwala's Jyoti Chitraban Film Studio.[5]
Despite its long history and its artistic successes, for a state that has always taken its cinema seriously, Assamese cinema has never really managed to break through on the national scene despite its film industry making a mark in the National Awards over the years. Although the beginning of the 21st century has seen Bollywood-style Assamese movies hitting the screen, the industry has not been able to compete in the market, significantly overshadowed by the larger industries such as Bollywood.[6]
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- ^ "List of feature films Certified in 2022" (PDF).
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- ^ Lakshmi B. Ghosh, "A rare peep into world of Assamese cinema", The Hindu, 2006