III Smoking Barrels

III Smoking Barrels
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySanjib Dey
Written bySanjib Dey
Produced byAmit Malpani
StarringSubrat Dutta
Indraneil Sengupta
Siddharth Boro
Shiny Gogoi
CinematographyAnil B.Akki
Edited byPraveen Kathikuloth, Dattatraya Ghodke
Music byMichele Josia, Anurag Saikia
Production
company
Malpani Talkies
Distributed byPanorama Studios
SSR Cinemas
Kamakhya Films
Release dates
Running time
127 minutes
CountryIndia
Languages
  • English
  • Hindi
  • Assamese
  • Bengali
  • Meitei
  • Nagamese

III Smoking Barrels is a 2017 Indian drama film written and directed by Sanjib Dey[1][2][3] and produced by Amit Malpani[2] under his banner Malpani Talkies. The film is an anthology of three stories exploring three socio-political issues encompassing Northeast India. The film also seamlessly uses six spoken languages[4] which is considered a unique feat in Indian cinema history.[5]

III Smoking Barrels premiered at the 2017 Durban International Film Festival,[6][7] followed by its European premiere at the 2017 International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg[8][1] where it was screened in the International Competition section. The film premiered in India at the 22nd International Film Festival of Kerala.[9][10] It won the Silver Palm Award[11] at 2018 Mexico International Film Festival[11] for Best Narrative Feature.

The film was released in India on 21 September 2018. An official trailer[12][13][14][15] of the film was released[16][17] on 20 August 2018.

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  2. ^ a b "How two young men from small-town Assam gave the Northeast its first big budget multi-lingual film". The Indian Express. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  3. ^ "'III Smoking Barrels' director Sanjib Dey hopes high about Northeastern cinema - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  4. ^ "III Smoking Barrels tackles social issues through six languages". mid-day. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  5. ^ "How two young men from small-town Assam gave the Northeast its first big budget multi-lingual film". The Indian Express. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
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  12. ^ "III smoking barrels Archives". Pratidin Time | Leading News Channel of Assam | Breaking News Assam. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  13. ^ "The Assam Tribune Online". www.assamtribune.com. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  14. ^ "তিন মাত্রার রক্ত-মাংসের গল্পকে এক সুতোয় বেঁধেছে থ্রি স্মোকিং ব্যারেলস" [The three-dimensional blood-meat story is tied in a tune "The Three Smoking Barrels"]. ebela.in. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  15. ^ "III Smoking Barrels: Here's the trailer of India's first multilingual film". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  16. ^ ANI (17 August 2018). "Poster of India's first tri-lingual film 'III Smoking Barrels' unveiled". Business Standard India. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  17. ^ "III Smoking Barrels | filmfare.com". www.filmfare.com. Retrieved 17 January 2019.