Private Project

Mother's Affection

A university student travels to a village in the film to carry out a field research. Upon meeting the rural woman, she feels compelled to return with her artistic and cultural memories of her mother, who passed away unexpectedly.

  • Bishal Swargiary
    Director
  • Bishal Swargiary
    Writer
  • Bishal Swargiary
    Producer
  • Helina Daimary
    Key Cast
    "Heli"
    Wild Swans ( Gorai Phakhri )
  • Kalpana Brahma
    Key Cast
    "Rupali "
  • Harsyajit Kr Goyary
    Editor
  • Harsyajit Kr Goyary
    Sound Design
  • Chiranjit Ramchiary
    Cinematographer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Aaini Onnai
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    20 minutes 39 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 19, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    600,000 INR
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    Bodo (India)
  • Shooting Format:
    Sony fx3
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • NEFVTA Film Festival
    Guwahati
    India
    December 15, 2024
    Official Selection
  • Baripada Indigenous Short Film Festival
    Baripada, Odisa
    India
    December 13, 2024
    Winner, Best Cinematographer
  • Eikhoigi Imphal International Film Festival
    Imphal
    India
    February 7, 2025
    Manipur Premiere
    Official Selection
  • North East India Film Festival, Manipur
    Manipur
    India
    February 13, 2025
    North East Premiere
    Official selection
Director Biography - Bishal Swargiary

Writer, producer and director of independent films. He was born in a small village in the Assam region of northeastern India. He oversees Duphang Pictures, a company that supports locally based indie films. He uses amateur actors in his independent, realistic films. He firmly believes that art and culture may affect local social transformation! He has starred in the Assamese feature film "Iron Girls" directed by Rajen Das. At the Bajali College, he pursued a degree in Tourism and Travel Management. At the Melbourne Indian Film Festival in 2022, "Gosain: The Colours Of Spring" had its world premiere and was showcased at the International Documentary and Short Film Festival Kerala (IDSFFK), 2022.
His debut feature film Mwnabili ( An Evening Ballad ) was selected for the NFDC Filmbazaar viewing room section in 2023 and is currently in post-production.

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Director Statement

I was raised in the far-off village of Paschim Rihawari in the Indian state of Assam's Baksa district. The language of the film is Boro, also called Bodo, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Boro people of India, Nepal and Bangladesh. It is an official language of the Indian state of Assam, predominantly spoken in the Bodoland Territorial Region.

There exists an abundance of words in this world. From this end of the earth to that end, there is no end to words. However, mother is the tiniest and most ideal term when surrounded by false compassion. Oh, Mother, just one word is so full of honey. This word has just one letter in it. Despite the word mother being so short, sweetness has every quality that no other word can match.

Life is not simple without a mother; we need her at every step, when we eat, when we go to school, and she teaches us every step of the way. For every mother, the food she prepares herself is an emotional experience for her children. I don't have my mother; she died two years ago. Feelings teach humans many things; with this short film, I dedicate the love of all mothers in this world.