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Assam govt writes to film distributors of north east asking premium slots for The Sabarmati Report

December 4, 2024

Guwahati: The Assam government has written to the film distributors of the Northeastern region requesting for allotting premium slots to ‘The Sabarmati Report‘.

The film is based on the Godhra train burning incident. “It has been observed that the movie The Sabarmati Report has been widely discussed and appreciated among the people of Assam and they have expressed immense enthusiasm in watching the same in cinema halls throughout the state,” said Assam’s Minister for Information and Public Relations department Pijush Hazarika in a letter to the film distributors of Northeastern region.

Hazarika wrote, “On behalf of all the movie enthusiasts of the state, I would like to request you to take necessary steps to release and screen the movie in all the cinema halls of Assam from next Friday i.e. December 6, 2024, for a week at 2 pm and 5 pm slot,” Hazarika’s letter said.

Exhibitors find themselves in tight spots. An Exhibitor who does not want to be named said, “We are screening it however there is not much response from the audience.There are advance bookings online for Pushpa 2, which is set to be released on Thursday (December 5)”.

In 2022, the film The Kashmir Files received patronage from the government, when the Assam government even declared half day leave for the state government employees to watch the movie.