| Aparoopa | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jahnu Barua |
| Produced by | Jahnu Barua |
| Written by | Jahnu Barua J. S. Rao |
| Starring | Biju Phukan Suhasini Mulay Sushil Goswami Girish Karnad Farooq Sheikh Jagdeep Kulbhushan Kharbanda Neelam Sushma Seth |
| Music by | Bhupen Hazarika |
| Cinematography | Binod Pradhan |
| Editing by | Jahnu Barua |
| Studio | Dolphin Films Pvt. Ltd |
| Distributed by | National Film Development Corporation of India |
| Release date(s) | 1982 |
| Running time | 124 minutes |
| Country | Assam, India |
| Language | Assamese and Hindi |
Aparoopa is an Assamese language film directed by Jahnu Barua.[1][2] It is the first feature film of the director[1] and also the first Assamese film produced by National Film Development Corporation of India.[3] It was released in 1982. The film starred Biju Phukan, Suhasini Mulay, Sushil Goswami and Girish Karnad. This film was also made into Hindi titled Apeksha.[2]
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The story is set in the colonial period in Assam. The film deals with a young woman who has to give up her university education for her arranged marriage with a rich tea-planter. The plantation and its social routine become a prison of boredom for her since her husband completely neglects her for his business. Things get worse when she discovers, outraged, that her marriage was for the sake of wiping off a huge debt owed by her father. She considers herself as having been sold to her husband. Then one day an old classmate, now an army officer, visits them. Depressed, she gets drawn to her ex-lover from whom she seeks fulfillment.[1][2][3]