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[Full title: Filmography of Dr. Bhabendra Nath Saikia (4) Kolahol (The Turmoil), (Colour), 1989, 112 mins]

Based on Endur (a short story written by Dr. Bhabendra Nath Saikia in 1969)

PRODUCTION

Producer, Director Screenplay and Dialogue: Dr. Bhabendra Nath Saikia,
Music: Mukul Barua,
Cinematography: Kamal Nayak,
Editor: Nikunja Bhattacharya
Date of release: Telecast by Doordarshan in December, 1989

CAST

Runu Devi Thakur, Arun Nath, Bibhuranjan Choudhury, Bidyut Chakravarty, Chetana Das, Krishna Das Nath, Dilip Baruah, Arun Guhathakurata, Dilip Ranjan Datta, Pranjit Das, Jowan Datta, Amulya Kakati, Champak Hatibaruah, Niren Sarma, Indubhusan Gogoi.

AWARD

National Award for Best Regional Film in Assamese, 1988

PLOT SUMMARY

In a ghetto neighbourhood of mixed population, a young woman Kiran lives with her only child Moti. Her husband Binod left for some unknown place in search of better earnings. Trucks loaded with bags of rice move through the narrow lanes of the slum to the nearby warehouses. Whenever there is a jam created by such trucks, children from the poor households run with brooms and baskets to climb on the trucks and collect the scattered rice from the trailer鈥檚 floor. For a long time Kiran receives no news about Binod鈥檚 whereabouts. For her, the only trusted person in the neighbourhood is an elderly man whom she calls Master Khura. He works in a bidi factory as a singer who sings promotional songs for the company. The old man lives alone and tutors small kids like Moti. Meanwhile Kiran begins working in a warehouse as rice cleaner. But an untoward advance of the warehouse manager forces her to leave the job. As a result, shortage of money compels her to send Moti with the other kids to collect scattered rice from the trucks. One fateful evening, in a jam packed road, several heavy rice bags from a loosely packed truck fall over Moti, causing his immediate death. Losing her only child, deeply traumatized Kiran becomes bedridden. On the other side of the story, the truck owner manages the legal matters related to the accident and also throws a feast to appease the local people. The bag of rice which had caused Moti鈥檚 death is being sent to Kiran as compensation. Badal, who worked as the handyman in that ill-fated truck, goes to Kiran with the rice bag. Kiran refuses to accept the bag which still had stains of Moti鈥檚 blood, but Badal leaves the bag in Kiran鈥檚 house. Days pass and gradually Kiran recovers to normalcy. One night, a rat makes a hole in the rice bag. Next morning Kiran seals the hole and caresses the bag by covering it with a quilt. Even in unbearable hunger when she has only water to drink, Kiran doesn鈥檛 take even a grain of rice from the bag. The only desire left in her life was to wait for Binod and have a family again. However, acute hunger forces her one day to open the rathole in the bag.

On the other hand, Badal is very disturbed at the incident and leaves his truck job. He visits Kiran and offers financial assistance, which she readily denies. Feeling pain and love for Kiran, he then shares his mental sufferings with Master Khura, who offers him shelter. Looking at her unending miseries, Badal proposes to Kiran for marriage but she angrily replies that she will keep waiting for her husband. Master Khura too wishes that Kiran settles down with Badal. Thus he leaves on a mission to trace Binod at his faraway ancestral home. Master Khura returns with bad news for Kiran. He hands her evidence of Binod鈥檚 earlier marriage and tells that he is a fraud who keeps on changing places.

Dispersed Kiran, once again tries to stabilize herself. Moti鈥檚 memories and the dream of having life support in the form of a child makes her spend sleepless nights. Finally, one fine morning she freshens herself and sends an invite for Badal. In the closing scene the awaiting woman hears her name being called by Badal, her new choice for life.