Baghjan

A prosperous oil and gas field surrounds the little village where the fisherman Manab lives with his wife Bharabi. One day, while oil is being extracted, a huge explosion sets the whole community ablaze, and the fire claims Bharabi's life. Manab cannot cope. In the flames he believes his wife is still alive and tries to talk to her.

Dohutia wrote and directed the 75-minute film, made by MAYAMARA art and culture in Baghjan, Tinsukia district, as an Indo-German co-production. Before it travelled to the Cannes Film Festival in 2022, he publicly objected to the state government's plan to send four people from the film business, including bureaucrats, in his place, and said he would go himself to represent the film, and asked the state to meet the costs of his crew.