Doordarshan Eti Jantra

The story goes back to the 1980s. A strange machine arrives in a village, and its name is TV. Crowds scramble to see the black and white set kept in the house of the wealthiest family. Villagers dig a hole and raise a bamboo pole with an antenna on top, a mechanic turns it back and forth, and the picture mostly looks like a snowstorm, while people of all sizes crowd the floor. These cherished moments naturally unfold as television makes its debut in the village.

The film is based on the play Ekhon Gaonot Eta TV Asil by Himanshu Prasad Das, an alumnus of the National School of Drama. Rajesh Bhuyan directed and co-wrote the screenplay with Santanu Rowmuria, while Das and Rowmuria wrote the dialogue. Sanjiv Narain produced for AM Television. The cast includes Jatin Bora, Utpal Das, Prastuti Parashar and Munmi Phukan.

It opened on 2 September 2016 in almost 50 theatres in Assam and Meghalaya, and became a superhit in Assam. It had its world television premiere on Prag News on 16 April 2017.

In Rajesh Bhuyan's filmography, Doordarshan Eti Jantra came after Junbai (2005) and Janmoni (2011) and was followed by Konwarpurar Konwar (2017).