Aranya

Jayanta Baruah, an idealistic young man, becomes a forest ranger in a reserve forest. There he meets Pratap Duwara, who trades in timber but also smuggles illegal timber and takes part in rhino poaching. Jayanta blocks his illegal business, and Pratap tries various ways of tempting him, but the ranger stays loyal to his ideals. Jayanta also meets Krishna, an unspoilt Nepali girl who lives in the forest with her father Bahadur, a skilled hunter who is tied to Pratap's poaching. Their friendship becomes love. Pratap, who has taken many poor women by the force of his money, covets Krishna, who has no interest in him. When all his attempts to win Jayanta over fail, he plots to kill him.

In Mangaldai, then a very underdeveloped town, football-loving young men formed the United Club, and their wish to try something new grew into the idea of a feature film. Assam then had little film infrastructure and every task required a trip to Kolkata, but an enthusiastic young man, Samarendra Narayan Dev, led the dream. Money was raised from donations by local people, so that the producer was effectively the entire town regardless of caste, creed or religion. The film made two firsts for India: a full-length film produced from public donations, and a film completed under a club's supervision. Samarendra Narayan Dev directed, the music is by Sudhin Dasgupta, and the project was produced by Mangaldai United Production.

Aranya won the National Award for Best Assamese Film. It dealt with wildlife protection and forest conservation before India passed the Wild Life Protection Act in 1972 and the Forest Conservation Act in 1980, and is considered a strong early voice on the subject.

In Samarendra Narayan Dev's filmography, Aranya was followed by Putala Ghar (1976) and Sunor Horin (1979).