A 15-minute Assamese movie ‘Mur Ghurar Duronto Goti’ which loosely translates to ‘The Horse from Heaven’ has qualified to be sent as an entry for the Oscar Awards in the short film fiction category, its director Maharshi Tuhin Kashyap announced.
The film tells the story of a man who believes that he has the fastest horse in the world and wants it to win all races in the city, but what he actually has is not a horse but a donkey. The 27-year-old director says, “Now that we have succeeded in qualifying for the entry, it is a dream come true.” The movie was made as a student project at the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI), Kolkata, and recently won the best film award at the Bengaluru International Short Film Festival (BISFF), an Oscar-qualifying film festival.
“We are happy to announce Horse from Heaven directed by Maharshi Kashyap is the winner of the Indian competition section at the Bengaluru International Short Film Festival 2022 and will qualify as an entry to the Academy short competition section (fiction),” BISFF Festival Director Anand Varadaraj said.
The director, who has also written the film’s script, used Assam’s 600-year-old dying story-telling art form Ojapali to narrate his tale. Ojapali performers tell stories from mythology by singing, dancing, using gestures and having humorous conversations with the audience during their performance.
