How does one watch a movie with eyes welling up, frequently, and a lump in the throat? An inconsolable Assam and the Assamese community across the world will answer that beginning Friday, as Zubeen Garg's labour of love, Roi Roi Binale, hits the screens. As thousands flock to cinema halls, Zubeen is doing in death, and in a much bigger way, what he did in life—bring people together and boost Assamese cinema.
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Roi Roi Binale loosely translates to crying inconsolably, with pauses. Zubeen Garg plays a blind singer who fascinates about the sea. The poster shows him stooping over to touch seawater.
Zubeen, who since the 90s shaped Assam's music industry and later single-handedly revived its cinema, died in Singapore on September 19 during a sea outing. He was 52. In several interviews, he spoke how he had put his heart and soul into Roi Roi Binale.
"This story has been with me for 19 years," Zubeen Garg told author Rita Chowdhury in his last interview, conducted days before of his death. He was working on it actively for the last 3 years.
And something miraculous has been taking place in A
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