---
title: 'Joymoti (1935)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jyoti Prasad Agarwala'
released: '1935-01-01'
genres:
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'British Raj'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/joymoti-1935'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151153/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Joymoti (1935)

1935 · History · British Raj


## Synopsis

Joymoti is a 1935 Indian film widely considered to be the first Assamese film ever made. Based on Lakshminath Bezbaroa's play about the 17th-century Ahom princess Joymoti Konwari, the film was produced and directed by the noted Assamese poet, author, and film-maker Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, and starred Aideu Handique and acclaimed stage actor and playwright Phani Sarma. The film, shot between 1933 and 1935, was released by Chitralekha Movietone on 10 March 1935 and marked the beginning of Assamese cinema.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jyoti Prasad Agarwala](https://cinepixo.com/people/jyoti-prasad-agarwala)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jyoti Prasad Agarwala](https://cinepixo.com/people/jyoti-prasad-agarwala)
- **Producer:** [Jyoti Prasad Agarwala](https://cinepixo.com/people/jyoti-prasad-agarwala)
- **Screenplay:** [Lakshminath Bezbarua](https://cinepixo.com/people/lakshminath-bezbarua)

## Cast

- [Aideu Handique](https://cinepixo.com/people/aideu-handique)

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