Film Reviews by Debanjali Biswas
India Cultural Forum , 2019
Axone
Film review
October 21, 2019
For a mouth-watering meal, smoked pork stirred with ax... more Axone
Film review
October 21, 2019
For a mouth-watering meal, smoked pork stirred with axone (akhuni) or fermented soya bean-paste, chives, bamboo shoots and ghost pepper is irreplaceable. In Director/Writer Nicholas Kharkongor's film, Axone these become ingredients for chaos. Kharkongor visualises food as a metaphor for belonging, as well as ethnonationalism. Those attempting to cook, are friends who live and eat together and primarily belong to communities who live in the northeast side of India. They form a myriad cast going about their everyday life as aromas of the piquant axone spreads through the neighbourhood.
Indian Cultural Forum, 2017
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Film Reviews by Debanjali Biswas
Film review
October 21, 2019
For a mouth-watering meal, smoked pork stirred with axone (akhuni) or fermented soya bean-paste, chives, bamboo shoots and ghost pepper is irreplaceable. In Director/Writer Nicholas Kharkongor's film, Axone these become ingredients for chaos. Kharkongor visualises food as a metaphor for belonging, as well as ethnonationalism. Those attempting to cook, are friends who live and eat together and primarily belong to communities who live in the northeast side of India. They form a myriad cast going about their everyday life as aromas of the piquant axone spreads through the neighbourhood.
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December 12, 2017
https://archive.indianculturalforum.in/2017/12/12/a-letter-to-a-filmmaker/