What if we could share our feelings with the people we love — freely, without holding back, without the fear of being misunderstood?
Story
A quiet, deeply felt film rooted in longing, memory, and the words people never manage to say aloud.
Khuje Khuje Jibon begins with that one question. It is a story about the things we mean to say and never do — the love that waits a lifetime to be spoken, and the people who go searching for it anyway.
The title borrows its heartbeat from a song of the same name — one Papon once sang for us in Dooronir Nirola Poja, and that a generation of "Paponists" carried with them ever since. That song asked the question in melody. This time, we tell it in full.
Music & Songs by Bishrut Saikia, carrying that same musical heartbeat forward into a new story.
Shot against the rich, unhurried landscapes of Jorhat, the film reunites director Dhruva J Bordoloi with veteran actor Mintu Baruah, whose decades-long career spans collaborations with stalwarts from Bhabendra Nath Saikia to Bhupen Hazarika. Dooronir Nirola Poja marked a turning point in his career, winning him the Sailadhar Barua Award 2017 — and now he returns to a story that, in many ways, brought him there. He's joined by Mridupawan Parasher, Nilakshi Hazarika, and Shipisikha (Bhaimon Da). The film also features Dr. Jayanta Das, one of Northeast India's most respected psychiatrists, who brings over 15 films and web series of acting experience to the role.
From the maker of Dooronir Nirola Poja — winner of Best Debut Director and Best Editor at the Prag Cine Awards 2017 — this is a quiet, deeply felt story told the way Dhruva J Bordoloi's cinema has always been known to tell one.