A still from the film, Lwrgi. Picture by P. Brahma Choudhury

Kokrajhar, Aug. 10: Bodo society could find itself facing some prickly questions when the first full-length Bodo film on tribal militancy hits the big screen next month.

Lwrgi, subtitled Ore, is about a militant group that calls itself Daogafu and professes to be fighting for social justice and against corruption. It depicts the way women are recruited and trained as militants and the difficulties ordinary people face whenever a military operation is launched.

The film ends with the militant group realising the futility of violence and all its members returning to the mainstream of society after laying down arms.

Coming at a time when the Bodo community is yearning for a break from violence, Lwrgi is expected to strike a chord among audiences in an area that has witnessed almost continuous bloodshed for several years now.

Manzil, the scriptwriter-director of the film, said he had always wanted to make a “realistic film” mirroring the predicament of the Bodo community. “It does not have a romantic pair because we wanted to make a realistic film.”

Most of the scenes in Lwrgi were shot in and around Kokrajhar. The sets depicting militant camps were built within the Chakracha Wildlife Sanctuary and the Bavkungri Hills.

The director said a few more scenes would be shot in Sikkim and Meghalaya within the next couple of weeks.

The cast of the film includes some well-known names from the nascent Bodo film industry, including Joba, Mahesh, Pulshri, Navaseep, Tofan Kushal and Manzil himself.

Krishna is the music director of the film and Sulekha, Bigrai and Budhang have lent their voices to the six songs.

Apart from being the first full-length Bodo film to deal with the subject of militancy, Lwrgi is poised to change the way films in the language are made and marketed. It is already the costliest Bodo film ever.

Lwrgi is basically a sequel to Manzil’s previous venture, Mwkthangkor Hajwni Kwnawi Solo (The untold story of the green hills).

Baukungri Films Centre, the production house behind Lwrgi, has produced 10 films so far. Its last two films — Or and Mwkthangkor Hajwni Kwnawi Solo — were hits. The producers and the director expect Lwrgi to be an even bigger box-office success.

“We are sure the film, though a realistic one, will find favour among the masses,” Manzil said.

The pomotional blitz for the film has already begun.