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Vishal P. Chaliha (born 4 July 1994) is an Indian film director and writer from Guwahati, Assam. He is known for his feature film Sijou (2021)[1][2][3], which premiered at the 52nd International Film Festival of India.[4][5][6] Sijou was theatrically released in Assam in 2022.
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| Born | 4th July, 1994 |
| Alma mater | Gauhati Commerce College |
Early life and education
editVishal Chaliha was born in Guwahati, Assam, India. He completed his schooling at Disneyland High School in 2011. He later pursued higher secondary education in Commerce at Srimanta Shankar Academy, Guwahati, completing it in 2013. Chaliha earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Management from Gauhati Commerce College[7] in 2016.
Family
editChaliha’s mother, Preeyam Chaliha, is a film producer based in Assam, India. She is best known for producing the documentary The Tai Phakeys, which won the Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film[8] award at the 55th National Film Awards,2007.[9][10]
Chaliha is related to several political figures from Assam, including Kuladhar Chaliha,[11] Bimala Prasad Chaliha[12], Paragdhar Chaliha[13], and Kirip Chaliha.[14]
Film Career
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During his college years (2013-16), Chaliha was actively involved in theatre and participated in several productions across India. He performed at theatre festivals organized by institutions such as the National School of Drama.[15] He also performed in the stage production Anupam Andhaar (2016), written by Padma Shri Arun Sharma and directed by Manik Roy.
During his college days,he frequently collaborated with his friend Maharshi Tuhin Kashyap with whom he shared ideas and experimented with visual storytelling. Together, they created short films as a means of learning cinema through practice and observation. Maharshi Tuhin Kashyap later became an alumnus of the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI)[16] and gained recognition for his student films, including The Horse From Heaven[17] and Kok Kok Kokook.[18][19] During this period, he documented life around a garbage dumping ground in Guwahati. While working there, he observed the living conditions of people residing near the site, including a boy who aspired to become a police officer.This experience led them to create a short documentary titled Sabdhan(2017),[20] named after the boy featured in the film. The documentary was screened at film festivals[21], including the GoldenTree International Documentary Film Festival[22] in Frankfurt, Germany. After returning from Frankfurt in 2017, Chaliha started working on his first feature film based on a traditional slavery system that had existed in parts of Bhutan[23].This concept eventually developed into his debut feature film Sijou[24].
During the post-production of Sijou, Chaliha travelled to Mumbai for the film’s sound design and re-recording. There, he collaborated with sound designer and re-recording mixer Debajit Changmai[25], a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)[26], who is known for his work on films such as The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Beyond the Clouds[27] etc. Changmai went on to handle the sound design and final mix of Sijou.
The film premiered at the 52nd International Film Festival of India[4] [28], 2021 and was subsequently screened at several international film festivals[29], including the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne,[30] Chicago South Asian Film Festival, Festac Africa, IFF Art Film Festival Košice[31], Bengaluru International Film Festival. [32]. During its screening at the South Asian Film Festival of Montreal, the jury citation described Sijou as:
“An original genre period piece about jungle warfare in Assam, in which Bodo boys fend off evil invaders. Lord of the Flies meets Enter the Dragon.”[33]
In the year 2025,Sijou was also screened at film festivals and cultural events organized by Indian diplomatic missions, including the Consulates General of India in South Korea[34], Scotland [35]as part of initiatives to promote Indian cinema abroad. The Consulate General of India in Slovakia selected Sijou for screening at IFF Art Film Festival,Kosice[36] alongside other Indian films such as RRR, Gangubai Kathiawadi, Kalki, and 12th Fail as part of its initiative to promote Indian cinema in Slovakia.[37]
In addition to feature films, Chaliha directed the documentary Someday(2023), based on the life of retired Deputy Conservator of Forests Dharanidhar Boro[38], known for his work in rhinoceros conservation[38] in Assam. The documentary premiered at the Kolkata International Film Festival.[39]
References
edit- ↑ NEWS, NE NOW (November 27, 2021). "Assam: Bodo film Sijou screened at IFFI, unveils brutality of feudal system in Indo-Bhutan border".
- ↑ Tribune, The Assam (February 8, 2021). "Sijou selected for Montreal film fest". assamtribune.com.
- ↑ "The fourth Kimolos International Film Festival unveils its selection". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. June 9, 2022.
- 1 2 "IFFI52 Indian Panorama film 'Sijou' unveils the brutality of the feudal land tenure system prevalent across Indo-Bhutan border until 1958".
- ↑ Desk, Sentinel Digital (November 5, 2021). "Four films from Assam in IFFI". The Sentinel - of this Land, for its People.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ↑ Today, North East (November 6, 2021). "5 Northeastern Films Selected For Indian Panorama Section Of IFFI - Northeast Today".
- ↑ News, A. N. N. (April 1, 2022). "'Sijou' is my dream, passion, and present reality – Vishal P. Chaliha".
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ↑ "National Awards Winners 2007: Complete list of winners of National Awards 2007". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
- ↑ Computer, Dream. "Awards, Bollywood Famous Awards". www.mazaindia.com.
- ↑ "DIRECTORATE OF FILM FESTIVALS".
- ↑ REPORTER, STAFF (September 15, 2010). "125th birth anniversary of Kuladhar Chaliha". assamtribune.com.
- ↑ "Bimla Prasad Chaliha". The Nehru Archive. January 7, 1912.
- ↑ "Paragdhar Chaliha".
- ↑ "Kirip Chaliha".
- ↑ "I have Never Believed In Anything Called A Target Audience: Vishal P Chaliha - THE STORY MUG". March 30, 2022.
- ↑ "Assam to BUSAN: Maharshi's 'KOK KOK KOKOOOK' Flies High!".
- ↑ Das, Tina (September 29, 2022). "India's Oscar entry, Tuhin Kashyap's The Horse from Heaven is right mix of myth and magic". ThePrint.
- ↑ "Kok Kok Kokoook - The Film Verdict". September 24, 2025.
- ↑ "Busan International Film Festival". Busan International Film Festival.
- ↑ "SABDHAN TO BE SCREENED AT BUDAPEST AGAIN". 13 March 2018.
- ↑ "VISHAL PRITOM CHALIHA'S 'SABDHAN' TO BE SCREENED AT UNITED KINGDOM". India Today NE. March 8, 2018.
- ↑ "Golden Tree International Documentary Film Festival".
- ↑ "Remembering The Father of Modern Bhutan, His Late Majesty the Third Druk Gyalpo Jigme Dorji Wangchuck and Celebrating Teachers Across the Country". www.dailybhutan.com.
- ↑ Sijou (2021) | MUBI. Retrieved 2026-01-07 – via mubi.com.
- ↑ "Debajit Changmai is awarded the Assam Highest State Award". FutureWorks.
- ↑ "Assam's Debajit Changmai invited as a voting member at Oscar 2018". guwahatiplus.com.
- ↑ Desk, Sentinel Digital (December 23, 2022). "Ruling the World of Sound". The Sentinel - of this Land, for its People.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ↑ NewsDesk, T. N. M. (November 7, 2021). "Five films from Northeast in IFFI's Indian Panorama".
- ↑ Kumar, Arun (January 14, 2022). "Virtual DC South Asian Film Festival from Jan 16 to 30".
- ↑ "Indian Film Festival Of Melbourne". iffm.com.au.
- ↑ "Sijou (2021) - details about the film | IFF ART FILM 2025 | CINEPASS". aff.cinepass.sk.
- ↑ "Regional language filmmakers laud Karnataka's film policy". The Times of India. March 17, 2022 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
- ↑ "SAFFM 2023 – SAFFMontreal".
- ↑ "13th Indian Film Festival : Visit > Calendar of Events".
- ↑ "The Indian Film Festival in Glasgow was inaugurated today at the Glasgow Film Theatre".
- ↑ "IFF ART FILM". IFF ART FILM.
- ↑ "List of films | IFF ART FILM 2026 | CINEPASS". aff.cinepass.sk.
- 1 2 Sharma, Sanjukta (August 14, 2009). "Freedom to be wild | Dharanidhar Boro". mint.
- ↑ "Movie Details of 31st Kolkata International Film Festival". kiff.in.
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