Published Paper Details:

Food has served as an integral part of an individual's life since time immemorial. Without food there is no sustenance and in the absence of sustenance how can there be any life. However, in the modern context food is much more than a simple need- essential for survival. Food indicates culture, lifestyle and even status. Food has in the global era cut through the barriers of region and culture uniting people in the joy of celebrating life through something it sustains. In this regard, food shares a lot of similarities with movies. If one endows the body with sustenance, other replenishes the mind. If one is essential for the growth of the body, other for developing the mental faculties. Similar to how a well-balanced diet ensures the smooth and effective functioning of the body, a well-made movie engages and stimulates the mind to the fullest. In this paper, I shall be probing an inquisitive inquiry as to what possible interpretations could be drawn from concocting both in an artistic quest for answers pertaining to culture and human psychology. I shall endeavour to find whether culture compliments human psychology or the latter is rather developed as a resistive response to the former. In this paper, I shall be probing an inquisitive inquiry as to what possible interpretations could be drawn from concocting both in an artistic quest for answers pertaining to culture and human psychology. In doing so, I shall be primarily focusing upon two movies directed by the Assamese filmmaker Bhaskar Hazarika- "Aamis" and "Kothanodi".