Ajay Kumar Mehara
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Ajay Kumar Mehara
One man’s dream keeps alive Nagamese film industry Morung Express
Family
Ajay Kumar Mehara is a filmmaker of north-Indian origin, who lives in Dimapur and passionately identifies with his adoptive state. He is marries to Narola Jamir, an Ao Naga. They have a son and daughter.
Disciplines active in
Mehara is a director, producer, actor and cinematographer.
Education
Under-graduate education: Dimapur Government College (graduated in 1991)
Filmmaking education: The Shankar Mahadevan Institute, Pune
Specialised education in cinematography: Rajiv Film Institute, Guwahati.
Career in cinema
His first Nagamese film: Badla lobo (1996).
His production house: Pooja Film Production, Half Nagarjan, Dimapur.
1996-2012: Number of films produced: 23
The languages in which he has made films: Three in the Poumai, Chang and Yimchunger languages of Nagaland. Non-Naga languages: Assamese, Bengali and Nepali dialects.
Not many others have followed Mehara's example because making films for Nagaland's tiny audience is clearly not profitable. Despite having made around two dozen films, Mehara still does not so much as own a car.
Mehara has also launched of the biggest Nagamese films ever, Fight-Back.
