"There is a sense of alienation in the Northeast"
Updated On: 11 January, 2016 08:13 AM IST | | Dipanjan Sinha
<p>A new documentary that highlights the World War II battles fought in northeastern India will soon release on the city's festival circuit</p>

World War II veteran Maurice Bell in a still from the documentary
Filmmaker and critic, Utpal Borpujari and producer Subimal Bhattacharjee have made a feature-length documentary, Memories of a Forgotten War, with stories from the battles of World War II fought in Northeastern India. The film includes the reminiscences of a number of war veterans from Japan, Britain and India as well as war witnesses from Manipur and Nagaland, where some of the most ferocious battles took place in 1944.

(First row from left) War veterans Isobe Kiichi and Roy Welland with (second row from right) companion Ruth Smith, Utpal Borpujari and Subimal Bhattacharjee
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