'Avataran' The upcoming Assamese-language science fiction film directed and produced by Tarunabh Dutta starring Reema Kaif, Ananya Parashar and Devyam Seal, among other actors is set 100 years into the future, where the planet earth as we know it has been destroyed and mankind is in danger. The film goes back in time to the year 2014, a small girl, Panchi and those close to her are involved in protecting an alien life force from other sinister forces, since the alien life force might hold the key to the earth’s survival in the future. The film was shot for over 8 years, with its principal photography starting in May 2012. It was supposed to release in 2020, but the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has postponed it.