Guwahati, Nov. 9 -- Traditional cane craftsmanship from a remote village in Assam's Barpeta district has found a prominent place on the silver screen in Nitesh Tiwari's newly released mythological epic 'Ramayana', starring Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Rama and Ravie Dubey as Lakshman.

Master artisan Jaynal Abdin, a resident of Jania Banglipara village in Barpeta district, led a 15-member local team over a span of three-and-a-half years to handcraft 30 to 35 pieces of the specialised cane-and-rubber armour featured in the film.

Speaking to ANI, Abdin recalled that the project first reached him around three-and-a-half years ago through Abdul Malek of the local organisation Gram Unnayan in Jania, rather than directly from the film's production ho...