In this paper I am discussing the Translation of Dr. Bhabendra Nath Saikia’s Assamese novel “Antoreep”[1] into English as “The Hour Before Dawn”[2] by Maitreyee Siddhanta Chakravarty and also the movie adaption of the first part of the novel as “Agnisnan”[3] by the writer himself.

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