Village Rockstars movie review: India’s official Oscars entry is too pure for this cruel world
6 years, 3 months ago

Village Rockstars movie review: India’s official Oscars entry is too pure for this cruel world

Hindustan Times  

Village Rockstars Director - Rima Das Cast - Bhanita Das, Basanti Das Rating - 4/5 Village Rockstars movie review: India’s official Oscars entry has been directed, produced, written, edited and shot by one-woman army, Rima Das. Village Rockstars’ closest cinematic cousins are The Florida Project and Beasts of the Southern Wild. But more than Malick and the existential poetry of his films, Village Rockstars’ closest cinematic cousins are director Benh Zeitlin’s 2012 fable about climate change, Beasts of the Southern Wild, and Sean Baker’s 2017 masterpiece, The Florida Project, which Village Rockstars follows right down to its ambiguously euphoric conclusion. But Village Rockstars rewards patience, and in its final moments, earns every right to be called one of the year’s best films.

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Rima Das continues her solitary pursuit with Village Rockstars sequel
1 month ago

Rima Das continues her solitary pursuit with Village Rockstars sequel

The Hindu  

Thiruvananthapuram Back in 2017, Rima Das burst into the film festival circuit as the one-person crew behind the acclaimed Assamese film Village Rockstars. Seven years later, when Ms. Das returns with the sequel Village Rockstars 2, not much has changed in her approach, she says, despite the access to funds and support that came with the acclaim that her films …

Rima Das says popularity of 'Village Rockstars’ wasn’t reason for sequel
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Rima Das says popularity of 'Village Rockstars’ wasn’t reason for sequel

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai, Filmmaker Rima Das says it was the unique narrative of her beloved film Village Rockstars, rather than its popularity, that influenced her decision to create a sequel. Rima Das says popularity of 'Village Rockstars’ wasn’t reason for sequel Das made "Village Rockstars", an Assamese-language coming-of-age film about a 10-year-old girl Dhunu, who befriends a group of boys and dreams …

Rima Das on Village Rockstars 2 competing at BIFF: Wasn’t sure if film festivals would be interested in sequels
4 months, 1 week ago

Rima Das on Village Rockstars 2 competing at BIFF: Wasn’t sure if film festivals would be interested in sequels

Hindustan Times  

Sequels and franchises are not only dominating the mainstream entertainment landscape globally, but are also an emerging trend in the independent cinema space. Filmmaker Rima Das' acclaimed 2017 film Village Rockstars, which won Best Feature Film at the 65th National Film Awards and represented India at the 91st Academy Awards, has a sequel. Rima Das {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Village …

Animation film set in Ahmedabad climbs the Cannes ladder
8 months ago

Animation film set in Ahmedabad climbs the Cannes ladder

Hindustan Times  

At the Marché du Film, the largest film market in the world at the Cannes Film Festival beginning next week, is a rare animation film project from India. Heirloom, an Indian animation film in development at the Cannes film market beginning next week, revisits Ahmedabad's fabled textile traditions Part of five projects in development selected by the Hong Kong - …

The hate dogged our Oscar entry: Why must India persist in sending the wrong films to the Academy Awards?
3 years, 2 months ago

The hate dogged our Oscar entry: Why must India persist in sending the wrong films to the Academy Awards?

Firstpost  

Shoojit Sircar’s film isn’t perfect, but the political correctness of not showcasing our unhealed wounds on the world stage is another jarring piece in a wrong pattern My father, who was a historian, used to say, “History is rewritten so many times by so many successive empires and governments that it eventually becomes not what it actually was but what …

Aadukalam, Andhadhun, Sairat, Kammatipaadam, Mahanati, Village Rockstars: 100 great Indian films of the 2010s
5 years ago

Aadukalam, Andhadhun, Sairat, Kammatipaadam, Mahanati, Village Rockstars: 100 great Indian films of the 2010s

Firstpost  

Technically, as a friend pointed out to me this week, 2020 is not the start of a new decade, it is the final year of the decade that began in 2011. Drishyam / Malayalam / 2013 Director: Jeethu Joseph Dum Laga Ke Haisha / Hindi / 2015 Director: Sharat Katariya 16. Nil Battey Sannata / Hindi / 2016 Director: Ashwiny …

Zoya Akhtar’s ‘Gully Boy’ is India’s official entry to Oscars 2020
5 years, 3 months ago

Zoya Akhtar’s ‘Gully Boy’ is India’s official entry to Oscars 2020

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Director Zoya Akhtar’s musical drama Gully Boy starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt has been selected as India’s official entry to the Academy Awards in the foreign film category for next year. The award is given annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the US that …

Featuring the North-East is definitely a priority: Filmmaker Rima Das
5 years, 10 months ago

Featuring the North-East is definitely a priority: Filmmaker Rima Das

Live Mint  

Even as the acclaim lavished on her earlier feature, Village Rockstars, settles slowly, Rima Das is busy showing her next feature, Bulbul Can Sing, at film festivals. Following the film’s debut at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, where it was well received by critics, it was shown at the Busan and Singapore international film festivals. When I started …

Rima Das on Village Rockstars' elimination from Oscars race: Love we've got is beyond any of our wildest dreams
6 years ago

Rima Das on Village Rockstars' elimination from Oscars race: Love we've got is beyond any of our wildest dreams

Firstpost  

Village Rockstars is set in Das’ own village of Chhaygaon in Assam, with Bhanita Das in the lead. The road to the Oscars has ended for Village Rockstars director Rima Das. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on 17 December announced that nine films have advanced to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category …

India’s official entry Village Rockstars by Rima Das is out of Oscar race
6 years ago

India’s official entry Village Rockstars by Rima Das is out of Oscar race

Hindustan Times  

India’s official entry for the best Foreign Language Film category at the Oscars 2018, Village Rockstars, is out of the race for the honour, as is Iram Haq’s Norwegian drama What Will People Say, starring Indian actors. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on Monday announced that nine films have advanced to the next round of voting in …

Rima Das' Village Rockstars out of race for Best Foreign Language Film at Academy Awards 2019
6 years ago

Rima Das' Village Rockstars out of race for Best Foreign Language Film at Academy Awards 2019

Firstpost  

Village Rockstars is set in Rima Das’ own village of Chhaygaon in Assam. India’s official entry for the best “Foreign Language Film” category at the Oscars 2019, Village Rockstars, is out of the race for the honour, as is Iram Haq’s Norwegian drama What Will People Say, starring Indian actors. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on 17 …

With Village Rockstars going to the Oscars, director Rima Das is on a high
6 years, 1 month ago

With Village Rockstars going to the Oscars, director Rima Das is on a high

The Hindu  

In what might be a first of sorts, Rima Das’s Village Rockstars, India’s nominee this year for the foreign film Oscar, has been picked by American Cinematheque, Los Angeles and Museum of Modern Art, New York, as part of their annual Oscar contender screenings: one of the ‘innovative, influential’ films they’ve picked as having ‘lasting historical significance’. Rima’s Facebook wall …

Rima Das' Village Rockstars receives financial support from Assam government for Oscar promotions
6 years, 2 months ago

Rima Das' Village Rockstars receives financial support from Assam government for Oscar promotions

Firstpost  

After struggling to raise funds to promote her film Village Rockstars in Hollywood as part of the Oscar campaign, filmmaker Rima Das is happy to have received financial support from the Assam government. Last year, Village Rockstars was a festival favourite which bagged the National Award and even won the Golden Gateway Award at the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. …

Village Rockstars movie review: Rima Das' film is a work of art
6 years, 3 months ago

Village Rockstars movie review: Rima Das' film is a work of art

Deccan Chronicle  

Director: Rima Das Cast: Bhanita Das, Basanti Das, Kulada Bhattacharya There’s a word in Japanese — mingei — describing an art movement, especially in pottery, that began in the 1920s. Rima Das’ Village Rockstars, which she has not just written, directed and produced, but also shot and edited, is one such rare piece of cinema. The movie, which Das declares …

Village Rockstars movie review: India's entry to Oscars is aesthetically brilliant but doesn't strum the heartstrings
6 years, 3 months ago

Village Rockstars movie review: India's entry to Oscars is aesthetically brilliant but doesn't strum the heartstrings

Firstpost  

Last week, Rima Das’ coming-of-age Assamese film Village Rockstars was selected as India’s official entry to the Best Foreign Film category of the 91st Academy Awards. After over a year of globetrotting at various international film festivals and winning multiple National Awards, Village Rockstars will finally hit the screens this Friday on 28 September. She also works towards it practically …

Village Rockstars: Adil Hussain urges govt to grant Rs 5 cr for promotion of Rima Das' Oscar-contender
6 years, 3 months ago

Village Rockstars: Adil Hussain urges govt to grant Rs 5 cr for promotion of Rima Das' Oscar-contender

Firstpost  

Noted Assamese actor Adil Hussain has urged the government to release Rs 5 crore for the promotion of Rima Das’ Assamese film Village Rockstars ahead of the Oscars, where it will represent India in the Best Foreign Language film category. 👉 After selecting Village Rockstars, jury says there’s acute lack of funds to promote film at Oscars | The Indian …

Against all odds!
6 years, 3 months ago

Against all odds!

Deccan Chronicle  

Director Rima Das has added yet another feather to her cap. The film, which has garnered applause at over 70 film festivals and bagged the Best Feature Film trophy at the 65th National Film Awards, tells the story of a 10-year-old village girl, Dhunu, who despite her impoverished circumstances, dares to dream of forming a rock band of her own …

Assamese film Village Rockstars is India’s official entry to Oscars 2019
6 years, 3 months ago

Assamese film Village Rockstars is India’s official entry to Oscars 2019

Hindustan Times  

Assamese film Village Rockstars is India’s official entry for Oscars 2019 in the Best Foreign Language film category. Rima Das’ Assamese film Village Rockstars beat Raazi, Padmaavat, Hichki among other hits to be selected as India’s official entry to Oscars 2019. An eminent jury constituted by FFI under the chairmanship of producer Rajendra Singh Babu chose Rima Das’ much-feted films …

‘Village Rockstars’ is India’s official entry to Oscars 2019
6 years, 3 months ago

‘Village Rockstars’ is India’s official entry to Oscars 2019

The Hindu  

In a major victory for northeastern indie cinema and female filmmakers, Rima Das’ National Award-winning Assamese film Village Rockstars has been selected as India’s official entry to the 91 Academy Awards, 2019. “It’s the first Assamese film to be sent as an official entry, in fact first from the northeast,” says Utpal Borpujari, film critic and filmmaker. The 12-member selection …

Rima Das' National Award-winning film Village Rockstars to release in India on 28 September
6 years, 3 months ago

Rima Das' National Award-winning film Village Rockstars to release in India on 28 September

Firstpost  

Mumbai: After winning the Best Feature film Award at the 65th National Film Awards, Rima Das’ directorial Village Rockstars, an Assamese movie, will release across India on 28 September. The film, which had its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and India premiere at the Mumbai Film Festival 2018, has been screened in more than 70 international and …

Manto, Village Rockstars to be screened at Singapore South Asian International Film Festival 2018
6 years, 4 months ago

Manto, Village Rockstars to be screened at Singapore South Asian International Film Festival 2018

Firstpost  

The Singapore South Asian International Film Festival 2018 will have a diverse mix of feature films, short films, and documentaries, which include films from India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, and Afghanistan. Actor-filmmaker Nandita Das' Manto, Afghan director Siddiq Barmak’s Osama and Rima Das’ Village Rockstars are among the films to be screened at 2018’s Singapore South Asian International Film …

Newton wins Best Film, Rima Das's Village Rockstars bags two awards at 3rd BRICS Film Festival
6 years, 5 months ago

Newton wins Best Film, Rima Das's Village Rockstars bags two awards at 3rd BRICS Film Festival

Firstpost  

BRICS Film Festival took place in Durban along with the International Durban Film Festival from 22-27 July. Durban: Amit Masurkar’s Newton won the Best Film and Rima Das’s Village Rockstars bagged two awards at the third edition of the BRICS Film Festival here. Newton, which features Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi, Anjali Patil and Raghubir Yadav in lead roles won the …

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