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 the Foreign Language Film category for the 91st Academy Awards, according to the official Oscars website. and Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India are the only Indian films that made it to the top five in the Best Foreign language Film category at the Academy Awards, but none have won the honour. “Made the shortlist of the Oscars for foreign language,” tweeted the Academy Award winner, whose film is set in the early 1970s and is a semi-autobiographical take on his upbringing in Mexico City.

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Rima Das says popularity of 'Village Rockstars’ wasn’t reason for sequel
1 month, 3 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 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
7 months, 4 weeks 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 - …

National Award-winning director Rima Das’ film to premiere at Toronto film festival
2 years, 5 months ago

National Award-winning director Rima Das’ film to premiere at Toronto film festival

Hindustan Times  

TORONTO: National Award-winning director Rima Das’s latest feature Tora’s Husband, set in the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic, will be the first Indian film to be featured in the prestigious Platform section of the Toronto International Film Festival next month. A still from director Rima Das’ film Tora’s Husband, which will have its world premiere at TIFF in September and …

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

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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 …

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

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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 …

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

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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 …

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