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Village Rockstars

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A 10-year-old girl living in poverty in a village in Assam, India, dreams of owning a guitar and forming a band with the local boys.

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Radheyan Simonpillai NOW Toronto Kids pass the time climbing trees or sinking into the marsh, Das's camera capturing them as lively extensions of nature. Rated: 4/5 Jan 31, 2019 Full Review Barry Hertz Globe and Mail Village Rockstars is confident and sincere, its story unfolding at a languid but controlled pace. Rated: 3.5/4 Jan 31, 2019 Full Review Namrata Joshi The Hindu The most appealing is the persistence and simplicity with which Das subverts gendered expectations and norms. Sep 28, 2018 Full Review Dipankar Sarkar Vague Visages Rima Das captures the milieu of the film with a fundamentally holistic aesthetic and her quest for realism in its purest form. Sep 21, 2023 Full Review Olly Richards Sunday Times (UK) Beautifully played and naturalistically directed. Sep 13, 2022 Full Review Kanishk Devgan Film Companion It tackles gender, identity, rural India, and passion through a personal lens, with Das's family playing much of the Mar 29, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Rima Das's Village Rockstars rocks the mind with it's simplicity, its purity. It bellows through its silence and drowns you in its storyline just to visualise underneath the silence, underneath the poverty, lies the life, lies the dreams. For full review, visit sheerexperience.wordpress.com Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member Excellent directions and story Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A 10-year-old girl living in poverty in a village in Assam, India, dreams of owning a guitar and forming a band with the local boys.
Director
Rima Das
Producer
Rima Das
Screenwriter
Rima Das
Production Co
Flying River Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Assamese
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 4, 2019
Runtime
1h 27m