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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.

Critics Reviews

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Radheyan Simonpillai NOW Toronto 01/31/2019
4/5
Kids pass the time climbing trees or sinking into the marsh, Das's camera capturing them as lively extensions of nature. Go to Full Review Barry Hertz Globe and Mail 01/31/2019
3.5/4
Village Rockstars is confident and sincere, its story unfolding at a languid but controlled pace. Go to Full Review Namrata Joshi The Hindu 09/28/2018
The most appealing is the persistence and simplicity with which Das subverts gendered expectations and norms. Go to Full Review Dipankar Sarkar Vague Visages 09/21/2023
Rima Das captures the milieu of the film with a fundamentally holistic aesthetic and her quest for realism in its purest form. Go to Full Review Olly Richards Sunday Times (UK) 09/13/2022
Beautifully played and naturalistically directed. Go to Full Review Kanishk Devgan Film Companion 03/29/2021
It tackles gender, identity, rural India, and passion through a personal lens, with Das's family playing much of the Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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04/25/2021 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 See more 10/07/2018 Excellent directions and story See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Rima Das

Director

Bhanita Das

Dhunu

Basanti Das

Mother

Boloram Das

Actor

Rinku Das

Actor

Bishnu Kalita

Actor

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Village Rockstars

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Movie Info

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