Village Rockstars

Pick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Put your name on it as director. Now you're a director. Everything after that you're just negotiating your budget and your fee.

• James Cameron

Village Rockstars : A film by Rima Das

Rima Das , You're Incredible.. Cant express how much i feel after watching this film. Loved it. Everything i saw i felt real.. Movie tells about many things and many of them personally touched me... #Dreams , Death , Childhood , Friendship , Culture , Poverty , Flood , Survival...

Editing , Cinematography , Written , Produced & Directed by Rima Das

65th National Awards - Best Film , Best Child Artist : Bhanita Das , Best Location Sound Recordist : Mallika Das

"Selected for India's official entry to 91st Academy Awards".

Like what Sanal Kumar Sasidharan said "Rima Das, the one woman army in the Indie film field in India! She writes, she shoots, she edits and she goes to Oscars!! "

"You Must See Before You Die"

A masterwork is usually the result of strict adherence to artistic and functional rules. Village Rockstars respects none: it dons a raw, innocent cloak and exudes a degree of purity that deliberate craft can never bestow on a film... The film stands for something that is always under threat: the courage to ignore the reality that life is exceedingly difficult for cinema that is made on the margins of a giant production machinery and recognise that there always are ways out for those who revel in battling the odds, no matter how daunting, and overcoming them.

I tend to appreciate filmmakers who can seamlessly weave the beauty and the geace of outdoor locations into their stories, all without relying on complex cinematographic maneuvers or some artificially generated visual effects.

They simply like to embrace and soak in the beauty of "Mother Nature" and her incessantly tranquil presence. Rima Das is one amongst those rare bunch, and I admire her for that.

Now, about the film, it was refreshingly simple and heartfelt. I especially liked how compassionately it advocates for dreamers and their dreams, even in the midst of dire circumstances.

The tale graciously illustrates that our dreams are not confined by societal or financial constraints; all they aspire is relentless passion, a creative mind, and love and encouragement of our family and friends who would be willing to go the 'extra mile' to help us achieve our goals.

Offbeat art movie, it also shows assamese culture, village life style, flood, childhood etc etc... story is best... feel the nature... being an assamese i am amazed and thrilled... sound is good. best of luck for OSCAR... Big thank to Rima Das...

Indie and offbeat art movies are not everyone's cup of tea. Village Rockstar doesn't fall under the art film category but as Utpal Borpujari said "You can't go more Indie than Village Rockstar". A movie made by one woman crew, investing her own money, working with untrained actors, and dedicating 5 years of her life harvesting in a film is a feat people should respect if not laud. To understand VR one needs to understand the geography where its filmed. An amateur review posted in the platform writes that despite all the hindrance the film sorts out everything just like magic. The hindrance mentioned were: flood, and puberty (which was mysterious)... Now, lets get the facts right: 1) When puberty hits a female its always sudden, there's no warning sign 'I'm coming..." and puberty is not a hindrance at all, so I guess that's the reason we see the lead , Dhunu being normal after the ceremony. 2) Flood after it subsides thing gets back to normal. Since, its a feature length film the maker didn't really have time to show how the lead overcame each and every hindrance... May be if it was a TV series like say "OFFICE" then the maker could have focused on each and every details liked 'flood & puberty' which were just subplots of the movie.

All in all the movie is a great lesson for aspiring filmmakers. It dragged a bit,a nd the end was a little abrupt, but kudos to the makers for the effort and the heart to bring out this gem out of nowhere.