Village Rockstars (2017) :
Brief Review -
This regional classic by Rima Das puts Bollywood at shame by showing what they are missing in Realistic Cinema. Village Rockstars is not like those rich feature films made in Bollywood and in some other industries in India with several retakes, artificial editing and fictional presentation under the name of Realistic cinema. In Bollywood, many films literally made an adult cinema with exploitation of sex and abusing language and gave them a name of realistic cinema. God only knows what the hell was that and how some dumb people who call themselves intellectual even gave away lot of praise. Here, Rima Das shows them how to make a Realistic Cinema with Rich Content and not with Rich Production. Village Rockstars is an Assamese coming of age drama or we can call it children oriented film too if we want. It is about a girl who wants to form a band group with her friends but got no money. Rather, she got lot of other problems to deal with such as natural disasters, family's financial condition, her own sexual recognisation and last but not the least her dreams. The film is written, edited, cinematographed and directed by one Woman and that's why the full conviction became possible. No artificial retakes or sound effects, just the originality and realism till the core as if we're watching a film shot by ourselves, that's how a self-taught genius filmmaker Rima Das put Village Rockstars on screen. From acting to dialogues to presentation you will find not single thing which will look cinematic, fictional or fake. This highly realistic and artistic tale comes with the runtime of 87 minutes which means it doesn't have a place for any useless cinematic Element here. Overall, A Classic Film Festival material which cannot be missed by art lovers.
RATING - 8/10*
By - #samthebestest
This regional classic by Rima Das puts Bollywood at shame by showing what they are missing in Realistic Cinema. Village Rockstars is not like those rich feature films made in Bollywood and in some other industries in India with several retakes, artificial editing and fictional presentation under the name of Realistic cinema. In Bollywood, many films literally made an adult cinema with exploitation of sex and abusing language and gave them a name of realistic cinema. God only knows what the hell was that and how some dumb people who call themselves intellectual even gave away lot of praise. Here, Rima Das shows them how to make a Realistic Cinema with Rich Content and not with Rich Production. Village Rockstars is an Assamese coming of age drama or we can call it children oriented film too if we want. It is about a girl who wants to form a band group with her friends but got no money. Rather, she got lot of other problems to deal with such as natural disasters, family's financial condition, her own sexual recognisation and last but not the least her dreams. The film is written, edited, cinematographed and directed by one Woman and that's why the full conviction became possible. No artificial retakes or sound effects, just the originality and realism till the core as if we're watching a film shot by ourselves, that's how a self-taught genius filmmaker Rima Das put Village Rockstars on screen. From acting to dialogues to presentation you will find not single thing which will look cinematic, fictional or fake. This highly realistic and artistic tale comes with the runtime of 87 minutes which means it doesn't have a place for any useless cinematic Element here. Overall, A Classic Film Festival material which cannot be missed by art lovers.
RATING - 8/10*
By - #samthebestest