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Rima Das’ Not A Hero receives special mention at Berlinale; her National Award-winning film Village Rockstars earned 10 times its budget in Assam alone | Regional News

Rima Das’ Not A Hero receives special mention at Berlinale; her National Award-winning film Village Rockstars earned 10 times its budget in Assam alone | Regional News

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4 min readGuwahatiFeb 22, 2026 05:00 PM IST Rima Das’ latest film Not A Hero has received a special jury mention at the Berlin International Film Festival. The Assamese film had its world premiere in the Generation Kplus Competition, a category dedicated to stories about children and young adults. This is Rima’s third film to get a screening at the Berlinale after Bulbul Can Sing (2018) and Village Rockstars 2 (2024), and her second to receive a special mention after Bulbul Can Sing did in the Generation 14plus section in 2019. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO Rima, who writes, directs, shoots, and edits her rooted, indie films, made her feature film debut with Man with the Binoculars: Antardrishti in 2016. But her breakthrough happened with the 2017 coming-of-age film Village Rockstars. After premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival, it was selected as India’s official entry for the 91st Academy Awards, the first Assamese film to get that distinction. Village Rockstars also fetched Rima her maiden National Award, for both Best Film and Best Editor. That …

Rima Das says popularity of ‘Village Rockstars’ wasn’t reason for sequel | Bollywood

Rima Das says popularity of ‘Village Rockstars’ wasn’t reason for sequel | Bollywood

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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 of becoming a rock star, in 2017. The film toured many international festivals and was later selected as India’s official entry for the 91st Academy Awards. The filmmaker is now coming with a sequel, titled “Village Rockstars 2”, which is currently doing festival rounds. It was a pivotal moment in “Village Rockstars” that inspired her to make the sequel the scene where the protagonist Dhunu’s mother presents her with a guitar. “‘Village Rockstars’ is my most popular film. It is like a brand and people liked the film but it isn’t the reason why we made part two. Like, ‘Bulbul Can Sing’ people loved the film and the characters but I didn’t feel like continuing …