Village Rockstars 2
Village Rockstars 2, the latest work of Rima Das, came to life seven years after the events pictured in Village Rockstars (2017) and tells the story of Dhunu, a woman from Moran. Originally from a small village in Assam, Dhunu has to be made to live with her family; her sickly mother who is getting weaker due to exhaustion from rigorous work and her coarse-handed elder brother who troubles their mother for a motorcycle.
Village Rockstars 2 Synopsis
Dhunu may be in her late teens now, but she is not afraid to climb trees, swim or lead the life of a guitarist in her rock band. But life never progresses as per the desire of Dhunu. When tasting the dish of bitterness and sourness in her life, she is on the precipice of leaving a happy childhood behind.
Village Rockstars 2 brings back Dhunu with a video camera that is both gritty and poetic, ceaselessly endorsing her decisions and transformation while feeling new without sacrificing authenticity.
Dhunu, now in her teens, can still crawl, climb trees, swim and do what she likes most, which is playing the guitar for the rock band. But life is not as planned as Dhunu wants it to be.
As she finds herself in the bitter and sour incidences of life she is on the precipice of leaving the happy childish hood behind.
About a decade later, Dhunu is now in her late teens, but she continues climbing trees and swimming let alone dreaming, of being a guitarist in her rock band.
But life does not turn to the way that Dhunu wanted it to be. As she is going through the painful and the acrid years of life she is but on the verge of discarding the happy childhood life she had known.
Village Rockstars 2 Reception
The feature film had its world premiere at the 29th Busan International Film Festival on 4 October 2024, as part of the Kim Jiseok-focused section, and then received the Kim Jiseok Award.
