Rima Das bags ICC NE Excellence award

Guwahati: Renowned young Assamese filmmaker Rima Das has been honoured with ICC NE Excellence Award at North East Business Summit at Hotel Le Meridien in New Delhi conducted by Indian Chamber of Commerce.

The North East Business Summit is an annual event which aims to promote business and investment opportunities in the Northeast which is jointly organized by Ministry of Development of Northeastern region, Government of India and the Indian Chamber of Commerce.

Rima Das has also been nominated for the Best New Director in the 13th Asian Film Awards for her film Bulbul Can Sing. She has also won several national and international awards for her film Village Rockstars that has rocked the film industry for depicting the natural scenery of the state of Assam and its uniqueness.

Bulbul Can Sing is an Indian drama film in Assamese language directed by Rima Das. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. The cast of the film are Arnali Das as Bulbul, Bonita Thakuria as Bonnie, Manoranjon Das as Suman, Manabendra Das and Pakija Begum.

Bulbul is an exuberant young woman, most happy when she’s hanging out in the fields with her friends Bonny and Suman. The three teenagers while begin to define their own identities, they find themselves increasingly clashing with the age-old rituals set down by the villagers. Bulbul is attracted to a boy for the first time but her mother warned he to be modest and should behave well. Suman is bullied for not conforming to what his peers expect of a young man. For Bonny, the pressures of the community become unbearable.

She also won India's National Best Film and Best Editor Awards announced on 13 April 2018 by Government of India appointed jury headed by filmmaker Shekhar Kapoor.

In 2018, GQ India named her as one of the 50 Most Influential Young Indians of 2018.

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