Bulbul Can Sing Rima Das The fields and the echoes. The rivers and the hills. Yep. This one definitely took me back home. Rima Das is leading a silent revolution in terms of representational cinema and not just in an identical context. Yes, the north-east needs a face but without loosing its sense of detachment, remoteness and solitude which is integral to its character. Das knows best what she wants to convey. She lets the songs of the grass, the blues of the sky, the mightiness of the trees and the occasional silence narrate the story of the beautiful Bulbul and her tumultuous adolescence in a serene village in Assam. This juxtaposition of nature and adolescence reminds me of Alfonso Cuaron’s Yi Tu Mama Tambien. Das and Cuaron extends the similar sensuous treatment to the landscapes as the protagonist/s explore sexuality, youth and curiosity. Bulbul not only struggles to sing but shivers to find her own voice. She is at her prime: exploring, expressing and discovering new pages of her teenage life. She steals moments for forbidden love and unforgettable friendship which comes with a painful consequence. Truth be told, had a heavy heart by the climax. You might need a hand to hold for the latter half. Manoranjan Das as Suman is the beating heart of this film. I am only excited to see what more this one-woman army has in store for us @rimadas13 #films #filfestival #indie #indiefilm #assamesefilm #assam #rimadass #torontofilmfestival #bulbulcansing #art #nature #love #sexuality #teenage #northeastindia #filmmaking #acting #artist (at Assam) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7dxU_HFX7O/?igshid=1gjhe6tupw3ay