Bulbul Can Sing
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| Bulbul Can Sing | |
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| Directed by | Rima Das |
| Written by | Rima Das |
| Produced by | Flying River Films |
| Cinematography | Rima Das |
| Edited by | Rima Das |
| Music by | Dotora Kabindra Patowary |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Assamese |
Bulbul Can Sing is a 2018 Indian Assamese-language drama film directed by Rima Das.[1] It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.[2] The film centres on three teenagers trying to come to terms with their sexual identities.[3] The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese at India's 66th National Film Awards.
Bulbul is a young girl who lives in Kalardiya village near Chaygaon in India's Assam state. She has two best friends, Bonny and Sumu, and they are coming of age and finding their own identities but who they want to be and what their community expects them to be are two different things as they find themselves at odds with the social mores and moral codes of their village. Clashes emerge as Bulbul finds herself experiencing the first glimmers of attraction for a guy, Sumu is bullied for not acting like a traditional man and Bonny finds the pressures of the community unbearable. As fear and doubt assail the three friends, Bulbul must find her own voice and sing.
Cast
- Arnali Das as Bulbul
- Banita Thakuriya as Bonnie
- Manoranjan Das as Suman
- Manabendra Das
- Pakija Begam
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