Boomba Ride

Boomba Ride
Directed byBiswajeet Bora
Written byBiswajeet Bora, Lopamudra Gogoi
Produced byLuit Kumar Barman, Dr.Kausshik Hazaricka, Binod Lal Das
CinematographyJiten Boro, Atul Sargiyari
Edited byBiswajeet Bora
Music byNayan Mani Barman
Release dates
  • November 2021 (2021-11) (IFFI)[1]
  • 16 September 2022 (2022-09-16) (Assam)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguagesMising, Assamese

Boomba Ride is an Assamese film directed by Biswajeet Bora.[2] It is written by Biswajeet Bora and Lopamudra Gogoi. The film is about a lower elementary school where Boomba is the only pupil, and the instructors' major issue is to keep the school open.[3]

Plot

The film is about a lower elementary school where Boomba is the only pupil, and the instructors' major issue is to keep the school open. When things don't go as planned, Boomba uses his upright knowledge to save his school just as it was about to collapse, causing everyone to recognize the positive effects education can have on a community.[4]

Cast

  • Sadagar Daw as Head Teacher
  • Dipali Pegu as Boomba's mother
  • Hiranya Pegu as Teacher
  • Indrajeet Pegu as Boomba[5]

Production

Boomba Ride is an Indian film production shot in Dergaon, Assam. It has been made by ML Entertainment, Quartermoon Productions.[6] Besides directing, Bora wrote it with his wife Lopamudra Gogoi and produced it with others.[7] Shooting of this film was completed after 13 days of continuous shoot in the month of November and December in 2020 at Golaghat.[8] The film was shot in the Assamese village of Bormukoli in the Golaghat region, where the dominant language is Mising. There, they carefully selected a few individuals who they then trained.[9]

Awards

Year Award Category Result Ref
2021 International Film Festival of Kerela Indian Cinema Now Nominated [10]
2021 International Film Festival of India Nominated [11][7]
2021 New York Indian Film Festival Official Selection Nominated [12]
2021 Kolkata International Film Festival Unheard India: Rare Language Films Nominated [13]
2022 Pune International Film Festival Nominated [6]
2022 Festival de Cannes Indian Panorama Nominated [14][15][16]

Reception

  • The 2021 film "Boomba Ride," was fully filmed in the state of Assam, on the banks of the Brahmaputra River, where he spent his formative years. The picture of his youthful hero features Bora. He amplifies his venom, his plots, and his desire to reach the highest point. In Where's My Friend's House, Boomba is Apu's distant cousin, one of Satyajit Ray and Abbas Kiarostami's kids who is imprisoned in a primitive educational system yet driven by an unyielding determination to confront adults' dimwitted viewpoints.[17]
  • The way the movie creates its characters gives the movie an identity of its own. Boomba is not as naive as he may appear due to his direct approach to teachers' negotiations with hiss and the humorous results it yields. I also appreciate how each child's persona was given an air of imperfection. They frequently bully, are rude, self-centered, and plagued with self-doubt.[18]

References

  1. ^ https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1774079
  2. ^ "Boomba Ride () - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos". Cinestaan. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  3. ^ Ramnath, Nandini. "Assamese film 'Boomba Ride' captures the seriocomic state of rural education". Scroll.in. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  4. ^ Boomba Ride (2021), retrieved 23 October 2022
  5. ^ "Boomba Ride Movie Review | Boomba Ride Movie Cast | Boomba Ride | Indian Film History". www.indianfilmhistory.com. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Pune International Film Festival". www.piffindia.com. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Boomba Ride seeks to show society the immense potential of education in transforming the lives of people in rural areas: IFFI 52 Indian Panorama Film Director Biswajeet Bora". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Biswajeet Bora's 'Boomba Ride': A Caustic Humorous Satire". www.guwahatiplus.com. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  9. ^ "'Boomba Ride' shows education transforms rural life: Biswajeet". The Goan EveryDay. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  10. ^ C-DIT. "BOOMBA RIDE | Indian Cinema Now". iffk.in. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  11. ^ "BOOMBA RIDE". my.iffigoa.org. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  12. ^ "film detail – NYIFF – New York Indian Film Festival". Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  13. ^ "Official Selection 2021 - Kolkata International Film Festival". kiff.in. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  14. ^ "Assam : Mishing Dialect Movie - 'Boomba Ride' To Be Screened In Famed 'Cannes Film Festival'". Northeast Today. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  15. ^ Webdesk, Time8 (12 May 2022). "Assamese movie 'Boomba Ride' selected for screening at Cannes 2022". TIME8. Retrieved 23 October 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ "Boomba Ride : দোকানৰ সামগ্ৰী আনিবলৈ গৈ দেৰগাঁৱৰ শিশুৱে পালে ফ্ৰান্স! কাঁ চলচ্চিত্ৰ মহোৎসৱত অসমৰ ছবি 'বুম্বা ৰাইড'". Home (in Assamese). 24 May 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  17. ^ Korkmaz, Joseph (27 November 2021). "Boomba Ride: Biswajeet Bora's latest film is about education and dreaming big". Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  18. ^ Bhuyan, Kalpa Jyoti (24 September 2022). "Boomba Ride Review: Education is our birthright and we shall have it". EastMojo. Retrieved 23 October 2022.