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Ronita TorcatoA little chit, a little chat, a little bit of this & that;meaning news, views & lotsa reviews from an independent journo based in Bombay aka Mumbai ASSAMESE KICKSTARTER: Local Kung Fu
Assamese Film: Local Kung Fu
Starring: Kenny Basumatary, Sangeeta Nair, Utkal Hazowary, Bonny Deori
Director Kenny Basumatary
Helmed by novelist and martial arts practitioner Kenny Basumatary who also stars in the film, this action-comedy in Assamese ( and a smattering of Hindi with English subtitles) was screened at last year's Osian Cinefan Festival in Delhi and is now being released under PVR Director's Rare. Watched without a jaundiced eye, Local Kung Fu is a pleasant enough diversion that was shot on a shoe-string budget ( less than a lakh) with a predominantly young cast in the director's native state.
The story starts promisingly enough with a couple of small time extortionists who are satisfied with 20 bucks for a sokolaat - one character's lisp gives cause for much of the merriment. He, like most of the characters in the film, is obsessed with the martial arts. He could have been the principal character but then the narrative veers off to showcase the talents of the undeniably talented Basumatary. The script tries to raise some laughs from potty humour which could have been dispensed with. Needless to carp, the thin narrative harps excessively on the martial arts as practised in the country's Tea Garden. Needless to add, the film would have benefited by a bit of judicious editing. But for a debut indie, it's a promising start. And talented,ambitious young film-makers deserve support.
27.09.2013 | Ronita Torcato's blog Cat. : Assamese Indian indie Film martial arts comedy
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