National Award-winning filmmaker Rima Das‘s latest Assamese feature, Bulbul Can Sing is all set to be the opening film of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne. Shah Rukh Khan, this year’s chief guest at the festival, will present the film to the Australian audiences in Melbourne. The film will be screened on 8 August. Rima Das shot to global fame when her film Village Rockstars, which was an Assamese language film won the National Award for Best Feature Film in 2018 and was even India’s official entry from the country to the Oscars. 
Sharing her excitement, Rima said, “I love the enthusiasm and exuberance of an opening night. So excited that Bulbul Can Sing is the opening night film at Indian Film Festival of Melbourne. Special thanks to the organisers. The film has truly been special for me as a filmmaker. The response and appreciation we have received from across the places we had traveled to with the film is also very special. I’m looking forward to the Australian premiere of the film and interacting with the audiences there and having a conversation with them on cinema.”