When filmmaker Shankar Borua was first introduced to Assamese rap by an acquaintance, he was surprised by what he described as its “non-political” nature. “Rap music, as I knew it, talks about things ...
Shankar Borua completed his rap-based “political musical” a month before Gully Boy ’s shooting ended in April 2018. But he waited almost a year for the right time — ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha ...