βBoongβ Review: A Small Coming-of-Age Tale on Indiaβs Eastern Border Disguises Larger Politics
A political exploration gift-wrapped in a coming-of-age drama, Lakshmipriya Deviβs debut feature βBoongβ follows its lively titular schoolboy on an adventure along Indiaβs militarized eastern border. In search of his missing father, Boong (a firecracker Gugun Kipgen) helps paint a portrait of modern Manipur, the isolated Indian state neighboring Myanmar, at a time when violent [β¦]