Working with filmmaker Rima Das was something Sukanya Boruah, an Assam-based actor who used to feature in music videos, had never imagined. Even more unimaginable was going to the 2026 Berlin International Film Festival. Yet, both happened with Not A Hero, which won the Crystal Bear Special Mention for Best Film in the Generation KPlus competition at the film gala.

Recalling the film’s February 21 première at the Berlinale, she says, “There were people from so many countries, and they respected cinema so much. They sat through the entire film, even the end credits.”