1. Hamid - 2019
Hamid?was?released earlier this year right after the Pulwama attacks in Kashmir. The story?is set in?Kashmir and centers around a young boy who wants to talk to Allah over the phone so that he can convince him to send his?father back.
He dials?786 on the phone and ends up connecting with a?tough and strict Crpf Jawan.?The story also touches upon the sensitive issue of half widows in Kashmir and their quest to find answers to their missing husbands and get closure.
Also read:?Happy Children's Day 2019: TV celebs unseen childhood pictures
The film beautifully depicts the unlikely bond between a Crpf jawan and the young?boy?through dialogue. This film was produced by Yoodlee Films and directed by Aijaz Khan. The film won 2 national awards this year for Best Film (Urdu) and Best Child Artist.
Interestingly this was also the debut...
Hamid?was?released earlier this year right after the Pulwama attacks in Kashmir. The story?is set in?Kashmir and centers around a young boy who wants to talk to Allah over the phone so that he can convince him to send his?father back.
He dials?786 on the phone and ends up connecting with a?tough and strict Crpf Jawan.?The story also touches upon the sensitive issue of half widows in Kashmir and their quest to find answers to their missing husbands and get closure.
Also read:?Happy Children's Day 2019: TV celebs unseen childhood pictures
The film beautifully depicts the unlikely bond between a Crpf jawan and the young?boy?through dialogue. This film was produced by Yoodlee Films and directed by Aijaz Khan. The film won 2 national awards this year for Best Film (Urdu) and Best Child Artist.
Interestingly this was also the debut...
- 11/14/2019
- GlamSham
This relentless search for a fleeting bird, a key theme in the film (shades of the seminal Satyajit Ray classic Pratidhandwi where the recurring motif was the hero’s search for a mythical bird), symbolizes his search for happiness and a better life.
Fandry is a deceptively simple, but multilayered portrayal of the evil caste system that still looms large in many parts of India. The movie is also a one sided love story and a parable about the failure of the imagination. Like Fracois Truffaut’s 400 blows it is a portrayal of a childhood dealt a cruel blow by society. I say the film is deceptive because the film’s breezy portrayal of adolescence hardly prepares the viewers for the devastating climax.
Directed by debutante Nagraj Manjule, the film tells the story of a young Dalit boy names Jabya who daydreams about wooing his pretty higher caste classmate who...
Fandry is a deceptively simple, but multilayered portrayal of the evil caste system that still looms large in many parts of India. The movie is also a one sided love story and a parable about the failure of the imagination. Like Fracois Truffaut’s 400 blows it is a portrayal of a childhood dealt a cruel blow by society. I say the film is deceptive because the film’s breezy portrayal of adolescence hardly prepares the viewers for the devastating climax.
Directed by debutante Nagraj Manjule, the film tells the story of a young Dalit boy names Jabya who daydreams about wooing his pretty higher caste classmate who...
- 2/16/2014
- by Aniruddha Basu
- DearCinema.com
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.