Kannada animation movies find their feet at BIFF
January 18th, 2014
Inaugurating
the screenings in the Kannada Cinema category Home Minister R Askok on
Saturday said that Kannada films have made it to the national level and
won many national awards. Now the time has come to put Kannada films on
the world map. The first film to be showcased was Chintu School, directed by Sheshagiri Yelameli. It is an animation movie targeting the younger audience with moral messages. The
movie revolves around Chintu, a young boy fantasizing about being like
the super heroes, he reads in comic books, much to his parents dislike. He
even dreams about saving his maid s daughter Putti from aliens. Putti
and Chintu soon grow close. One day while playing they are led to an
abandoned well where they by chance set free a genie named Balavan, who
becomes their friend Balavan proves to be a good friend and helps Chintu
in many situations. Chintu starts taking Balavan for granted and one
day fails his school test, hoping that Balavan will magically make him
ace it. Chintu confronts Balavan and Balavan and Putti make Chintu
understand that one should expect help only after putting an effort. The
movie is a series of moral messages with interesting songs. |
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