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Children's Film Society
Children's Film Society India (CFSI) was a nodal organisation of Government of India that produced children's films and various TV programs in various Indian languages. Established in 1955, CFSI functioned under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India and was headquartered in Mumbai. In March 2022, it was merged with National Film Development Corporation. History The concept of an exclusive cinema for India's children was mooted by its first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, and Children's Film Society, India (CFSI) was founded on 11 May 1955 with Hriday Nath Kunzru as its first president. The first film produced by CFSI was ''Jaldeep'' (1956), an adventure film directed by Kidar Sharma also starring Mala Sinha.Children's Film Society of India, Film: Jaldeep The Chairpers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedder Road
Gopalrao Deshmukh Marg formerly known as Pedder Road is an arterial road in the city of South Mumbai, Mumbai, India, passing through the affluent Cumballa Hill neighbourhood. The road is named after a social activist and first Mayor of Bombay (present-day Mumbai) after Indian independence movement, India's Independence, Dr. Gopalrao Deshmukh. Details It is said to be resting on what was first known as Padam Hill. Its former name, Pedder Road, was named after Mr. W. G. Pedder, Municipal Commissioner (1879) who was in the Bombay Civil Service, 1855–1879, and on his retirement was appointed Secretary to the Revenue and Commerce Department at the India Office. Even today as with a very large number of Mumbai's roads it is commonly referred to by its former name (usually incorrectly spelled as Peddar). The road begins at the well-known intersection of Kemps Corner, Kemp's Corner and extends down Cumballa Hill past the Mahalakshmi Temple, Mumbai, Mahalaxmi temple to the Haji Ali i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Children's Film Festival India (ICFFI)
The International Children's Film Festival India (ICFFI), popularly known as the Golden Elephant, was a film festival conducted for seven days November 14 (Children's Day) and November 20th every two years which is aimed to bring together national and international children's cinema to young audiences in India. It was regularly held for seven days between The festival was organized by the Children's Film Society which was formed in 1955 and which was chaired by Mukesh Khanna until the Society merged with the National Film Development Corporation of India in 2022. History The 19th festival took place from November 14 through November 20, 2015. Indian films won nine awards, the largest for any country, but the overall winner was the Russian film ''Celestial Camel'' directed by Irina Plisko and Mikhail Plisko. The 20th edition of the festival took place from 8 to 14 November 2017 in Hyderabad. The festival had four competition sections: International Live Action, Asian Panorama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harun-Arun
''Harun-Arun'' is a 2009 Gujarati children's film directed by Vinod Ganatra and produced by Children's Film Society India. It stars Hemang Gor, Dhairay Gor and Swati Dave in lead roles. It won eight international awards. Cast The cast was: *Swati Dave *Dhairya Gor *Hemang Gor *Ritu Gor *Utkarsh Mazumdar *Pramatesh Mehta *Nilesh Mohite *Hemang Mota *Ragini *Meet Thacker Plot Harun, a Muslim Pakistani boy enters India via Kutch border from Gujarat. Accompanying him is his grandfather, looking for his best friend. Harun is adopted by a kind Hindu family as he gets separated from his grandfather. The family and other nationalists, who had accepted him mistaking his name to be Arun, a Hindu name, start questioning his intentions once his Pakistani roots are discovered. Production ''Harun-Arun'' was produced by Children's Film Society India. It was shot in Kutch, Gujarat. The film is also set in Kutch with the backdrop of partition of India The partition of India in 1947 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Putaani Party
''Putaani Party'' (Kannada: ಪುಟಾಣಿ ಪಾರ್ಟಿ, English language, English: The Kid Gang) is a 2009 Kannada language feature film. Produced by Children's Film Society, India, the film was shot in a village called Honnapura situated near the town of Dharwad in South India. The film uses local actors, most of them first timers who are new to the medium of films. The film has a particular dialect of Kannada that is spoken by a few in that part of India. This film has been scripted and directed by Ramchandra PN, a graduate of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. His earlier film ''Suddha (film), Suddha'' had won the best Indian film at the Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian Films, New Delhi, 2007. ''Putaani Party'' is his second feature film and his first in Kannada language. Plot A Gram Panchayat (village governing body) in rural India facilitates the functioning of the Makkala Samiti (Children’s Committee) – a children’s body elected by the chil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahek (film)
''Mahek'' is an Indian children's film by writer-director Kranti Kanade. Synopsis 11-yr old Mahek dreams of becoming the very best at everything, but is unsure of how to achieve her goals. To complicate things further, an old magic-less modern fairy walks into her life. Production Development The film was produced by the Children's Film Society of India (CFSI). Crew Artist and cartoonist Mario Miranda did the illustrations for the film. Mrinal Desai was the director of photography, the editor was Suchitra Sathe and the sound designer was Anmol Bhave. Release It premiered at the BFI London Film Festival to affectionate reviews. Invited to over twenty International film festivals including Chicago, Munich, Toronto, St Louis and Cleveland, it won awards in Hollywood and Houston. It was Best Children's film nominee at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Australia and was shown as part of "Modern India" studies syllabus at the Otterbein University. Reviews This film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilkee
Lilkee is a 2006 children's film in Hindi produced by Children's Film Society, India, and directed by Batul Mukhtiyar.Lilkee . The film is about a 10-year-old domestic help in Mumbai. and was released on 5 October 2006. Plot It is a story of a girl named Lilkee girl from the mountains of . Like all other girls from the poor families, Lilkee is expected to work and earn. Lilkee is brought to by Bela for ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baaja
''Baaja'' (Mouth Organ; ) is a 2002 Indian Hindi film directed by Apurba Kishore Bir. Synopsis A free and compassionate human spirit is trapped in Shibu, an eleven-year-old boy. In order to guide Shibu's wandering energy on a constructive path, his widow mother sends him to the city from the village with his uncle. But Shibu's carefree approach to life and his energetic response to reality make him a subject of annoyance to the neighbour as well as his own aunt. This forces his uncle to be strict with him, and he takes him along to his shoe shop in order to keep a watch on him while studying. But the situation leads Shibu on a different track. Being asked by the uncle to carry a pair of shoes to a doctor's residence, Shibu ventures across the streets and lanes in his casual and carefree manner while encountering some stray incidents. But then something very sudden and unpredictable happens, which invites him to show his true potential and real merit to surprise the adults, ef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Critics Award For Best Movie
The Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film is awarded during annual Filmfare Awards, given by the Filmfare magazine. The awards are the oldest and most prominent film awards given for Hindi films in India. The yearly awards started in 1954. Movie awards were first given by popular vote. Many complained that films of artistic merit rather than commercial appeal were being overlooked, hence a new award category was added, the Best Film (Critics). The record of maximum number of wins in this category is with Mani Kaul having won four times, followed by Kumar Shahani, who won three times. '' Rajnigandha'', ''Black'' and ''Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara'' are the only films to win both Best Film (Critics) and Best Film. Winner In the list below, each individual entry shows the winning title, followed by the director of the film. 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also * Filmfare Award for Best Film * Filmfare Awards * Bollywood * Cinema of India The cinema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Award For Best Children's Film
The National Film Award for Best Children's Film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Golden Lotus (Swarna Kamal). The award was instituted in 1954, at 1st National Film Awards and awarded annually for children's films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages; Hindi (28 Awards), Bengali and Kannada (7 Awards), Malayalam (6 each), English (5 Awards), Marathi (3 Awards), Tamil, Telugu, Odia and Assamese (1 each). Winners Award includes 'Golden Lotus Award' (Swarna Kamal) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years: References External links Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, IndiaNational Film Awards ArchivesNational Film Awardsat IMDb IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, televisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halo (1996 Film)
''Halo'' is a 1996 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Santosh Sivan and produced by Children's Film Society. It stars Benaf Dadachandji, Rajkumar Santoshi, Viju Khote, Mukesh Rishi, Tinnu Anand in lead roles. The film was released on 7 February 1996. Plot The film starts with the school's nun-teacher (Mehr Vakil) being frustrated at the ringing of the school bell, which indicates the end of school and the start of summer vacation. The story then turns to Sasha ( Benaf Dadachandji), a motherless child who yearns of a mother's love despite having Mr. Deshpande ( Rajkumar Santoshi), her doting father who works as a criminal lawyer. Her friend Thomas ( Kavin Dave) has gone to London to undergo a surgery. During vacation, while all the other kids are busy playing, Sasha sits silently, not eating. So, a servant fabricates a story that a miracle will happen in form of a halo. A street dog comes along, and Sasha believes it to be the God-sent halo. She adopts it and na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potli Baba Ki
''Potli Baba Ki'' (literally ''Baba's Bag'', can be inferred as ''Baba's Tales'') (1991) is an Indian children's puppet television series aired in India in 1991 on Doordarshan Doordarshan (), abbreviated as DD, is India's State-owned enterprise, state-owned public broadcasting, public television broadcaster. Established by the Government of India on 15 September 1959, it is owned by the Ministry of Information and B .... It featured various fairy tales in simple language and used to give good moral messages to children. The title song "Aaya Re Baba" was sung by Vinod Sehgal and composed by Hindustani the poet and lyricist Gulzar, who was also the co-producer, director and writer of the show. The series has two parts: " Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" (ten episodes) and " Aladdin and the Magic Lamp" (ten episodes). Synopsis The series has a story-teller in the form of an old man called as 'Baba' — who in his 'Potli' has various stories. The old story-teller, Chh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telugu Language
Telugu (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language native to the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where it is also the official language. Spoken by about 96 million people (2022), Telugu is the most widely spoken member of the Dravidian language family, and one of the twenty-two Languages with legal status in India, scheduled languages of the Republic of India. It is one of the few languages that has primary official status in more than one States and union territories of India, Indian state, alongside Hindi and Bengali language, Bengali. Telugu is one of the languages designated as a Classical Languages of India, classical language by the Government of India. It is the 14th most spoken native language in the world.Statistics in Modern Standard Telugu is based on the dialect of erstwhile Krishna, Guntur, East Godavari and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
