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Feat of studies to fete of movies
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The films delve deep into the psyche of children whose life is a montage of emotions and ideas, says P. Sujatha Varma.
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JUST WHEN kids were being bombarded with films churning out an overdose of sex and gory violence, the Children's Film Festival came as a rose-covered cottage where the air was fresh and clean. The ambience of the festival has revitalized their innocent inquisitiveness; the curiosity to know more about the world around them.
The verdict is unanimous: It was fun, fabulous and fantastic. Something wonderful which was long overdue for kids of the city who were waiting to have a hearty laugh. After a long hiatus of seven years, they were feasted on a delightful Children's Film Festival, a treat for which they were not prepared for.
The six-day festival which commenced in Krishna district on July 5, was a kaleidoscope of dreams and aspirations which touched the young hearts leaving scores of intriguing queries in their minds and setting them on a unique journey to find answers to them. "It was a delightful thing to watch Manu in The Goal. Despite a series of bad things happening in his life, he did not lose his ability to look at reality firmly in the face," said M.S. Deepika, a sixth class student from Nirmala High School who feels that the message of the film has permeated deep inside her.
Manu does not belong to the category where he can enjoy the good things that life has to offer. But, his grit and self-confidence takes him places. And it is this quality of Manu that had K.V.Pavan and B.Pujitha gazing constantly at the screen in awe. That Anupam, the soccer coach in the film who turns a Good Samaritan, eventually succeeds in bringing to the fore the great talent hidden in a scruffy boy like Manu at the cost of his job, came as a great relief to the kids who, until then, waited with bated breadth, to see what did fate have in store for the poor and hard-working boy.
Uma Maheswar, Appalaswamy and V.Shurthi, all fifth class students from Ravindra Bharati school in Patamata, walked out of the cinema hall with a different feeling. Fascinated by Ramu and his strange friend, a crocodile in Mosali, a Telugu version of The Boy and the Crocodile in English and Dost Magarmachch in Hindi, the kids have decided to toe his line. "I wonder if I would ever be able to make friends with a crocodile by feeding it with fish as Ramu does in Mosali,'' chuckles Appalaswamy with a glint of excitement in his eyes. Shruti and Umamaheswar have vowed never to harm animals. Treat others just as you want to be treated is the bottom line of the story of Mosali which revolves round Ramu and his crocodile friend who are now the darlings of hundreds of their fans.
Children of Amaravani Public School were introduced to Raghu of Mayajala Coat who has made them realise that easy money cannot be enjoyed for long. Their friends from other schools were treated to award-winning films like Halo, a story of the quest of a seven-year-old girl for her lost puppy named Halo, Okappudu Pass Okappudu Fail which drives home the point that life is kabhi haan, kabhi naa, Gunapaatham, a frollicking fun-filled lark and Senani Sane Guruji.
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