Stanley ka dabba
My Rating: *****
Simple, subtle, elegant and phenomenal!
(**spoiler alert)
This is what you call a piece of work. The movie is about Stanley, a 10 years old school kid, and explorers his relationships with his friends and teachers and the mystery behind why he doesn't get a lunch box to school. The storyline is great, the direction is great and the acting is AWESOME! Stanley, played by Partho, and Khadus, played by Amole Gupte, are very convincing acts. You instantly connect with the kid and his worries in life and you hate Khadus from his first appearance on the screen.
The bonding between the boys is so fierce and touching. The teachers reminded me of my school days. Boys falling in love with the quintessential Ms Rosy. The south Indian teacher who is very particular and strict. Am sure we've all had a low-on-energy and greedy Khadus teacher.
I liked the way the story handles Stanley working as a child labour and yet having the maturity to overlook the hardships to get an education. The story made no excuse for why Stanley worked as labour in a restaurant owned by his uncle. The character Stanley never gives any excuses for his condition nor does he want sympathy. He has too high a self respect to rely on all that. The movie gives no explanation as to why Khadus is mean to him or why the Uncle makes him work.
Since, the movie direction chooses to give no excuses, no pretenses it leaves one wondering about a lot of things hours after watching the movie. I loved the subtlety in the movie. It moved me. Made me think about children who don't have basics that we feel are our birthright. Made me wonder how I might take things for granted -things that many do not have the luxury to have.
The movie does go a bit slow in the second half. Maybe, it could have been made 15 minutes shorter. I would rate the movie as a must-watch. Watch it simply to understand that even kids, who don't have basic rights like food and education, have dreams and aspirations and what a little help from some of us can do to their lives.
Image courtesy: http://bollywoodlatesthits.blogspot.com
Simple, subtle, elegant and phenomenal!
(**spoiler alert)
This is what you call a piece of work. The movie is about Stanley, a 10 years old school kid, and explorers his relationships with his friends and teachers and the mystery behind why he doesn't get a lunch box to school. The storyline is great, the direction is great and the acting is AWESOME! Stanley, played by Partho, and Khadus, played by Amole Gupte, are very convincing acts. You instantly connect with the kid and his worries in life and you hate Khadus from his first appearance on the screen.
The bonding between the boys is so fierce and touching. The teachers reminded me of my school days. Boys falling in love with the quintessential Ms Rosy. The south Indian teacher who is very particular and strict. Am sure we've all had a low-on-energy and greedy Khadus teacher.
I liked the way the story handles Stanley working as a child labour and yet having the maturity to overlook the hardships to get an education. The story made no excuse for why Stanley worked as labour in a restaurant owned by his uncle. The character Stanley never gives any excuses for his condition nor does he want sympathy. He has too high a self respect to rely on all that. The movie gives no explanation as to why Khadus is mean to him or why the Uncle makes him work.
Since, the movie direction chooses to give no excuses, no pretenses it leaves one wondering about a lot of things hours after watching the movie. I loved the subtlety in the movie. It moved me. Made me think about children who don't have basics that we feel are our birthright. Made me wonder how I might take things for granted -things that many do not have the luxury to have.
The movie does go a bit slow in the second half. Maybe, it could have been made 15 minutes shorter. I would rate the movie as a must-watch. Watch it simply to understand that even kids, who don't have basic rights like food and education, have dreams and aspirations and what a little help from some of us can do to their lives.
Image courtesy: http://bollywoodlatesthits.blogspot.com
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