Putaani Party

Putaani Party

Film poster
Directed by Ramchandra P. N.
Produced by Children's Film Society, India
Screenplay by Ramchandra P. N.
Story by Jayalakshmi Patil
Mayyur Dandewale
Music by Vijay Prakash
Cinematography Sameer Mahajan
Edited by Arunabha Mukerjee
Distributed by Children's Film Society, India
Release dates
  • 2009 (2009)
Running time
 78 minutes
Country India
Language Kannada

Putaani Party (Kannada: ಪುಟಾಣಿ ಪಾರ್ಟಿ, 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 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

Children in action

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 children themselves.

The committee acts as a pressure group in trying to get the local governance react to various social issues that it raises. Guided by a sympathetic school teacher, the children’s honesty and persistency ruffles many feathers among the adults, some of whom have been using the ‘Makkala Samiti’ for their own needs.

What follows is a subtle cat and mouse game, by the end of which the children hope to get their voice heard.

The film subtly speaks about the Children's rights to self governance and the pathetic attitude we adults have towards this issue.

Awards

57th National Film Awards

The film has won the Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) for the 57th National Film Award for Best Children's Film for the year 2009 constituted by the Government of India.[1]

Film festival participation

Protest by Kannur Children

Cast

Gaarya

(Source: Upperstall.com)[2]

Controversies

Putaani Party was dragged into a controversy that was not of its own making, when one Jury member of the National Film Awards revealed some bit of the jury deliberations to the press in Kerala. He claimed that Kesu the joint winner of the award was based on one of his earlier films, but claimed responsibility for Kesu jointly getting the award.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Microsoft Word - 57th_NFA_Press_Release.doc" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-03-21.
  2. ↑ "Source". Upperstall. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
  3. ↑ "Source". Mathrubhumi.com. 2010-09-17. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
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