![]() ![]() It also reminds me slightly of Francois Truffaut's 'The 400 Blows', though a lot more positive in its outlook. ![]() The performances of the young actors are spot on (as also the adults, especially the lovely Amruta Subhash as Chinmay's mum), and although there's never any major unpleasantness, it doesn't try to sugarcoat / idealize the behavior of the kids or talk down to them. With that literary classic it shares a gentle observational tone, the episodic nature of events told and the ability to see things from a child's point of view. Captured from the world-view of young Chinmay (Archit Deodhar) after he moves to a new town on account of his widowed mum's job transfer, the film strongly reminds me of RK Narayan's wonderful novel 'Swami & Friends'. I feel sorry over having missed this in the cinema. Last night I caught this charming Marathi film 'Killa - The Fort'. ![]()
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