Bhopal: A seven-day children film festival began at Bharat Bhawan on Thursday. On day one, a Hindi movie ‘Yeh Hai Chakkad Bakkad Bumbe Bo (also known as The Sensational Six)’ and Iranian film ‘The White Balloon’ was screened. The 90-minute movie ‘Yeh Hai Chakkad Bakkad Bumbe Bo’ is a 2003 Indian children’s film directed by Sridhar Rangayan, and written by Vijay Tendulkar and Sushma Bakshi. The film is based on a short story by Shakuntala Paranjpye and was shot on location over 20 days in Mandangad, Bankot and Mumbai. The peace of their small Konkan village is shattered when four adventurous children come upon the dangerous smuggler Don Douglas. Two of the boys are caught spying and taken away by his goons. With the help of their dog Sikander and their monkey Birbal, the rest of the team must rescue them.
“The White Balloon,’ is a 1995 Iranian film directed by Jafar Panahi, with a screenplay by Abbas Kiarostami. It was Panahi’s feature-film debut as director. The film received many strong critical reviews and won numerous awards in the international film fairs around the world including the Prix de la Camera d’Or at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. The Guardian has listed this film as one of the 50 best family films of all time. The film is on the BFI list of the 50 films you should see by the age of 14. The film was selected as the Iranian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 68th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2][3] Iran unsuccessfully tried to withdraw the film from contention but the Academy refused to accept the withdrawal. It is the eve of the Iranian New Year. The film opens in a Teheran market where seven-year-old Razieh (Aida Mohammadkhani) and her mother are shopping. The fest was organised by Chhavi, a film wing of the Bhawan. A good number of children were present along with their parents and family members and enjoyed a lot. A Hindi movie ‘Kaya Palat’ and ‘Mai Phir Aaunga’ will be screened on Friday.