I Am Kalam Full Movie | Hindi Motivational Movie | Gulshan Grover Movie | Inspirational Hindi Movie (Link at end of this post.) I am Kalam Children’s/Family: 35mm Directed by : Nila Madhab Panda Produced by : Smile Foundation Associate Producer : Flair Comunications Cast : Harsh Mayar, Hussan Saad, Gulshan Grover, Beatrice Ordeix "I am Kalam is the story of a child and his struggles to pursue his dreams and to surpass the boundaries of reality. It is a story of redemption, of the need to provide education to the underclass and to equalize social inequities. Inspired by former Indian President, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, the film was conceptualized after the Right to Education Act was enforced in India. Set in Bikaner, Rajasthan, the film revolves around the struggles of the protagonist – Chhotu, and is symbolic to the struggle of millions of such children in the country and how the civil society looks at the depravity but does not lift a finger to do anything about it. I am Kalam is a Smile Foundation production and is the first film ever in India to be produced by a development organization. With this film Smile Foundation is trying to reach out to people around the world drawing their attention to support the movement of educating every child in India to secure a better future. It is a fact that in a world that is already exposed to extraordinary content, plain appeals do not stand a chance any more in grabbing attention. Keeping this in mind, Smile Foundation proactively took the initiative and the challenges therein to come up with a mainstream Bollywood film; and has tried to package a very important cause in a contemporary fable like manner in an attempt to reach out to the maximum number of people towards this cause. The film has won 23 coveted national and international awards from the 40 prestigious film festivals that it travelled to, across the globe. With its world cinema style, I am Kalam, has arrested the interest of the general audience, media and the film fraternity alike. The film is a proof that independent cinema in India, that is created with artistic content and reflecting the spirit of India in an entertaining way, has great potential of connecting with the world audience across all age groups." The Smile Foundation in 2022 had a 12 million dollar budget. Between 10 and 16% went for "administration". More info on their website: https://www.smilefoundationindia.org/ Yeah, I'm a cynic. It looks like they are doing good, but it is difficult to say for sure. How to get rich? Start an NGO that solicits donations from crowd-sourcing and from corporate sponsors to "help children". Co-Founder: https://in.linkedin.com/in/dr-uma-ahuja has degree in business, supports anti-child trafficking https://in.linkedin.com/in/dr-uma-ahuja Co-Founder and Executive Trustee: Mr. Santanu Mishra, , Smile Foundation "Smile Foundation continuously strives to sensitize the privileged mass of the country so that they come forward, take on the social problems of the country as personal challenges and fight them back. And in order to grab their attention, Smile has been developing films on its core areas which are creative, innovative and are a balance of the right content and the right quality. Smile has forayed into producing films of both kinds – documentary and short; and has been hugely successful in both the genres. The Foundation has also won several awards for its endeavors in both the categories." So, are they budding "social justice warriors"? Are they going to go after intergenerational sexual relationships next? They also did a film about a little girl -- I didn't watch it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Kalam "I Am Kalam is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language drama film produced by the non-governmental charity Smile Foundation and directed by Nila Madhab Panda, cinematography by Mohana Krishna. The character of Chhotu has been performed by Harsh Mayar.[1] The film was screened in the market section at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival on 12 May 2010.[2] It has been showcased in various film festivals and has received many awards and honours.[3][4][5][6] The film was screened retrospective on 17 August 2016 at the Independence Day Film Festival jointly presented by the Indian Directorate of Film Festivals and Ministry of Defense, commemorating 70th Indian Independence Day. " No mention of how the movie was paid for, revenues, etc. Nothing. I Am Kalam, starring Harsh Mayar as "Chhotu" AKA Kalam The puberty monster was not kind to him: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-e&sca_esv=559765737&q=Harsh+Mayar+Chhotu,+Kalam&tbm=isch Did I mention what Kalam looked like at around 10 years old when he made the movie? Check it out, you won't be disappointed... Worth watching. Let me know what you think... M. I Am Kalam Full Movie | Hindi Motivational Movie | Gulshan Grover Movie | Inspirational Hindi Movie https://www.youtube.com [@nonymouse] [Guardster] [Proxify] [Anonymisierungsdienst] |