Synopsis
Pari, 10 year-old, and Chotu, her 8 year-old brother, orphans, live in an Indian village with their uncle and aunt. Chotu is blind but joyful; Pari is his eyes, his guide, his best friend. She has promised Chotu that he’ll be able to see by the time he turns 9. One day she sees a poster with an Indian movie star, Shahrukh Khan, appealing to people to donate their eyes. She is convinced that her reel life hero can help her fulfil her promise to Chotu and writes a letter to Khan pleading Chotu’s case. She doesn’t hear back but doesn’t give up and writes a letter to Khan every day. Then she hears that Khan is shooting about 300 km from her village. She is confident that if she can meet Khan, Chotu will get his eyesight back. In the dead of the night, she runs away from home with Chotu. What unfolds is a journey that only the innocence of childhood allows to experience.
Sections & Films
RAINBOW
| Original Title | DHANAK |
| Category | Official Competition |
| Section | Elements +6 |
| Tipology | Feature Film |
| Duration | 103' |
| Production Year | 2015 |
| Nationality | India |
| Directed by | Nagesh Kukunoor |
| Screenplay | Nagesh Kukunoor |
| Director of photography | Chirantan Das |
| Editor | Sanjib Datta |
| Production Design | Devika Bahudhanam |
| Costume Design | Aparna Shah |
| Sound | Vipin Bhati |
| Music | Tapas Relia |
| Main cast |
Krrish Chhabria (Chotu) Hetal Gada (Pari) Gulfam Khan (Tante) Vipin Sharma (Onkel) Suresh Menon (Badrinath) Chet Dixon (Hippie) |
| Produced by | Manish Mundra, Nagesh Kukunoor, Elahé Hiptoola |
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Nagesh Kukunoor
Born 1967, India. A chemical engineer, he worked in the chemical industry in the USA. In 1998 he used his savings to make his first feature film, HYDERABAD BLUES, which became one of India’s most successful low budget films. Then he directed the feature films ROCKFORD (1999), BOLLYWOOD CALLING (2001), 3 WALLS (3 DEEWAREIN, 2003), HYDERABAD BLUES 2 (2004), IQBAL (2005), THREAD (DOR, 2006), BOMBAY TO BANGKOK (2008), 8 BY 10 PHOTO (8X10 TASVEER, 2009), WISHES (AASHAYEIN, 2010), TURN (MOD, 2011), LAKSHMI (2013). RAINBOW won the Special Mention of the Children’s Jury and the Grand Prix of the International Jury for the Best Film in the Generation Kplus section at the Berlin Film Festival 2015.
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