Chhello show movie

Mane Prakash bhanvo che, Prakash maj thi vaarta bane che [I want to learn light, story emerges from light], nine-year-old Samay tells his Bapuji. Set in Kathiyawad (Saurashtra) region of Gujarat, Chhello Show ( The Last Film Show) is the story of Samay (Bhavin Rabari) who aspires to study 'light', and is fascinated by the way movies are projected and the process involved in making the reels. India’s official entry for Oscars 2023, directed by acclaimed director Pan Nalin and produced by many, including Roy Kapur Films, this Gujarati movie of 1.5 hours gives a refreshing feeling, especially at a time when majority of the Bollywood movies are not doing good. The best part of the movie is that you will hardly find anything 'filmy' in it. The locations (all from Saurashtra) are natural and so is the acting, especially of the child artists. Except for a couple of elders in the movie, all child artists are new and hail from the region. Samay has been an observer. He keenly watches the trail left behind by a jet even before his first exposure to a single-screen cinema hall in a nearby small town. Notwithstanding his Bapuji’s (Dipen Raval) warning that this would be his first and last film exposure as films are not good and has taken the family for the show as it is a movie of a Goddess, Samay keeps bunking school only to take a train and reach the cinema hall. Once when he is thrown out of the cinema hall as he did not have a ticket, he bumps into Fazal (Bhavesh Shrimali), the pr...

'Chhello Show' is a poem on classical cinema; a lamentation of a simpler time involving film reels and vintage projectors; a song of praise for the joy that the movies would bring. The film is art in motion, one that harks back to the last days of film reels before digital film distribution killed an entire industry. And what a throwback it is. Nalin's film is a startlingly simple story about boy named Samay (Bhavin Rabari is a revelation) who lives in a non-descript village called Chhalala in the Kathiawar region of Gujarat and falls in love with the movies. The only problem: this love is a forbidden one. His father, the local tea-seller, disapproves of his fledgling passion, often using the refrain that movies aren't an honourable profession. This leaves Samay to pursue his love, fascination and drive to make — or at least exhibit — movies of his own, on the sly.

AHMEDABAD: Early in the movie Chhello Show, the wide-eyed protagonist Samay, a young boy in a small village in Gujarat’s Saurashtra region, discovers ‘fillam’ (film) and gets enamoured by the 35mm medium of sound and light playing at the speed of 24 frames a second. In more ways than one, it depicts how Pan Nalin, a US-based filmmaker with roots in Gujarat, discovered and got hooked to films for life some five decades ago. It was a euphoric moment for Nalin and the entire team of Chhello Show (Last Film Show) when the movie was officially selected by Film Federation of India (FFI) to represent India at the 95th Academy Awards, or the Oscars, in 2023. After the 2013 film The Good Road, this is the second Gujarati language movie to be nominated for Oscars where it will compete in the ‘Best International Feature Film’ category. Nalin said Chhello Show as India’s official Oscars entry reflects the changing taste and universal values that worked in favour of the film that has no big stars or streamers behind it. “The movie has been on the international film festival circuit for the past several months and has won several awards, including the Golden Spike in Spain. It’s incredible that we were chosen from among so many big releases this year,” said Nalin. “It’s perhaps has to do with the universal power of stories. During the pandemic, Indians were exposed to many stories from countries like South Korea, Mexico, Spain… Similarly, the world is also exploring our stories.” Almost...

In a remarkable feat for a Gujarati movie, Chhello Show is set to make history as the first and only Gujarati film to complete silver jubilee in 72 cinemas across Japan. It will complete 25 weeks in Japanese theaters on June 23. “This is an unprecedented milestone,” exclaims an elated Pan Nalin, the film’s director, while talking to Mirror. What makes this even more intriguing is that the film is being screened in its original language, Gujarati, with Japanese subtitles. Nalin, known for directing films like Angry Indian Goddesses, Samsara, and Valley of Flowers, explains, “In Japan, they never dub films. It’s not their practice or tradition to watch dubbed movies. Instead, they prefer experiencing foreign language films in their original form with Japanese subtitles. That’s how they truly ‘feel’ the movie, its characters, and the storyline.” The Last Film Show (Chhello Show) was released in Japan by studio Shochiku in 24 cinemas in Tokyo alone. Reiko Hakui, Head of Acquisition at Shochiku, said, “We instantly fell in love with this beautiful and inspiring story. The film is not only a love letter to cinema but also a testament to the love for family, friends, and the pure innocence of following one’s dreams without hesitation. We are honored to introduce this marvelous gem from India to the Japanese audience.” Nalin adds, “Shochiku has been making movies for over a century. It’s not just a studio; it’s a monument to Japanese cinema and a significant milestone in its histo...