Chhello Show

India's entry to the Oscars is filmmaker Pan Nalin's love letter to cinema, which earnestly captures the evolution of the art form and the magic of dreams.

In this short scene, the film speaks a lot about how we look at cinema and the film industry. It's no news that the world of films is looked at as elitist, and people with silver-screen dreams are looked at as fantasists chasing an endless mirage. From Samay's very name to the background of the family and the history of events that led to the father opening a tea shop, everything is told at its own pace and most of these details eventually prove vital in the story's progression. There’s another bigger narrative that Pan carefully weaves right from the beginning, and that speaks of the democratic nature of stories and how ironically a society that innately likes to tell stories looks down upon cinema. After stealing a piece of film from the theatre, Samay converts a train coach into a makeshift camera obscura to project film from a tiny hole in the window. With tender frames, the film pulls us into the world of Samay (Bhavin Rabari), a young boy from Chalala village in Gujarat, who lives with his father (Dipen Raval), mother (Richa Meena) and younger sister.

Chhello Show AKA The Last Film Show is a Gujarati coming-of-age dramedy that began trending last month after it was announced as India's official Oscar ...

No matter how positively it was received universally, RRR is still a ‘masala movie’ that might not match the general standards of the final five Oscar nominations in the Best International Feature category (most of which are arthouse film festival darlings). No matter how many times he beats him with a stick, Samay continues to bunk school and “binge-watch” in the projector room. Even though Bapu is a mere tea-seller, he is hooked to his Brahman caste identity, going on to say that a low occupation such as filmmaking will bring his caste shame. But mimicking Amitabh Bachchan, delivering monologues on cinema, or just dancing like a Sufi saint with the projector light serving as his halo, Fazal turns into a delightful supporting character who is equal parts eccentric and majestic. When the theatre staff brands him as a freeloader and kicks him out, he befriends the projectionist Fazal with an amusing business offer. But as he dwells in the small railroad town of Chalala, watching films is an exercise in itself.

Pan Nalin's Last Film Show is set in 2010 in a town in Gujarat and located somewhere between the aching nostalgia of Cinema Paradiso and the DIY spirit of ...

Nalin’s misty-eyed ode to cinema clears in the moment when reality strikes Galaxy, and Samay. While Last Film Show is a bit sketchy on where it stands in the analogue-versus digital debate, there’s no doubt about what it achieves. Catalysed by a mythological movie showing at Galaxy, the only cinema hall in his town, the nine-year-old boy falls captive to the magic of light and shadows. Nalin’s screenplay proceeds as a series of episodes that are held together by Samay’s irresistible combination of passion and canniness. That this analogue world is going to disappear is evident from the very name of the wide-eyed, long-haired and stick-legged hero. A friendship with Galaxy’s projectionist Fazal (Bhavesh Shrimali) helps Samay enter the hallowed box from where rays of light strike the screen.

Gujarati film 'Chhello Show' which is India's official entry at Oscars 2023, is celebrated on the sets of 'Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah'.

Congratulations and all the best to the writer-director Pan Navin and the producers of the film," he added. The film is slated to hit the screens on October 14. Director Pan Nalin and child artist Bhavin Rabari, who is a big fan of the show, will join creator Asit Kumarr Modi and Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashamah team on sets.

Cast: Bhavin Rabari, Bhavesh Shrimali, Richa Meena, Dipen Raval, Paresh Mehta, Vikas Bata, Rahul Koli, Shoban Makwa, Kishan Parmar, Vijay Mer, ...

His father is in danger of being forced out of work owing to a move that threatens to render the tea stall redundant. As the films playing in Amreli's Galaxy theatre unspool, Fazal teaches Samay how to mount reels on the projector and splice torn strips of film. The latter takes Samay under his wings in return for the finger-licking, lip-smacking food that he brings from home. Her exceptional culinary skills - she has an array of traditional recipes in her repertoire - help Samay gain access to the movie hall's sanctum sanctorum that Fazal the projectionist (Bhavesh Shrimali) lords over. The film revolves around the encounters and adventures that shape the boy's imagination. [Chhello Show](https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/oscars-2023-chhello-show-is-indias-official-entry-3362166) does rest on the young protagonist's bond with a projectionist, but the film goes well beyond that aspect of the plot.

Chhello Show movie review: The film, India's official entry to the Oscars, does manage to focus on change as an inexorable part of life.

In return for being able to spend his day at the cinema, the time he is meant to be at school, home-cooked food becomes barter. Samay (Bhavin Rabari), bright-eyed and inquisitive, wants more than just being an assistant to his father, who runs a tea-stall at the village railway station. ‘Chhello Show’, or ‘ [The Last Film Show](https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/health-specials/oscar-nominated-chhello-show-rahul-koli-death-child-leukaemia-india-8202940/)’, is also meant to be a semi-autobiographical tale of the director Pan Nalin, whose journey from a remote Saurashtra village to a creator of images is reflected in the movie.

Rajamouli's RRR, Academy Awards, Pan Nalin's directorial Chhello Show, or the Last Film Show has been caught up in controversy off lately. The film has released ...

While all the child artists in the film have given an enthralling performance there’s one child actor who couldn’t live to see the glory of his film on the big screen. The film chronicles a boy’s path to the magical world of lights, camera, and film projection room. In fact, Deepika showering love on the lead child actor of the film went viral. Little to say that the kid is mesmerised with the art of filmmaking. While critics are hailing it as a gem of a movie, the audience’s reaction is yet to be gauged. [RRR](https://www.lifestyleasia.com/ind/culture/entertainment/rrr-can-still-win-at-oscars-know-how/), Academy Awards, Pan Nalin’s directorial Chhello Show, or the Last Film Show has been caught up in controversy off lately.

गुजराती में छेलो का मतलब अंतिम होता है इसलिए इसे 'छेलो शो: द लास्ट फिल्म' का नाम दिया ...

Chhello Show Twitter Review भारत की तरफ से ऑस्कर 2023 के लिए आधिकारिक एंट्री फिल्म छेलो शो लंबे वक्त ...

फिर किस आधार पर यह फिल्म ऑस्कर नॉमिनेशन के योग्य है?" फिल्म से नाखुश एक यूजर ने कहा, "फिल्म छेलो शो एक भारतीय फिल्म नहीं है। यह फिल्म सिनेमा पैराडाइसो की कॉपी है। निर्देशक दावा कर रहे हैं कि यह एक गुजराती फिल्म है, लेकिन यह गुजराती भाषा में नहीं बनी है और भारत में रिलीज भी नहीं हुई! छेलो शो को शानदार बताते हुए एक यूजर ने फिल्म को विजुअली रिच और भारतीय सिनेमा को दिल को छू लेने वाला लव लेटर कहा।

छेलो शो गुजरात के एक छोटे से गांव चलाला में रहने वाले नौ साल के बच्चे समय (भाविन रबारी) ...

मां के रूप में ऋचा मीना ने गुजरात के गांव की कुकिंग के सुर को बखूबी पकड़ा है. फिल्म देखने के दौरान यह एहसास नहीं होता कि आप थिएटर में हैं बल्कि लगता है कि आप उस गांव और उस दुनिया में पहुंच गए हैं. वहीं बा यानी के मां (ऋचा मीना) का खाना बनाने के तरीके की डिटेलिंग भी कमाल की रही है. अपर क्लास के गरीब व बेबस पिता के रूप में दीपेन रावल ने अपने किरदार को ईमानदारी से निभाया है. फिल्म की हर एक डिटेलिंग इस बात की गवाह है कि उन्होंने हर एक फ्रेम को अपने इमोशन से सराबोर होकर शूट किया है. रिश्वत के रूप में फजल को खाने का लालच देकर समय थिएटर के प्रॉजेक्शन बूथ में एंट्री कर लेता है. दरअसल, उन्होंने अपने बचपन की कहानी को सिल्वर स्क्रीन पर उकेरने की कोशिश की है. खैर, फिल्म को देश की तरफ से ऑस्कर के ऑफिसियल नॉमिनेशन में भेजा गया है. हालांकि फजल से सीखी चीजों से समय अपनी गैंग संग मिलकर टूटी साइकिल, परदे, बल्ब, मिरर जैसी कई चीजों का इस्तेमाल कर अपनी दुनिया वाली थिएटर बनाने की कोशिश में लग जाता है. फिल्म का बैकड्रॉप उस वक्त का है, जब प्रॉजेक्टर के जरिए फिल्मों को थिएटर पर दिखाया जाता था. बिना टिकट के फिल्म देख रहे सयम को जब थिएटर से बाहर निकाला जाता है, तो उसे साथ मिलता है, सिनेमा प्रॉजेक्टर चलाने वाले टेक्निशियन फजल (भावेश श्रीमाली) का. Chhello Show Review: हमारे देश में ऐसे कई तमाम इंडीपेंडेंट फिल्म मेकर्स हैं, जिन्होंने सिनेमा के प्रति अपने प्यार को स्क्रीन पर उतारा है.

सिनेमा के प्रति गाढ़े प्रेम की कहानी, जो आपका सिनेमा की ताकत में भरोसा मज़बूत करती है. pic.

समय की तरह फज़ल को भी सिनेमा से प्यार है. ऋचा मीना फिल्म में समय की मां बनी हैं. जैसे ये दर्शाने की कोशिश की हो कि भले ही समय रोशनी के पास पहुंचने में लगा है. समय की तरह उसे भी सिनेमा से प्यार था. सिनेमा की ताकत की कहानी है. फिल्म में खाने को फिल्माया भी उतनी ही सुंदरता से गया है. समय और सिनेमा के बीच का ब्रिज था. समय भूखा है सिनेमा का और फज़ल भूखा है अच्छे खाने का. खाना समय और फज़ल के बीच का ब्रिज था. समय की दुनिया बदलती है. लेकिन फिल्म खत्म होने तक असली भक्त सिर्फ समय बनता है. ये पूछने पर जवाब मिलता है कि शहर में ‘जय महाकाली’ फिल्म लगी है.

India's Oscar entry is a visual treat but dabbles between an artist's expression and his indulgence.

The way Samay and his coterie of young cinephiles look at the sun with their hands curved into a scope is a shot worth cherishing. A Brahmin, and a Muslim laughing, relishing a meal with a film playing in the background. There are others too: the children looking at a pride of lions waiting for them to leave; them lying on the grass, looking at the sky through a film reel or Samay looking at a film from a small window in the projector room. Bhavesh Shrimali as the projectionist Fazal, whom Samay bribes with food in exchange for free movie watching, has the most entertaining and adorable scenes. He is in awe of the pictures on screen, the fluttering pigeons on the wall fans (in an interview with me, Pan Nalin told that as a child, when he first saw the zoom-in on the face of Goddess Kali in the film, he got petrified and hid under the bench). It is about the passage of time.

India's official entry to the Oscars - Chello Show - released in India today.

In Europe, when they write Box Office, it is about the number of people who have seen the movie and not how much money it earned. When I make a movie, I do not want to make an excuse that Samsara is not doing well as it came out on the same day as Star Wars or James Bond. Sixty of them were shortlisted and six were taken and then the roles they were to play, were decided. It is not about how the box office is going to be. I have to be honest to the story. If we had made the movie in Hindi, then we would have required Hindi actors. Ultimately, the film has to work with the masses. [With the film releasing in India today](https://www.theweek.in/news/entertainment/2022/10/10/indias-oscar-entry-last-film-show-to-open-in-95-cinemas.html), it is a day of reckoning for its director Pan Nalin and the entire cast and crew. Hindi would have taken them out of the film. A/ I think it would have been a very different film. One year ago, Peter Goldwyn of Samuel Goldwyn Films gave out a statement in one of the leading Hollywood newspapers that, in Chhello Show, he sees a strong contender for Oscars and that is why he was buying the film. A/ There are 17 jury members in the Film Federation of India.

निर्देशक-पैन नलिन कलाकार-भाविन राबरी, भावेश श्रीमाली, रिचा मीना, दीपेन रावल, ...

Nalin spoke out challenges that came in the way of shooting the film in natural locations.

"Since the last three to four days the family had been feeling really good that he has acted in the film. The casting process also posed a challenge as a casting director was beaten up by a mob which thought he was a child lifter, he said. "We were not even motivated to continue editing, because we didn't know what the future would look like. "I always make movies that appeal to people. Six to seven months were a tough time, we did not know what would happen to the film. We had to deal with that safety issue as well," he said. "They all come from underprivileged backgrounds...what struck me was that they were all extremely happy wherever they were. That was quite challenging," he recalled. "We were shooting in locations in Sasan Gir where lions used to come, and we had many close encounters (with wild animals). Sharing challenges in shooting the film, Nalin recalled how the cast and crew encountered lions and leopards. I was really really touched by what happened to him. Nalin was born in Amreli district where most of the film has been shot.