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Starring: Atul Kulkarni,
Sarika, Taher Sutterwala, Chinmay Kambli
Directed by Sagar Ballary
Kaccha Limboo is
Writer-Director Sagar Bellary’s genuine attempt of a
journey into the mind and heart of an overweight and
somewhat irritated child Shambhu and tries to reason out
why the kid is always so distressed and lonely.
Kaccha Limboo is a coming-of-age early teen flick which
is largely shot in the real corridors and classrooms of
a Mumbai School. The slice-of-life moments in the school
life are a delight, like when the kid is trying to copy
his parent's signature in his school calendar, and many
other hilarious moments that have you in splits.
They are followed by Shambhu's misadventures as he runs
into a bunch of slum kids in Mumbai's underworld.
On the way, he comes across a tough-talking beachside
boy from the Fisherman’s colony - Vitthal (Chinmay). On
coming to know the street boy, Shambhu learns to see a
new life which is quite opposite to his own. An
unexpected situation occurs, and the boys have to take a
journey.
Shambhu’s encounter with the street smart boy leads to
friendship. Though they belong to entirely contrasting
backgrounds, the friendly relationship gets as real as
it can as the kids are so alike in their thoughts and
dreams. In each other they try to find out the solutions
of their distressed lives.
Everything worked just fine until a sudden turn of
events force Vitthal and Shambhu to set out on a train
journey in search of a place where they can find the
freedom they desire.
Cast:
Taheer Sutarwala - Shambhu
Atul Kulkarni - Shambhu’s father
Sarika - Shambhu’s Mother
Chinmay Kambli - Vitthal
Bhairavi Goswami
Iravati Harshe
Rajesh Khattar
Armaan Malik
Vinay Pathak
Rukhsar
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It is a tale of Shambhu (Taheer Sutarwala), a fat and
clumsy 13 year old boy who has everything going against
him - fights with seniors in school, warning from
principal and so he decides to run away from home.
Oddball Shambhu just can't fit in... like desperately
trying to be a part of a group of his school friends, but
they ignore him. In his school, he is the butt of jokes
due to his awkward and overweight body image while at home
where he just can't seem to connect with his step father (Atul
Kulkarni) and his mother (Sarika) – who can be simply
described as stressed out parents.
The film has some interesting moments showing many
interesting things in his school and home life.
Kaccha Limboo has an interesting storyline and even the
presentation is good. The incidents like peer pressure,
puppy love, familial frustrations and high-school dilemmas
depicted here, seem so real, like what we did in our
adolescent days. The dialogues are just okay, while the
screenplay is much better. The background score is very
fine, while Parixit Warrier’s Cinematography is above
average.
Taheer comes up with a good act well supported by the
talented Chinmay’s cool attitude. Still Sarika looks
serene and the father Atul Kulkarni is apt. Iravati Harshe,
the cameo of Vinay Pathak and Rajesh Kattar contribute
nothing significant in the story.
Ballary’s work has some strong touching moments like the
close-up of a schoolboy singing, the authentic
picturisation of a village wedding. The film is somewhat a
contemporary version of Gulzaar’s Kitaab (1977), and falls
short of Kitaab’s narration.
Director Sagar Ballary thanks Gulzar for Kitaab and
Francois Truffaut for 400 Blows when the credits roll.
- Aniz Filmvala
Credits & Crew:
Banner: Sahara Motion Pictures,
Production House - Park Bench Motion Pictures
Producers: Sahara Motion Pictures, Park Bench Motion
Pictures
Directed by Sagar Ballary
Story - Sagar Ballary
Dialogues - Jyoti Kapoor
Original Music by Amardeep Nijjer
Cinematography by Parixit Warrier
Film Editing by Suresh Pai
Assistant Directors - Rohit Joshi, Nischay Rout
Audiography - Tappas Nayak
Camera - Vinayak Radhakrishnan |
