Gattu
Year | 2012 |
Director(s) | Rajan Khosa |
Runtime | 80 min |
In a small town in central India, kids and adults are equally obsessed with kite-flying. The airspace is dominated by a black kite called Kali with mysterious origins. A street kid, Gattu, dreams of defeating Kali, but keeps failing. He discovers that the local school has a roof which will give him a vantage point. Impersonating a student he sneaks into the school and must now pretend to study. The only problem—he is illiterate! Nonetheless, the little street urchin takes up the challenge. Dreams aren’t impossible when the desire is strong.
Gattu is a charming story set in a colorful part of the world. Alternately warm, funny and inspiring, Gattu is a film for all ages.
In Hindi with English subtitles.