Panda s Halkaa heads to Montreal for world premiere
New Delhi March 7 (IANS) National Award-winning filmmaker Nila Madhab Panda s "Halkaa" will premiere worldwide at 21st Festival International du Film Pour Enfants de Montreal Film festival (FIFEM).
It will compete with six international children s films in the official section and will have its world premiere on Thursday read a statement.
The fest underway in Montreal Canada will go on till March 11.
"Halkaa" is about aspiration and dreams of an eight-year-old boy living in a slum in Delhi. It stars child actor Tathastu as Pichku and Ranvir Shorey and Paoli Dam as Pichku s parents.
"It s a new treat in children cinema space in India. I have tried to express words like fantasy dreams aspiration in a child s term. Yet it s a complicated adult s world and how he imagined a life in that space " said Panda known for "Kadvi Hawa" and "I am Kalam".
"Halkaa" is Panda s second film with children to be selected at FIFEM after "I am Kalam". He won the Prix Du Public for the film in 2010.
"It s a nostalgia to have the world premiere at FIFEM Montreal... Such a great feeling to have Halkaa to be part of the competition " he said.
The film is a musical treat with sounds by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. It is produced by Shiva Nadar Foundation in association with Akshay Kumar Parija and Nila Madhab Panda.
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