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Wikipedia article
'Chabiwali Pocket Watch' is a 2006 short film written and directed by Vibhu Puri and produced by the Film and Television Institute of India. The film set in Old Delhi and deals with story of a romantic Urdu poet now dying anomously, and the struggle between his daughter and an opportunist publisher. The film was the official entry from India to the Student Academy Awards. It was also a chosen to be a part of Indian Panorama, '06
At the 53rd National Film Awards director Vibhu Puri received Special Jury Award. In 2013, it was amongst many FTII student films to be telecasted by state-run Doordarshan channel.
Synopsis
Urdu, the Hindustani language whose words resonate music, is fast dying. So is Babba, an old Urdu poet who is dying an unknown death. Having shut his eyes to the callous world that weighs art with money, he has woven a charming little world of his own. Babba's state of nonchalant bliss inadvertently drives his daughter Minni into a world of bitter silences. And, across the road lives Pappan, a small-time debt-ridden publisher who is eyeing Babba's treasured verses and his beautiful daughter. A self-indulgent, romantic old man, a stoic but essentially soft-hearted daughter and an opportunist but naive publisher. Amidst all this, Babba, Minni and Pappan struggle to keep their culture alive, their ethos alive, their language alive, their love alive ... in vain ...
Cast
* Lalit Mohan Tiwari as Babba
* Jameel Khan as Pappan
* Gayatri Kachru as Minni
Festivals
* Cannes Film Festival
* Sydney international Film Festival
* International Film Festival of India, Goa
* Pune International Film Festival
* International Film School Festival, Poland
* IAAC Film Festival, NY
* KARA, Karachi
* JIFF, Jamshedpur
* Pulotsav, Pune
* SIFF, Seoul
* MIFF, Mumbai, 08
* Cork Film fest, 08
Awards
* Best Feature at IBDAA Awards, Dubai
* Special Kodak Award for the director at the 13th International Film School Festival, Poland
* Special Jury Award for the director Vibhu Puri, 53rd National Film Awards, 2006
* Winner, Asia Pacific Kodak Filmschool Competition, 2006
* Best Cinematography award in the 'Emerging Filmmakers' section, Cannes Film Festival: Anay Goswamy
References
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110709005140/http://archive.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/nov292006/national15292120061129.asp
* http://paash.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/vibhu-puri-master-storyteller/
Category:2006 films
Category:Indian short films
Category:2000s Hindi-language films
Category:Urdu-language films
Category:Student films
Category:Films about writers
Category:Films set in Delhi
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