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Gattu

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Gattu is determined to defeat a kite named Kali and he sneaks into a school to get a vantage point.

Critics Reviews

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Shubhra Gupta The Indian Express It is so rare to see real children in our movies that Gattu, produced by the Childrens Film Society Of India which has had a long history of making didactic and preachy 'children's films' and which is now clearly breaking out of it, seems like a gift. Rated: 3.5/5 Mar 26, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member A childish film with insights into how India deals culturally with its large numbers of semi feral infants. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member WOW.....WOW....WOW.....JUST SEEN THIS MOVIE 4 THE 1ST TIME N THINK THAT THIS IS SUCH A GREAT MOVIE 2 WATCH........its got a good cast of actors/actresses throughout this movie.....I think that Rajan Khosa, Naresh Kumar, Mohammad Samad, play good roles/parts throughout this movie.......I think that the director of this drama movie had done a great job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie......I think that this is such a really well written/acted/directed movie 2 watch, its got a great cast throughout this movie..... Gattu opened at the 17th International Children's Film Festival at Hyderabad. Pragesh Jain is also called the gattu of kasiga school dehradun . This film was held in high regards by critics and film reviewers all over the world. The film had been honored with a special mention under Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk category at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival. It is one of the few films of Bollywood to win such acclaim. Earlier, Farhan Akhtar's Don 2 had a special gala screening at the Berlinale. After gaining international acclaim, 'Gattu' released in India on 20 April 2012. Gattu received positive critical acclaim. DearCinema.com critic Nandita Dutta wrote that "Although Gattu works around the regular elements of children's stories, it turns out to be an endearing tale of a little boy who is passionate about flying kites." Mansha Rastogi of Now Running gave the movie 4/5 stars, saying that "Gattu is yet another gem that Hindi film industry can be proud of. A definite watch for people of all age groups." NDTV review called it, "a delicately-threaded morality tale ", Anupama Chopra of Hindustan Times gave it 3.5/5 stars, while Prayag Arora Desai of Rediff gave the movie 3.5/5 stars, concluding that "Gattu is a must watch for all but most especially cynics who believe 'there is no hope for any of us'. It took Gattu just a little less than two hours to prove it." Madhureeta Mukherjee of The Times Of India gave the movie 3.5/5 stars, stating that "Gattu is a must-watch for children of all ages (read: grown-ups even more). And if you think you're too grown up for a kiddie film, go fly a kite. Maybe that's the real trouble with the world, too many people grow up too soon. We should just let the little one's in us rule the world.". Review Aggregator Bollymoviereviewz gave it a score of 3.29 out of 5 Subhash K Jha of Indicine gave the movie 3/5 stars, saying that "Gattu carries forward the recent trend of sensible, intelligent funny and moving films about child protagonists, namely Taare Zameen Par, I Am Kalam and Stanley Ka Dabba. Add one more film to that luminous list of cinema on little wonders." Blessy Chettiar of DNA India gave the movie 3/5 stars, stating that "Gattu scores high on the emotional quotient. It leaves you with a smile on your face." Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the movie 3/5 stars, concluding that "On the whole, a film like GATTU speaks to both, the kids and adults. Films like these, which aren't made to appease the box-office, but cater to a different audience, ought to be encouraged. For, there's life beyond zany entertainers as well!" man this is such an enjoyable childrens/family movie 2 watch.....its got such a great cast throughout this movie......man this is such an enjoyable/really funny childrens/family movie 2 watch, its got a great cast throughout this movie.....man this is so enjoyable/moving/touching drama movie 2 watch, its such a brilliant movie 2 watch, with a great cast throughout this movie, it is very entertaining movie 2 watch, it is so so so so funny movie 2 watch its such a brilliant movie 2 watch...... Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Pretty much a film for children, but not exclusively for as it's an enjoyable story surrounding one young boy's extraordinary lengths to be a kite champion. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Rare Indian film with a main cast of youngsters. Movie starts slowly but gradually escalates to a pulsating finale, ably held up by a group of likable and charming young cast, whose wits and humour helped to raise the film to new heights. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member Charming, sweet & heart warming. Commendable effort. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member A very good and commendable little gem made by Rajan Khosa which is funny and heart warming simultaneously. A must watch movie to encourage more movies like it. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Gattu is determined to defeat a kite named Kali and he sneaks into a school to get a vantage point.
Director
Rajan Khosa
Screenwriter
Rajan Khosa, Dilip Shukla, Ankur Tewari, Satyam
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Hindi
Runtime
1h 30m