I Am Kalam
2010, Film, 88 min, Comedy, Drama, Hindi, India, MoviePedia score 71
The film celebrates the survival of the human spirit against overwhelming odds and highlights the need for underprivileged children's education. Its a film based on former indian president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and is aimed at inspiring the poor to educate their children. Written by DaGambit Chhotu's peasant village is ruined by drought, so his ma drops the boy with uncle Bhati, who runs a tea stand at the city outskirts. Clever Chottu, who calls himself Kalam after the self-made Indian president, soon outsmarts uncle's adult assistant and makes friends with the loneliest boy in the palace, now a hotel, a prince his age.
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Directed by Nila Madhab Panda
Cast
- Gulshan Grover as Bhati
- Harsh Mayar as Kalam
- Pitobash as Laptan
- Husaan Saad as Kunver Ranvijay Singh
- Beatrice Ordeix as Lucy
- Namrata Dixit as Teacher
- Sanjay Chauhan as Your Highness
- Garima Bharadwaj as Rani Sa
- Keshav Sharma as Purohit
- Meena Mir as Meera
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