A story of a precious picture was screened at Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum here on Thursday. The Hindi movie ‘Anmol Tasveer’ was screened under the children’s film screening ‘Ullas’ organised by Tribal Museum every Thursday.
The 1978 movie is directed by Satyen Bose and is one of the masterpieces of children’s movies. The movie features legendary actors including Ashok Kumar, Preety Ganguly, Anoop Kumar and Birbal in lead roles.
The movie follows the story of a woman who hates kids, But, when she was benefitted with the notorious act of a small kid, she hunts for the artistic kid.
Mrs. Bhatia, a porty woman, hates children and scolds them whenever she sees them. The kids dislike her in turn and take delight in scribbling over the walls of her bungalow to irritate her.
One day, Mrs. Bhatia sees a new boy drawing on her wall and by the force of habit chases him away.
later she is surprised when a wealthy art lover Mr. Ganguly pays her handsomely to photograph the wall painting. When she finds out that Mr. Ganguly has sold the photograph for 10 times what he paid her, she is furious. Overcome by greed, she tries to find the boy with the help of a bungling journalist.
Satyen Bose was one of the most successful and experimental filmmakers of India. He had no formal training in cinema but rose to become a prominent director and a master of the cinematic medium.