A Hindi movie ‘Ankur Maina aur Kabootar’ aka Operation Pink Pigeon was screened at Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum here on Thursday. The movie was screened under the regular children’s film screenings Ullas.
The film is directed by Madan Bawaria. The film features MK Raina, Savita Bajaj and Master Himanshu Sandhu in the lead roles. The movie talks about the pink pigeons and how Ankur and his friends and family helped in saving the pink pigeons.
Dr. Sinha is one among several ornithologists working towards saving the endangered pink pigeon – native to the picturesque Mauritius. On a trip to the country he takes his grandson Ankur along. Ankur becomes friends with Maina – the daughter of Dr. Sharma. The team, face many obstacles in their quest, the most crucial being that the pink pigeon does not breed in captivity.
But guided by their zeal, and the innocence of the children amidst them, the group of scientists achieves the impossible. This film won the best Children’s Film Award at the National Film Awards in 1989. It is to be noted that it was also the first Indo-Mauritius production and kick started the film industry in that small, island nation.
Director of the movie Madan Bawaria is a diploma holder from the Film and Television Institute of India, (FTII) Pune, Madan Bawaria has directed many advertising film. He has also worked as a Chief Assistant Director to many well known directors including Basu Chatterjee in the feature films ‘Puja’ and ‘Manzil’.