Two movies ‘Chor Chor Chup Ja’ and ‘Ek Adesh’ were screened here on Friday under Children’s Theatre Festival at Antarang Hall, Bharat Bhavan. Ek Adesh is a short film directed by Ramesh Asher. It is a movie about environment and its conservation in a different way. Choti belongs to a farming community in a semi-desert region of Rajasthan where her people are known for conserving the environment, especially the deer.
One day she notices a man from a community of hunters who depend on hunting deer as their source of livelihood, trying to shoot a deer. Chhoti rescues the deer only to cause a flashpoint between the two divergent communities. This short film sensitively portrays the moral dilemma caused by a clash between different ways of life and the need for protecting the environment. It won the Swarna Kamal for Best Short Fiction Film at the 54th National Film Awards in 2006.
later, the movie Chor Chor Chup Ja directed by BV Karanth was screened. Madhav a mute kid, has too many wonderful toys, but no friends to play with. He befriends Ramu, a monkey and his owner, a thief. This strange friendship has an unexpected affect.