A magical story of a carefree little boy Shibu was shown at Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum on Thursday. Under Children’s film screenings ‘Ullas’ a film ‘Bajaa’ was screened on Thursday at tribal museum.
The movie is directed by Apurba Kishore Bir and the movie is produced by Children Film Society of India (CFSI). It is to be noted that Bir has made many films for CFSI including ‘lavanya Preeti’ that won the Best Asian Film at the Osaka International Film Festival. The movie Baaja won the National Award for Best Children’s film in 2003 and was also selected in Feature Film Category Indian Panaroma India 2002.
The film features Yakub Shaikhi, Ram Awana, Roni Bhatt and Manisha Rajpal in lead roles.
The story of the movie revolves around a young boy Shibu and his carefree nature. Eleven year old Shibu is carefree and compassionate. To guide his wandering energy on a constructive path, his widowed mother sends him to the city with his uncle.
Shibu’s energetic response to city life and his free spiritedness annoys his neighbours and aunt. This forces his uncle to be strict with him and take him to his shoe shop to keep an eye on him.
Once, while carrying a pair of shoes to a doctor, Shibu encounters an unpredictable situation.
Shibu ventures across the streets and lanes in his casual and carefree manner while encountering some stray incidents. But, then something very sudden and unpredictable happens, which invites him to show his true potential and real merit. His reaction to the same surprises the adults while demonstrating a clear chasm between indifferent adults and caring children.