A Hindi film ‘Tahaan- A Boy with a Grenade’ was screened at Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum on Thursday. The movie was screened under the regular series of children’s film Ullas.
Directed by Santosh Sivan, the film revolves around a little Kashmiri boy and his pet donkey named Birbal.
The film is a fable like journey of the little boy who is in pursuit to find real purpose in his little world.
The movie features Purav Bhandare as Tahaan, Anupam Kher, Rahul Bose and Rahul Khanna in lead roles.
After salvaging money using various means, Tahaan reaches the moneylender to reclaim Birbal. He is told that old Subhan Darr (Anupam Kher) bought the donkey and went across the mountains where Tahaan’s father went missing.
Gathering courage, Tahaan goes in search of the old man. He finds him and he follows Subhan and his assistant Zafar (Rahul Bose) and their mule train, leading Birbal despite their protests.
Although Subhan promises to return Birbal to Tahaan if he can win a race against the incompetent Zafar, when he wins Subhan refuses to give him Birbal. Instead, Subhan gives the donkey to his eight-year-old nephew. Zafar tries to give Tahaan his sunglasses as a replacement for the donkey, but Tahaan will not accept the gift.
After much struggle Tahaan gets his donkey back. Subhan’s nephew learns that Tahaan is fond of Birbal and at his request Subhan gives the donkey back to Tahaan.
The auditorium was packed with movie lovers of the city enjoying the movie.