Chhello Show

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Chhello Show
Chhello Show (Last Film Show) poster.jpeg
Official poster
Directed byPan Nalin
Written byPan Nalin
Produced by
  • Pan Nalin
  • Dheer Momaya
  • Marc Duale
Starring
  • Bhavin Rabari
  • Bhavesh Shrimali
  • Richa Meena
  • Dipen Raval
  • Paresh Mehta
CinematographySwapnil S. Sonawane
Edited byShreyas Beltangdy, Pavan Bhat
Music byCyril Morin
Production
companies
  • Chhello Show LLP
  • Monsoon Films
  • Jugaad Motion Pictures
Release date
Running time
110 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageGujarati

Chhello Show (Gujarati: છેલ્લો શો, transl. Last Film Show) is 2021 Gujarati coming-of-age drama film directed by Pan Nalin. It stars Bhavin Rabari, Bhavesh Shrimali, Richa Meena, Dipen Raval and Paresh Mehta in lead roles.[1] The film premiered at the 20th Tribeca Film Festival on 10 June 2021.

Plot[]

A nine-years-old Samay from Chalala, a village in Saurashtra in Gujarat state of India entered a cinema hall projection booth by bribing Fazal, a cinema projector technician, and watched several films through summer. He became engrossed with cinema for life.[1][2]

Cast[]

  • Bhavin Rabari as Samay
  • Bhavesh Shrimali as Fazal, projectionist
  • Richa Meena as Baa, Samay's mother
  • Dipen Raval as Bapuji, Samay's father
  • Paresh Mehta as cinema manager
  • Vikas Bata as Nano
  • Rahul Koli as Manu
  • Shoban Makwa as Badshah
  • Kishan Parmar as ST
  • Vijay Mer as Tiku
  • Alpesh Tank as Mr. Dave, teacher
  • Tia Sebastien as Leela Mila

Production[]

Pan Nalin on the shoot of Chhello Show in Rajkot, Gujarat, India in 2019

The film is semi-autobiographical as Nalin was born and brought up in Adtala village in Saurashtra.[2] Six village boys from local communities of the region were cast. The film was shot in villages and railway station in Saurashtra. He also brought old celluloid Hindi films and a technician to run projectors.[1] The cast is mostly made of child actors. Dilip Shankar, Nalin's friend and casting director, assisted Nalin in casting the child actors. The film was shot in March 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in India. The post-production was completed during the pandemic.[3] The film is produced by Dheer Momaya's Jugaad Motion Picture, Nalin's Monsoon Films and Marc Duale's Stranger88 in co-production with Virginie Lacombe's Virginie Films and Eric Dupont's Incognito films.[1]

The film focuses on hope and innocence. It also highlight ending culture of single-screen cinema and 35mm celluloid films in India.[1]

Release[]

The film premiered at Spotlight section of the 20th Tribeca Film Festival on 10 June 2021. It was the first Gujarati film selected for the festival section.[1][4][5] The film will be released in Germany, Spain, Japan, Israel and Portugal.[6]

The film was nominated for Tiantan Awards at 11th Beijing International Film Festival, to be held from 21 to 29 September 2021.[7]

The film won the Golden Spike to Best Film at the 66th Valladolid Film Festival (Seminci) held in October 2021.[8]

Reception[]

Prahlad Srihari of Firstpost called the film "an ode to movie-going, as movie-making".[9] Tanzeem Pardiwalla of Mashable India rated it 5 out of 5. She praised the direction, cinematography, theme, story and performances.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Pan Nalin's Gujarati film Chhello Show to open Tribeca Film Festival's Spotlight section". Firstpost. 27 April 2021. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b Ramachandran, Naman (22 April 2021). "Pan Nalin's 'The Last Film Show' Marks Return to Big-Screen Experience at Tribeca Festival (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  3. ^ Pandya, Sonal (10 June 2021). "Heart of Chhello Show is the jugaadu spirit, says filmmaker Pan Nalin". Cinestaan. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  4. ^ Rathod, Vaishali. "Pan Nalin: The premiere of 'Chhello Show' at the Tribeca is great news for Gujarati and Indian cinema - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  5. ^ Pandya, Sonal (11 June 2021). "Chhello Show trailer: A boy is transformed by the magic of cinema". Cinestaan. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  6. ^ Ramach, Naman; ran (9 June 2021). "Tribeca Title 'The Last Film Show' Racks up Global Sales, Reveals Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  7. ^ Liz Shackleton (21 July 2021). "Beijing film festival unveils line-up for 2021 physical edition". Screen Daily. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  8. ^ Foreman, Liza (1 November 2021). "Pan Nalin's 'Last Film Show' Tops Valladolid". Variety. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  9. ^ Srihari, Prahlad (14 June 2021). "Tribeca Film Festival 2021: Pan Nalin's Last Film Show is an ode to how we interact with cinema as kids". Firstpost. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  10. ^ Pardiwalla, Tanzeem (15 June 2021). "Tribeca 'Last Film Show' Review: A Visually Stunning Love Letter To Cinema". Mashable India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.

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