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All of that is in the script, the backstory and so on. But what really sells it is the child actors, Hetal Gadda and Krrish Chchabria. Both of them manage to look like normal funny kids, not shockingly cute or beautiful, but they also have just this glow that comes out of them that makes you love them. I could see them, either of them, going on to be big stars. Or, I could see them going on to get degrees from good schools and live long happy lives and never appear onscreen again. They were just that right combination of normal and star quality that could go either way.
And I want to talk about the people they meet along the way and what it all means (I think this is where the importance of the movie fandom really shines through), but that means spoiling for you what happens. So, SPOILER SPOILERS SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
But Shahrukh is there for her, she spots a poster of him encouraging eye donation (I think?), and decides that the best solution for her problems is to write to Shahrukh for help. Letter after letter, confidently handed over to the village postman sans stamp with a request for him to send them on. Until the postman has finally had enough and hands them back to her uncle.
This could have been the end. Hetal could have found out that the letters never went off, had a crying jag, and given up. But that would mean her promise would be unfulfilled, and that would be the end of the world. She promised him he would have his sight back, there was no other option. So, instead, she decides that the two of them will walk miles and miles to the film sight where Shahrukh is working and ask him for help in person.
This is their pilgrimage. And it is also the pilgrimage for their bigger family, their aunt and uncle. When they awake to find the children gone, it also wakes them to their bigger responsibilities. Again, they were never cruel before, but they seemed to be holding back from fully embracing the idea that they had to think about their children first, and themselves second. It took a sign that the kids were more trusting and relying on a complete stranger movie star than on their own relatives for their uncle to stop sitting around and go off walking to find them, and for their aunt to cook and pack the very best good for them to eat once he found them.
As is usual on a pilgrimage, most of the people they meet are good people. The sweet merchant who takes them home and feeds them until they get sick, and lets them play with his little son. The local female saint. The white hippie who sings with them. The wild gypsies who tell their fortune. All the way to the hanger on at the film site, selling photos and traces of Shahrukh.
It takes a very stressful long time before they are actually kidnapped. It appears that the white hippie will be the threat, but in fact it is the nice middle-aged traveler with a car who approaches them at the tea stall while the hippie is giving them lunch.
There is already a bit of a subversion, because the gypsy was sent by a vision, her grandmother had a dream that there was a reason for her to stop a car coming down the road the next day. Meanwhile, the kidnappers were sent by the corrupt servant of a saint. Clearly, the formal religious figures are corrupted and forgotten by God, while the free living gypsies are the blessed ones, chosen as instruments of God.
So, it was Shahrukh. But, it was also a legitimate miracle. How did he know how to find them? How did he carry them back to civilization? How did her letter reach him if the postman refused to stamp it? The way it is filmed, we are definitely meant to see him as a mysterious power that appears when needed.
Pari leaves no stone unturned to get her brother's eyesight back. She is determined, responsible, and courageous. Chotu, her brother, has a playful attitude, which makes people like him. He is brave throughout the journey.
Central characters are Indian. Gender balance in the fact that the two leads are a brother and sister. One of them, Chotu, is a young boy who is visually impaired. Although his disability is key to the narrative, he is not defined by it. He is shown to be fun, well-liked, and courageous. The siblings are orphans, raised by their uncle and aunt since their parent's passing. The film pans across the deserts of Rajasthan.
A character is pushed, then their clothes are stolen. In a movie within the film, there is a brief action sequence. Kids are given drug-infused sweets that leads to them fainting. A rifle is pointed at someone. Reference to parents being dead.
Parents need to know that Rainbow (Dhanak in Hindi) is a sweet Bollywood family drama movie that follows two siblings, Pari (Hetal Gada) and Chotu (Krrish Chhabria), across the deserts of Rajasthan to find a famous actor who they think will pay for Chotu's eye operation. Chotu is visually impaired, and while this is integral to the plot, he is not defined by his disability. The film has mild violence as someone pushes a character and eventually steals their clothes. In a movie that characters watch within the film, there are some fighting scenes. In one scene, someone attempts to kidnap children after giving them sweets that have drugs in them, causing the kids to faint. A character points a rifle at another briefly. Multiple characters smoke hookah and one character is seen drinking alcohol. Language includes "idiot," "fool," "witch," "bloody," "ass," "jerk," etc. The film is in Hindi with English subtitles available. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails.
In RAINBOW, when her aunt and uncle refuse to pay for her brother Chotu's (Krrish Chhabria) eye treatment, Pari (Hetal Gada) decides to try and find her favorite actor in the hope of getting help from him. It's a journey that sees Pari and Chotu travel across the deserts of Rajasthan. But will they find what their looking for?
This fun-filled family drama, directed and written by Nagesh Kukunoor, is a delightful journey across Rajasthan's deserts that weaves together childhood innocence, playfulness, and courage. Rainbow (titled Dhanak in Hindi) shows that faith and determination, sprinkled with some magic, can move sand dunes if not mountains. Not having anyone else but each other, Pari and Chotu bravely venture out on an adventure into the unknown. Their adorable sibling bond includes the typical teasing and bickering, and yet the two are inseparable. Chotu's mischief and Pari's determination -- amazingly delivered by both the child actors -- make the cinematic experience entertaining for kids and adults alike. Additionally, the movie features diverse soulful tunes and pans across Rajasthan in a really refreshing manner.
Pari was convinced that her favorite actor would help her brother. Discuss why it's important to recognize the boundaries between ourselves and famous people. What are some of the issues blurring these lines can cause?
There's something irresistible about a road movie with small children. Ask fans of Majid Majidi. Nagesh Kukunoor's Dhanak is nearly the same genre as a Majidi movie and best of all, it even has the same kind of magic. It's a movie with a large golden heart. Its intentions are pitch perfect. The writing could've been a lot better. But end of the day, this movie has enough goodness and sweetness to warm the cockles of your heart. It leaves you feeling like sunshine on a summer day in Switzerland. Warm and happy.
The story deals with a brother and sister duo in a remote village in Rajasthan. The boy is called Chhotu and he's blind. The girl called Pari is the elder sibling and she's the mother figure to Chhotu. Pari is a sworn fan of Shah Rukh Khan and Chhotu is a worshipper of Salman Khan. They have a cute superstar fan rivalry too. She's the one who holds his hand and makes him feel secure. They're orphans but live with their uncle and aunt. As cliches go, the aunt is the veritable avatar of a cruel stepmother, who doesn't even feed the children, even when there's enough dry rotis to go around. All that Pari wants is to have Chhotu get his eyesight back. So when she sees SRK's 'donate your eyes' poster she decides to write him letters so SRK can help Chhotu get his surgery. When the adults refuse to send out her letters and when the cruel aunt's diktats get too tough, Pari and Chhotu decide to runaway from home. They make a beeline for Jaisalmer, 300-odd kilometers away, because that's where SRK is shooting for his new film.
While there's nothing new on offer in terms of story or characterisation, even the whole Rajasthan set-up gets a little too obvious with countless poverty, desert, ghevar and folk song references, the movie manages to keep your faith alive because of its earnestness. That comes from the two child actors - Hetal Gadda playing Pari and Krrish Chhabria portraying Chhotu. They're irresistibly adorable and their genuine smiles can make you feel fuzzy. So with these two kids fending for themselves out in the big bad world, you're emotions are instantly invested in their adventure. Their journey though predictable, is still invigorating because you want them to succeed. It helps that the kids have self-critical dialogues where they're constantly embarassed by the ludicrous nature of their quest. They're looking for SRK in a desert after all. So when adults enquire about their motives the kids spell out the outlandish but honest nature of their task. And surprisingly, almost everyone they meet lend out a helping hand. Is the world full of eagerly helpful people as shown in Dhanak? No, but going with the positive theme of this movie, you want the children to succeed and you want them to steer clear of an Anurag Kashyap sense of stark reality, so that's exactly what Kukunoor and his team serve up. The way things keep falling into place is almost too convenient. But that's what drives the goodness of this adventure.
This is definitely not Kukunoor's best film. Movies like Iqbal, Dor and Hyderabad Blues were leagues ahead in their scope for storytelling. But Dhanak does make good on the premise of being an honest children's adventure. At one point, you do feel like you're watching an Indian culture catalog for the Americans, they even throw in a Hippie from California walking the Earth for love and peace. But the movie never gets over-the-top or annoying. It let's the children take center stage throughout and their honest banter always keeps your mood upbeat. There are plenty of sweet performances by adult actors like Vipin Sharma, Bharati Achrekar, Ninad Kamat and Raghu Ram (MTV Roadies fame) to get the story to chug along as well.
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