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Moti
ANOKHA MOTI (Hindi)
THE MAGIC PEARL (English)
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latest children’s film ANOKHA
MOTI (THE MAGIC PEARL) subtitled in English running time
86 minutes produced
in the year 2000. A
film for Children & Honest Adults Participated
in 22 International Film Festivals
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| Cast |
Arjun
Chakraborty, Nayab Aftab, Radhika Jajodia, Vishesh Marwaha,
Sheela Misra, Masood Akhtar,
Maya Bhattacharjee, Sahil Khan, Barun Chakraborty, Mrityu
Hajra, Sanjay Sharma, Sbhrat Chaudhury. |
| Director |
Tapan Sinha
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| Producer |
R
A Jalan |
| Run
Time |
86 min |
| Color |
Color |
| Music |
Tapan
Sinha |
| Year
of Release |
2000 |
| Awards & Nominations |
Anokha
Moti has the privilege of being screened in more than 22
competitive & information sections of the following
festivals:
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15th
Isfahan International Festival of Film and Video
for Children and Young Adults, Iran.
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Buff
International Children & Youth Film Festival,
Sandnes, Norway.
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Olympia
International Film Festival for Children and Young
People, Pyrgos, Greece.
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Kinderfilmfest
of 51st Berlin International Film Festival, Berlin,
Germany.
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Special
Screening at Cairo International Film Festival for
Children. Cairo, Egypt.
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Showcomotion,
Sheffield, UK
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5th
Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival. Puchon
City, Korea
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Divercine
2001, X International Film Festival for Children & Youth,
Monte Video, Uruguay
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Indiekino
International Film Festival, Seoul,Korea
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Withersea
International Film Festival (Sea Side Festival),
East Yorkshire, U.K.
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Hawaii
International Film Festival, Hawaii, USA.
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Asian
Children's Film Festival, Asian Media Access, Minneapolis,
USA.
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Burbank
International Children's Film Festival 2001, Burbank,
California, USA
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International
Children & Youth Film Festival in Sochi (Blacksea
Coast), Russia.
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'The
Golden Elephant' 12th International Children's Film
Festival in Asian Panorama Section.
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Family
Film Carnival, Hong Kong
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Brisbane
International Film Festival, Brisbane, Australia.
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Festival
Internacional De TV De Barcelona, Spain.
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Pro
Junior Programme – Goldener Spatz, Gera/Erfurt,
Germany (2003)
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Religion
Today – International Festival of Cinema & Religion,
Trento, Italy. (October, 2003)
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3rd
Int’l Green Film Festival, Tehran, Iran
(2003)
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8th
Dhaka International Film festival, Dhaka (January,2004)
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The
fishermen earn their bread by dint of hard labor, going
deep into the sea. Mahadev is one of them. He lives with
his mother and eight-year-old daughter, Sumati. On one
of his forays, he catches along with the fish, some seashells
and an oyster. The shells are cleaned and given to his
daughter, who worships them because her grandmother told
her it would ward off evil.
Seeing
the oyster, Sumati is filled with joy. But there is
a surprise in store for her when her father breaks
the oyster to reveal a shining pink pearl. Sumati keeps
it in the prayer room. It is supposed to bring the
family good luck. To prove the point, Mahadev wins
a lottery.
Lalita
and Nitu are Sumati's friends. Lalita's father, Bhabesh,
is a goldsmith, a greedy man with a shady reputation.
He wants the pearl at any cost and hires goons to kidnap
Sumati. Mahadev agrees to give them the pearl in order
to get his daughter back. But the pink pearl brings
Bhabesh nothing but bad luck. Lalita falls seriously
ill. Bhabesh himself slips from a high embankment and
breaks his hip. And so he decides to return the pearl
to Mahadev and begs his forgiveness.
Mahadev
decides to get rid of the pearl to avoid more problems.
This causes great anguish to Sumati as her father is
determined to throw it into the sea.
Wonders
of wonders, the high tide weeps the pearl back to Sumati.
The sea God wants the pearl to remain with her. Mahadevi
has no choice to relent. |
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