Railway Children (film) explained

Railway Children
Director:Prithvi Konanur
Screenplay:Prithvi Konanur
Starring:
  • Syed Pervez
  • Yash Shetty
  • Divya M. R.
  • Karthik
  • Parimala
Cinematography:Eswaran Thangavel
Editing:Shivkumar Swamy
Studio:Tin Drum Beats
Runtime:115 minutes
Country:India
Language:Kannada

Railway Children[1] is a 2016 Indian Kannada feature film written and directed by Prithvi Konanur. It is inspired from Rescuing Railway Children written by Lalitha Iyer and Malcolm Harper that describes the lives of children that run away from their homes, live in railway stations and trains, and grow up as criminals, despite their intentions being harmless and seeking only to earn a living.[2] [3]

Produced by TinDrum Beats, the film featured mostly non-actors. The plot revolves around a 12-year-old runaway who falls into the hands of a gang involved in illegal businesses.[3] Manohara K., Syed Pervez, Yash Shetty, Divya M. R., Karthik and Parimala appear in lead roles. The film premiered at the Mumbai International Film Festival in October 2016. Manohara won the National Film Award for Best Child Artist and Karnataka State Film Award for Best Child Actor (Male) for his performance. The film was also named the Second Best Film at the 2016 Karnataka State Film Awards.[4]

Cast

Production

Railway Children was produced through crowdfunding by Tindrum Beats, a film production company based in Udupi.[3] The film was also supported by Don Thompson (producer, playwright) through NextPix/FirstPix grant.

Soundtrack

Chandan Shetty scored the film's music and for its soundtrack. The soundtrack was released on YouTube.

Release and reception

The film premiered at the Jio Mami Mumbai film Festival on 23 October 2016 where it competed for the Golden Gateway award.[5] It was reported that it would also be screened at the European Film festival before releasing theatrically in India.

The film was released in select multiplexes and single screen cinema halls in major cities in Karnataka on 22 December 2017.[6]

The film was met with critical acclaim. Wishberry.in included it among the 9 brilliant Indian films of 2016 [7]

DUBeat included it in the 5 must-watch movies of Mumbai Film Festival [8]

Bangalore Mirror gave 4 out of 5 wrote "for US-returned techie-turned-director Prithvi has lent it the mature tone while retaining the suspense till the end whose parallel can best be seen in some of the Iranian flicks."[9]

Kannadaprabha, a Kannada daily gave 4 out of 4 calling it a must-watch, and wrote in Kannada "The film has the ability to engage you and disturb you at the same time."[10]

Times of India gave 3.5 out of 5 and wrote " this film unwinds in its own leisurely pace, offering a strikingly real and scary peek into the lives of children who run away from homes and live near railway stations."[11]

Accolades

64th National Film Awards
2016 Karnataka State Film Awards
Mumbai Film Festival 2016
Zlín Film Festival
Asia Pacific Screen Awards
Asian Film Festival Barcelona
International Film Festival of India 2017
All Lights India International Film Festival 2017

Festival screenings

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lewis. Peter. Railway Children Kannada… The Producer's Comments….. railtube.info. 18 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170418184250/http://railtube.info/2017/01/railway-children-kannada-the-producers-comments/. 18 April 2017. 15 January 2017.
  2. Web site: India's Railway Children. The Pioneer. 18 April 2017. 1 June 2014.
  3. Web site: 'Railway Children' for Mumbai International Film Festival. The Hindu. 18 April 2017. 17 October 2016.
  4. News: Khajane. Muralidhara. Amaravathi scores a hat trick at State film awards. The Hindu. 18 April 2017. 11 April 2017.
  5. Web site: Railway Children. Mumbai Film Festival. mumbaifilmfestival.com. 18 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170418183226/http://www.mumbaifilmfestival.com/programmeDetail/38. 18 April 2017.
  6. Web site: 4 National Awards for Kannada films. The New Indian Express. 18 April 2017. 8 April 2017.
  7. Web site: Wishberry, India's No.1 Crowdfunding platform for creative artists.
  8. Web site: 5 Must-Watch Films from the Mumbai Film Festival 2016. 5 November 2016.
  9. Web site: Railway children movie review: A gripping narrative of survival.
  10. Web site: Kannadaprabha ePaper: Kannada Newspaper Online Kannada ePaper Daily Newspaper Common Supplement Edition. kpepaper.asianetnews.com. 2018-01-07. 6 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180106173448/http://kpepaper.asianetnews.com/archive/home.php?edition=Common%20Supplement&date=2017-12-23&pageno=1&pid=KANNADA_COM#Article/KANNADA_COM_20171223_1_7/369px. dead.
  11. News: Railway Children Movie Review, Trailer, & Show timings. The Times of India. 2018-01-07.

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