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Killa
Why this pick
Like Stanley Ka Dabba, it observes school life through a sensitive child’s eyes, finding warmth, humour and quiet pain in friendships and everyday resilience rather than melodrama.
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MOVIE2011 1h 36m IND
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Stanley (Partho Gupte) is a fourth grader at Holy Family school in Mumbai and is very popular among his friends. He is talented and well liked by his peers. The English teacher, Ms. Rosy, (Divya Dutta) is particularly impressed with his creativity, wit, and humour. Stanley is shown with a bruised face in the opening scene of the movie. On being questioned about it by Ms. Rosy, he concocts an elaborate story, much to her amusement. His humorous essays and offhand poem recitations make him her favourite in class. However his imagination is not always rewarded; his science teacher (Divya Jagdale) rebukes his attempt at constructing a light house as part of the class project since it does not adhere to the topics covered in class.
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