I Am Kalam

Name: I Am Kalam
Director: Nila Madhab Panda
Released: 2010
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Gulshan Grover, Harsh Mayar, Harsh Mayar, Pitobash, Husaan Saad

2010 · 88 MIN · IMDB 7.9 · 5,038 VOTES · DIR. Nila Madhab Panda

Overview

The film celebrates the survival of the human spirit against overwhelming odds and highlights the need for underprivileged children's education. Its a film based on former indian president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and is aimed at inspiring the poor to educate their children. Written by DaGambit Chhotu's peasant village is ruined by drought, so his ma drops the boy with uncle Bhati, who runs a tea stand at the city outskirts. Clever Chottu, who calls himself Kalam after the self-made Indian president, soon outsmarts uncle's adult assistant and makes friends with the loneliest boy in the palace, now a hotel, a prince his age.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,012 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:33 WiII you pIay it, Chhotu?

00:05:57 I'm gratefuI, Sardarji. - Come.

00:10:12 Time and tide wait for no one, my Lord !

00:14:24 The ghost attacks peopIe on the cot. I'd rather sIeep on the fIoor.

00:17:57 You brought me the tea that I made.

00:21:07 Thank you. - Thank you.

00:24:45 My greetings to aII of you.

00:31:45 I'II poIish your Hindi, you teach me EngIish, okay?

00:34:46 ''BeIoved, come. . ''

00:38:35 where kids Iike me can wear a tie and come.

00:40:47 Lord be praised, you are speaking EngIish !

00:42:54 I want to go to DeIhi just once, to thank President Sir.

00:45:08 Then, Who?

00:50:40 Oh. . ok, I shouIdn't see.

00:53:12 Why are you jeaIous?

00:56:09 I was worried- what if you didn't return from the viIIage.

00:59:25 But Rajesh wants me to go back to DeIhi immediateIy.

01:03:17 Otherwise what?

01:08:36 Hey boy, come here, come here. . what happened?

01:11:47 . . Hindi speech competition.

01:14:59 ReaIIy! You are going to DeIhi today? - Yes.

01:17:55 Don't know where he has disappeared.

01:21:12 Sukha Singh was supposed to go to DeIhi.

01:26:11 ''A smaII worId. I am. . ''

Cast & Characters

Gulshan Grover Bhati Harsh Mayar Chhotu Harsh Mayar Kalam Pitobash Laptan Husaan Saad Kunver Ranvijay Singh Beatrice Ordeix Lucy Namrata Dixit Teacher Sanjay Chauhan Your Highness Garima Bharadwaj Rani Sa Keshav Sharma Purohit Meena Mir Meera

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,012

Dialogue density11.5 lines / min

First line00:02:33

Final line01:26:11

Production Record

DirectorNila Madhab Panda

LanguageHindi

IMDb votes5,038