It interlaces a nuanced, evocative portrayal of a place, time and culture with the instantly affecting tale of child's life-altering discovery of the movies. To answer the question that is on many minds, India's official entry to the Best International Feature Film category of the Academy Awards deserves the nod, buzz or no buzz, more than any other title that might have been in the running.īut for a single strand of the story drawn from the filmmaker's own growing up years, Chhello Show has nothing in common with Cinema Paradiso or with any other film about films.Ī significant part of Chhello Show does rest on the young protagonist's bond with a projectionist, but the film goes well beyond that aspect of the plot. Light and the magic that it can create combine to serve as the leitmotif of Chhello Show (Last Film Show), Pan Nalin's deftly crafted Gujarati-language film about a nine-year-old boy in a remote Saurashtra village who falls under the spell of cinema and finds his metier. Krishnadev was awarded as the best director for the film Karsandas Pay & Use at International Gujarati Film Festival in 2018.Cast: Bhavin Rabari, Bhavesh Shrimali, Richa Meena, Dipen Raval, Paresh Mehta, Vikas Bata, Rahul Koli, Shoban Makwa, Kishan Parmar, Vijay Mer, Alpesh Tank and Tia Sebastien He wrote and directed Raado (2022), Naadi Dosh (2022) and Vash (2023) all Gujarati films. He co-founded the film production house called Belvedere Films, under which the films Shu Thayu?, Chhello Divas and Karsandas Pay & Use were produced. He has also directed the Hindi remake of his film Chhello Divas titled Days of Tafree in 2016. Shu Thayu? and Chhello Divas are the 3rd and 4th Highest-grossing Gujarati films respectively. He is known for directing films such as Chhello Divas (2015), Karsandas Pay & Use (2017), and Shu Thayu? (2018). Krishnadev Yagnik (born 17 October 1984), is an Indian film director and screenwriter, known for his works primarily in Gujarati cinema.

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