Care of Footpath

Care of Footpath
Film poster
Directed by Kishan Shrikanth
Produced by Shylaja Shrikanth
Screenplay by Jogi
Udayamarakini
Story by Kishan Shrikanth
Starring Kishan Shrikanth
Music by Ravi Dattatreya
Background score:
Srivathsa
Cinematography P. Mathew Rajan
Edited by B. S. Kemparaju
Lakshman Reddy
Production
company
Kiran Movie Makers
Release date
  • 24 November 2006 (2006-11-24)
Running time
 135 minutes
Country India
Language Kannada
Budget ₹80 lakh (equivalent to ₹1.8 crore or US$250,000 in 2017)
Box office ₹26.8 million (equivalent to ₹61 million or US$850,000 in 2017)

C/o Footpath (or Care of Footpath) is the first film produced by the Kiran Movie Makers of Bangalore, India. It was directed by the world’s youngest film director, Guinness Record Holder Kishan Shrikanth.[1]

It was originally shot in the Kannada language.[1][2] It was dubbed into other Indian languages including Hindi, Oriya, Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil[1] as well as English.

C/o Footpath had a budget of 20 million rupees (about $450,000).[1] The shoot lasted for 55 days, over a period of 5–6 months.[3] Filming took place in Mumbai.[3]

The film was released in 2006 with a running time of 135 minutes.[2] It received the Best Children's Film Award at the 54th National Film Awards.[4]

Synopsis

An orphan slum boy is adopted by an old lady who finds him on a footpath. He lives with her in the slums, where he makes a living picking up rags. Some school students call him an uneducated brute, which gives him the impetus to get educated. The story tells how he battles the odds of his circumstances to get an education.

Cast

Credits

  • Director: Master Kishan[6]
  • Producer: Shylaja Shrikanth[6]
  • Story: Master Kishan[6]
  • Screenplay: Vagdevi (writer) and Master Kishan[6]
  • Dialogue: Mysore Harish[6]
  • Director of Photography: Mathew Rajan[6]
  • Editor: Lakshman Reddy[6]
  • Art Director: Hosmane Murthy[6]
  • Costumes: Prabhu Raj[6]
  • Music: Ravi Dattatreya[6]

Awards

Totals
Awards won 4
Nominations 0 + N/A

54th National Film Awards:

Karnataka State Film Awards:

SICA (South India Cinematographers Association Awards):

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Film director, 10, calls the shots". London, UK: BBC. 24 January 2006. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
  2. 1 2 "RELEASE - C/O FOOTPATH". London, UK: British Film Institute. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
  3. 1 2 Supriya, Sharon (November 2007). "Interview of Kishan Shrikanth - World's Youngest Film Director". One India. India: Greynium Information Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Archived from the original on 12 February 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
  4. ↑ "54th National Film Awards, 2006" (PDF).
  5. 1 2 view=cast "CAST - C/O FOOTPATH" Check |url= value (help). London, UK: British Film Institute. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "CREDITS - C/O FOOTPATH". London, UK: British Film Institute. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
  7. 1 2 "Karnataka State Film Awards 2005-06". viggy.com.
  8. ↑ "SICA (South India Cinematographers Association Awards)". cinematographers-southindia.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
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