Chabiwali Pocket Watch

Chabiwali Pocket Watch

Movie poster for Chabiwali Pocket Watch.
Directed by Vibhu Puri
Produced by Film and Television Institute of India
Written by Vibhu Puri
Starring Lalit Mohan Tiwari
Jameel Khan
Gayatri Kachru
Music by Mangesh Dhakde
Cinematography Anay Goswamy
Edited by Arindam Ghatak
Release dates
 2006
Running time
 28 min
Country India
Language Hindi, Urdu

Chabiwali Pocket Watch is a 2006 short film written and directed by Vibhu Puri and produced by the Film and Television Institute of India.[1] The film set in Old Delhi and deals with story of a romantic Urdu poet now dying anomously, and the struggle between his daughter and an opportunist publisher.[2] The film was the official entry from India to the Student Academy Awards. It was also a chosen to be a part of Indian Panorama, '06

At the 53rd National Film Awards director Vibhu Puri received Special Jury Award. In 2013, it was amongst many FTII student films to be telecasted by state-run Doordarshan channel.[3]

Synopsis

Urdu, the Hindustani language whose words resonate music, is fast dying. So is Babba, an old Urdu poet who is dying an unknown death. Having shut his eyes to the callous world that weighs art with money, he has woven a charming little world of his own. Babba's state of nonchalant bliss inadvertently drives his daughter Minni into a world of bitter silences. And, across the road lives Pappan, a small-time debt-ridden publisher who is eyeing Babba's treasured verses and his beautiful daughter. A self-indulgent, romantic old man, a stoic but essentially soft-hearted daughter and an opportunist but naive publisher. Amidst all this, Babba, Minni and Pappan struggle to keep their culture alive, their ethos alive, their language alive, their love alive...in vain...

Cast

Crew

Festivals

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Achievements and recent initiates". Film and Television Institute of India. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
  2. ↑ "Short/ Docs". Miaac Film Festival. November 7–11, 2007. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
  3. ↑ "21 short films from FTII to be telecast on Doordarshan". The Times of India. April 13, 201. Retrieved 2014-06-26. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ↑ "53rd National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
  5. ↑ "53rd National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
  6. ↑ "View Finder". Indian Express. Mar 23, 2013. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
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