Genre: | : | Drama |
Length | : | 90 mins |
Audience | : | Family |
DOP | : | Ramanuj Dutta |
Editor | : | Manas Mittal |
Sound Designer | : | Sukanta Majumdar |
Music Composer | : | Cyrille De Haes |
Production Designer | : | Anasuya Sengupta |
Language | : | Hindi |
Writer & Director | : | Safdar Rahman |
Producer | : | Celine loop, Sushilkumar Agrawal, Rajat Agrawal, A V T Shankardass |
Production | : | Travelling Light, Victory Media, Ultra Media & Entertainment |
When Chippa is handed a letter addressed to him, from his father whom he does not remember, the little boy decides to leave his pavement abode and find out more. Unfortunately, the letter is written in Urdu so he needs someone to read it for him. A fight with his grand aunt (with whom he lives) confirms his initial intention. At the stroke of midnight, on his tenth birthday, Chippa grabs a bag full of knick-knacks, and heads out to discover the city and its street nightlife, while trying to discover the connections to his father. Chippa is a coming of age tale, told through a single night in the winters of Kolkata. While the story at its core is gritty, the film is seen through Chippa's eyes, full of magic, wonder and enchanting conversations.
The underbelly of Kolkata lies squarely on top of its belly. In the middle of the chaos and bang in the centre of the city is an over-the-top and underground mohalla called Park Circus. Inside Park Circus, you can rarely separate houses, buildings, shops, gutters, lives; they all mix and intertwine into one heavy concoction. Inside this concoction, on a footpath outside Chittaranjan Hospital, lives a ten year old boy Chippa, who has decided he wants to break free.
Chippa is to me, a universal story rooted firmly in the local milieu of a Kolkata that is mostly unknown, even to Kolkataits. I have grown up in Chippa’s real-life neighbourhood and in many ways have been writing this story since I was his age.
Almost every child I know, has threatened, at some point of time in their lives, to leave home. Sometimes you pack your suitcase, sometimes you even get as far as the neighbourhood street corner. This film is a homage to that spirit and the timeless stories of children growing up.
T 2981 - 'CHIPPA' and 'CHUSKIT' .. child protagonist films at MAMI .. encouraging reviews .. my best wishes https://t.co/vMrc349Vfbhttps://t.co/qkmQueleI3
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) October 31, 2018