I am Kalam is the story of a
child and his struggles to pursue his dreams and to
surpass the boundaries of reality. It is a story of
redemption, of the need to provide education to the
underclass and to equalize social inequities. Inspired
by former Indian President, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, the
film was conceptualized after the Right to Education
Act was enforced in India. Set in Bikaner, Rajasthan,
the film revolves around the struggles of the protagonist
– Chhotu, and is symbolic to the struggle of
millions of such children in the country and how the
civil society looks at the depravity but does not
lift a finger to do anything about it.
I am Kalam is a Smile Foundation
production and is the first film ever in India to
be produced by a development organization. With this
film Smile Foundation is trying to reach out to people
around the world drawing their attention to support
the movement of educating every child in India to
secure a better future. It is a fact that in a world
that is already exposed to extraordinary content,
plain appeals do not stand a chance any more in grabbing
attention. Keeping this in mind, Smile Foundation
proactively took the initiative and the challenges
therein to come up with a mainstream Bollywood film;
and has tried to package a very important cause in
a contemporary fable like manner in an attempt to
reach out to the maximum number of people towards
this cause.
The film has won 23 coveted
national and international awards from the 40 prestigious
film festivals that it travelled to, across the globe.
With its world cinema style, I am Kalam, has arrested
the interest of the general audience, media and the
film fraternity alike. The film is a proof that independent
cinema in India, that is created with artistic content
and reflecting the spirit of India in an entertaining
way, has great potential of connecting with the world
audience across all age groups.
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