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Friday, April 19, 2024
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KANNADA BALL PEN
EDITOR'S PICK
`Ball
Pen` - innocent film with a message
Rating ***1/2
Kannada film actor Sreenagara Kitty and his wife Bhavana Belagere should be
complimented for taking up the task of making a children`s film, a risk which
very few people take. While on the one hand "Ball Pen" portrays the
innocence and adventurous spirit of children, it also focuses on socially
relevant issues like child abuse.
The film`s main attraction is, of course, the free-spirited performances by
child artists, who have been selected for their respective roles after a lot of
considerations. They child artists behave like children in the film and have not
been shown as super humans.
While the entire film has been shot in a 5-D camera, it has been later converted
into the 35mm format.
The story of the film revolves around a group of young children Keshava, Kempa
and Bala, who live in an orphanage in Bengaluru. They decide to make a trip to a
village in the most backward district of Koppal to save a child, who has fallen
into a well.
The characters look realistic where in a young child starts distributing
newspapers which enables people to read newspapers and know about things that
are happening around them.
The film doesn`t have melodramatic overtones and the story has a lesson for
elders too. While the story has been narrated neatly, some extended sequences
may be a little bore. However, this flaw can be overlooked for a lot of
positivity in film.
Director Shashikanth proves his mettle in his second film, for which he has also
written the script.
He has used the children perfectly. Music director Manikanth Khadri has given
some superb
compositions, while Rajakumar`s camera work is also worth a praise. Dwarki and
director Shashikanth have written meaningful lyrics for the songs.
"Ball Pen" is a well made film. It can be watched both for children
and parents. Such films should be encouraged.
