101 Chodyangal (101 Questions) by the
National award winner of the best debut director Sidhartha Shiva was
screened in the competition category for the 18th International Film Festival of Kerala. The story
focuses on the life of a schoolboy Anilkumar Bokaro hailing from a low class
family which is presented with the flavour of village background. His family
struggles a lot of hardships and miseries to make both ends meet.
The story gets a new turn with the arrival of a new
teacher at his school. He asks the favour of Bokaro to find some queries for
his book 101 Questions. The inquisitiveness of his childish innocence finds and
formulates questions from the daily walks of his life. His life turns out to be
the open book for his doubts. After finishing sixty questions, he asked the
teacher for its reward. His extreme poverty prompted him to ask and in turn he
received 60 Rs. He promised that he will finish the remaining questions and
hand over the book to his teacher. Sir did not encourage him by providing more
money. He knows well that Anil is aware of the real worth of money. His final
and 101th question becomes the crucial one that made even the teacher
answerless. The query was so heart touching that rolled down tears from the
eyes of the spectators.
I was really moved by the theme of this movie. It
has the warmth of naturality depicted in a serene landscape. The story is
portrayed in such a way that it instills suspense in the minds of the viewers
about the coming scene. I did not feel that it was the first initiative of a
director. He has succeeded in fulfilling the minds of the viewers with
expectation and zeal. The huge crowd and the expressive reaction of the
esteemed audience proved the real merit of his movie.
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