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| Acharya Atre's ' Shyamchi Aai' |
| An Evergreen Classic is Reborn. |
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Introduction |
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Sane Guruji's classic novel 'Shyamchi Aai' telling the story of his childhood was penned down by him in a few days when jailed by the British. |
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The inimitable Acharya Atre transformed this classic book into celluloid magic with his feature film 'Shyamchi Aai' |
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The film opens our eyes and transports us to a world where all problems in life are faced with a positive attitude and a deep faith in God. |
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The film highlights a mother's unconditional love for her child and brings to life the saying 'Swami teenhi jagancha pan Aayee vina bhikari.' ( You may be the greatest of this universe but you are only a beggar without a mother ). |
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Highlights |
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The film won the first President's Gold Medal (now called the National Award - Golden Lotus) for Best Feature Film. |
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Madhav Vaze as Shyam and Vanamala in the title role as Shyam's mother have ingrained themselves in our consciousness through their performances in this landmark film. |
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Mellifluous music from the maestro Vasant Desai and evergreen songs that are popular even today, include, |
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Hridaynath Mangeshkar in his first playback in the children's favorite ' Chhadi Laage Cham Cham '. |
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Asha Bhosale's heartfelt rendering of ' Barjari Ga Pitambari ' with it's lyrics expounding unconditional love that still has the power to hold listeners spellbound |
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Relevance Today |
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The film is deeply moving, inspirational and educational. It has stirred and motivated generations of Maharashtrians and continues to do so even today. |
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The film finds new relevance in today's world where greed and covetousness are replacing values of love and generosity, where a son turns on his mother for money. |
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The film instills good values in children and youth, and is compulsory viewing for children today exposed to materialism of modern society. |
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The film is the embodiment of Sane Guruji's teachings of love and respect for one another as human beings, and a gentle reminder of a mother's love and family values. |
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The film has stood the test of time. With catchy and soulful songs, children today still enjoy this film, as they sing along with Shyam the famous song ' Chhadi laage cham cham ', and join in his antics. |
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A Must See Film |
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This educational film MUST be seen by everyone, especially children today. |
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This educational film is no less important than any religious book, in that it teaches |
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- Values of love and generosity, |
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- Love and respect for one another, and |
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- Family values. |
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The film deserves repeated viewing with each new viewing bringing forth new values and new lessons that helps us to face life and strive for success. |
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This is not just a film. this is a BRAND with immeasurable value! |
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Project : Transformation |
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We aim to take this truly educational film and its message to the huge student population of the over one lakh educational institutions in Maharashtra [schools (pre-primary, primary, elementary, secondary, senior secondary), junior and degree colleges, professional colleges and universities]. |
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Special Video screenings would be organized in every center and students would be shown the film in groups. |
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The students would be charged a nominal sum of Rs.10/- tp Rs.15/- to cover basic expenses. |
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The students would be given a discount coupon of the same value on purchase of the VCD of the film or any film from the Rudraa Catalogue. |
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A simultaneous 'Essay Competition' would be run for the various age groups of students. This would be in Marathi and English. |
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This would be on topics such as: |
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- My Mother and her influence on me |
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- The Relevance of 'Shyamchi Aai' today |
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- Importance of Family Values in today's life. |
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From City level -> Zonal level -> State level, prizes would be given. |
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The City and Zonal level selections would be made from the written essays. |
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The State Level finals would be amongst the Zonal winners and runners ups. This would be in the form of an Elocution Competition where the participants would have to read out their essays in front of the judges. |
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