C/o Footpath is the first film produced by the Kiran Movie Makers of Bangalore

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, India

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. It was directed by the world’s youngest film director, Guinness Record Holder

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 Kishan Shrikanth

Kishan Shrikanth

Kishan Shrikanth किशन श्रीकांत Kishan Shrikanth किशन श्रीकांत Kishan Shrikanth किशन श्रीकांत (born January 6, 1996, professionally known as Kishan SS or Master Kishan, is an Indian-language actor & director from India. He is the "Youngest Director of a professionally made feature length film" as...

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This film was originally shot in the Kannada language. It was dubbed into other Indian languages including Hindi

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, Oriya

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, Malayalam, Bengali

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 and Tamil

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 as well as English

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The film had a budget of 8m rupees (under $200,000). The shoot lasted for 55 days in total, over a period of 5–6 months. Filming took place in Mumbai

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The film was released in 2006 with a running time of 135 minutes. It received the Best Children's Film Award

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 at the 54th National Film Awards

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Synopsis

An orphan slum boy is adopted by an old lady who finds him on a footpath. He lives with her in the slums, where he makes a living picking up rags. Some school students call him an uneducated brute, which gives him the impetus to get educated. The story tells how he battles the odds of his circumstances to get an education.

Cast

• Master Kishan
• Jackie Shroff
  Jackie Shroff
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• Saurabh Shukla
  Saurabh Shukla
  -Early life:Shukla's family left Gorakhpur for Delhi when he was two years old. After completing his schooling, he did his graduation from Khalsa College, Delhi...
  
  
• Tara
  Tara (Kannada actress)
  Tara is a Kannada film actress. She won the Best Actress award in the 2005 National Film Awards for her role in the film Hasina , which also received the Best Film on Family Welfare award...
  
  
• B. Jayashree
• Mukya Mantri Chandru
  Mukhyamantri Chandru
  Mukhya Mantri Chandru is a Kannada movie actor who resides in Bangalore, Karnataka. He is a versatile actor, easily fitting into comedy roles or playing more serious parts as a villain. Mukhya Mantri was a drama in which he played the lead which resulted in getting the prefix to his original name...
  
  
• Suresh Heblikar
  Suresh Heblikar
  Suresh Heblikar is a Kannada filmmaker, director and actor. He is also a well known environmentalist, founding the Eco-Watch NGO in 1998. He has produced many noteworthy movies in Kannada of which Kadina Benki won Best Director national award and Usha Kiran the Filmfare award. His films are known...
  
  
• Ambarish

Credits

• Director: Master Kishan
• Producer: Shailaja Shrikanth
• Story: Master Kishan
• Screenplay: Vagdevi (writer) and Master Kishan
• Dialogue: Mysore Harish
• Director of Photography: Mathew Rajan
• Editor: Lakshman Reddy
• Art Director: Hosmane Murthy
• Costumes: Prabhu Raj
• Music: Ravi Dattatreya
• Music Director: Shailaja Shrikanth
• Dance director: Chandra Mayur