Kids of the Majestic
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Kids of the Majestic is a 2009 documentary film made in Bangalore
, India
. It was directed by Dylan Verrechia
, and co-produced by Suhas Radhakrishna that follows a group of orphans in the Majestic railway station of Bangalore.
Kids of the Majestic won the Artivist Award for Best Feature in Children's Advocacy Category at the 2010 Artivist Film Festival & Awards
, and the Directing and Writing Insight Awards of Recognition at the National Association of Film and Digital Media Artists.
and Dr. Suhas Radhakrishna that follows a group of such orphans: Rafik, a smiling young drug addict; Mental Manja, nicknamed "mental" because he didn't speak until he was 10; Arun-Badur, the artist and the writer; Baba, who at 8 has travelled throughout India alone; and Joti, mother-to-be at 16, who was abused at 9.
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It was directed by Dylan Verrechia
Dylan Verrechia
Dylan Verrechia is a French-Danish-American filmmaker. A graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Verrechia's works have screened at over 50 film festivals around the world, including the Atlanta Film Festival....
, and co-produced by Suhas Radhakrishna that follows a group of orphans in the Majestic railway station of Bangalore.
Kids of the Majestic won the Artivist Award for Best Feature in Children's Advocacy Category at the 2010 Artivist Film Festival & Awards
Artivist Film Festival & Awards
The Artivist Film Festival & Awards is an international film festival and awards ceremony dedicated to recognizing activist efforts of filmmakers, specifically in the areas of human rights, child advocacy, environmental preservation, and animal rights....
, and the Directing and Writing Insight Awards of Recognition at the National Association of Film and Digital Media Artists.
Synopsis
Every day, a sea of passengers floods the Majestic Railway Station of Bangalore City. Beneath the commotion of commuters, a group of orphans live beneath the station, collecting the trash that the passengers have left behind. The filmmakers befriended these children who, uneasily and slowly, opened up to them, sharing their life stories as no one before has ever heard. This documentary upholds a strong moral content by not only depicting the reality and hardship of these children, but also the positive aspect of this social group that works within its community. Kids of the Majestic is a documentary by filmmaker Dylan VerrechiaDylan Verrechia
Dylan Verrechia is a French-Danish-American filmmaker. A graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Verrechia's works have screened at over 50 film festivals around the world, including the Atlanta Film Festival....
and Dr. Suhas Radhakrishna that follows a group of such orphans: Rafik, a smiling young drug addict; Mental Manja, nicknamed "mental" because he didn't speak until he was 10; Arun-Badur, the artist and the writer; Baba, who at 8 has travelled throughout India alone; and Joti, mother-to-be at 16, who was abused at 9.