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B-Town Filmmakers Rank Their Favourite Children’s Movies

From ‘Mr India’ to ‘Harry Potter’, Bollywood filmmakers talk about their favourite children’s films.

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Abhishek Kapoor: “Inside Out is my current favourite children’s film. The concept of having all your emotions becoming characters and showing how they behave was sheer genius. Just loved it.”

Satish Kaushik: “Mr India. It’s a comic-book structure is still popular with kids and with grownups who grew up watching it since the 1980s. Characters like Mogambo and Calendar (played by yours truly) are infinitely iconic.”

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Ali Abbas Zafar:Mr India…it is the right balance of  inspiration, entertainment and craft.”

The Sound Of Music. I saw it with my dad. It was the first foreign film I saw. The  idea of so many siblings singing dancing and hanging out together with a  nanny who is such a joyful companion, was an idea that caught my fancy at that young age.
Gauri Shinde

Sanjay Gupta: “The Harry Potter series. Although I didn’t watch them as a child. But watching my little ones enjoying them as much they do, is incredible. I wish we could make something, anything, for kids to equal the Harry Potter series.”

Bejoy Nambiar: “The Sound Of Music. Grew up watching it a million times. Was awestruck every time.”

Mr India, if it can counted as a children’s film.The story, characters, mounting, music, the director Shekhar Kapoor, and last but not the least ‘Mr India’ Anil Kapoor himself.
Ken Ghosh

Ali Abbas Zafar: “My favourite children’s film has to be Mr India.

From ‘Mr India’ to ‘Harry Potter’, Bollywood filmmakers talk about their favourite children’s films.
A movie poster of Children of Heaven. (Photo Courtesy: Twitter)

Raja Krishna Menon: “Majid Majidi’s Children Of Heaven.”

Mozez Singh: “The Little Mermaid, because underneath the glory and wonder and delight of being an animation film it’s about the joy and pain of being in love. Deeply moving.”

Rensil d’Silva: “Any film from the Harry Potter series is my favourite for its ingenuity in creating a world that any kid would want to be a part of.”

Shujaat Saudagar: “Steven Spielberg’s ET. As a child I was totally hooked to it. I’d look for an alien to take home as my secret guest. But Krissh beat me to it. Above this, ET had an amazing message on inclusivity, loving caring and sharing. I still love watching this film.”

Siddharth Anand: “Children Of Heaven directed by the great Majid Majidi. It is a must watch for every kid and grownup to appreciate the value of money in life. These are values which are very hard to inculcate in today’s kids.”

Mrityunjay Devrat: “The Lion King. It had the most beautiful build-up with adult emotions that have been explained in such honest simplicity that it is a learning experience not just for children but also adults. I think the best children’s films are those that teach adults a few lessons of life.”

From ‘Mr India’ to ‘Harry Potter’, Bollywood filmmakers talk about their favourite children’s films.
A still from Lion King. (Photo Courtesy: Twitter)

Mudassar Aziz: “Mr India, of course. Shekhar Kapoor’s sci-fi twist to the Shammi Kapoor starrer Bramhachari. When Mr India released I was a very little boy and I absolutely loved how the kids were instrumental in taking the story forward. I fell in love with Sridevi and Anil Kapoor’s characters. This film will remain forever in my heart.”

Mr India. Is there any other children’s film made in this country?
Kunal Kohli

(This story was first published on 14 November 2016 and has been reposted from The Quint’s archives to mark Children’s Day.)

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