Review of I Am Kalam

I Am Kalam (2010)
9/10
Dreams are awesome, they are magical and they turn true :)
3 August 2014
Warning: Spoilers
Celebrate the power of dreams, celebrate the power of friendship and innocence, and celebrate the inherent goodness of human beings. Such a simple story, yet so powerful, that you feel yourself being lot of characters at the same time. Is the destiny pre-decided or is it that we make our destiny? I don't know, but I have always wanted to believe that its the latter. But either way, nobody stops you to dream or even try to fulfill those dreams.

Both the kids are amazing - Harsh Mayar playing Chhotu/Kalam is a naturally curious, street smart and a gifted kid. He doesn't care about his background and still wants to make big in life, and has his plans how to get there. Hussan Saad, playing the little royal price - he is a lonely kid with no friends of his age, lives a protected and privileged life, and is at loss to understand why others can't lead a similar life. I especially like when the young price imposes his royalty - like when he thunders on Laptan "how dare you call my friend a thief". Both the kids are so naturally comfortable in each others presence and consider each other as equals - that's the innocence till you are kids and is lost so fast when you grow up. Gulshan Grover is very good, with his teenage like crush and broken heart for that french traveler (who herself is pretty good). In a way, we have everything in this movie to complete the story - main character Chhotu/Kalam, supporting actor Kunver Ranvijay Singh, villain Laptan, and all other supporting cast.

My sincere thanks to the makers of this movie, I absolutely loved it.
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