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Chabiwali Pocket Watch is a 2006 short film written and directed by Vibhu Puri and produced by the Film and Television Institute of India. The film is set in Old Delhi and deals with the story of a romantic Urdu poet, now dying anonymously, and the struggle between his daughter and an opportunist publisher. The film was the official entry from India to the Student Academy Awards. It was also a chosen to be a part of Indian Panorama in 2006.
At the 53rd National Film Awards, director Vibhu Puri received the Special Jury Award. In 2013, it was amongst many FTII student films to be telecasted by the state-run Doordarshan channel.




Synopsis


Urdu, the Hindustani language whose words resonate music, is fast dying. So is Babba, an old Urdu poet who is dying an unknown death. Having shut his eyes to the callous world that weighs art with money, he has woven a charming little world of his own. Babba's state of nonchalant bliss inadvertently drives his daughter Minni into a world of bitter silences. And across the road lives Pappan, a small-time debt-ridden publisher who is eyeing Babba's treasured verses and his beautiful daughter. A self-indulgent, romantic old man, a stoic but essentially soft-hearted daughter and an opportunist but naive publisher. Amidst all this, Babba, Minni and Pappan struggle to keep their culture alive, their ethos alive, their language alive, their love alive, in vain.




Cast


Lalit Mohan Tiwari as Babba
Jameel Khan as Pappan
Gayatri Kachru as Minni




Festivals


Cannes Film Festival
Sydney international Film Festival
International Film Festival of India, Goa
Pune International Film Festival
International Film School Festival, Poland
IAAC Film Festival, NY
KARA, Karachi
JIFF, Jamshedpur
Pulotsav, Pune
SIFF, Seoul
MIFF, Mumbai, ‘08
Cork Film fest, ‘08




Awards


Best Feature at IBDA’A Awards, Dubai
Special Kodak Award for the director at the 13th International Film School Festival, Poland
Special Jury Award for the director Vibhu Puri, 53rd National Film Awards, 2006
Winner, Asia Pacific Kodak Filmschool Competition, 2006
Best Cinematography award in the 'Emerging Filmmakers' section, Cannes Film Festival: Anay Goswamy




References






External links


Chabiwali Pocket Watch at IMDb
https://web.archive.org/web/20110709005140/http://archive.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/nov292006/national15292120061129.asp
http://paash.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/vibhu-puri-master-storyteller/

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• List of independent short films
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