BANGALORE: Inaugurating the screenings in the Kannada Cinema category Home Minister R Askok on Saturday said that Kannada films have made it to the national level and won many national awards. Now the time has come to put Kannada films on the world map. The first film to be showcased was ‘Chintu School’, directed by Sheshagiri Yelameli.It is an animation movie targeting the younger audience with moral messages.The movie revolves around Chintu, a young boy fantasising about being like the super heroes he reads in comic books, much to his parents’ dislike. He even dreams about saving his maid’s daughter Putti from aliens. Putti and Chintu soon grow close. One day while playing they are lead to an abandoned well where they by chance set free a genie named Balavan, who becomes their friend Balavan proves to be a good friend and helps Chintu in many situations. Chintu starts taking Balavan for granted and one day fails his school test, hoping that Balavan will magically make him ace it. Chintu confronts Balavan and Balavan and Putti make Chintu understand that one should expect help only after putting an effort. The movie is a series of moral messages with interesting songs.
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