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One of the worst movies I've ever seen

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

It reflects the circumstances surrounding India.Children have to work so hard like stanley, whether he like it or not.It is unfair.But it is unavoidable.I guess He think that is natural and never thought it is weird.It is the point.No one hasn't succeeded to return it.

Amole Gupte tells a splendid and tasty little heartwarming story that is poignant and entertaining. It reminded me of Nila Madhab Panda equally terrific 'I Am Kalam'. While Panda's film had a more fairy tale feel to it, Gupte's film is more of a slice of life. He has penned down a solid script. He has vastly improved since 'Taare Zameen Par' (which tended to be preachy at times). He shows a very keen understanding of children's psyche. Moreover, Gupte has done a stupendous job as director.Much of the film is set inside a school and it focuses on the teacher's and student's interaction and yet it is done with so much authenticity and sincerity. The innocence and playful nature of the children is beautifully demonstrated and the weariness of everyday school, that we have once experienced, is well captured.The execution is simple and superb. The art direction and cinematography are very good. The songs are soothing, with nice lyrics and music. The performances are brilliant, especially the child actors. Amole Gupte is excellent as the voracious Hindi teacher and Divya Dutta can easily make a strong impression with her presence alone and here she brings positive energy. But the film centers on Partho Gupte who is outstanding with a natural performance which is easily one of the finest of the year.I was initially under the impression that this was a children's film but that's not the case. Both children AND adults ought to watch this because it's an important film that pretty much makes the same point that Panda's 'I Am Kalam' does: All children deserve to live their childhood like a child and they must be educated.

This movie pulls you in - I think it is the kids especially the young actor who plays Stanley. He really got into his role. He definitely holds great promise for the future. The teachers are almost caricatures - the beautiful young ma'm who oozes grace and loves art and on whom the boys clearly have a crush, the villainous Khadoos who is uncouth and way over the top, and the strictly dull science teacher without an iota of imagination. The camera work is amazing - the school comes alive as it captures the moods of the kids, the classroom dynamics, the equation between teachers and students. The plot is almost ridiculously simple and yet it very engrossing fare. You wait to see why Stanley cannot bring his own tiffin to school. When the secret is finally revealed you are not surprised and yet you find yourself surprisingly affected. Absolutely worth a watch.

Stanley ka Dabba Movie OK, so enough of praises and subtle style of direction. This isn't a Documentary neither a Main stream cinema . Indeed it's a Debut. Debutant Director Amol Gupte has tried his skills best using a SLR (Canon 7D - impressive). The closeup shots are good, but camera shakes a lot depicting a weak hand held streaks. Although the shots are always cut short. First half is wasted totally showing different tiffin boxes with unusual stuffs. Yes, the Dabbas are loaded with Jalebis, biscuits or chakris. Ironically, there is a rich fat kid who brings a Dabba which can satisfy appetites of many.Altogether the second half looks incomplete and fails flat on the promises or the surprise. The child labor story lacks the punch and the thrill. The whole gag is circumcised around who eats whose dabba. There are several better narration with respect to a child labour. The Protagonist is a lovely child of Gupte -Promising Partho. His eloquence are best in the movie and he delivers with the cute little face of his. His expressions are hard but can come easy with time. The end morals and the statistics cannot save this movie. There was not a single stealer when you talk about emotions. The obnoxious crave for children's Dabba was never explained and so was the Vanishing act of "Khadoos" the Hindi teacher played by Gupte. The screenplay was superb in patches and songs were good with the timing. However they could not strike the right chord. Other casts like Divya Dutta, Divya Jagdale, Raj Zutshi and Shiv Subramaniam were not given any screen space. The story completely lacked the head and tail and therefore the roles were left unfinished. There was "India Dance" sequence, completely out of the way leading to a road side Dhaba. The last 5 minutes were touching and tried to leave a message. This movie could be avoided on a trade-off with DD-1 at prime time. Half star for Stanley and Rest was packed in Staley's Dabba - Undelivered.