Agencies Divyanshi's Doodle titled "The Walking Tree"

G.S.S. Sharvan's Doodle titled 'Ocean Friendly'.

Bhaswati Bishoi's Doodle titled 'From moon to moon!'

Ankit Bhattacharya's Doodle titled 'Learning with Fun'.

Pyla Vijay Kumar's Doodle titled 'Khadi, an evergreen Indian pride'.

Sidagam Sai Sathvik's Doodle titled, 'Everlasting Impact -- Indian Folk Art'.

Children's Day: 7 Terrific Indian Films Themed Around Kids







Autoplay Autoplay 1 of 7 Children's Day & Chacha Nehru Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of free India, was a hit with children. To commemorate the same, his birthday, 14th November, is celebrated as Children’s Day all over India. As the country celebrates Children’s Day, here’s a list of 7 terrific Indian films that are themed around kids. 'Rockford' Nagesh Kukunor's 'Rockford' chronicled the arrival of a Hindu boy in an all-boys, strict Christian school set-up. A series of incidents unfolds as the boy tries to assimilate in the school. The movie received positive response from critics.



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'Makdee' Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, 'Makdee' was a comedy-horror starring Shabana Azmi, Makrand Deshpande, Shweta Basu Prasad in lead roles. When a village butcher Makrand Deshpande mistakenly pushes Munni (Shweta Basu Prasad), in an ancient mansion of a witch, her twin sister Chunni makes every effort to save her sister from the clutches of the witch.



The movie challenged the existence of witches and witchcraft in India and received a positive response from critics. Shweta Basu Prasad bagged the National Award for Best Child Actor for this movie.



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‘The Blue Umbrella’ Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, 'The Blue Umbrella’ was based on Ruskin Bond’s novel of the same name. The movie, starring Shreya Sharma and Pankaj Kapoor in lead roles, was about a young girl Biniya (Shreya Sharma) and her blue umbrella which she obtained from Japanese tourists.



After gaining much popularity due to the umbrella, she meets Nandkishore Khatri (Pankaj Kapoor), a restaurant owner who makes every effort to get the umbrella-all in vain. However, when Biniya’s umbrella goes missing under strange circumstances, she suspects Nandkishore. Critics gave a thumbs-up to the movie for its lively performances. The movie bagged the National Award for Best Children’s Film.



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‘Taare Zameen Par’ Directed by Aamir Khan, ‘Taare Zameen Par’ was the story of a dyslexic child and his struggles at school. Ishan (Darsheel Safary) is sent to boarding school on the grounds of being a trouble-making, distracted child. Unable to deal with the pressure, he becomes a quiet child who does not interact with many. Things change when he comes across the new art teacher, Nikumbh (Aamir Khan), whose patience and compassion help him recover. Khan’s production received a positive response from critics. 'Taare Zameen Par' bagged a number of awards for brilliant acting skills of every character. The movie earned the National Award for Best Film on Family Welfare.



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NEW DELHI: Google honoured Chacha Nehru's birth anniversary with a doodle made by seven-year-old, Divyanshi Singhal , from Gurgaon - who is the winner of the 2019 Doodle for Google competition in India.The young winner's doodle made it to the Google India homepage on Children’s Day As a part of this year’s theme ‘When I grow up, I hope ...’, the Gurgaon-based 2nd grader hoped, through her doodle, to have 'Walking Trees' in the future to protect the next generations from Deforestation Hailing from DPS, Gurgaon, Singhal expressed her dismay of trees being cut down. She said, “When I grow up, I hope the world’s trees can walk or fly. The land could be cleared so easily without making them die. There would be so little deforestation and humans can just ask the trees and their friends to move to another place.”When asked how she came up with this delightful idea, she explained, “When I visited my grandmother, I was so sad to see the trees around her house being cut. So I thought that if trees could walk or fly, we will not have to cut them."This year’s Doodle for Google jury included creative masterminds such as Rajiv Chilaka (creator of Chhota Bheem & CEO of Green Gold Animation), Prajakta Koli (India’s leading female YouTube Creator), Neha Sharma (famous artist and creator of Neha Doodles), and the Google Doodle team.The search engine giant received submissions from over 1.1 lakh children between classes 1 and 10 across the country for this year’s contest. Five other winners were picked out and their doodles were displayed on the website. The tech company, on its website, said, "it was heartening to see so many fresh, creative depictions for a better world—from cleaning up the ocean, to flying solo using technology, to simply dreaming about a world without boundaries".The 20 finalist Doodles were then showcased online for public voting. The submissions for this year’s theme were incredibly creative across all class groups. In addition to the national winner, 5 group winners were also selected. Much like Divyanshi Singhal, each of these 5 group winners put a lot of thought and creative energy into their respective Doodles.The winner from class group 1-2, G.S.S. Sharvan, from Sri Prakash Vidya Niketan in Visakhapatnam made a Doodle which shows a machine cleaning the underwater waste.Explaining the thought process of making his Doodle, Sharvan said that he envisions a world where all sea animals are free from plastic waste.Bhaswati Bishoi, from Kendriya Vidyalaya bagged the prize for the best Doodle in class group 3-4. Bishoi always had ambitions of going on a space voyage to the moon and brought his childhood dream to life with his artwork."My parents gave me the nickname 'Moonmoon'," he said. Bishoi wants to fulfill his parents' dream by landing on moon someday.Ankit Bhattacharya was declared the winner in class group 5-6. The young lad tried to visualize the current education system and how it tries to put students in pre-defined categories.Ankit says that when he grows up, he wants to appear for exams without any fear. He wants learning to be fun, creatively stimulating and stress-free.In class group 7-8, Pyla Vijay Kumar from Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan, Visakhapatnam, won the coveted prize. The budding student wishes to spread the significance and genuinity of 'Khadi' material, thereby helping restore Indian culture.Finally, the winner for class group 9-10 was Sidagam Sai Sathvik from Sri Prakash Vidya Niketan, Visakhapatnam. “When I grow up, I hope the world recognises the magnificent treasure of India -- Indian Folk Art -- and passes it on to the next generations leaving an everlasting impact”, he said.Over 6 lac public votes helped us determine the following group winners for the 5 class groups.