Kids of the Majestic

Kids of the Majestic
Directed by	Dylan Verrechia
Written by	Dylan Verrechia, Suhas Radhakrishna
Produced by	Dylan Verrechia, Suhas Radhakrishna
Starring	Baba, Mental Menja, Arun-Badur, Joti, Rafik
Distributed by	Verrechia Films
Running time	52 min.
Language	Kannada

Kids of the Majestic is a 2009 documentary film made in Bangalore, India. It was directed by Dylan Verrechia, and co-produced by Suhas Radhakrishna that follows a group of orphans in the Majestic railway station of Bangalore.

Kids of the Majestic won the Artivist Award for Best Feature in Children's Advocacy Category at the 2010 Artivist Film Festival & Awards[1], and the Directing and Writing Insight Awards of Recognition at the National Association of Film and Digital Media Artists [2].

Synopsis

Every day, a sea of passengers floods the Majestic Railway Station of Bangalore City. Beneath the commotion of commuters, a group of orphans live beneath the station, collecting the trash that the passengers have left behind. The filmmakers befriended these children who, uneasily and slowly, opened up to them, sharing their life stories as no one before has ever heard. This documentary upholds a strong moral content by not only depicting the reality and hardship of these children, but also the positive aspect of this social group that works within its community. Kids of the Majestic is a documentary by filmmaker Dylan Verrechia and Dr. Suhas Radhakrishna that follows a group of such orphans: Rafik, a smiling young drug addict; Mental Manja, nicknamed "mental" because he didn't speak until he was 10; Arun-Badur, the artist and the writer; Baba, who at 8 has travelled throughout India alone; and Joti, mother-to-be at 16, who was abused at 9.

External links

• IMDB site
• Verrechia Films official site
• Trailer
• [3] Shahnaz Siganporia
• Earth Times
• PRWeb