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Simhada Mari Sainya (1981)

Simhada Mari Sainya poster
Directed by
Rajendra Singh Babu
Genre
children's film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 10m
Rating
8.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of children form a brave little army and get into adventures. The story follows their friendship and courage as they face challenges together.

innocentadventurousheartwarmingearnestwholesomechildlikeenergeticold-fashioned

What happens

Simhada Mari Sainya (transl. Army of lion cubs) is a 1981 Indian Kannada- language children's film directed by Rajendra Singh Babu. It stars Arjun Sarja (credited as Master Arjun Sarja), Amrish Puri, Baby Indira, Baby Rekha and an ensemble of other child actors. It won two awards at the 1981–82 Karnataka State Film Awards — Best Editor (K. Balu) and Best Female Child Actor (Baby Rekha). The film is notable for a scene that involves Arjun Sarja clinging onto a helicopter hovering at a height of 500 feet above the ground. The film was selected for the Paris and Moscow International Film Festivals. Later it was dubbed in Hindi as Aaj Ke Sholey by Jaya Bachchan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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