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I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Stanley ka Dabba is one of the finest movies in the Hindi film industry. It is a simple movie with great subject, great performances and equally great direction. It is not an easy job to get such splendid performances out of school children. The movie touches a very important subject in India in a very unusual manner. Hats off to the director! Special mention to Partho for portraying the character of Stanley in almost perfect way. I hope Amole Gupte continues making such amazing, thought provoking movies in future. The movie is just about an hour and half long, yet it captures the childhood of Stanley so well. This one is for every age group - Stanley will make you laugh and cry.

This superb film is a wake-up call to all the governments of the world with stand by and do nothing to stop the exploitation of children.Child labor is a growing trend in developing countries. Shockingly most of the children are forced into it by their relatives. In India over 12 million children are exploited as child laborers and why the Government Of India has allowed it to rise to incredible this figure remains a mystery to me.Children have a right to education and nobody should stand in their way to shop them from acquiring it. Clearly individuals who employ children as laborers should be jailed for 4-5 years. Should they repeat this offense, they should be jailed for 8-10 years. However due to rampant corruption in India, these characterless b*st*rds bribe the Police and get of scot-free.Moving on to the film. Firstly, I personally vote this the best film of 2011 and vote for Partho Gupte as best junior actor and Amol Gupte as best supporting actor.Stanley Ka Dabba is a 2011 Hindi film written, directed and produced by Amole Gupte, starring Divya Dutta, Partho Gupte (son of Amol Gupte), Divya Jagdale, Raj Zutshi, and Amole Gupte. The film was released on May 13 , 2011.Plot: Stanley(Partho Gupte)is a fourth grader who is very popular amongst his friends. He is talented and is liked by his teachers. However, he never brings his lunch box or 'dabba'. 'Khadoos'(Amol Gupte), as he is popularly called, is a Hindi teacher who does not bring his own dabba but likes to eat other's lunch. Stanley's friends share their lunch with him by hiding from Khadoos. Khadoos eventually finds them in the terrace and warns Stanley to bring his own lunch or otherwise avoid coming to school. Stanley misses school for a few days and his absence is felt by his teachers and school mates. But one fine day, Stanley brings his dabba packed with mouth-watering items for Khadoos. Khadoos realises his mistake and quits the school. Meanwhile, Stanley's performance in an inter-school festival is appreciated by everybody. Towards the end, the reasons for Stanley's lack of a dabba is revealed. Amol Gupte is both a brilliant director and an exceptionally gifted actor. His genius reflects in his son. I have all the confidence that when Partho grows up, he will be a great actor. In fact all the supporting actors in the film, Divya Dutta, Raj Zutshi(My Favorite Actor!) and Divya Jagdale give a superb performance. About Amol Gupte: Amole Gupte (Marathi: अमोल गुप्ते)is an Indian screenwriter, actor, and director, particularly known for his work on the 2007 Bollywood film Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth) as creative director and screenwriter. The film was also initially conceived and developed by Gupte and his wife, Deepa Bhatia (concept, research, and editing).Verdict: my choice for best film of 2011, and a must have on DVD/VCD and one to watch with the entire family, neighbors and friends.P.S: On a closing note, please help in the fight against child labor, if you happen to see children employed as laborers, please report this to the proper authorities both Indian and NGO who are working hard to eradicate it.

There is a scene in the movie when the teacher gives Stanley a chocolate as a mark of her appreciation towards his beautifully written essay. With a sheepish smile, Stanley takes it amidst generous applause from his friends. He then tries to put that chocolate into his shirt pocket only to find to his dismay that the pocket is torn and is no good to hold his chocolate. This is one amongst the many bits in the movie that fall into place at the end.Stanley ka dabba is a story of a kid who is special in his own ways. On the exterior he comes across like any other kid who narrates stories to his friends, sings songs during class breaks, and doesn't miss a chance to have fun. But, the only shortcoming here is that Stanley doesn't get a lunch box to school. It's a problem only according to his Hindi teacher Khadoos Verma but Stanley's friends like all kids have no qualms about sharing their dabbas with him. But, Verma who himself doesn't get a dabba is always preying on others' dabbas gives Stanley a piece of his mind and asks him to get lost till he doesn't get a dabba of his own to school everyday. This point in story leads to the big climax of the movie which I must confess is one of the most overwhelming and extremely touching ending to have seen in recent past.This movie is all about the magical moments held together by threads of simplicity and honesty. Amole doesn't employ any overtly comical, emotional scene to score brownie points. The movie just floats in a good pace giving enough depth for the characters to evolve and get identified by the audience. He sets up the proceedings so brilliantly that the viewer can't really help but feel like he is in the same class as Stanley's and is actually looking at everything happening right there. And of course, all this culminates into one fantastic climax that'll remain etched in the viewers' memories for long time.Amole Gupte was last seen in 'Phas Gaya Re Obama' and 'Kaminey' donning the actor's hat. Before that, he was credited as writer and creative director for the beautiful 'Taare Zameen Par'. He comes back with this movie, now managing all the major departments and delivering a movie that's just sheer genius of art.Amol Gole, the cinematographer of this movie shot it in a hand-held Canon 7D camera because they didn't want to scare the kids away or make them nervous as the kids didn't know at that point in time that they were shooting for a movie !! Yes, the kids were told that these were regular acting workshops and only in the end were they informed about it. These are the things that make this movie look life like and come across as a simple story with an honest intention.Hitesh Sonik's music and Amole Gupte's lyrics gel so well with the scenes that they seem like dialogues between characters but with a difference.The kids Abhishek Reddy, Saisharan Shetty, Aman Mehra, Walter D'souza and others have all done a brilliant job considering that they are the real supporting cast of the movie. Divya Dutta as the charming English teacher who Stanley admires a lot is brilliantly casted. Divya Jagdale and Raj Zutshi are good as well. Amole Gupte as the khadoos teacher just carries on the great work he has been doing lately. But, if this movie has to be remembered for one person then it has to be Partho Gupte(Amole gupte's son) who plays the central character of Stanley and seems so natural in every dialogue and action of his as the lovable kid.What stands out in the movie is the amazing control that Amole Gupte has on the narration of the story. Never does he let the rhythm drop and displays great control on his direction. For me, the dabba was a metaphor for what Amole wanted to convey through this story. It was a medium for him to give out the message in the end.Its not everyday that I quote Karan Johar but here I go. On the day of the music release, he said, 'There is no mainstream or alternative cinema. There is good cinema and bad cinema, Stanley Ka Dabba is very good cinema'.Yeah, Stanley Ka Dabba is one of those movies that'll try to give out a message without trying to be preachy or dumping that thought heavily on the viewers' minds.As an avid movie-watcher , I get disappointed when I watch tons of mindless and stupid movies churned out by the movie industry but still hope that every now and then on a Friday there is a movie like Stanley releasing!

I like films which are very subtle, like Charulata by Satyajit Ray, like "The Tenant" by Roman Polanski. But, I certainly didn't like this movie. In the first half of the movie, nothing happens. The whole point of the movie is that this kid is good at heart, but can't afford to get his lunch-box because he is poor. This point has been stretched to 2 hours. There are a lot of holes in the movie as well. How can a kid who is poor afford to get admitted into such a school in Mumbai?, that too a school with a big playground. Too many stereotypes abound in the movie, like Science teachers being against innovation etc, peons being extremely rude in the movie. The climax is too predictable.