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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Chhello Show<br />
| image = Chhello Show (Last Film Show) poster.jpeg<br />
| caption = Official poster<br />
| director = [[Pan Nalin]]<br />
| producer = {{plainlist|<br />
*Pan Nalin<br />
*Dheer Momaya<br />
*Marc Duale}}<br />
| writer = Pan Nalin<br />
| starring = {{plainlist|<br />
*Bhavin Rabari<br />
*Bhavesh Shrimali<br />
*Richa Meena<br />
*Dipen Raval<br />
*Paresh Mehta<br />
}}<br />
| music = Cyril Morin<br />
| cinematography = Swapnil S. Sonawane<br />
| editing = Shreyas Beltangdy, Pavan Bhat<br />
| studio = {{plainlist|<br />
*Chhello Show LLP<br />
*Monsoon Films<br />
*Jugaad Motion Pictures}}<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2021|06|10|[[Tribeca Film Festival]]}}<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Gujarati<br />
| runtime = 110 minutes<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Chhello Show''''' ({{lang-gu|છેલ્લો શો}}, {{trans|'''''Last Film Show'''''}}) is 2021 [[Gujarati cinema|Gujarati]] [[coming of age film|coming-of-age]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Pan Nalin]]. It stars Bhavin Rabari, Bhavesh Shrimali, Richa Meena, Dipen Raval and Paresh Mehta in lead roles.<ref name=":0" /> The film premiered at the 20th [[Tribeca Film Festival]] on 10 June 2021.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
A nine-years-old Samay from [[Chalala]], a village in [[Saurashtra]] in [[Gujarat]] state of India entered a cinema hall projection booth by bribing Fazal, a cinema projector technician, and watched several films through summer. He became engrossed with cinema for life.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Ramachandran|first=Naman|date=2021-04-22|title=Pan Nalin's 'The Last Film Show' Marks Return to Big-Screen Experience at Tribeca Festival (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/last-film-show-tribeca-festival-spotlight-pan-nalin-1234957622/|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
* Bhavin Rabari as Samay<br />
* Bhavesh Shrimali as Fazal, projectionist<br />
* Richa Meena as Baa, Samay's mother<br />
* Dipen Raval as Bapuji, Samay's father<br />
* Paresh Mehta as cinema manager<br />
* Vikas Bata as Nano<br />
* Rahul Koli as Manu<br />
* Shoban Makwa as Badshah<br />
* Kishan Parmar as ST<br />
* Vijay Mer as Tiku<br />
* Alpesh Tank as Mr. Dave, teacher<br />
* Tia Sebastien as Leela Mila<br />
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==Production==<br />
[[File:Pan Nalin on the shoot of 'The Last Film Show'.jpg|thumb|Pan Nalin on the shoot of ''Chhello Show'' in [[Rajkot]], Gujarat, India in 2019]]<br />
The film is semi-autobiographical as Nalin was born and brought up in [[Adtala]] village in [[Saurashtra]].<ref name=":1" /> Six village boys from local communities of the region were cast. The film was shot in villages and railway station in Saurashtra. He also brought old celluloid Hindi films and a technician to run projectors.<ref name=":0" /> The cast is mostly made of child actors. Dilip Shankar, Nalin's friend and casting director, assisted Nalin in casting the child actors. The film was shot in March 2020, just before the [[COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in India]]. The post-production was completed during the pandemic.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pandya|first=Sonal|date=10 June 2021|title=Heart of Chhello Show is the jugaadu spirit, says filmmaker Pan Nalin|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2021/jun/10/29972|access-date=13 June 2021|website=Cinestaan}}</ref> The film is produced by Dheer Momaya's Jugaad Motion Picture, Nalin's Monsoon Films and Marc Duale's Stranger88 in co-production with Virginie Lacombe's Virginie Films and [[Eric Dupont (producer)|Eric Dupont]]'s Incognito films.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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The film focuses on hope and innocence. It also highlight ending culture of single-screen cinema and 35mm celluloid films in India.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==Release==<br />
The film premiered at Spotlight section of the 20th [[Tribeca Film Festival]] on 10 June 2021. It was the first Gujarati film selected for the festival section.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2021-04-27|title=Pan Nalin's Gujarati film Chhello Show to open Tribeca Film Festival's Spotlight section|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/pan-nalins-gujarati-film-chhello-show-to-open-tribeca-film-festivals-spotlight-section-9571021.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Firstpost}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Vaishali|last=Rathod|title=Pan Nalin: The premiere of 'Chhello Show' at the Tribeca is great news for Gujarati and Indian cinema - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/gujarati/movies/news/pan-nalin-the-premiere-of-chhello-show-at-the-tribeca-is-great-news-for-gujarati-and-indian-cinema/articleshow/82385931.cms|access-date=2021-05-27|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Pandya |first=Sonal |title=Chhello Show trailer: A boy is transformed by the magic of cinema |website=Cinestaan |date=11 June 2021 |url=https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2021/jun/11/30016 |access-date=13 June 2021}}</ref> The film will be released in Germany, Spain, Japan, Israel and Portugal.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Ramach|first1=Naman|last2=ran|date=2021-06-09|title=Tribeca Title 'The Last Film Show' Racks up Global Sales, Reveals Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/tribeca-the-last-film-show-sales-1234992189/|access-date=2021-06-15|website=Variety}}</ref><br />
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==Reception==<br />
Prahlad Srihari of ''[[Firstpost]]'' called the film "an ode to movie-going, as movie-making".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Srihari|first=Prahlad|title=Tribeca Film Festival 2021: Pan Nalin's Last Film Show is an ode to how we interact with cinema as kids|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/tribeca-film-festival-2021-pan-nalins-last-film-show-is-an-ode-to-how-we-interact-with-cinema-as-kids-9714581.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-15|website=Firstpost|date=2021-06-14}}</ref> Tanzeem Pardiwalla of ''Mashable India'' rated it 5 out of 5. She praised the direction, cinematography, theme, story and performances.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pardiwalla|first=Tanzeem|title=Tribeca 'Last Film Show' Review: A Visually Stunning Love Letter To Cinema|url=https://in.mashable.com/entertainment/22907/tribeca-last-film-show-review-a-visually-stunning-love-letter-to-cinema?amp=1|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-15|website=Mashable India|date=2021-06-15}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Official website}}<br />
* {{IMDb title}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
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[[Category:Films shot in Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:Indian drama films]]<br />
[[Category:2010s Gujarati-language films]]<br />
[[Category:2021 drama films]]<br />
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