Care of Footpath

Care of Footpath
DVD cover
Directed by Kishan Shrikanth
Screenplay by Jogi
Udayamarakini
Story by Kishan Shrikanth
Produced by Shylaja Shrikanth
Starring Kishan Shrikanth
Cinematography P. Mathew Rajan
Edited by B. S. Kemparaju
Lakshman Reddy
Music by Ravi Dattatreya
Background score: Srivathsa
Production
company
Kiran Movie Makers
Release date
  • 24 November 2006
Running time
 135 minutes
Country India
Language Kannada
Budget ₹80 lakh (equivalent to ₹2.6 crore or US$320,000 in 2023)
Box office ₹26.8 million (equivalent to ₹86 million or US$1.1 million in 2023)

C/o Footpath (or Care of Footpath) is a 2009 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Master Kishan, who also stars in the film. It is first film produced by the Kiran Movie Makers of Bangalore, India. It was directed by the world's then-youngest film director, Guinness Record Holder Kishan Shrikanth. Shrikanth has since been surpassed as the world's youngest director by Saugat Bista, the 7-year-old director of Love You Baba.

C/o Footpath had a budget of 20 million rupees (about $450,000). The shoot lasted for 55 days, over a period of 5–6 months. Filming took place in Mumbai. The film was released in 2006 with a running time of 135 minutes. It received the Best Children's Film Award at the 54th National Film Awards.

It was dubbed into other Indian languages including Hindi, Oriya, Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil (as Sadhanai) as well as English. A sequel released in 2015.

Synopsis

An orphan slum boy is adopted by an old lady who finds him on a footpath. He lives with her in the slums, where he makes a living picking up rags. Some school students call him an uneducated brute, which gives him the impetus to get educated. The story tells how he battles the odds of his circumstances to get an education.

Cast

Awards

Totals
Awards won 4
Nominations 0 + N/A

54th National Film Awards:

Karnataka State Film Awards:

SICA (South India Cinematographers Association Awards):