krishna chaitanya We might have seen many films in which children play some part or the other. Also we have seen some supposedly children's film which actually are made for adults to understand though they center around children. But have we seen any movie recently which actually depicts how children think of adults? To fill that gap correctly and perfectly comes Amole Gupte's "Stanley Ka Dabba." A poignant tale of a under-privileged child, Stanley Ka Dabba discusses some points of school life which are never touched in a very heartwarming way without being preachy. Also it talks about the role of the teachers in the present day society in the brought-up of the children and does not just lay the onus on the parents for their brought-up.Every school teacher has a lot of responsibility in guiding a child to learn and become the best. But if a teacher has misplaced priorities and treats his students with contempt rather than love, then there is every chance for the children to be misguided and become burden for the society in the future. In the social context, the message delivered by Stanley Ka Dabba to the teaching community as well as the society is to handle children with care and love and do not hurt their tender feelings and that wish of being WANTED.Stanley Ka Dabba is about two individuals, a teacher and his student who have one thing in common, they do not bring their lunch boxes to the school. While the student, Stanley has a lot of self-respect and fills his stomach by drinking water during lunchtime, the teacher Varma pries on the lunch boxes of his colleagues and also students, yet he despises Stanley for not bringing his lunch box.Why Stanley does not bring any lunch box? Why does he always drink water and fill his stomach? It doesn't even occur to the teachers and also the Principal to inquire about Stanley and his condition? Stanley Ka Dabba poses a lot of questions to the schooling system of the country in general. While the Government run schools offer mid-day meals program and generally take care of the children and their hunger, what about the private schools? Do they have similar program at hand? If not, why not they start a similar program? How does the teaching community deal with the creative thoughts of its students? Is it right to dismiss the creative thoughts in a jiffy saying that it does not pertain to the curriculum? Is it right for the teachers to discriminate on the writing hand? Amole Gupte, the writer-actor-director-producer of this amazing, "Stanley Ka Dabba" seems to know the issues faced by children in and out. He was the person responsible for "Taare Zameen par" and he is the one who gave this wonderful film. He played all of his parts of a writer, director, producer with aplomb, and without doubt he did full justice to the character of Khadoos, a teacher who is forever lechering after food.Playing the title role, Stanley, is Partho who did a wonderful job. He offers a delightful performance. He understates his role well and his dialogues in the climax really break your heart. An amazing act. Divya dutta is the other notable performer in the role of Rosy Miss and she does well.Stanley Ka Dabba was released last year and did generate some positive talk at the box-office. But it did not sustain a long run and film lovers like me could only catch it on a DVD. I bought one, and am bringing it out to you just to tell you not to miss this one. Its an important collector's item.

Satyamaditya Yadav Stanley Ka Dabba is joint effort of Bollywood and Theaterplay directed by Amole Gupte, who is also the creative director of a serious movie about children Tare Jameen Par.Stanly Ka Dabba is a movie about a fourth standard school going boy who never brings Dabba (Lunch box) for recess. There was a Hindi Teacher Babubhai Verma (also known as Khadoos by students) who also never brings Dabba for lunch time and always peeking in others lunch box. In recess all students eat their lunch and they also share their lunch with Stanley because Stanley is master in story telling, all boys love to listen his stories, because his stories are too creative and funny. Somehow Babubhai attracted to students lunch box and keep sharing with them, when he used to eat students's lunch Stanley always get hungry so the students always runs far away from Babubhai. One day Babubhai caught them and shout on Stanley and said without Dabba no school. Later tragedy makes movie very emotional and reveals the truth of being hungry in recess of Stanley, It is really a very important issue that due to child labor a lot of students can not complete their home-works, projects and some other activities, specially the students like Stanely who works in hotel or other places who even don't have mother and father.Stanely Ka Dabba looks very funny in the beginning but it reveals the real motive of the movie in the last 20 minutes. The director, editor and script writer had successfully managed the suspense and they reveals it at the very perfect time so the film really touches the everyone's heart. Even I get a lots of droplets of tears in my eyes. Worth to watch.Amol Gupte is director, creative director, producer and also a actor as Babubhai Verma in this movie. The role of Stanley Fernandez is played by the son of Amole Gupte, Partho Gupte. In the last movie shows that the movie was made on Saturdays and holidays only, having 2 recess in total five hours also tells about child laboring in India.

Swarup Bose I really liked the plot of the movie, although it reminded me of my school day's."Stanley" character played by "partho gupte" was awesome. Super like the movie and the character played by "Amole Gupte" was marvelous. The film depicts a close relationship of those "child laborer", whose parent's are no more. The film story in beginning can't be predicted to be so emotional in the end.I hoped that film could have better ending, i was waiting to see more. All part played by the character's in the movie was excellent.I wish to see the character "Khasdoos" played by amole gupte at the end.Still the movie did well as the movie "Stanley ka Dabba" won my heart.

namashi_1 'Stanley Ka Dabba' is a GEM of a film. Writer-Producer-Director-Actor-Cinematographer, Amole Gupte, makes a film, that is soft, simple & seamless. It doesn't have superstars, it doesn't have chart-buster songs, it doesn't have stunning locales to boast....but what it has...is a Big Heart! 'Stanley Ka Dabba' is a nearly flawless film about a child, who comes to school without a Dabba. And as he can't get a Dabba, a greedy school teacher, who hogs from every Dabba in the school, kicks him out of the school. It's then Stanley's journey to get to back to school, with a Dabba! 'Stanley Ka Dabba' is one of the most moving, well-written & well-executed films in the past 5 years. It has a story to tell, it has it's heart at the very right place. Amole Gupte is truly a supremely talented personality. 'TZP', was a fabulous film, but 'Stanley Ka Dabba' is a nearly flawless cinema. Apart from it's slow-pace in the beginning, I found everything, in terms of writing, direction, acting, cinematography as well as the editing, to be super.The Soundtrack is decent. Performance-Wise: Gupte, steals the show with a fascinating performance. He plays the greedy teacher, with perfect understanding and rare ease. Partho, who plays Stanley, is very sincere. Divvya Dutta is good. Raj Zutshi & all the other actors who portray the roles of the teachers, are first-rate.On the whole, 'Stanley Ka Dabba' is amongst the best films in the past 5 years, as it has story to tell, which is simple, seamless & very interesting too. Don't Miss This One!