Children's Film Festival at Guntur

Children’s Film Festival is being organised in Guntur  district by the Children’s Film Society of India (CFSI) from July 24 to August 8. The Festival will be organized at Guntur from July 24 to 27, at Narsaraopet from July 30 to August 1, and at Tenali  from August 6 to 8.   It is intended to provide education and entertainment as well. It is expected that over 85,000 children of Govenrnment Schools will benefit from the Festival.

A total of 17 films (Telugu 14 and Hindi 3) will be screened in 51 selected theatres in Guntur city, Mangalagiri, Sattenapalli, Narsaraopet, Chilakaluripet, Vinukonda, Piduguralla, Macherla, Tenali, Bapatla, Ponnur, and Repalle. In Guntur city, the Festival is being conducted in 10 theatres. Moral stories, biographies of great leaders will be screened in the Festival. The films selected for  the film festival contain socially-relevant messages for children, who have to be disciplined citizens in future and make their contribution to the country’s development.

The films will be screened from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. daily. The films that are being  screened are ‘Chittigadi Mahabharatam’, ‘Amulyam’, ‘Aruguru Allarimuka’, ‘Senani Guruji’, ‘Mosali’, Tsunami 81, ‘Anuragam’, ‘Chittigadi Mahabharatam-II’, ‘Ganga Bhavani’, ‘Muddu Bidda’ (Telugu), ‘Gilli Gilli Aata’, ‘Bandu Boxer’ and ‘Malli’ (Hindi).

Ever since initiated by our first Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru in 1955, the festival is conducted at several places all over India annually. It is a good initiative of the CFSI to impart knowledge and provide entertainment to the children .
                                                                               -S.Suresh Kumar, IAS,
                                                                        Collector & District Magistrate,
                                                                                     Guntur District