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276. The late French director Bertrand Tavernier’s feature film “Ça commence aujourd'hui” (It All Starts Today) (1999), based on a commendable screenplay co-written by the director, his daughter Tiffany, and Dominique Sampiero: A primary school teacher who walks the extra mile to serve and speak for the tiny tots raised by parents with marginal incomes

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    "For its commitment to everyday heroism, its multi-layered approach to an array of social problems, and for the visual force of the storytelling.” --Citation of the FIPRESCI award bestowed on the film It All Starts Today at the Berlin International Film Festival T here have been several films made on uplifting student-teacher relationships. These include To Sir, With Love (1967) a film on boisterous white high school students from slums of London eventually admiring and respecting their black rookie teacher;   Dead Poet’s Society (1989) on another rookie teacher kindling creative self-expression through poetry in   a US boarding school for senior US students from wealthy   backgrounds resulting in their unwavering respect and love for him; Goodbye, Mr Chips (1969), a remake of a film made 30 years before, where a stodgy Latin teacher after his marriage transforms   himself into an endearing school headmaster winning the hearts of his students; ...

Kishore Kumar- It's A Mad Mad World

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  Kishore Kumar was eccentric or unusual start from his childhood, when he was studying in a boarding school of Indore,in his hostel room's wall he  scribbled Kishore's name, in his own handwriting, in his favorite style, in reverse: Ramaku Rashoki.  For several years, one of the walls of his hostel room stood witness to his eccentricity. He was a rare combination of madness and devotion to work. He was unpredictable, he was a genius, and he was even crazy. He had a relaxed appeal to him evident in films like  Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi  throughout his music performance he fools around from one corner to another. His madness and frolic become amply resound when in the song    Aaake Seedhi Lagi  filmed on both him and Pran, he sings the parts of both the male and the female. The song can make anybody laugh in seconds! And who can forget the song from the film  Padosan  in which he played the music teacher and participated in a hilarious mu...