I Am Kalam

The film follows the journey of a young boy who overcomes child labor and strives to pursue education, with the help of a royal friend, highlighting the need for equal educational opportunities in India. I Am Kalam is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language Comedy Drama film starring Harsh Mayar, Gulshan Grover, Dharmveer Jakhar, Pitobash Tripathy, Beatrice Ordeix, Hussan Saad and Donna Deb. Smile Foundation was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Santanu Mishra and Jitendra Mishra. I Am Kalam is written by Sanjay Chauhan, Protiqe Mojoomdar, Nila Madhab Panda and Deepak Venkateshan and it is directed by Nila Madhab Panda. Netflix acquired the distribution rights for the film. I Am Kalam was released on 5th August 2011 and takes a screen time of 87 minutes. I Am Kalam was made on a budget of ₹2 crore and at the box office it grossed only ₹1 crore. The screenplay for the movie was written by Sanjay Chauhan. Cinematography was done by Mohana Krishna and editing by Prashant Nayak. The music was composed by Abhishek Ray along with Madhuparna, Papon, Susmit Bose and Shivji Dholi. At the 2011 National Film Awards It won an award for Best Child Actor (Harsh Mayar).