<p>Priyadarshan commits, and for once admits to, the cardinal sin of adapting Majid Majidi’s “Children of Heaven”, an Iranian classic. He then tweaks it and squ-eezes out the subtlety. Not satisfied, he gives it a howler of a title.<br /><br />So, what was a heartwarming tale ends up as a brand endorsement of sorts for a shoe company. The director also thrusts a terrorist track into the original story and extracts a lot of blood. Did someone say children’s movie?<br /><br />“Bumm Bumm Bole” is about a lost pair of sandals and the desperate efforts of a brother and sister to get one. So Darsheel and Ziyah do a marathon everyday to and from school, which works in shift, so that they can take turns in using the only pair of shoes. The kids do a lovely job. Atul Kulkarni is brilliant as the poor father who fails to hang on to a job, while mother Rituparna Sengupta doesn’t get much scope in her daily roti-grind.<br /><br />In the end, it’s Darsheel whom you take back home. The child is a master performer, though he seems to have had an appointment with the dentist midway. The title track catches him in braces. <br /><br />Those who have seen the original might grimace. For the rest, it could give a glimpse of what could have been, minus the Priyan touch. <br /></p>
<p>Priyadarshan commits, and for once admits to, the cardinal sin of adapting Majid Majidi’s “Children of Heaven”, an Iranian classic. He then tweaks it and squ-eezes out the subtlety. Not satisfied, he gives it a howler of a title.<br /><br />So, what was a heartwarming tale ends up as a brand endorsement of sorts for a shoe company. The director also thrusts a terrorist track into the original story and extracts a lot of blood. Did someone say children’s movie?<br /><br />“Bumm Bumm Bole” is about a lost pair of sandals and the desperate efforts of a brother and sister to get one. So Darsheel and Ziyah do a marathon everyday to and from school, which works in shift, so that they can take turns in using the only pair of shoes. The kids do a lovely job. Atul Kulkarni is brilliant as the poor father who fails to hang on to a job, while mother Rituparna Sengupta doesn’t get much scope in her daily roti-grind.<br /><br />In the end, it’s Darsheel whom you take back home. The child is a master performer, though he seems to have had an appointment with the dentist midway. The title track catches him in braces. <br /><br />Those who have seen the original might grimace. For the rest, it could give a glimpse of what could have been, minus the Priyan touch. <br /></p>