The joy and ecstasy could be felt over the innocent faces of 1,000 boys and girls living in the orphan houses in the Rawalpindi and Islamabad when they visited a theatre for the first time in their life on Monday afternoon at Shaheen Cinema Rawalpindi. A non-profit organisation Bardasht arranged the programme in collaboration with the Central Film Censor Board, Shaheen Cinema, Coca Cola and Savour Foods. The popular animated film ‘Rio’ was screened specially at the cinema for the special guests from the Anjuman Faizul Islam, SOS Children Village, Ashiana, Saba Homes, Sweet Homes and some other organisations.
The 3-D animated adventure ‘Rio-The Movie’ was premiered in Pakistan about a year back and became hot-favourite for the children of all ages, said Senator Nilofar Bakhtiar. “Since then I was planning to arrange a special screening of the film for the special guests. However, it was delayed due to unclear political situation in the country over the year.”
Nilofar Bakhtiar, who is also the chairperson of Bardasht, was very happy to see all smiles on the faces of her ‘special guests’. “Rare are the moments when I genuinely feel happy. Today is the one. The glittering faces reflect the sheer joy these children have had, surely for the first time. I wish I could arrange the special screening of the children-movies for these unprivileged ones that our children enjoy on DVDs at home-theatres.
“Rio-The Movie” is a Twentieth Century Fox’s animation venture from the Blue Sky Studios, the makers of the super-hit animation film for children Ice Age. The Rio is a comedy adventure about taking a walk on the wild side. Anne Hathaway, Jamie Foxx, and Jesse Eisenberg voice birds in family-friendly, G-rated animated comedy.
It is set in the wonderful city of Rio de Janeiro as well as the incomparable rainforest of Brazil; the humorous journey focuses on Blu (a parrot), an infrequent macaw who believes that he is the only remaining of his type. When Blu finds out there is another – and that the other one is a female, Blu foliage the luxuries of his cage in very small town Minnesota and moves to Rio. But it is far away from love at first sight among the tamed and flight inhibited Blu and the very self-sufficient, highflying feminine, Jewel. Suddenly chucked with each other, they begin a journey of a life span, where analyse friendship, adore, daring and becoming offered to life’s numerous wonders. Barrister Shahnwaz Noon, the General Secretary of the Bardasht said, “We need to groom the unprivileged children to make theme active citizens for the society. It is our common responsibility to share the best with them including our time, and what we like for our children.”
Several children while talking to this scribe paid tanks to the organisers for affording them the opportunity to watch the film on the big screen in cinema. Children of the SOS Village said, “It was out firm time to the cinema, and perhaps, the last one.” Many of the children said no one cares about their outdoor activities. A girl child of the Saba Homes said “we should be taken to hiking and outdoor adventures as well as for several other activities including visit to galleries and museums and parks.”
