Pichku’ s dream
India / Color / 110' / 2018
Pichku lives in a shabby slum in Delhi, with no running water or sewage system. People defecate out in the open on railway tracks. The 9-year-old-boy is shy and dreams of his own toilet, a quiet, clean and colorfully decorated place. He will follow his dreams and spare no effort to get a toilet for his home.
Nila Madhab Panda

He is a filmmaker and a recipient of Padmashree, one of the highest civilian honor of India. He was conferred with D.litt. Honoris Causa by Utkal Culture University, Odisha in 2018. His first feature film I am Kalam became an iconic film winning 34 International Awards along with a National Award. His second feature film Jalpari (Desert mermaid), about female fe-ticide and gender equality, received the MIP Junior award at Cannes. He has also made documentary films, such as God’s own vpeople. Panda founded the International Screen- writers Lab in India.
Cast & Crew
- direction: Nila Madhab Panda
- Screenplay: Nitin Dixit
- Cinematography: Pratap Rout
- Editing: Archit D Rastogi
- music: Shankar Mahadevan, Loy Mendonsa, Ehsaan Noorani
- Sound Design: Nihar Ranjan Samal
- Film Cast: Paoli Dam, Vipin Katyal, Ranvir Shorey, Tathastu
- producer:: Nila Madhab Panda, Akshay Kumar Parija
- original language: Ινδικά