The screening of the film ‘Chalo Jeete Hain’ at
Rashtrapati Bhavan last evening (on July 24), where Honorable
President Ram Nath Kovind watched the film along with the who’s who of politics
and sports, has generated tremendous interest through word-of-mouth, as well as
on social media. Along with the President, cabinet ministers Piyush Goyal,
Dharmendra Pradhan, J P Nadda, Anant Kumar, Mahesh Sharma, Ravi Shankar Prasad,
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Ram Vilas Paswan, M J Akbar and others watched the
film.
Thought leaders, social workers, educationists and
sports personalities including Babita Phogat, Geeta Mallik, Anju Chopra were
also present. After the screening, the President tweeted "The film talks about an imporatant
issue - finding a purpose in life, finding a meaning to life. It’s based on
Swami Vivekanand's philosophy of ‘Vahi jeete
hain, jo dusroon ke liye jeete hain.”
The film will be telecast across multiple Star TV
channels on 29th July at 9pm, The film’s
trailer has already received over 3 million views on
YouTube within three days. The curiosity and buzz around the film and its
leading into the #actofkindness campaign is so strong that the film is also to
be screened in the Parliament for a huge audience, including school children
tomorrow.
#actofkindness is aimed at inspiring and spreading
the message of doing some selfless act every day by each one of us, and thereby
contributing in nation building.
The film, which is based on an inspiring childhood
incident of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is produced by Bhushan Kumar and
Mahaveer Jain. Presented by Anand L Rai and Mahaveer Jain, the film is directed
by National Award winning filmmaker Mangesh Hadawale.
