Synopsis
Sometimes a child’s innocence, hope & faith can be the cure for all the ills in this world.

This is the story of Shyam,
A boy who stares adversity in the face.
A boy who never gives up.
A boy who triumphs against all odds!

Jhing Chik Jhing is the story of a small boy living in rural Maharashtra and his topsy-turvy adventures as he tries to save his family & the family farm from moneylenders.

Shyam is an everyday small boy, mischievous and very inquisitive. His world is made up of Mouli (father), Manda (mother), Dipti (sister) & Gautam (best friend).

The family lives in a small house on their cotton farm, somewhere in central Maharashtra. The family earns its meager living by growing cotton, which is sold at the local Government Cotton Mill. But Shyam is least concerned with all this. Most of his time is spent in exploring, discovering & playing with Gautam.

The major concerns in his life are the state of his school uniform (a hole in his pants) and whether his mother will make bhajjis (fritters) for dinner.

Shyam’s idyllic life is thrown asunder when he realises that his family is reeling under debt and his father has all but given up hope of ever getting his farmlands out of mortgage. All dreams of a new school uniform & bhajjis come crashing down.

After overcoming his initial dejection, Shyam takes it upon himself to save his family. He is not so easily overcome by his parents’ sense of impending doom. The lessons he has learned at school give him reason to hope. One day in school, he hits upon a scheme that might just do the trick - a sack race that carries a winner’s prize of Rupees. 10,0000/-.

With the help of Dipti and Gautam, he begins practicing with the sack for the big day. Mouli is at first perplexed by Shyam’s antics but later joins in enthusiastically. After all he wants to see his family happy in its last few days. Meanwhile our little hero is dead set in his practice (sack racing is tougher than it looks), with a single-minded aim of saving his family.

Come D-day, Shyam runs the race of his life – literally! But can he save his family?

Additional Information
Jhing Chik Jhing has won 27 Film Awards at various award functions and was part of the Indian Panorama at IFFI Goa 2010.


Prizes and Awards
Maharshtra State Film Awards 2010
Best Film on a Rural Subject
Best Director (2nd) – Nitin Nandan
Best Film (2nd) – Cogito Entertainment
Best Director on a Rural Subject – Nitin Nandan
Best Actor – Bharat Jadhav
Best Actress – Madhavi Juvekar
Best Child Artist – Chinmay Kambli
DD Sahyadri Cine Awards
Best Film – Cogito Entertainment
Best Director – Nitin Nandan
Best Actor – Bharat Jadhav
Best Actress – Madhavi Juvekar
Best Art Direction – Keshao Rao

Chitrapati V Shantaram Awards 2010
Best Film – Cogito Entertainment
Best Director – Nitin Nandan
Best All-round Actor – Bharat Jadhav
Best Actress – Madhavi Juvekar
Best Child Artist – Arti More
Outstanding Performance – Chinmay Kambli
Best Story – Nitin Nandan
Best Screenplay – Nitin Nandan
Best Dialogues – Nitin Nandan
Mahrashtra Times Sanmaan 2010 Awards
Best Actor – Bharat Jadhav
Best Child Artist – Chinmay Kambli
Zee Gaurav 2010 Awards
Best Story – Nitin Nandan
Sanskruti Kala Darpan 2010 Awards
Best Actress – Madhavi Juvekar
Best Child Artist - Chinmay Kambli