Dalit student in 'Poorna' lead role

 Korri Manoj of Adilabad with Rahul Bose 

A Dalit student from Adilabad Korri Manoj,17,got rare opportunity to play a lead role in Hindi movie (bilingual) ‘Poorna’, directed and produced by Rahul Bose of Bollywood.

It is all about the inspirational film being directed, produced and also acted by the Rahul Bose. It is all about an inspirational film being directed and acted by Rahul Bose.   

Manoj comes from a poor family background but had natural talent in various fields. Manoj is a resident of Kursheednagar colony in Adilabad town.

   

The movie ‘Poorna’is based on the life of the mountaineer Malavath Poorna of Nizamabad who scaled Mt Everest as youngest girl in the world when she was just 13 years. The movie is a biopic about Malavath Poorna, a tribal girl from Telangana.

Manoj was selected after audition tests by Rahul Bose for the lead role since he had physical fitness and experience in acting.

He is now working as a resource person for ‘Theater Arts’ programme being conducted for students of Social Welfare Residential Schools during summer vacations.      

S. Anand Kumar also scaled the Everest along with the Poorna and both were students of Social Welfare Residential School . 

Manoj has played Anand’s role (fellow mountaineer) in the Poorna movie which has been shot at various places and is about to release.

Manoj is studying BiPc second year at Magnet school of Social Welfare at Stationghanpur in Warangal district. Earlier he studied at Asifabad social welfare residential school in Adilabad district. Manoj is good at screenplay writing, lyrics and theater arts. 

Another boy, Avinash of Ichoda, also acted as Anand’s friend in the Poorna film. Avinash is also a student of Bellampalli Residential School.

Speaking to this newspaper, K. Manoj who played Anand’s role in Poorna film said few scenes shot in his role while he was trekking the Mount Everest along with Aditi Inandar, who is playing the role of Malavath Poorna at Darjeeling, Sikkim, Bhutan and Mumbai. He added he can’t reveal more about the shooting and movie before its release.

Manoj said he learned many acting skills from Rahul Bose and other senior Bengal artists while acting a lead role in Poorna and it was a lifetime experience working with the senior actors. He said he was so excited while traveling in the Airplanes to various places for shooting as he boarded the Airplane first time in his life.  

It is learned that Rahul Bose is playing a coaching role, depicting R.S Praveen Kumar, secretary of the then Andhra Pradesh Social Welfare Residential Schools Society who motivated both Poorna and Anand in professional training in rock climbing and also in trekking Mt Everest on behalf of the government.       

Residential schools find great demand

There is good demand for seats in social welfare residential schools and colleges run under TSWREI Society rather than private residential schools.

Parents admitted their children in social welfare residential schools far away from their villages as they see a bright future for their children.

D. Venkatalaxmi, District coordinating officer, TSWREI society said a crease has created for the admission in the residential schools was due to its unique programmes and good food and shelter and offering quality education.

She said as many as 7,000 students attended the test for class V this year and 8,000  for admission to the vacant seats in classes  VI to VIII.

The TSWREI is also holding summer camps for them and special programmes to improve English communication skills and spoken English. The mountaineering and rock climbing events for the students of the TSWREI brought the name and fame  for these institutions and its students Purna and Anand who climbed Mt Everest created a craze of sorts for admissions.

The existing demand for English medium education among the middle class and also poor has created demand for admission in these  schools where English is medium of instruction and majority of high schools upgraded to colleges.

Chindam Ramesh of Goleti said his son Vardhan Kumar finally got admission in class V in Social Welfare Residential School and said there was heavy competition for the seats in these institutions.

According to official sources, there are total 14 social welfare residential schools including five for boys and nine for girls in the district. As many as 8,550 students are studying in the already existing schools and 1,300 students got fresh admissions in new schools.

Kodipe Rajaiah of Tharividi in Kautala mandal who admitted their two daughters at Social Welfare Residential School at Asifabad said the institutions were offering quality education and focusing on the all-round development of the students.

Parents are of the opinion that things will improve at Social Welfare Residential Schools as the state government is going to fill nearly 5,000 teacher posts in these institutions soon.

Giri Ustav a riot of fun, colour and laughter

Participating in the three-day Giri Ustav is happiest movement for many Adivasi students who ate pav bhaji, ice cream and pani puri, fruits salad free of cost at Giri Ustav conducted at Komaram Bheem complex in Utnoor by the Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA).

Festive mood was in the air at Utnoor where district level tribal school sports are also being conducted. Giri Ustav was organized to give new experience to the children and students of the area.        

Giri Ustav, first of its kind event has attracted many tribal students and general children from Tribal Ashram Schools in the district. Money coupons worth Rs 50 was issued to each student of Tribal Ashram Schools to purchase food items at the stalls put up at the Giri Ustav.

The Tribal students also exposed to many new adventure sports and played them free of cost with the coupons issued by the ITDA.

Atram Nithin, of Ghanpur in Danthanpalli studying VI class, said he tasted the pav baji for the first time in his life at a cost of Rs 12.

‘He also enjoyed some adventure sports with the free coupons, said Nithin.  Coupons worth of Rs 50 was issued to each student.

Other than Ashram school children also can buy food items and also play the adventure sports with their own money.       

Adventure spots such as Water walk, Trampoline, Burma Bridge (rope bridge), Rock climbing and sumo fighting balls which were put up at the Giri Ustav were all new experiences to the tribals of the district.

Project officer, ITDA of Utnoor R.V Karnan said ‘the adventure sports will certainly boost the confidence of the students and ‘Giri Ustav’ was intended to create different experience to the Tribal students’.

Adilabad for adventure tourism