Ahmedabad 24th September 2022: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the epitome of non-violence known to the world as Gandhiji, is celebrating his birthday on October 2nd. He has proved how much strength there is in non-violence by giving freedom to India through non-violent struggle. However, somewhere in the world there is a war or a war-like situation. Even now there is a war going on between Ukraine-Russia, Armenia-Azerbaijan, or the rising tensions between Taiwan and China.
And the worst impact of the ongoing war between the two countries is on the women and children of the country. This is what Jay Patel, who was born in Gujarat and raised in America, has tried to convey to the audience, the glory of non-violence through a short film ‘I’m Gonna Tell God Everything’ alongside other Hollywood actors.
Talking about the film, Jay Patel says that when the well-known writer Katherine King came to his house in America, she told him about a true story of the ongoing war in Syria. I was shocked to hear that. At that moment I decided to make a film based on this story. There is no other medium like film to reach maximum number of people. The story of the film was written by Katherine King and Hollywood actors were selected for the film. Talking about the nineteen-minute film ‘I’m Gonna Tell God Everything’, Jay Patel says that the background of the film is the ongoing war in Aleppo, Syria, and the center of the story is a child named Yusuf.
When Yusuf, who lives in Syria, is killing ants, his mother tells him, you should not harm the ants, if the ants go up, they will complaint about you to God. This thought stayed in Yusuf’s mind. Regarding the plot of ‘I’m Gonna Tell God Everything’, author Katherine King says that people promote violence along with terrorism for their personal gain and children are victims without reason. Yusuf is a symbol of child victims of terrorism.
Yusuf saw his father being threatened, beaten and injured by terrorists. Despite this, his father continues to wage a crusade to present the reality of Syria to the world. However, one unfortunate evening while Yusuf was sleeping in his room, terrorists killed his father and mother. Yusuf escapes the terrorists’ bullets but the matter does not end there. The terrorists set fire to the house in which Yusuf sustains severe burns. However, her seven-year-old sister Samia survives. Yusuf is taken to American Charity Hospital. Where Yusuf reveals who killed his parents. With that he says, I will tell God everything… and Yusuf takes his last breath. The film ends here but leaves everyone thinking that war-terrorism must end now. The role of Yusuf in the film is played by Vivaan Bisoi of Indian origin living in America. ( CBS TV show ,life in pieces)
Vivaan’s emotional performance will leave the audience heartbroken. So the role of Yusuf’s father Anis is played by multilingual actor Essam Faris. While Yusuf’s seven-year-old real sister Samia has played the role of Noor in the film. The terrorist leader is played by Armenian-American actor Roman Michian. The interesting thing is that the writer of the film, Katherine King, played the role of the friendly doctor Elisa, while Dr. Mitul Trivedi is played by producer Jay Patel.
‘I’m Gonna Tell God Everything’ won the Best Short Film Award at the Norway Film Festival. So a special screening of the film was held at the 50th International Film Festival of India organized in Goa.
The multiple award winning film I’m Gonna Tell God Everything is co-produced by Abhishek Dudhaiya who produced and directed Bhuj – The Pride of India with Ajay Devgan. He said that women and children are the most affected by war, although they have nothing to do with the war, adding, “The film is based on true events, I was moved by the last words of a child and so we decided to tell his story through a short film.”
Abhishek Dudhaiya announced that the film will be released on YouTube on October 2, on the occasion of Gandhiji’s birthday, a priest of non-violence and peace messenger.
A Syrian Christian family with 2 kids; 5 years boy and 7 years girl are in a colony where the civil war in Syria is active. The kids are in their world, happy and not bothered about civil war. The boy is playing with ants, his mom warns him that ” ants will complain to god if you pain them “. Just then there is big lightning of a bomb blast scene from the window, the dad closes the window, the television warns that the colony they are living is under attack and anything can happen. The kid’s world is disturbed. The brutal militant groups are not bothered about even kids and women The parents prepare the kids for death at any time. One day the whole family dies of a bomb blast leaving the boy injured and admitted in the hospital. An American doctor becomes friend with a kid at an international charity hospital. There are few militants from both groups also go admitted in the hospital. They are still arguing on their ideologies. The kid is in his last days, he understands the brutality of human beings in the world with his little brain. Before his death, the kid utters his last words I’m gonna tell God everything the militants of both the groups and the hospital staff look touched.
