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A kite for sore eyes A kite for sore eyes ByTrisha GuptaTrisha Gupta / Updated: Jan 24, 2021, 06:00 IST In Amdavad Ma Famous and Prashant Bhargava’s Patang, a city’s passion for kites leaps off the screen in all its infectious energy and deeply immersive spirit. Ek din tum patang ka shauq kar loge, toh zindagi ke saatth saal tak woh shauq poora nahi hoyega [If you get into flying kites even for a day, you’ll stay addicted for the next sixty years],” says an old Muslim cleric in Amdavad Ma Famous. “Yeh shauq aisa hai, bahut terrible shauq!” In case the maulana’s words haven’t convinced you, filmmaker and editor Hardik Mehta cuts from him to the sight of an old woman on a terrace – white sari, white hair in a loose bun, possibly older than the cleric – flying a kite with gusto. ....