On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, a weeklong film festival, ‘Gandhi Film Festival,’ began on Tuesday. The films based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi are being screened at Shaurya Smarak.
On the first day of the fest, short movies were screened. It is to be noted that the film festival is being organised by the Swaraj Sansthan, Directorate Culture Department, Madhya Pradesh Government, Film Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. On the first day, the historic journey of Mahatma Gandhi was shown through the films presented by the Films Division of India and through the five short films. The first film was '85 Nayak-Ni-Pol Porebandar'. The movie is directed Shekhar Nayak that showcases the childhood of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. The film also showcases his ancestral home, school education period, to South Africa. The second film, 'Gandhi Throw the eyes of the cartoonist’, is about Gandhi's life story. Through the animation and direction by Shaila Parmar's the film showcases wonderfully his life. In the film 'A Voyage of Discovery' presented by PNK Elle, a survey was carried out on Gandhi's historic sea journeys.
Another film, 'Mani Bhawan', which was produced by Ezharam in the direction of Subhash Jaykar, was shown in detail through the Gandhi museum about the materials centered on Mahatma Gandhi. Kuldeep Singh’s, 'A Gandhian An Emerging Reality', is about great Gandhi's vision of seeing the scene.