A five day film festival ‘Cine Samaroh’ would begin here from Friday at Bharat Bhavan. Organised by Chhavi series of classical cinema, Bharat Bhavan the fest would feature popular lectures, discussions and film screenings of various classic movies.
On the first day the fest a discussion and a popular lecture by a noted film historian, teacher and curator Professor Suresh Chabaria. A brief discussion would be held on the salient features of ‘Silent Cinema (Mukh Cinema)’. Further on the same day, three early movies of Bollywood like ‘Raja Harishchand’, ‘Kalia Mardan’ and ‘Jamai Babu’ would be screened in the evening.
On the second day of the fest, a Hindi film ‘Dr Kotnis ki Amar Kahani’ would be screened. This film was released in year 1946 that was made by V Shantaram. This was one of the early movies of Bollywood that was released in both Hindi and in English (The Journey of Doctor Kotnis). A biographical film, it starred V Shantaram as Dwarkanath Kotnis who worked in China during the Japanese Invasion of World War II.
Further on the same day, a discussion on ‘Actor and Character: A Challenge of Expressions’ would be addressed by Meeta Vashishth and Manmohan Chaddha.
Here on January 19, two Hindi films ‘Hindustan Ki Kasam’ and ‘The Playback Singer’ would be screened under the fest. On the same day Ashok Mishra and Piyush Mishra would address a popular lecture on ‘Subject and Script : Originality and Impact’.
On January 20, ‘Amar and Kalyug’ would be screened followed with the popular lecture by Jaiprakash Chouksey, Shriram Tamrakar and Anil Choubey. They would deliver a lecture on ‘Creativity of Direction.’ The fest would conclude with the discussion on ‘Short Film and Documentaries’ by Anuradha and Rajendra Rajan, followed with the screening of artistic documentaries. Further a popular lecture on ‘Classical Music in Hindi Cinema’ addressed by Anil Choubey. The movie lovers would witness huge information about Hindi Cinema ‘Then and Now’.