life after the Gujarat earthquake was beautifully shown in a film ‘Chirayu’. The movie Chirayu was screened at Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum here on Thursday. It was screened under the regular film screenings Ullas specially organised for the children at the museum.
The movie brought six eminent directors of the Bollywood industry together and shows the sorrows, the survival and the struggle the residents went through.
The movie is a fine collage of six stories that wonderfully showcase the life that was after the earthquakes in Gujarat.
It is to be noted that after the Gujarat earthquake of 2001, six eminent Indian filmmakers got together to contribute individual segments to ‘Chirayu’. This film thus becomes a bouquet of six individual stories designed to reach out to the children of Gujarat traumatized by the earthquake and put a smile back on their faces.
The directors who have contributed segments are Virendra Saini, A K Bir, Shyam Benegal, Santosh Sivan, Aziz Mirza and Sai Paranjpye. An embellishment to their efforts is provided by the renowned animator Ram Mohan.
The six stories were weaved together in such a manner that it had connectivity with the audience. It was undoubted that when the eminent directors came together they presented something really unique. The emotions and the feelings expressed by each of the character is beyond imagination.
It is to be noted that directors Shyam Benegal, Santosh Sivan, Sai Paranjpye, Virendra Saini, Aziz Mirza, A K Bir are most renowned directors and are the pioneers of new Indian Hindi film cinema.