Receiving a good response from art lovers of the city, movies on renowned personalities were screened on the second day of biographical film festival ‘Vridanta’.
The three-day film festival is being organised at Abhirang Auditorium, Bharat Bhawan. Organised by Chhavi series of classical cinema, movies on great personalities like Balraj Sahani, Vijaydan Detha and Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar were screened here on Thursday.Notably, this film fest is all about art discipline and with a purpose to aware the mass about the legendry figures in various fields like literature, music, dance, movies, and more the fest is organised every year at Bharat Bhawan.
The documentary on ‘Balraj Sahani’ is directed by BD Garg with the running time of 20 minutes. Bhishm Sahani is a renowned name in Bollywood industry. This documentary highlights all the major events that happened in the movie career and personal life of Balraj Sahani. Notably, the documentary also featured artists who had worked with Balraj Sahani also shared their experiences and threw more light on his personality.
Another documentary on Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar was screened on Thursday. He was a Hindustani musician. He sang the original version of the bhajan Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram, and founded the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya in 1901. Directed by SV Nayampalli the documentary covers all the important events of his lifespan.
Another movie that was screened was all about the great writer and author Vijaydan Detha. He is renowned for his literary works across the world. Directed by Uday Prakash, the documentary included important literary works and bytes of his fellow writers with the running time of 30 minutes.