Chhattisgarh marked the fifty years of its film industry on Saturday by releasing an e-book on the journey from past to present of Chhattisgarhi movies.
This e-book can be access through internet at chhattisgarh.blogspot.com. On this occasion film producer Mohan Sundarani, producer Gayatri Keshyarwani, writer Tapesh Jain and Chhattisgari film editor PlN lucky, Deepak Bawbakar, Mohan Sahu and Sushil Yadav were present among others.
This book has more than 75 posts ranging from history of Chhattisgarhi films to interviews of directors, actors, and the details of film award ceremonies. Certain reviews on important films are also included in the e-book. In is worth mentioning that Tapesh Jain has been writing about Chhattisgari films for the past two years. After this e-book his print book will also be published from Delhi.
Chhattisgarhi films made its debut in 1965 with the release of ‘Kahin Dabe Sandesh’. The second film ‘Ghar Dwar’ was released in 1967.
After that no Chhattisgarhi film was made for 33 years. As soon as the Chhasttisgarh state was formed, Satish Jain made the first coloured film ‘Mor Chaiyan Bhuyan’ which was on show till 2000 and had unprecedented success.
On this occasion of golden jubilee year, not only in the State, Chhattisgarhi films have also achieved a great success across India.