PHOTOESSAY: Here is Niranjan Pal's Heartfelt Plea for Showcasing Hindu Culture in Indian Cinema: Circa 1913
In a 1913 essay of great historical and cultural value, the pioneering Indian filmmaker, Niranjan Pal elaborates his vision for using the emerging medium of cinema to showcase Hindu Culture on screen
Preface
THE STORY OF THE INDIAN FREEDOM STRUGGLE is as vast, diverse, widespread and chequered as this scared land itself. Or to invoke K.M. Munshi’s durable dictum, the story is the story of our own people. Both stalwarts and forgotten heroes working in every realm of our national life had internalized this bhava while working in their chosen fields: wi…