12/21, #Lockdownenrichmentforthesoul

The Making of the Mahatma, streaming on HotStar

Shyam Benegal is one of India's most important and inspiring film makers.

His Tele serial, "Bharat Ek khoj" is one of the most important work of art in Indian cinema and TV.

Way back in 1989/90, on Sunday 11 AM for about 52 weeks, it was pure bliss, watching Bharat Ek Khoj. I used to be in love with Nitish Roy the art director, VK Murthy, the cinematographer and Vanraj Bhatia, the music director, transporting us back into hundreds of years of history. A perspective that is essential for Modern india. These are available in Youtube. You can watch all the 52 episodes and enrich yourself.

One of Shyam Benegal's loveliest and important works is The Making of Mahatma made on a shoestring budget, tracing Mahatma's experiences in South Africa and how it shaped his persona.

A mandatory watch for children to understand Mahatma.

The understanding of who Mahatama Gandhi and his relevant seems to have fallen by the wayside. The Father of the nation to be remembered for that one day off from work is the greatest tragedy to have fallen on this nation.

Agreed, that any person is package, has his positives and negatives, but for a man, who brought 30 crore people together to fight the British, and who breathed his last uttering the word's Hey Ram, when blasted by a bullet, requires our attention.