By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net
Lucknow: Jahangirabad Media Institute (JMI) was relaunched in Barabanki district, around 30 kms from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. The launching ceremony witnessed screening a documentary film produced and directed by its Director, Gauhar Raza. The institute will function from the heritage building of Jahangirabad Fort of erstwhile Jahangirabad estate.
On Saturday, the institute screened documentary ‘Inqilab’ based on freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. In his interaction with press reporters, Gauhar Raza stated that in this age of globalisation there is a need to remember icons like Shaheed Bhagat Singh. He informed that according to a national survey conducted by him, 92 percent of the youth considers Bhagat Singh as their hero and role model. “Mumbai film Industry had repeatedly paid homage to the great martyr but intellectuals had not made a historically authentic documentary on him. This is the first homage through a documentary,” he claimed.
Elaborating the highlights of his film he stated that it is a tribute to the memory and sacrifice of Bhagat Singh, one of the most venerated nationalist figures in contemporary India. The documentary traces the evolution of this revolutionary icon as a political thinker and a visionary. It begins by tracking the early influences, beginning with Bhagat Singh’s family, locating him in the national and international political context and finally tracing the roots of his future ideological formations. The film spends little time in glorifying Bhagat Singh and his comrade’s revolutionary actions; however, most of them have been effectively used to illustrate his political persona. Through diverse textual material available at various repositories, it delineates their dream of independent, socialist and multi-cultural India. “The film, we believe, is an attempt to craft an intellectual biography of Bhagat Singh in an audio-visual format” he said.
JMI which stopped functioning just after a few years of its operation will start again from 2010 batch. Admissions are open in one year diploma course in TV Programme Production and last date for admission is March 20, 2010.
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http://www.jmimedia.org/