TIME

6 March 2020/Class 9/Mr.Jai Ranjit

Movies offer entertainment and that has been their sole purpose in my mind. Animated ones have moved me greatly and they may have been the reason why I came into this field. What I didn’t realize was that these ‘moving pictures’ have the power to move people. The same way it did to Phalke, who was so inspired by the first film he saw that he decided to work tirelessly to bring the same love for films to other people.

While we were discussing the movie in class we not only touched the films narrative but also a lot of underlying topics and notions the film was trying to portray. The ‘battle’ and misunderstanding between science and religion, materialism, India during that time, notions attached with sections of society, gender roles during that time and how a simple spark of inspiration can start an fire big enough to burn through time.

The fact that the movie began with the recollection of a myth can also be an indication of a drawing a parallel with the character in the myth, Harishchandra, and Phalke himself although Phalke in the movie was often called Harishchandra himself, there may be an even deep connection with the mythical Harishchandra in terms of storytelling.