Movie on Anant Pai
It is really delightful to know that a film is being made based on the life of Anant Pai, the creator of the globally famous 'Amar Chitra Katha' series of comic books. It is truly a tribute to this great Indian, who is called the father of Indian comics. Indian children of the 1970s, 1980s and the 1990s can never forget ACK and their Uncle Pai, who moulded the hearts of the children of that era, inculcating and inspiring in them our rich Indian culture, heritage and history. The teens of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s can never forget the pleasure they had browsing through the pages of those wonderful comic books. Anant Pai created those books in order to show the young Indians the route to their roots after sadly noting the ignorance of the teens regarding their great Indian culture and heritage. He proved that reading not only refreshes, it even moulds an individual's character and thereby the society.
Anant Pai's ACK and Tinkle beautifully taught the children the very rich legends, mythology and history in the most suitable way - through graphics. Reading ACK was fun, entertainment and education - everything together. The film on Anant Pai is based on the biography 'Uncle Pai' by Rajessh M Iyer. The journey of a young child from a village in Karnataka moving on to Mumbai, his struggles, his ups and downs, his vision and his success are stuff enough to be made into a movie and that is what the film is about. The film traces the journey of a remarkable man and of his indomitable spirit, who helped millions across India for generations together to get in touch with their cultural roots.
The movie is being made by Almighty Motion
Production and according to Prabhleen Kaur of this production
house, it is a dream that has come true as she like many other children
grew up reading 'Amar Chitra Katha'.
According to the biographer Rajesh M Iyer, taking the story of
India's beloved Uncle Pai to a wider audience through a film or a web series is
a logical cinematic tribute to the man who introduced millions of Indians to
their glorious storytelling heritage. The film is definitely a
tribute to a legend who taught Indians to be proud of their
Indianness and shall be an inspiration to the coming generations to be proud
and uphold that rich Indian culture and heritage.
M Pradyu,
Kannur-670001
Lata Mangeshkar
The passing away of the legendary playback singer Lata Mangeshkar has come as an unbearable sorrow and grief. Lata Mangeshkar, a phenomenon and a name synonymous with Indian film music, was a singer par excellence. Her brilliant, distinctive and mesmerizing voice played an important role in shaping the country's film music culture. It is astounding to note that the 'Nightingale of India' has over 30,000 songs to her credit, sung in several Indian languages, largely in Hindi and Marathi. Her iconic songs include pyar kiya to darna kya from 'Mughal-e-Azam', kahin deep jale kahin dil from 'Bees Saal Baad', mera saaya saath hoga from 'Mera Saaya', tera bina zindagi se' from 'Aandhi', and goom hai kisi ke pyar mein from 'Raampur Ka Lakshman.' One would be hard-pressed to find an award that Lataji hasn't been honoured with. Her awards include the Padma awards, the Dada Saheb Phalke, and the country's highest civilian award of Bharat Ratna. The awards are a legacy to her name, equally so the love and affection that she amassed over the years.
Ranganathan Sivakumar
Chennai-600091
Kudos to Indian colts
Kudos to India for winning a record-extending fifth Under-19 World Cup title, beating England by four wickets in the final of an extremely challenging ride for the Indian team, as multiple players from the side were infected by COVID-19 and at one stage even struggled to field eleven fit players. India's sporting state Haryana's 'Man of the Match' Raj Angad Bawa excelled with bat and ball to fire India to a comprehensive win over England, playing in their first final at this level for 24 years. Bawa, a right-arm seamer, had early ripped out England's middle-order with five for 31, combining with new ball left-arm pacer Bengal's Ravi Kumar (4-34) to send the innings tumbling for 189 in the 45th over. With England in danger of being dismissed for beneath three figures, James Rew came to their rescue, first in a 30-run seventh-wicket partnership with Alex Horton (10) and then a 93-run eighth-wicket stand with James Sales. A left-hander with a single first-class game already under his belt, Rew struck a dozen fours in his 95, before perishing in the 44th over to a catch at deep square off Kumar. But for Bawa "It always feels great to contribute for the team in any match, but in a final, it is very special."
Though asked to chase a modest 190, yet Angkrish Raghuvanshi fell to the second ball of the run chase without a run on the board, England was back in the hunt but India overhauled their target with 14 balls to spare, thanks to half-centuries from Nishant Sindhu (50 not out) and Shaik Rasheed (50), with Bawa getting 35 at number six. And by this way India added for the fifth time the Under-19 World Cup trophy to their cabinet in its ninth tournament final in 14 editions, to reaffirm their strength of India's age group programmes to beat England. to reaffirm their strength. Once again congratulations to Yash Dhull's India Under-19 cricket team for making the countrymen proud.
Bidyut Kumar Chatterjee,
Faridabad-121005