Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 6: In its persistent effort to make people aware about the culture, heritage and history of Jammu and Kashmir, Natrang organised a special screening of the movie 'Gulab Gatha' for the students of IIT Jammu. The show started with a comprehensive briefing about the movie and an orientation workshop, the screening was also very special as it was witnessed by house full of students from different States of the Country who were very much enthused to watch the movie which has cultural, and regional historical importance. It was a praiseworthy initiative IIT Jammu to expose their students about the art, culture and history of the region where they are going to spend their valuable and formative years of studentship. Conceptualized, designed and directed by the son of the soil Balwant Thakur who is presently Cultural Diplomat of India to South Africa, Johannesburg, this film was sponsored by Maharaja Gulab Singh Memorial Trust. It is pertinent to mention here that Dr. Karan Singh inspired Balwant Thakur to write, produce and direct this first ever film on the history of great Dogra ruler who created the larger princely state of India. Sharing his views Balwant Thakur said that unfortunately J&K is the only state of Indian union where local history and culture is not taught to the students for obvious reasons. To make the younger generations aware of their rich past and also to sensitize them about the making of this state, Natrang with the help of Maharaja Gulab Singh Memorial Trust took this initiative to produce a film and now is being taken to every individual. |
