Rabindranath Tagore is a bright sun in the Indian literary horizon and most of his novels, novellas and short stories have found their cinematic interpretation in close to 100 films in different languages globally, most notably Bengali. Besides these, there are literally hundreds of films where the branch of music he pioneered, called 'Rabindra Sangeet', has played an integral part. In many cases, his songs and poems have inspired complete films.
The Nobel Laureate, a poet, writer, philosopher, ambassador of Indian culture to the rest of the world, was born on 7th May 1861. Even though he is better known as a poet, writer, essayist, and dramatist and for his musical compositions, which includes the two national anthems of India and Bangladesh, Tagore's multifaceted talent left its imprint on different branches of art as well. He was a social reformer, patriot and above all a great humanist. The 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore is on 7th May 2011 (25th Baishakh).
With a view to celebrate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore in a befitting manner, a National Committee (notified in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary on 27th April 2010) under the Chairmanship of the Hon'ble Prime Minister and a National Implementation Committee (NIC) under the Chairmanship of the Hon'ble Finance Minister have been constituted to commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore.
The NIC approved the constitution of a Screening Committee, under the Chairmanship of Shri Shyam Benegal, to examine the film and documentary proposals received by the Ministry of Culture. It was also decided that NFDC would be the nodal Agency to coordinate with the Screening Committee.
The Screening Committee took a view that a Commemorative DVD should be made so that the people of all regions of India could connect with the Poet and his multifaceted genius and therefore recommended the preparation and production of a well-packaged DVD.
This Commemorative DVD, titled "Tagore Stories on Film", is a collection of 6 DVD's and is a rare compilation of five classic stories written by Tagore and filmed by different talented directors. It also embraces two documentaries as bonus features based on Tagore's life. These films, the material for which was acquired from various sources in India and abroad, have undergone both picture and sound restoration. The DVD has been compiled by NFDC on behalf of the Ministry of Culture and Ministry of I&B who commissioned the project.
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