Kumbh - The Other Story
1hr 31min | Hindi | Documentary
Kumbh of 2019 was a political event as it was organized right before India’s general elections of 2019. The ruling party, ‘Bhartiya Janta Party’, which is a right wing Hindu appeasing party, used it as a major political tool to propagate their agenda and to attract Hindu voters. This was a major tactic that changed the relevance of this Kumbh fair from the previous ones. The ruling party even changed the name of the entire city from Allahabad (third oldest city of the world) to Prayagraj, which is a more Hindu name and has a more religious significance than a cultural one. The Budget of this Kumbh was 4,200 Crores which was more than three times the budget of previous Kumbh fairs.
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Synopsis
Kumbh of 2019 was a political event as it was organized right before India’s general elections of 2019. The ruling party, ‘Bhartiya Janta Party’, which is a right wing Hindu appeasing party, used it as a major political tool to propagate their agenda and to attract Hindu voters. This was a major tactic that changed the relevance of this Kumbh fair from the previous ones. The ruling party even changed the name of the entire city from Allahabad (third oldest city of the world) to Prayagraj, which is a more Hindu name and has a more religious significance than a cultural one. The Budget of this Kumbh was 4,200 Crores which was more than three times the budget of previous Kumbh fairs.
Filmmaker Bio
Pawan K Shrivastava
Director
Pawan K Shrivastava is a 39 year old filmmaker. Pawan was born in Bihar and has learnt the craft of filmmaking through working in the film industry. It was his keen observation and his ability to grasp experiences which pushed him to create his own stories. NayaPata (2014) was Pawan’ debut film and was made through crowd funding. It was a very well received and critically acclaimed and was released by PVR’s Director’s Cut section. Pawan was also recognised by ‘The Telegraph’ as the Young innovative achievers of Bihar in 2014 for his debut film. 'Life Of An Outcast' was his second film made through crowd funding which had its world premiere at MAMI ( Jio MAMI with star- 2018) and has been acquired by Netflix. ‘Kumbh - The Other Story’ is his third film.
Credits
director: Pawan K Shrivastava
Associate Director: Radhika Ralhan
Dop: Ashish Bisht
Sound Designer: Aum Gypsy
Editor: Mukesh Yadav