Films Division is joining the nation in paying  tribute to the great social reformer and  ‘Father of Indian Renaissance’, Raja Ram Mohan Roy on his 249^th Birth Anniversary on 22^nd May, 2021 by screening  documentary films focusing  on his life  and seminal contributions in building a modern India.  The films will be streamed on Films Division Website and YouTube channel throughout the day. 

The package of films include Raja Ram Mohan Roy (20 Mins/Eng/ 1984 / P.C.Sharma) -  a biopic on Roy, his pivotal role in founding Brahma Samaj which played an important role in reforming and modernizing Indian society and Roy’s heroic fight against social evils like Sati, India’s Sturggle for Freedom: Writing off the Raj (23 Mins/Eng/ 1985 / B.D.Garga) – a film on the role played by  press, including the Bengali weekly, Sambad Kaumudi published and edited by Raja Ram Mohan Roy, in  India’s freedom struggle and When the Waves Come (21 Mins / Eng/ 1986 / S. Krishnaswamy) – portraying important role played by social reformers like Ram Mohan Roy in banning cruel practices like Sati and fighting for right of  women to re-marry and hold property.   

 

The films will be streamed free on  https://filmsdivision.org/ and click @ “Documentary of the Week” and  https://www.youtube.com/user/FilmsDivision for 24 hours starting from the midnight of 21^st May, 2021.

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