{"id":1595,"date":"2023-06-15T06:25:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T04:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triality.nl\/?p=1595"},"modified":"2023-06-09T10:29:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T08:29:10","slug":"the-transformation-a-documentary-film-on-sri-aurobindo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triality.nl\/index.php\/2023\/06\/15\/the-transformation-a-documentary-film-on-sri-aurobindo\/","title":{"rendered":"THE TRANSFORMATION &#8211; A documentary film on Sri Aurobindo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_36034\"  width=\"840\" height=\"472\"  data-origwidth=\"840\" data-origheight=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1Yj8Zr-3UhI?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>THE TRANSFORMATION in English and NAYA JANMA in Hindi is a tribute on the occasion of 150th Birth Anniversary of Sri Aurobindo and the 75th Anniversary of India&#8217;s Independence.<\/p>\n<p>August 2022 is a very significant time in our Nation\u2019s history. 15th August will not only usher in our 75th year of independence but will also be the 150th birth anniversary of the person who inspired leaders who fought for our independence and was termed the \u2018Master Mind\u2019 by the British for their oust from India.<\/p>\n<p>On this auspicious occasion of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Sri Aurobindo (15th August, 2022), Sri Aurobindo Society, Puducherry, and Kolkata Sukriti Foundation, have prepared a documentary film on Sri Aurobindo. It portrays this pioneering leader of the Freedom Movement and revolves around the period 1908 to 1909 when Sri Aurobindo was in jail in Alipore in Kolkata. Entitled \u2018The Transformation\u2019 in English and \u2018Naya Janma\u2019 in Hindi, the film is about 54 minutes long.<\/p>\n<p>This documentary film highlights landmark events that took place during this period. The film has shots of the actual locations of Muzaffarpur where the bomb blast took place and for which Khudiram Bose was hanged. It covers the Railway station where Prafulla Chaki shot himself before being caught and the hill where Barindra Ghose and his associates tested the bomb. The film also includes shots of the Alipore Jail where Sri Aurobindo was kept in solitary confinement and the Uttarpara Jaykrishna Public Library, where Sri Aurobindo for the first time revealed publicly of his Yoga and his spiritual experiences. Rare newspapers from the British Library and the National Library with actual writings from Sri Aurobindo form the basis of this film.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Transformation\u2019 (\u2018Naya Janma\u2019 in Hindi) is produced by the Sri Aurobindo Society, Pondicherry and by the Kolkata Sukriti Foundation. Shot with multiple cameras it is Edited by Satyendra Mohanty, with Sound design by Anup Mukherjee,\u00a0and Music by Pt. Tejendra Narayan Majamdar. The Pandavani song has been rendered by \u2018Chota Teejan\u2019 Sima Ghosh and a 1910 relevant song has been recreated by Sohini Roy Chowdhury. In the court room enactments, Cyrus Madan plays the prosecuting council, Norton\u2019s role. Pradip Mitra is Judge Beachcroft and Ashoke Viswanathan appears as C R Das. The director of the film, Abhijit Dasgupta, is a recipient of over 30 national and international documentary film awards.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?asin=B002EZZ4GE&amp;preview=inline&amp;linkCode=kpe&amp;ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_CN6QYYZE23JHGPHHX6KA\" width=\"336\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE TRANSFORMATION in English and NAYA JANMA in Hindi is a tribute on the occasion of 150th Birth Anniversary of Sri Aurobindo and the 75th Anniversary of India&#8217;s Independence. 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