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Work for Progress ( Apna Hath Jagannath )

Work is worship. There is no substitute for hard work and discipline, as this film emphasizes.

Vinoba Bhave, The Man

The film gives intimate details of the life and mission of the great scholar-saint of our times, Acharya Vinoba Bhave. The Bhoodan Yagna movement was initiated and is being nurtured by him. This covers voluntary transfer of land by land owners to the landless peasants.

Tomorrow May Be Too Late

Many animals are in danger of extinction due to man's ruthless killing. An appeal is made to all to preserve wild life in India by not killing animals for pleasure, greed and vanity.

Swar Ganga - Gangubai Hangal

An autobiographical about Gangubai Hangal, one of the doyens of Indian classical music, Gangubai was in her seventies when this film was made. Gangubai was born in Dharwar in 1913. Her mother Ambabai was a Carnatic music (Karnataka Sangeet) vocalist. But she liked the Hindustani style very much. Ambabai moved from Dharwar to Hubli, where a family friend persuaded the Kirana gharana maestro, Sawai Gandharva to accept Gangubai as his disciple. Gangubai had to face lot of hurdles in learning music in those conservative days.

Paithani - The Royal Heritage

The film takes the viewers through the entire journey of creation, from raw material to finished product. It also shows human glimpses into the life of Paithani weavers.

National Defence Academy

This is an account of the training given to the future officer’s of India's three armed services. The National Defence Academy, till lately at Dehra Dun, is the centre where cadets are trained for the Army, the Navy and the Air Force. The entire scheme of training the cadets has been passed presented here in a vivid manner.

NM0434 : Bodo - Samasya

The Bodo’s the largest plain tribe live mainly in the Kokrajhar district of Northern Assam and belong to the Tibet Burmese mongoloid group. This Bodos calims to be the original inhabitants of ancient Assam known as Kamrupa. This News Magazine brings out the life & struggle of the Bodo people and their agitation for a separate state of bodyline.

NM0402 : Public Sector - A New Look

This film is about the reforms that were urgently needed to save the sinking ship of the public sector. Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee addressed the problem and laid down policies that gave approval for joint ventures to sick units and allowed management control and decision making authority to those units which were doing well in order to strengthen themselves to meet the demands of the nest century.

Khayal

Here in this film about the Indian classical music, the sitar maestro Ravi Shankar and the santoor maestro Shiv Kumar Sharma explain their concepts of a raga, a gharana, and their world of music. Characteristics of various gharana or schools such as the Jaipur gharana, the Kirana gharana, the Agra gharana, the Patiala gharana, the Mewati gharana are explained along with the contribution made by their leading exponents.

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