IFFI GOA Contd...

As people assemble at the beautiful Kala Academy Goa.

Pankuj thanked the producers for giving the opportunity for making a film like Banaras and he thanked the audience who had come in big nos. to watch the movie.

I thanked him for translating the story into a reality. I also read some comments made by people who have written to me about the movie during the last 8 months. I read five quotes who are all on my blog.

1.Prem, A mystic :
I just can’t believe that “they” are making such movies with great awareness, in bollywood.

2. Ulrich Mohroff, Quantum scientist:
Banaras has potential to awaken a soul to higher realities and if this happens to a few, it has achieved more than any of the blockbusters.

3. Gangatreya Pandeya, 90 year old, the author of Nachiketa:

What is depicted in Banaras is revealing, morally soothing, spiritually uplifting, refreshing and elevating.

4. Prof Murthy, Scholar of Upanishads and advisor to TCS in systems and cybernetics:

Banaras is a poetry in celluloid

5. Anonymous (to maintain the confidentiality)

It’s a story of my life. I lost my husband on the 15th day of my marriage. Banaras showed me the way to a new life.

I then said that such were the response from people around the world, however what mattered most that day was, that, how they find the film.