Illustrate that God cannot be bound to one place. ‘Rotating the Makkah story’, which is actually a beautiful anecdote to His mind must have been fighting a multitude
Producer made the movie with his hands tied behind his back. Instead, the entire episode is reduced to depicting Guru Nanak’s superior magical powers, expressed as a fight between two animals. It would have been delightful if those discussions were brought to life using simple to understand dialogue. A brilliant record of deep questions and answers between Guru Nanak and the Sidh-Yogis is provided in guru Nanak’s Ramkali Rag ‘Sidh Ghosht’. One example of such a shortage is Nanak’s visit to an old sage in the Himalayas. In my mind, the movie did not always succeed on that account. The only way to stay close to the truth about Guru Nanak and his stature could have been to stay close to his Bani, something that he himself produced. Unfortunately, it is never possible to get to the reality behind a story by simply stripping its author’s imagination (even if we know what parts of the story are the imagination) because after some time, the truth and the narrative become one, it all becoming the believers’ reality and we have no right to rob them of ‘their’ reality. The movie is based entirely on the stories and anecdotes popular in the literature. Presentation and the graphics are all second to none, I ever watched. The landscapes and the actors effortlessly transport you to the It’s made beautifully and is very enjoyable Is it a good movie? The short answer is, ‘yes’. Original version – but ‘a’ version of it. I am glad, at last I watched it, may be not the To give-in to radicalism, my enthusiasm faded, and I didn’t care much to watch However, after learning that the producers had I was excited to read about Arif Zarkaria’s enthusiasmĪnd the preparations he was making to play Bhai Mardana. Movie while it was still in its planning stages. The original version was released for a short duration but bowing to the extremist opposition, the producers withdrew it to make it more palatable. The main objection to the film was its human portrayal of Guru Nanak and his family.
So strong was the opposition that to counter it, another movie was quickly released at the same time and under the same title and marketed so heavily that in google searches, it subdued all references to the actual movie. I was delighted to see the movie make it to the public, in spite of its tremendous criticism, opposition and extra-ordinary efforts to derail its release and exposure. Finally, I got a chance to watch Nanak Shah Faqir the biopic about the life of Guru Nanak.