The realities of global warming
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 05:11 [IST]
Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar makes his screen debut in a docu about global warming titled Vasundhara, reports Rashmi Hemrajani
A seven-minute documentary called Vasundhara starring spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar talks about the percussions of global warming on people and educates people about techniques that could be used to save the earth.
The movie also features stars such as Hema Malini, Ajay Devyan, Kunal Kapoor, Shankar Mahadevan and Suresh Oberoi.
Ameet Satnam, the producer of the documentary, says, “I wanted to educate the common man about how he/she can contribute towards safeguarding the environment. Also most people think and believe that global warming is a natural concept where no one can help.”
Interesting concept, the documentary will be screened in multiplexes such as Fame Adlabs and PVR Cinemas. Ameet adds, “We are also in talks with various channels for telecasting the documentary.”
National recognition apart, the documentary has received international acclaim too.
“The United Nations will screen the film during their climate change programmes and various other gatherings.”
For a social cause to find stable ground in the country is could be painless. But with star power anything is possible.
Ameet subtly seconds the thoughts and replies, “Yes, it is always better. And the film is in Hindi, thus the stars are a good medium to connect with the masses.”
Varun Raj, director of Triangle, the production house producing the film, says, “After a lot of research, we zeroed on the concept. We have shot in Mumbai and other locations such as Himachal Pradesh and Nagpur.”
He further adds, “We want to communicate to the masses that global warming is the common man’s concern and not an issue left to the intellectuals.”
Well, after Al Gore’s The Inconvenient Truth, everyone is talking about global warming.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar clears the blurred vision and mentions the other issues we need to address.
“Apart from global warming, another important issue that we have to address is the societal violence that is increasing in the country. Every day in television and newspapers we find reports on crime and violence. People are fed up with this kind of news. This culture of violence has infiltrated even the field of sports. For more than a month the TV channels showed the incident of a player hitting another. A murder case is replayed repeatedly on the TV. It is so depressing for the common man.”
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