Statesman News Service
GANGTOK, July 15: A documentary film festival, organised by a local group, is in progress here.
Fifteen documentary films from Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, South Africa, Canada and India are being screened as part of the festival.
“The festival is aimed at providing a platform to the documentary filmmakers to plan their future movies. This is for the first time that such a festival is being held in Sikkim,” said Mr Raman Shresta who played a ky role in organising the event.
“The movies, such as Team Nepal, The Great Indian School Show, The City Beautiful and Teardrops of Karnaphuli have caught the attention of the state’s cinelovers,” Mr Shresta, added.
These movies were also screend in Madrid, Dutch, USA, Karachi, Holland, Spain and all other South Asian countries, he said.
Free shows were organised for the students of Deorali Senior Secondary Girls High School (DSSGHS) recently. “The objective was to let the students know the improtance of documentary films. They showed keen interest in watching the documentary movies. We are now planning to let the students of Palzor Namgyal Girls Senior Secondary School to watch the movies,” Mr Shresta, added. He informed that efforts are on to bring in other popular documentary movies based on environment to the Himalayan state. “We want the youths to come forward and support our endeavour,” Mr Shreta said.
This was a national song of Sikkim sung in the Nepali language during the monarchy system. During the merger with India, the song got banned and later re-released. Two words on the 8th para, which earlier said 'Rajah rah Rani,' were replaced with "Janmah bhumi." This song was dedicated to the King and Queen of Sikkim. The song lyrics were penned by Sanu Lama, and the music was composed by Dushyant Lama. The song was first sung on the birth anniversary of Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal on April 4, 1970, at Gangtok by Aruna Lama, Dawa Lama, and Manikamal Chettri. JANHA BAGCHA TEESTA RANGIT, JAHAN KANCHENDZONGA SEER YEHI HO HAMRO DHANA KO DESH, TAPAWAN HO PYARO SIKKIM INTERLUDE PHULCHAN YEHA AANGANAI MAA, CHAAP , GURAS, SUNAKHARI SWARGASARI SUNDAR DESH KO HAMRO PYARO PYARO JANMAHBHUMI JANHA BAGCHA…… BATASHLE BOKCHAA YAHA, TATHAGAT KO AAMAR WAANI ...
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