| List of documentary movies made so far (1) The changing face of Pathankot The movie making wing of Prabal Pramanik's Academy of Arts has prepared eleven interesting documentaries till January 2008. The movies are informative and the way of presentation is original. These creative documentaries are in house productions, so the Academy does not have to depend on other institutions for editing or cinematography. Prabal Pramanik and Arup Chandra form a co-ordinated team. Some of the movies are made for the record of heritage sites to make the movies, Prabal Pramanik and his team visited the concerned places with equipment for cinematography and still photography recording. Research work was conducted for each movie. A project report was prepared for each project and generally the project reports have been published in illustrated book forms. Many of these documentaries are important and interesting audio visual records of social anthropology and would undoubtedly prove valuable for future generations.
(1) The changing face of Pathankot
In his paper world is a unique documentary on "paper art" of Prabal Pramanik, the Ustad or master of Indian paper cutting art. Not only paper cutting but paper folding, paper assemblage and paper lace cutting has been recorded in this movie. Each form of art that uses paper as medium is accompanied with a beautiful gallery of art work. Finally this movie shows how Prabal Pramanik's Art has helped to develop international relations through his shows that exposed this rare art to people of different countries widening the base of art appreciation from grass roots to global aspects. A set of movies have been made on poetry books too. This concept of making enchanting and refined movies on poems is a novel and effective approach to literature. The poetry presentations not only allow the reader to hear the recital of the poems but also to see the written words accompanied with beautiful pictorials making each movie a visual delight.
(1) Between two Horizons
Since Prabal Pramanik's Academy of Arts is situated in the foot hills of Himalayas, two illuminating documentaries have been made on the land and people of this area. "Bhamlada" is the first recorded documentary ever made on the beautiful hills of Dhar block of Punjab. The documentary was made to portray the changing lifestyle of the people this region. The movie features agriculture, places of worship, the villages at work, local sport, social gatherings and the general way of life in this area. This movie has been greatly appreciated by local people as well as by outsiders. "The people of Shivaliks, an assessment of life in sub-mountainous area
of Dhar block in Punjab, India", is a presentation of the views of people from many
walks society from this area in their own words. The needs of a rapidly changing society,
in this hill region have been recorded here.
"Through the eye of a lens" is a short documentary on the photography of Dr. Bahadur Chand Khanna, a noted photographer of Dharamsala. This documentary focuses on the photographer his photographs and his relationship with nature, that inspires many of his photographs.
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