The Poet and the Mahatma (2007)
(A Documentary by DebabrataRay) 
Plot Outline: Rabindranath Tagore and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi were the two greatest Indians in the 20th Century. While Gandhi was the foremost political figure of his day and the undisputed leader of the masses, Rabindranath with his poetry, his songs and his writings had a decisive influence on India's struggle for freedom.
Their worlds were different, yet they had astonishingly similar views. They spoke with one voice on the need to eradicate untouchability and the caste divisions. They were united in their opposition to communal forces and Tagore, even though he wrote in Bengali, was unequivocal in his support for Hindi as the national language. Above all it was their mutual understanding that the path of violence was not the path for India that stood out. Their mutual respect was legendary. Tagore called Gandhi Mahatmaji and Gandhi always referred to Tagore as Gurudev.
And yet they had their strong differences. They aired their differences publicly, in learned discourse and in their meetings. But it was all done in an atmosphere of mutual respect and tolerance of differences. Together they laid a standard of political and intellectual discourse that became a fundamental aspect of Indian polity for decades to come.
The documentary is based on the letters and telegrams the two exchanged with each other and has some film footage and photographs rarely seen before. The print quality is excellent.
Watch this extraordinary documentary on the two intellectual giants and their interactions with each other. Its set in the background of the freedom struggle and gives us a deeper understanding of the philosophical underpinnings of the freedom struggle as a whole. Technical Specs: Name of Film:
The Poet and the Mahatma Year: 2007
Language: English
Subtitles: English (Hardcoded)
Director:
Debabrata Ray Narrators: Kaustav Chatterjee; Soumitra Chattopadhyay (Tagore); Dilip Kakkar (Gandhi) and Sanjit Bose (Nehru)
Music: Subhash Choudhury
Source: DVD5
Size: 344MB
Duration: 1:02:33
Color: Color
Video Compression: x.264/MPEG-4/AVC1
Average Bitrate:770 kbps
Frame Rate: 25.0000 fps
Picture Size: 640x464
Audio: MP3, 48000 Hz, 128 kbps (tot), Stereo (2/0)
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