Gitanjali- A Short Animation on Rabindranath Tagores Poem


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Creator/Artist: Ketki Saxena

Category: Animation Design

Document: P3 Project

Batch: 2007-2009

Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Period:  2009-2018

Medium: Video mp4

Supervisor: Prof. Sumant Rao


Detailed Description

Chitto jetha bhayashunyo (Where the mind is without fear) is one of the most inspiring poems by Rabindranath Tagore before India’s independence, where he talks of his views of how the newly awakened India should be as a free nation. And to think of it today! It’s a big question in front of us. This contrasting image is what the film brings forth. A short film in classical animation exploring the other side of the poem. The lawmakers are the lawbreakers. Terror has grasped people. The common people are afraid to speak up. Discrimination of all sorts still exists in society. The younger generations don’t give a damn on most matters. And an extremely disgusting habit that we have cultivated of staying indifferent to situations in society. These are a few pitfalls that I have tried to show against the poem so that one can make out what we are missing in being a truly free nation.