documentry on sobha singh

To Sir, with love Ahead of Sobha Singh's birth anniversary on Nov 29,


Navalpreet Rangi Seven yours ago, when I was sent to cover an exhibition of paintings by Sir Sobha Singh at Punjab Kala Bhavan, I expressed my desire to meet the artist in person to one of the organisers. 'You are a little too late, Sobha Singhji passed away in 1986', I was politely informed. All I could do was to curse myself for not doing my homework before landing at the venue. But the rush of blood I felt on my face that particular moment is still fresh on my mind. So, when the other day, a young documentary maker walked up to my office claiming that he has made a documentary on the legendary artist, I immediately warmed up to him, especially when he mentioned that his amateurish attempt is to make the youngsters aware about the life and works of Sobha Singh.
The name of the young guy is Navalpreet Rangi who calls himself a freelance film- maker. "I had earlier made documentaries on Ustad Lal Chand Yamna Jat and Kartar Singh Saraha," he added to his introductory speech. Well, since we are more interested in Sobha Singh we bring him back to the track. "I am planning to show the documentary which is titled Documentary Film on Artist Sobha Singh at Andretta to screen on the occasion of Sobha Singh's birth anniversary which falls on November 29," he informs.
The 45-minute documentary captures life history of Sobha Singh starting from 1923 when he started his Mehta Studio at Amritsar up to his last days in Andretta. While this art lover has re-created the life of the artist, he has added sound bytes from artists like Mehar Singh and Harveer Singh Babhar who were his disciples and also Sobha Singh's daughter Harcharan Kaur and grandson Hridaypal Singh.
"Not too many of our generation are aware of the greatness of this saint artists. Though the Himachal Government gave him land to make a museum, after he has gone, nobody has paid much attention about preserving his work or the work place. The building and even his precious works are deteriorating," says Navalpreet, adding many have even duped the family in the name of helping them out. "So, many have taken away his paintings on some pretext or the other," he says.
Navalpreet during the course of his research has come to know that Sobha Singh had painted about 2000 paintings including portraits of Sikh Gurus and members of the royal families in Punjab and Himachal. "We have come to know that 200 of his paintings are lying with some collector whom we are trying to trace out," he says.
That is an important mission to be accomplished. But right now Navalpreet is busy screening his documentary among art lovers. It was screen at the Government College of Art-10 on Thursday. Earlier, it was screened at Spring Wheel Film Festival in Toronto.
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Ma Boli International Punjabi Film Festival Vancouver 2017

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Ma Boli International Punjabi Film Festival – A celebration of Global Punjabi Cinema

This is a very exciting time for Punjabi cinema, we are witnessing more and more quality Punjabi films from all genres. Whether its cinematography, sound, or editing, Punjabi filmmakers worldwide are progressing from strength to strength in the art of filmmaking.

Therefore there could not be a better time to showcase the first Ma Boli Punjabi Film Festival, Vancouver. This film festival is organized by Punjabi Film Club Surrey, a group of Punjabi Filmmakers based in Vancouver, Surrey, and Abbotsford.

organized in Punjabi in Canada, the Ma Boli International Film Festival will showcase global Punjabi films for North American audiences. The festival aims at promoting Punjabi films and filmmakers and is scheduled to be held from April 2017 at different venues in Surrey.

“Ma Boli: Mother Tongue, Native Language”
The language that a person has grown up speaking from early childhood.

webpage   http://www.mipff.ca