India Post associates itself with Hindi feature film “Road to Sangam”
By ANIThursday, January 28, 2010
NEW DELHI - India Post, by its association with Hindi feature film “Road to Sangam”, has paid tribute to the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi in its own way.
The film “Road to Sangam” is inspired by the event of discovery of Mahatma Gandhi’s ashes in a bank locker some years ago.
The protagonist of the film, Husmatullah, a mechanic living in Allahabad, portrayed by Paresh Rawal, uses Post Card to reach out to all the members of his community in his city asking them to join the last journey of Gandhi’s ashes to Sangam.
Placing association with the film, Postal Department Secretary Radhika Doraiswamy said:”Department of Posts has been serving the people of India, the Aam Aadmi, for more than 150 years. The ubiquitous Post Card of the Department has always been the cheapest and probably the most loved tool of communication of the ordinary Indian who shares an emotional bond with the Department of Posts through Post Card. “
Mahatma Gandhi found in post card the most economical way of communicating with people that was in sync with his frugal lifestyle, which identified with the “Aam Aadmi” of India.
This film has won a number of prestigious awards in International Film Festivals e.g. Best First Film Director award at International Film Festival of South Africa, Best Feature Film Award at Hamburg International Film Festival Germany and Awards for Best Original Score as well as Best Production Design at Los Angeles Reel Film Festival.
Speaking on the occasion film producer Amit Chheda said: “Department of Posts reaches out to each and every citizen of the country irrespective of his or her caste, religion or economic status. This unique organization through a network of more than 1, 50,000 Post Offices across the country is a symbol of National integration, which, even today, carries forward the values of Mahatma Gandhi.
“The Department of Posts, therefore, is a natural ally of this film “Road to Sangam” which brings the message of Mahatma Gandhi once again to the citizens of India as well of the world,” he added. (ANI)
