Sarbans Daani Guru Gobind Singh

[Mo]

>.Interestingly, Guru Gobind Singh was not depicted at all by any actor,
nor were his sons or his mother. For that, pictures (paintings) were
used throughout the movie. It worked very well.<
Why ? Where does it say in Granth Sahib that the Gurus cannot
be portrayed by actors ? Why are Sikhs adopting Islamic practices when
there is no need to ? It just means that movies depicting other Gurus
will be far less interesting. When Hindu actors depict Ram , it does
not cut down Ram's popularity . Gurus are not supposed to be divine so
why elevate them above humans in this way ?

On Sun, 19 Apr 1998 10:10:47 -0300, Amitabh Hajela
<aha...@eclipse.net> wrote:

I just saw the movie "Sarbans Daani Guru Gobind Singh" on the big
screen
here in NJ yesterday. It was a special premiere, with more or less
simultaneous showings in six or seven sites across the US and Canada.

The movie was very good. It was mainly concerned with events
surrounding Wazir Khan of Sirhind, and how he bricked alive in a wall
the two young sons of the Guru, and then had Guru Ji assassinated. It
ended with Banda's sack of Sirhind and the death of Wazir Khan. It
portrayed the Nawab of Malerkotla and how he tried to stop the
madness.
It also had Sucha Nand the evil Hindu Dewan as well as the Brahmin who
betrayed Guru Ji's children.

The movie took pains to be objective, and not be anti-Muslim or
anti-Hindu per se. It was clear that the villains were to be faulted
for their acts as individuals, not as representatives of their
religion. It showed plenty of Muslim characters in a good light,
trying
to prevent the tragedy, and Hindus too. The man who paid the gold to
cover the ground to cremate the Guru's sons was as Hindu (Todar Mal).

The cast was excellent, with a couple of Mahabharat alumni (the actor
who played Sakuni Mama and the one who portrayed Dhritarashtra, there
was also Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Sonu Walia, Dara Singh and other well
known actors. The music was by Jagjit Singh.

Interestingly, Guru Gobind Singh was not depicted at all by any actor,
nor were his sons or his mother. For that, pictures (paintings) were
used throughout the movie. It worked very well.

The audience was about 150-200 mainly Sikh people (my cousin, uncle,
and
myself were probably the only Hindus). Many must have driven quite
far
since the immediate area itself does not have a big Sikh population.
The majority of the men and boys were Keshdhari, so it seems that
mostly
the religious, observant Sikhs came, otherwise I'd espect to see more
clean-shaven ones there.