Ankuran The Art of Idol Making

What comes, makes it way back to it's roots.There's a conventional saying in the Hindu mythology that states that we are all made of mud ( mitti ), bringing forth the pliability of us human beings. In our entire lifetime it is our passions that shape us and slowly but gradually we dissolve in its vastness. Passion- We breathe it,we become it, it runs in our blood. But does that imply that whatever we are and whatever we do is insignificant, forgettable or even dying? How do we stay afloat, revived and be remembered for posterity?Fortunately the answer lies in the permanency of Cinema. It allows us to implant and embed ideas that deserve to come to life, and our team had the opportunity to witness, capture and revive a soon to be lost art - the art of hand made idol making.Hidden away in the countryside of Maharashtra is the town of Pen, where the festival of Ganpati is celebrated with great fervour, and at the forefront of its idol-making scene is one Mr. Anand Narayan Deodhar, the ...