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DirectorKamalSwaroopintroducesthisscreeningofhisexperimentaldocumentary.Thefilmisalyricaljourneythroughtheiconicghats,narrowlanesandforgottenspacesoftheholycityofVaranasi,whereSwarooptriestofindtracesoffilm-makerDGPhalke'slife.KnownasthefatherofIndiancinema,Phalkeshothisfirstfilmin1913.Hismoviesweresuccessful,butlaterinlifehefoundhimselfwithoutbackers.Becomingincreasinglymarginalised,impoverishedanddisillusionedwiththeworldofcinema,PhalkewenttoliveinVaranasi,wherehereturnedtothetheatreandwrotethesemi-autobiographicalplayRangbhoomi.SwaroopbringsPhalke'sstoryalivethroughthevibrantpaletteofsounds,sightsandcharacterssotypicaloftheholiestofthesevensacredcitiestoHinduismandJainism.