A new film "The Quantum Indians" celebrating the
lives of India's 3 great yet almost forgotten scientists Satyendra Nath Bose,
Sir CV Raman and Meghnad Saha was awarded The National Film Award on the 16th
of April 2014 as the Best Educational Film of 2013.
Written and directed by Raja Choudhury and produced by PSBT
and the Public Diplomacy Division of the Ministry of External Affairs, the film
tells the compelling and inspirational story of 3 amazing Indians who
revolutionized the world of Quantum Physics in the 1920's giving us Bosons, The
Bose-Einstein Statistics, the Raman Effect, the Saha Equation and India's first
only Nobel Prize for Science. Their work was also responsible for building the
science infrastructure upon which much of India's future was built.
The National Award jury gave the prize to the film "For
an extremely efficient and precise analysis of the contributions of three
renowned scientists in a manner that not only educates today's generation but
also provides insights into complex scientific phenomena in an accessible
manner."
Commenting on his film, director Raja Choudhury said
"We wanted to inspire the young people of India to not only dream of
making India great once again as our Quantum Indians did, but also develop a
renewed interest in basic science as an essential and rewarding career path
today."
The Quantum Indians is being shown around the world at
Indian Embassies and Cultural Centers, at Colleges and Schools in India, on TV,
on the Indian Diplomacy Youtube Channel and on DVD from PSBT.
Raja Choudhury has produced numerous documentaries on Indian
wisdom and history including "Spirituality in the Modern World" with
Ken Wilber, "I Believe" on Dr. Karan Singh, "The Modern
Mystic" on Sri M of Madanapalle and most recently "Yoga: Aligning to
the Source." His current project is called "The Indian Mind" and
looks at the great inventions and ideas that India has given the world from the
Cotton of the Indus Valley to Mathematics and the Zero and on to Bosons and the
Quest for Mars.
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