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India Produces First Film About Jesus in Hindi

The six-hour epic was produced by Satprakashan Sanchar Kendra in Indore and will be broadcast nation-wide as a TV series.

The story of Jesus has been told many times on film, but never quite like this:

“Christaaya”, the first Hindi production about Jesus, has been presented to the public. Situated in India, it is inspired by the country’s traditional culture.

The six-hour epic was produced by Satprakashan Sanchar Kendra in Indore for the Divine Verb Society and will be broadcast nation-wide as a TV series. Directed by Fr Geo George, the movie was shot over a seven-year period in several states, including Tamil Nadu, Goa and Kerala, with the participation of more than 200 actors, almost all amateurs.

The presentation was held at the Miriam School in Indore, a school for the mentally disabled.

According to Mgr Leo Cornelio, archbishop of Bhopal, movies like “Christaayan” “are a great inspiration” because “they do not look only at the Christian community, but at each member of society.”

The movie presents actors dressed in saris of different colours within a context representative of the Indian tradition. What is more, 80 per cent of the actors are not Christian. For example, Ankit Sharma, who plays Jesus, is a Hindu.

You can read more at the link.

And check out the movie’s trailer, below.

Greg Kandra is CNEWA’s multimedia editor and serves as a deacon in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn.

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