HIMANI SANAGARAM
CHICAGO: Real human emotions came to life this past weekend with the screening of short film ”Pallaki”(Palanquin) held at Ogden Six Cinemas in Naperville by Bharathi Theertha that promotes education, environment and health.
The short film won a Remi award at the World Fest Texas Films, the oldest film festival in America on Saturday, Sept, 1, at the Ogden Six Theaters. 60 people came to watch the movie.
The film was directed by Phani Kumar Dokka, an IT professional and a highly accomplished author, Telugu poet, film director, anchor, singer, and mimicry artist.
Rotarian Dr. V. K. Raju, MD, Ophthalmologist, Philanthropist and Founder and President, Eye Foundation of America, Morgantown, West Virginia, was the Chief Guest. He spoke on his volunteer work that he is doing through the Eye Foundation of America on prevention of blindness and eye care in India and other countries.
“This film brings out the gap between old and new cultures and changing trends in marriage systems in older days and now. In olden times marriages used to be held for five days but now it’s a matter of hours.
“This film will reveal the present generation and the missing functionalities of the Indian marriage system when palanquins are not used at all in marriages and times are changing,” retired engineer in Atlanta Mohan Devu said, after the screening of the film.
A palanquin was a compulsory state mandatory fixture of carrying a couple in marriages. The second film ‘Amma Karika’ is a family-oriented sentimental story about an old couple that featured actor Chandra Mohan and revolved around celebrating Diwali.Tata wants to do more projects. He wants to align with Gautami Eye Institute. There was a sumptuous South Indian vegetarian lunch held after the movie at the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago.
Last year, Dokka of Atlanta, Georgia, made another movie Amma Korikka (Mother’s wish), which was recently released. Ideas for my films come from my own life. Some of them are observations from people and I also extrapolate anything that interests me,” Dokka said.“Anything that has a human touch interests me,” he said. There is only one relationship and that is love. Then real emotions show.”
He has another telefilm in the works. He tries to portray human emotions in his movies. Bharathi Teertha organization was formed in 1924 but was revived again by Prakash Tata. At 82, Tata donates to Rotary Club of Naperville and rotary clubs in India. Bharathi has already built a dialysis center in Hyderabad, a mobile blood bank, and a new cancer research center in Visakhapatnam.
Educational projects include scholarship to students; mentoring students on science projects; arranging cultural programs; conducting forums and seminars, workshops and rallies; conducting awareness campaigns; and leading friendship exchanges. It has helped to install a solar lights project with the help of Rotary Club of Naperville and Rotary Club of Satna; helped with providing diabetic children with glucometers in Visakhapatnam. They work with Rotary clubs in India to do this work and provide smokeless stoves in villages, watershed management, water conservation, pollution abatement of water bodies and wastewater treatment and solid waste management.
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