Summary: An intimate tribute paid to the film-maker S. Sukhdev by his friend, the poet Gulzar, through a collage of photographs and clips.
Ek Akar is an album of S. Sukhdev. The famous documentary film maker of India. Its a montage of those pages of the album where I found some stills of his looks, reactions and gestures. Some of his collections are in the form of shots of his life and death. An image of innocence on one page, a bird chirping on another; an insect on one, and a dead body pasted on another. This collection of images make the personality of S. Sukhdev.
- Gulzar
A short biographical dealing with the life and work of the legendary documentary film maker - S. Sukhdev, or Sukh as his friends called him. Born on October 1, 1933 at Dehradun, Sukhdev learnt film making from Paul Zill, the noted German documentary film maker who made India his home. Right from his first film Evolution and Races of Man, Sukhdev made his mark. And Miles to Go, After the Eclipse, India 67, and Nine Months to Freedom, a monumental record of the birth of Bangladesh are some of his noted films. Awarded Padmashree by the Government of India in 1968 Sukhdev made over 25 major documentary films and received some 31 national and international awards and citations.
Acknowledgement: M. Sampat,
Rajendra Dube,
R.L. Mishra,
Studio Link,
Ashfhak Ahmad,
Subhash Sahgal
