Aham Bharatham
Director: Bharat Bala
Language: English
Year: 2025
Duration: 20
Producer: Studio Virtual Bharat
Director Statement:
Writers: Mrinalini Mitra and Bharatbala
Cinematographer Name: Sudeep Elamon, Amal Sudhakaran, Vinayak Gopal, Rohit More, Anirudh Ganapathy, and Kevin van Niekerk
Editor Name: Pratik Basankar & Rana Prathap Avuti
Producers: Studio Virtual Bharat
Key Cast:
Other Credits: Thanking: Shri Govind Mohan & Dr. Sachchidanand Joshi | Poem by: (Late) Bankim Chandra Chatterji | English Translation by: (Late) Sri Aurobindo | Voice of: (Late) Om Puri | Voiceover Artiste: Mrinalini Mitra | Music Composers: Aditya Rao, Ashish Zachariah, Varkey, Mukund Ambarish, Nilesh Nirmala, Sudeep Paland, and Santanu Ghatak | Vocal Performance: Sowmya Gurucharan | Mixing & Mastering Engineer: P.A. Deepak | Special Thanks: Kailash Kher, Shreya Ghoshal & Isha Foundation | Creative Team: Rachana Dubey, Sainath Uskaikar, & Soity Banerjee | SFX: Praveen Raj | Colourist: Yash Khaire | Post-Production: Darshit Dalvi | Executive Producer: Lynette Dmello
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Synopsis
A nation where history becomes culture, and culture becomes an inseparable part of everyday life… Aham Bharatam is a visual and sonic odyssey that travels through India’s landscapes and cultures, encapsulating its civilisational soul its tangible and intangible heritages. Deploying ancient languages, practices, art forms and oral traditions as its narrative tools, the film takes you on the journey of a civilisation in continuum.