Sundri the movie
Sundri the movie is the third movie by Vismaad Pte Ltd, a Singapore based computer animation company. The film is based on a novel by the same name - Sundri by the famous Punjabi writer, Bhai Vir Singh (1872-1957). This movie like the other two previous ones is a high resolution 2D computer animation with stereo sound and will be available as a DVD and also for theatrical release which are scheduled from May 08.
Bhai sahib was a poet, scholar and theologian and a major figure in the movement for the revival and renewal of Punjabi literary tradition. His identification with all the important concerns of modern Sikhism was so complete that he came to be canonized as Bhai, the Brother of the Sikh Order, very early in his career. This movie is based on the first novel by Bhai Vir Singh and was written around 1898. It is based on a popular folk song of the Punjab and is set in the historical period of Mir Manu that is notorious for large scale massacre of the Sikhs during the period 1748-1753.
Sundri is a symbolic representative of that period and the daring nature of the Khalsa people. The Mughal leadership was bent upon annihilating the Sikhs. The rulers were corrupt and engaged in the systematic forced conversion of the non-Muslim people. The management of the government was in the hands of Nawabs and bandit who were grossly unfair, discriminatory, lustful and tyrannical.
Hindus as a community failed to meet the challenge head on and were defeated and trampled on. At the best they could offer compensation to get back the captured girls. Men like Balwant Singh, brother of Sundri, and girls of her stock faced all kinds of persecution at the hands of the Mughal soldiers and humiliation at the hands of Nawabs.
- Main article: Sundri
The story in the novel depicts incidents and events which encouraged universal brotherhood and love for humanity. A Sikh girl treats an injured Mughal sepoy but on learning that she is a Sikh woman he attacks her with his dagger. Surasti, the original name of Sundri, was forcibly taken away by the Mughal official and left to the destiny by her own husband and father.
Sundri depicts the story of the Sikh women during those hard times, where they remained steadfast and composed, facing ordeals and hardships but still smiling in the name of the Guru.
To follow the story read it here
Contact details
INDIA
- Sukhwinder Singh +91 98141 80354 [email protected]
- Navnit Singh +91 98140 00559 [email protected]
SINGAPORE
- Bakhtawar Singh +65 93891771 [email protected]
CANADA
- GTA: Harman Singh 1-647-722-3496 [email protected]
- BC: Amarpal Singh 1-604-338-7310 [email protected]
External links
- Sundri the movie
- The Sahibzadey
- The rise of Khalsa
- Vismaad Pte Ltd is a consulting and IT services company that offers a wide
array of solutions for a range of key verticals and horizontals.
- Sikh.net Sundri by Bhai Sahib Bhai Vir Singh English translation by Bimal Kaur
- Sikh Missionary Society U.K. Sundri by Bhai Vir Singh (translation by Dr. G. S. Mansukha
- Sundri on Facebook
- Download the novel
