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'''''Through the Eyes of a Painter''''' is [[1966 in film|1967]] [[India]]n film written, directed and filmed by [[M. F. Husain]], the famous Indian painter. The film was produced by the [[Films Division]] of [[Government of India]].

==Overview==
[[M. F. Husain|Hussain]] chose Rajasthan as the place, which he often visited hitherto to draw the paintings. He filmed various places and scenery very much known to him. Whatever came close to his heart was filmed. There is not a single dialogue in this film of fifteen minutes duration.

Here one royal face of Rajasthani man, there one goat roaming in front of a tiger model, standing and looking into the infinite skies centuries together of a ruin, a hawk flying into the blue seas, dispersing of the school children with cries listening to the school-bell, women bathing at the river bank, lines in the desert, an anklet lying over there among the lines, a window with a beautiful sculpture, a dirty canal in front of a house....like this, from one thing to another, like a child's heart, like a sparrow, the camera moves ... in between, a lantern, an umbrella, a sandal appear...

The heart of this film is its music, which was composed by Elchuri Vijaya Raghava Rao of Andhra Pradesh. Hindustani music lovers know [[Vijaya Raghava Rao]] as a renowned flute - maestro. He imparted musical training to [[Ronu Majumdar]], another flute - maestro. He also worked in various films and dramas as a musician and actor, music composed by [[Pandit Ravi Shankar]].

Husain said, "He rightly understood my feelings and composed the music, otherwise I would have been doomed." The'' sound'' was given by another artist from Andhra Pradesh, Jasti Raghavendra Rao, hailing from Eluru.

The film ''Through the Eyes of a Painter'' fetched the 1st prize, in The Golden Bear 17th International Film Festival during the first week of July 1967, held in [[Berlin]]. It was nominated in the Goa Film Festival as well but unfortunately, it was later withdrawn due to a protest movement against this.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

==Awards==
* 1967: [[Berlin International Film Festival]]: Golden Bear: Short Film: [[M.F. Husain]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/167512/mf-husain-through-eyes-painter.html|title=M.F. Husain 'Through The Eyes Of A Painter': A chronology|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref><ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0232801/awards Awards] [[IMDb]].</ref>
* 1968: [[Melbourne International Film Festival]], screened<ref>{{cite news|title=Indian films for Melbourne fete|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19680515&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|accessdate=16 February 2018|agency=United News of India|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=15 May 1968|page=4}}</ref>

==References==
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* Years of Vision, Padmabhushan P.P.Rao festschrift,nov'2008; Vakati Pandu RangaRao's Essay ''Through the Eyes of a Painter''

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0232801}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian short films]]
[[Category:1967 films]]
[[Category:Biographical films about artists]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Indian men]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of 20th-century painters]]

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