World's first-ever science Sanskrit film on 'Mangalyaan' mission premiered in Chennai

The 45-minute documentary is a complete Sanskrit film by all means as the entire script and dialogues are in the ancient language.

Science    22-Aug-2022
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Chennai, August 22: In a major development, the world's first-ever science Sanskrit film, 'Yanam', which revolves around India’s successful Mangalyaan mission, premiered before a selected audience on August 21.
 
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As per the reports, Dr. Somanath, the chairman of the Indian Space Research Orgnisation inaugurated the function at Chennai. Former chairman of the space agency, K Radhakrishnan, and the present VSSC Director, S Unnikrishnan Nair, were also present during the event.
 
The movie is helmed by the National award winner Vinod Malankara. Based on Dr. K.Radhakrishnan’s book ‘My Odyssey,’ the documentary is put together with the help of archival videos of ISRO’s Mangalyaan mission and related developmental activities.
 
 
 
MOM was successfully launched in 2013 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
 
The 45-minute documentary is a complete Sanskrit film by all means as the entire script and dialogues are in the ancient language. As per the director, this documentary has been made in such a way that it can easily be understood by even the common man and those with the least exposure to space science.
 
The objective of the documentary is to project the potential of the ISRO and the capabilities of its scientists before the world. It explains how the Indian scientists have overcome all the limitations and made the complex Mars mission a huge success in the first attempt itself.
 
The 4K digital DTS movie is produced by AV Anoop under the banner AVA Productions.
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