‘Black Box of History’
A feature length documentary film by Amlan Kusum Ghosh
The feature length documentary film (105 min) is an attempt to unravel the mystery of Netaji’s final disappearance that has dogged public mind ever since 1945. The work was originally provoked by the government of India’s rejection of Justice Mukherjee Commission’s well grounded findings that Netaji did not perish in the alleged air crash. The Commission had also established that no such crash ever took place in which Netaji allegedly died. The documentary has been in making for four years. The director has interviewed a string of scholars on the subject including Justice Manoj Mukherjee, Pradeep Bose, Dr. Purabi Roy, Dr. Madhusudan Pal etc
There have been a few documentaries, not to mention a cache of books and essays, on the subject. Where ‘Black Box of History’ differs from the rest is that it has tried to examine the theories surrounding Netaji’s existence post- August 18, 1945. The most striking one is the case of anonymous monk called Gumnami Baba or Bhagwanjee of Ayodhya-Faizabad. Although Justice Mukherjee did not ‘officially’ concede that Gumnani Baba was Netaji Subhas a plethora of evidences (in form of letters, personal items, photograph, newspaper clipping) bear it out that he could be none other than Netaji.
The documentary is divided into three parts which puts disappearance mystery in context of Netaji’s life and struggle. The concluding part of the documentary deals with the strange case of Gumnami Baba of Ayodhya Faizabad. It includes revealing interviews with local people close to the anonymous monk.
Script, Research, Camera & Direction : Amlan Kusum Ghosh
Editor : Ayon Chattopadhyay , Shashank Sharma
Research : R. Jyothirmay , Dipankar Das
Production Designing : Dolly Mandal, Prashant Tiwari
Production : SRIFT
Labels: Bhagwanjee, Black Box of History, Dr. Madhusudan Pal, Gumnami Baba, Justice Manoj Mukherjee, Mukherjee Commission, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
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