As soon as Munshi Premchand’s name comes in the Hindi stories taught in school begin to be remembered, now soon the film based on his stories, titled Film “Baikunth”, will be seen by the audience.The producer of the film ‘Baikunth’ is Ravi Kumar and Vijay Thakur,directed by Vishwa Bhanu. Cameraman Ashish Pandey and Editor Sai Raj have done their work very diligently.Vanya, Sangam Shukla, Vishwa Bhanu, Vijay Thakur etc. will be seen in the lead roles in the film. It is noteworthy that in this film, only the artists associated with the village have been given preference to show the ground truths of the village. Filmikunth aims to revive literature.
In the last few years, it has been found that there is a trend in India to make films not only in Hindi but also in many Indian languages. Rarely are films made on literary works. In such a situation, making a film on Premchand’s literary work can be considered as a bold step. Among the stories written by Premchand, his very famous story ‘Kafan’ has a unique place. ‘Kafan’ has the status of a class story depicting the realities of the struggle prevailing in the villages. There has now been a commendable effort to make a film on this great work of Premchand.
Producer Vijay Thakur said about the struggle for the creation of ‘Baikunth’, “Most of the members of this film’s team are related to theater. We have been doing plays since childhood. In our society, films have been made on the basis of literary works. In such a situation, we have worked very hard for the film, from raising money to shooting and after facing all the difficulties, made Premchand’s dream of making a film on ‘Kafan’, one of Premchand’s best stories. ”
Vijay Thakur gives great credit to Ravi Kumar for making this film a reality. He says, “Ravi Kumar” is a young entrepreneur who helped us a lot in making this film. They are successfully running companies like travel and fitness. It’s hard to imagine a businessman helping to make such a literary film. In such a situation, I will always be grateful to Ravi Kumar for his invaluable contribution in the creation of ‘Baikunth’.
It is worth noting that without disturbing the soul of Premchand’s original story, the film shows how even after 73 years of independence, the social and economic conditions of “Dalits” are not better than before and their situation has not changed. .
Producer Vijay Thakur says, “So far, no cinema has been inspired by any of the classic literary works of North India and inspired by the songs of Bhikhari Thakur. In such a situation, our effort to make ‘Baikunth’ is very unique and we sincerely hope that the audience will like this film. The film has gone live on 29th March on Hungama play, Airtel xtream, VI movies and TV in the coming days “Baikunth” will be seen on the OTT platform as well.
