Chitrashala: House of Paintings - Amit Dutta (Trailer)

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Chitrashala: House of Paintings
a film by Amit Dutta, 2015, 20 mins
When a gallery of paintings becomes emptied of its spectators, the curtains raise within the paintings.
The Amar Mahal Palace Museum in Jammu, India, is the stage for this film. Forty seven paintings made in the Pahari school of master-painter Nainsukh's immediate descendants adorn the palace walls. Based on a 12th century Sanskrit epic poem depicting the love of Nala and Damayanti, this set of paintings were made five centuries later. But their mysteries are still many.
The animation in the film is used to articulate the painter's intention.