Ancient Wisdom Modern Lenses

Short form video, popularly known as a Reel, is the preferred communication medium of today's youth. It is appropriate for the shrinking attention span that defines the current digital age and at the same time enables them to unleash their creativity and make their point in a succinct and impactful manner. It has the potential to emerge into a dynamic art form of story telling, especially when you wish to engage with the youth in order to get across an important and valuable idea.

Bharatiya Gyan Parampara ( Indian Knowledge System - IKS )

Bharat has always been known as the reservoir of knowledge. It has been defined as 'Bhaya Ratam Iti Bharatam' - one who is engaged in seeking the light of knowledge is Bharat, that is India. What distinguishes Bharat's knowledge tradition from the rest of the world is its unique blend of science and sprirituality, physics and metaphysics. One can say, "India's spirituality is scientific and its science is spiritual." India's ancient seers knew that to reach the ultimate knowledge, they had to explore both, the limits of the universe and the depths of human mind. This profoundity of knowledge could offer the creative minds of our youth, a challenge and an opportunity to interprete its many facets and present them in an engaing manner through their preferred medium - Reels. The Reels on Bharatiya Gyan Parampara ( IKS ) will present a breathtaking array of knowledge disciplines that have shaped human progress across millennia.

Bhishma Film Festival

Based on Bharatiya Gyan Parampara

'Bhishma IKS', a leading name in IKS education, with its centres at Pune, India and California, USA, offers a range of online courses in IKS. About 10000 students from all over India and other parts of the world have so far benefited from these courses.

'Bhishma' have planned a mega film festival in Pune on January 29, 30, 31, 2027 at the iconic Fergusson College who will be the Academic Partners of this Festival. The festval has the blessings of Swami Govinddeo Giri ji, Mahasachiv, Ram Janmabhoomi Trust, Ayodhya. Three dozens of Bharatiya Gyan Parampara, Dr. Koenraad Elst, Dr. G. B. Deglurkar and Dr. Kapil Kapoor are the Chief Mentors of this Festival which is being Curated by the renowned actor and director Dr. Nitish Bharadwaj.

International Reels Making Competition

The New Education Policy ( NEP ), places special emphasis on IKS, wherein students pursuing courses in various disciplines are expected to explore the areas where IKS can add value to their knowledge, wisdom, personality and career. Considering the time that has been lost in reconnecting with the huge reservoir of ancient Indian knowledge, it is necessary to create a buzz around IKS that will inspire the youth to explore various facets of ancient knowledge and benefit from them.

Keeping this in mind, an International Reels Making Competition will be an important feature of the Film Festival. Besides getting recognized for their exceptional creativity, this competition offers the participants an opportunity to win handsome prizes. The first three prizes are Rs. 1, 00, 000, Rs. 75,000 and Rs. 50,000 respectively. In addition there are many other prizes worth lakhs of rupees.

The panel of jury is headed by Dr. Nitish Bharadwaj alongwith renowned actors Manoj Joshi and Praveen Tarde. For the details of the competition, interested participants should log on to bff.bhishmaiks.org.

The award winning reels alongwith a set of other noteworthy reels, will be screened at the festival. This will be accompanied by structured Masterclasses conducted by leading personalities from the film industry that will add immense academic and practical value to the budding film/reel makers.

An exhibition of start ups based on IKS,will be another important feature of 'Bhishma Film Festival', which will also have speeches/panel discussions by leading scholars in ancient Indian history, culture and knowledge.

By inviting filmmakers, students, historians, culture connoisseurs, social media creators and influencers to Pune, this landmark festival will translate rigorous Indian Knowledge Systems into dynamic, shareable, cinematic masterpieces. In essence, this festival will be a bridge that connects the profound ancient heritage with the vibrant energy of 21st century content creation.

This mega event provides the youth an opportunity to reconnect with their cultural roots and win handsome prizes, while getting recognised for their creativity on a big stage.

Abhijit Joag (Convenor)