‘Gulab Gaatha’ show series concludes

A scene from film 'Gulab Gaatha' screened at Jammu on Wednesday.
A scene from film 'Gulab Gaatha' screened at Jammu on Wednesday.

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, June 15: To commemorate 200th coronation year of Maharaja Gulab Singh-first Dogra ruler of princely State J&K, Natrang on behalf of Maharaja Gulab Singh Memorial Trust today with support of Jammu Club and CSIR-IIIM, Jammu screened ‘Gulab Gaatha’ at Jammu Club and at the auditorium of CSIR-IIIM, Jammu simultaneously.
The screening was started to mark the 200th coronation year of Maharaja Gulab Singh on June 11, 2022 at Udhampur followed by Reasi, Kathua, Samba and concluded today with two screenings in Jammu.
In a statement, Gaurav Gupta, Secretary Jammu Club lauded the efforts made by Maharaja Gulab Singh Memorial Trust and Natrang to come up with a film on Dogra Ruler.
It is pertinent to mention here that Dr. Karan Singh inspired Balwant Thakur to write, produce and direct this first ever film in the year 2017 on the history of the great Dogra ruler who created the larger princely State of India.
The film ‘Gulab Gatha’ is about the journey of a soldier who achieves great success at everything he initiated. He was a normal person with no lineage of royalty but he established himself as a King with the help of his bravery and continued to keep a hold on his empire because of his well-planned strategic and diplomatic intelligence.
The screenings were coordinated by Neeraj Kant, Sumeet Sharma, Mohd Yaseen, Pooja Mahajan, Sartaj Singh, Rahul Singh, Kushal Bhat and Brijesh Avtar Sharma.