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Sep 6, 1999 |
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 Tribute To A Titan Coming a year after the release of the book Aditya
Vikram Birla, A Biography, the film is a continuation of The Family's efforts to
document the life of one of the country's most respected industrialists. With very little
live footage available on A.V. Birla, Hai worked mostly with still photographs and voices
from friends and family. "Being neighbours, I had the chance of knowing Aditya Birla
to an extent," said Harsh Goenka after the show, "and yet the film brought out
certain unknown facets of the person." Paean plus. -Nandita Chowdhury |
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premiere of filmmaker Zafar Hai's The Brilliant Sun, an
hour-long documentary on the life of the late Aditya Vikram Birla, at Mumbai's Sterling
Cinema last week. While Ratan Tata inaugurated the proceedings, the audience included the
Ruias, the Piramals, the Mahindras and representatives of every major industrialist family
in the city. But despite their presence, the ones who dazzled more were Aditya's parents
Sarla and B.K. Birla, personally greeting each of their guests; and his daughter
Vasavadatta who opened the evening with the Saraswati Vandana, the traditional
invocation to the goddess.