'Mahalakshmi Path-The Evolution' has been gaining recognition everywhere since its first release in October last year. Audiences have been able to connect with the film because of the simple narrative and extremely relevant and relatable plot. Producer Dr. Sanjay Roshan Talwar describes the film's content as “not your run-of-the-mill stuff.”
In an interview with News18, Dr. Talwar spoke about the film, the inspiration behind the content he created, the message the film wants to convey to its viewers and much more.
Excerpts from the interview
Congratulations on being widely appreciated for your film, how does it feel?
It really feels wonderful. In a time when people do not recognize this type of content in films, this is a positive sign. It feels good.
You know you just mentioned that “people don't recognize that kind of content.” Could you explain this to us a little more?
Yes, this content is not your typical Bollywood movie because it has been created for cinema and is obviously intended to attract a large audience. I feel that the type of content that we have or that I have presented in this film is to deal with topics related to our lives that are very personal to us, sometimes so personal within us that they are never shared outside, so when that very personal self Yours is awakened through a kind of meditation that we have tried to talk about. It is called Sahaja Yoga meditation. So, this form of meditation is for everyone, in all walks of life, no matter what caste, creed, color or language we belong to. It involves from children to seniors and families and helps them gather all their energies and then develop a family life that is beautiful, develop their own life that is beautiful, help the society, build a strong society. and that it is free of all kinds of issues that concern us today. I believe the type of content I have brought will change the way people start watching movies in order to educate themselves to lead a better life.
If you could please tell us a little about the film and briefly tell us about the concept behind it.
So the film is a very simple story of a housewife who, in the first part of the film I did, was Griha Lakshmi. She was about a housewife selected by a rich lady and the woman who dreams of marrying a rich man and having all the things in life, which is immaterialistic. And then we try to bring in that spiritual aspect when she meets a friend who teaches her that there is something more beautiful to see than she needs to be seen, and they go through that meditation process that she teaches Sahaja Yoga. The prequel actually ended there, giving an introduction to the concept of meditation. And now the content that has emerged is a continuation of the first, which is called the Mahalakshmi Path, which means the path to the Mahalakshmi principle. You know, the Mahalakshmi principle in our ancient scriptures means the path of evolution.
It is the power of one of the Shaktis. We have the three Peetha Shaktis, you know, in our ancient scriptures, Mahalakshmi, Mahakali and Mahasaraswati. That is why it is said that Mahalakshmi is the path of evolution, which is the central path, which is the path of balance. So, here in my content, I have shown how Graha Lakshmi actually turns around all the family problems that we go through in our daily life and turns them into a very positive expression for positivity to come into one's life. and one begins to find solutions to everything one seeks in life. So it is a very satisfactory proposal for the public that looks inward, meditates and solves its problems by itself. You don't have to worry about anything. Everything is within you.
You filmed the film right after the pandemic, could you tell us what the process was like?
I prepared the film during the pandemic. As soon as the pandemic subsided, we started filming. I think we were the first people to shoot after the pandemic subsided in 2021.
There were situations created, I think, by the divine for us, during the pandemic we had a year and a half to prepare the project and get to the bottom of it, and everyone, all the great thinkers, were free, sitting at home, and no one was so busy . So we get the best talent to work on our project preparing it. And then when the filming part came, people were still hesitant to go out and shoot. And we got the best locations and we got the best of everything. Even the actors we wanted to work with and everything turned out very well. I couldn't have imagined it much smoother than that of a regular Bollywood filmmaker.
I mean, for me, I'm not that experienced a filmmaker. I just came out with a song that is very good for cinema. But we were lucky to have all the right people, all the right technicians and technically we made the film far superior.
You collaborated with the legendary Kavita Krishnamurthy on a song in the film. How did that come about and what was the experience like?
Kavita ji has been an old friend. I have known her for more than 30 years. I'm a singer and we made some albums in the late '80s and early '90s, about bhajans and about the concept of meditation. From then on I maintained my connection with her. And she grew up in those times from an unknown stage to becoming a great singer and from then on she always used to see our relationship as the beginning of something very spiritual in her life, so the moment I approached her for me film and I told him that you should make a song for me, not only did he record it, he also worked for free, but he also gave me a video of him singing so that I could portray him in the film.
