His Story of Itihaas - Movie
A Viewer's Experience of the Groundbreaking Movie about History Textbooks
We all talk about the problem with our history textbooks, but it’s the first time a movie has been made with this theme in mind. The movie “His Story of Itihaas”, is running in very few theatres (with no fanfare or encouragement) over this weekend. It’s very relevant for Hindu parents as it deals with the systematic denial of Hindu history in India, specifically what is being taught to children through textbooks.
Unfortunately, very few people know about this well-made movie because it has been systematically suppressed from screen time in spite of the director’s efforts, risking his savings, time and effort. Please demand that your neighbourhood theatres screen this movie, and also ask for a worldwide OTT release. Finally, only customer demand can change things.
A mother from Bengaluru, Anupama Sathiya Narayanan, has recounted her experience of watching this new movie, His Story of Itihaas. She wishes to share this message with all Hindu parents:
“The name of the movie “His Story of Ithihas” caught my attention, but I didn’t pay much attention to it, as I am not a movie buff. The hassle of going to the theatre, spending time and effort (money too), sounded too much for me. Then one person in the WhatsApp group reminded us that it would be screened only for 3 days, and you need to be quick in watching it as it is not available on any other platform. Another group member shared that it has been inspired from the book "Brainwashed Republic - India's Controlled systematic deracination" by Niraj Atri, Munieshwer A Sagar. This title captured my attention. I decided to go to the theatre to watch it.
A small family offered a seat in their car as this movie is being screened in only one theatre (Lulu Mall, Rajajinagar, Bangalore), one screen, one show only and that too a late-night show. The persuasion it took to convince the family was another endeavour. After all this effort, I was just hoping it would have at least some important facts, if not a good narrative. To my surprise, the movie was worth the watch, a time well spent, didn’t make me doze off and kept my attention completely on.
It starts as a narrative of a nuclear Hindu family of mother, father and a school-going child. Their way of life and beliefs are very similar to “Modern Indians” - go with the flow and keep moving ahead, leave behind whatever has happened and try to disassociate with our past because we are not sure whether it was glorious or scandalous. We have to survive and live a life and history plays a very small and insignificant part in it.
Then comes the speed bump that slows them down to ponder - “Hindu males suppress women through domestic violence”. They suddenly see how these so-called subtle and “frank” statements made in textbooks make an impact on their 6th std., child and start looking at their loving dad differently. The father tries to dig out evidences from where such statements come from and in the course, he alongside the viewers discover how the Hitler’s symbols is not inspired by swastika but is called a hooked cross, how the Aryan theory is fictitious, how such techniques has been used in other countries to destroy their native culture etc.
But the interesting part is that, nowhere in the narrative, do they try to preach to the viewer how to be! They have been very successful in putting forth the thoughts and ideas effectively and lucidly. It needs a certain amount of bravery to create such a script and execute it, as they have frankly used certain phrases and words that are generally a “no-no” in regular lives.
The 30-odd audience that watched the movie sighed at many points, and one even clapped at the end. When I looked around, the audience who watched it was family groups with all old, young and middle-aged. There were surprisingly young couples and young adults too!
It was 1 am when the movie concludes very normally - life goes on with the newly acquired knowledge. That was most surprising because so did mine, too. But it has gripped me!! I just realised that it is possible to change a person drastically through such wrong narratives fed to us from childhood. It has played a huge role towards Hindus alienating themselves from their parampara. We have somehow become like genetically modified GM seeds. I suddenly feel that even I am genetically modified person. It has been done not by physically inserting genes into me, but by the sheer power of inserting ideas and structuring my thoughts, they have definitely modified me. Now I have to work towards finding the “Truth about myself and my ithihas”.
It is a clean movie to be watched with all the family members and a sure no miss, especially for all Hindu families.
Anupama Sathiya Narayanan.
Bangalore.”
Read more about the movie here. Please inform at least one other person about this movie and watch it together with family and friends.
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The problem with the social sciences and humanities is known, and even documented in books by people like Neeraj Atri, but not confronted by parents. There's a fairly big issue with the history of sciences and mathematics as well which most Indians aren't even aware of. Even today we follow the arbitrary and unscientific gregorian calender over the very scientific indigenous calendar.
Indians may be free physically, but mentally they're still colonized and ironically this is perpetuated via so called education
https://itihaasa.substack.com/p/no-real-freedom-till-the-mind-is