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December 14, 2012

New Bollywood Film Portrays Jesus as Hindu

The six-hour film, set within Indian culture, will be broadcast as a TV series.

Melissa Steffan

Jesus is getting the Bollywood treatment in a new Indian TV series.

According to Asia News, a new film depicts the life of Jesus Christ within the context of Indian culture, representing him as a Hindu. Christaayan, which took seven years to create and enlisted 200 actors—the majority of whom are Hindu—is scheduled to be serialized and broadcast on television.

This is reportedly the first Bollywood-style film to depict the life of Christ, though an earlier report announced that the production of a 3-D film about Jesus, Thirty Pieces of Silver, would take place primarily in India.

CT has noted previous attempts at "blockbuster evangelism" as well as other films about the life of Christ, including the "Jesus Film" project. CT also has reported on the growth of Christian movies in Nollywood, the booming Nigerian film industry.

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Here is the truth about this new film:

India: Six-hour-long Hindi Film on Jesus Released
A six-hour-long film on Jesus in Hindi, directed by a Catholic priest, was released on December 2 after he worked seven years on it with a team of some 200 amateur actors and technical staff. Divine Word Father Geo George's unique movie with the name ‘Christayan’ (Journey of Christ) was released in Indore. Most part of the film was made in Madhya Pradesh but the team of actors had to visit 10 states including the northeastern part of India. ‘Christayan’ has an eastern flavour with Indian socio-cultural backgrounds and aesthetics interwoven with various genres of Indian music, rendered by some of the best singers and musicians of time. Neetu Joshi, a Hindu educationist, said the film should have happened fifty years ago. “It will remove misconceptions against Christ and Christianity,” she added (ucanews).
[from Ishwani Kendra Documentation Mission Scan #117, January 2013]

Posted By: H L Richard | January 17, 2013 6:21 AM

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