India, March 12 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
Drawing a comparison of art and paintings commissioned by the Buddha- 2,500 years ago with the medium of cinema, Ven Geshe Dorji Damdul, Director of Tibet House said on the opening ceremony of the BODHIPATH Film Festival that visual art had always been a channel for education and information to the masses.
Speaking at the inauguration of a two-day festival, organised by the International Buddhist confederation in New Delhi the Venerable, a Special Guest, explained that cinema was an extremely powerful tool to influence the public. "However, cinema also depicts the level of thinking of the public. Films will be made in accordance with the current thinking in soci...