Director: Mushir  Ahmad

1978/ 19 mins/ English/ Documentary

Pinguli is an old village on the Konkan coast, about 32 km north of Goa.  A unique Thakur community here of sixty families has preserved for hundreds of years three different folk forms Chitrakathi, marionettes and leather puppets.  Chitrakathi arose in temples, from the Paithan paintings of mythological figure sand the desankritised epics in vibrant Marathi, following Sant Dyaneshwar and the non-Brahmin saints of the Bhakti movement.  This film traces the evolution of Chitrakathi, a folk form available in the Konkan area of Maharashtra, while revealing the transformation being brought about by the modern life.