Notes on Guler

Guler a small principality near Kangra was an artistic and cultural wellspring since its accidental inception in the 15th century Many greats like painters Pandit Seu his sons Manaku Nainsukh and the poet Brajraj were born here Today the whole system of patronage under which lofty endeavours were possible even in financially austere conditions is gone And tragically even the physical landscape is submerged under a dam The film seeks out some traces of the submerged past through the memories of those left behind a condensation of a bygone civilization