Rabindranath Tagore was also known to be as "Kobi guru" , "Vishwa Kobi" and "Gurudev."

In order to commemorate Rabindranath Tagore's 152nd birth anniversary, a total of 13 short films, based on of litterateur, composer and artist Rabindranath Tagore's poems were released in Delhi on Thursday. 

Furthermore, the film series have been directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta in collaboration with the National Film Development Corporation while these films have been produced with the financial support of Ministry of Culture and they were released by Union Minister of Culture, Chandresh Kumari Katoch.

Moving with a running time of around 30 minutes, the short films are based on Tagore's poems like, "Bansi" (The Flute), "Krishnakali" (The Dark Maiden), "Mukti" (The Freedom), and "Phanki" (Deception) among others.

According to a statement issued by the culture ministry, these films encapsulate Tagore's humanism and showcase the creativity that he had in him and a genius that he was while they reflect a wide range of his intellectual thinking from romance to philosophy, to tradition to the contemporary ills to western thoughts. It further added that they are as much as relevant today as they were when conceived and written by Gurudev a Radical man of Indian Renaissance of his time.

As a special mention, the 1861-born Tagore holds the unique distinction of having authored the national anthems of two sovereign nations - India and Bangladesh.

The poetic genius, diverse and vast literary output is virtually unmatched in the world. Someone who was also a painter and composer par excellence.

Concluding with an inspiring note, in 1913, Tagore was honoured the first Asian Nobel laureate and the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for literature.

(AW:Samrat Biswas)