78 years of Quit India Movement -1942

Films Division has painstakingly recreated most of the important events and milestones in the

annals of pre and post independent history of India. The celluloid recreation of one such historic

call of action on 8th August 1942 by Mahatma Gandhi which triggered the freedom movement into

a fast-track and which ended five years later with the British bowing out of India – ‘Quit India’

have been streamed on the 78th anniversary of the watershed event, on 8th August, 2020 along-with

another eponymous film ‘Do Or Die’, sequencing the events after Gandhiji’s magic mantra to end

British Rule, on Films Division website https://filmsdivision.org @ “Documentary of the Week

Section” and YouTube Channel, www.youtube.com/user/FilmsDivision to experience the spirit of

'Quit India Movement' of 1942.

The documentary, Quit India (20 Mins/B&W/R. Krishna Mohan/English/1985), a part of the

‘India's Struggle for Freedom series’ in FD archive, coveres the period from 1939 when the Second

World War broke out and the arrival of the Cripps Mission in India leading to the ‘Quit India

Resolution’ passed by the All India Congress on August 08, 1942.

Do or Die (22 Mins/B&W/R. Krishna Mohan/English/1985) presents passing of the Quit India

resolution, the arrest of leaders and the rebellion of the leaderless people all over the country. It also

presents the role of the INA and Subhash Chandra Bose in India's freedom struggle.

The one-day special streaming has been well received by all and recorded 715 online viewership.

The online festival has been well covered by various print, electronic and social media as annexed.

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nyoonz.com on Films Division online steaming of films on Quit India Movement

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