Jump to content

Allegory: A Tapestry of Guru Nanak's Travels

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Allegory: A Tapestry of Guru Nanak's Travels
Directed by
  • Amardeep Singh
  • Vininder Kaur
Music by
  • Satninder Singh Bodal
  • Saleema Khawaja
  • Ustad B.S. Narang
  • Mahabeer Singh
  • Niaz-U-Din Hunzai
  • Zohaib Hassan
  • Ajay Tiwari
Original languagesEnglish, Punjabi (Gurmukhi)
Production
Producers
  • Amardeep Singh
  • Bicky Singh
  • Jagtar Singh Dhaliwal
Cinematography
  • Salman Alam Khan
  • Deepak Verma
Animators
Datti Kaur (Visual Artist)

Prashant Grover (Illustrator)

EditorMuhammad Kamran Fazal
Original release
ReleaseOctober 2021 (2021-10T14) –
24 March 2022 (2022-03-24)

Allegory: A Tapestry of Guru Nanak's Travels is a 24 episode multilingual docuseries, directed by Amardeep Singh and Vininder Kaur.[1] The docuseries documents various multi-faith sites across 9 countries which were visited by Guru Nanak, the first Sikh Guru, during his travels in the 16th century.[2][3]

Production

[edit]

The docuseries was filmed in nine different countries; Sri Lanka, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tibet (China), Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh and India, and covered more than 150 multi-faith sites.[3] Initially, the docuseries was intended to be completed in one year[2] but it took more than three years to finish.[4]

The series has been produced in English and Punjabi (both Gurmukhi & Shahmukhi) languages with the production cost of approximately $2 million.[5] The Hindi version was released in March 2023.[6] There are plans to produce an Urdu version of the series as well.

Online release

[edit]

The 24 episode series in English is available on the TheGuruNanak.com website. The episodes were released on a weekly basis starting from 14 October 2021.[4]

The Punjabi version titled Sainat, Guru Nanak Dey Paindeyan Di Roohani Chaap is also being released on the website on a weekly basis from 11 May 2022.[7]

Reception

[edit]

The series received more than 500,000 views on the website from September 2021 till June 2022.[5]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Service, Tribune News. "Following the Guru's path, Singapore-based couple, Amardeep Singh and Vininder Kaur, come up with a docu-series called Sainat, Guru Nanak Dey Paindeyan Di Roohani Chaap". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
  2. ^ a b Shukla, Vandana (28 May 2019). "A legacy of unity and love: Amardeep Singh traces Baba Nanak's travels across nine countries". Firstpost. First Post.
  3. ^ a b Malhotra, Aanchal (10 November 2019). "On the trail of Guru Nanak Dev's travels from Tibet to Iran". The Indian Express. The Indian Express.
  4. ^ a b Service, Tribune News. "Author Amardeep Singh retraces travels of Guru Nanak on cam". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
  5. ^ a b "Tracing the footsteps of Guru Nanak Dev — in Punjabi". The Indian Express. 2022-06-16. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
  6. ^ "Amardeep Singh and Vininder Kaur trace Guru Nanak's footprints". Tribune India. 2 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Guru Nanak Docuseries". thegurunanak.com. 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
[edit]