New Delhi, July 13: Paintings in the rock shelters of Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh, a recent inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage list, will be the cynosure of all eyes when they feature as part of a documentary to be screened in the capital today.
'Early Creative Expressions of Man', one of the 26 documentaries on 'The Paintings of India', will showcase the paintings in the rock shelters of Bhimbetka and Raisen in Madhya Pradesh, Robertsganj and Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand.
The film takes us to the earliest paintings made by man, bringing to life art which existed many years ago and even today continues to be one of man's most vital and creative expressions.
"The film shows that the paintings of pre-historic man are as creative and expressive as the finest paintings done today. This is the significance of the film and we can learn a lot from that", says Benoy K Behl, the director of the film.
"Painting is not new to man. Since pre-historic times, man has painted the walls of his rock shelters and caves", says Behl, who has produced and directed over a 100 documentary films on a wide range of social, cultural and scentific topics for clients as well as the Indian government.



Art is man's deepest expression of his understanding of life, he says adding that the artists of pre-historic times conveyed their thoughts, fears, the herds of animals they may have hunted, through their paintings.


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