Notes on Guler

Guler, a small principality near Kangra, was an artistic and cultural wellspring since
it’s 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.