
Maun Mela fishing festival and traffic near twin bridges in Uttarakhand
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Maun Mela, a traditional community fishing festival held along the Aglar River in the Tehri Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India.
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Film Director and Cinematographer Goutam Ghose speak about his first Telegu film 'Maa Bhoomi'. He explains the reason why he made the movie in Telegu and not in Hindi. He says, "At that time I used to make documentaries. One Telegu producer requested me why don't you make a film. So I thought when my Hindi is so bad. I can read Hindi.even I can write a little bit. so I said we will make it in Hindi in Hyderabad. They had an argument that this film is based on Telangana present appraisal so if we make it in Hindi a person of Telangana or Hyderabad would not be able to understand it. So we made it. It was a super hit film and a big hit. After that, a large number of requests came to make films over there but we made some films in Hindi, some in Bengali. In my opinion, the language and the lo
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