LE CORBUSIER IN INDIA

Le Corbusier is considered one of the greatest architects of his time. Between 1951 and 1965, in the last part of his life, he built a series of masterpieces in India. In Ahmedabad, he designed the villa Sarabhai, the villa Shodhan, as well as the mill owner’s building for the city’s industrial elite. In Chandigarh, he designed the city plan as well as Capitol complex containing the High court, the Secretariat and the Assembly to symbolize, the democratic and secular ethos of newly independent India. Le Corbusier’s writings, paintings, letters to his wife, mother, Indian clients, rare documents, photographs, drawings, even a newsreel, interviews with the actors of the day both Indian and French, as well as International historians, critics and architects have been edited together with the images of the buildings to tell the story of this fascinating adventure. AWARDS Prix architecture: UNESCO Film Festival on art and education, Paris, France. The Jury Award: MIPA, Madrid, Spain. Selected in Montreal Film festival on art, Canada. Architecture film festival in Rotterdam, Holland. UNESCO film festival on art and Education Paris, France. MIPA 2001, Madrid, Spain. Aukland, Academy theatres, New Zealand