Dr. Kotinsi Ki Amar Kahani
Starring: V. Shantaram, Jayashree, Dewan Shara, Baburao Pendharkar/English Subtitles
Director: V. Shantaram
Music: Vasant Desai
Genre: Drama
Sound: Dolby Digital
Print: Black & White
Short Story
Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani is a true story based on the life of Dr. Dwarka Kotnis, a gallant young patriot, a valiant soldier and a daring doctor. Guided by leaders of the country, goaded by patriotic zeal and urged by his sense of self-sacrifice, he abjured hearth and home and his all and chose China as his venue to work for the alleviation of suffering humanity poor, pitiable victims of nefarious aggression. Dr. Kotnis was a member of the goodwill mission to China, sponsored by the national congress of India. The mission included Dr. Atal (Lucknow), Dr. Cholkar (Nagpur), Dr. Basu and Dr. Mukarjee ( Calcutta) and Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis (Sholapur). The team of doctors left the shores of India in March of 1938. Dr. Kotnis was the youngest of all died serving the sick and the wounded in the battle field in China. Dr. Kotnis lived for the cause of world freedom and laid his life at the alter of liberty. The proud Chinese wife of the Indian martyr(Dr. Kotnis) shed a tear, it rolled down her cheek and it dropped on the face of her infant son, the little Kotnis and in that she beheld a peerless pearl reflecting the glory of India. Meanwhile in India, father of Dr. Kotnis passed away and the widowed mother kept a vigil, praying and hoping in vain for her son's safe return. In Dr. Kotnis’s noble death live a live message, a soul, a message, a song and a slogan for the liberty loving people of the free world.