Testimonials
Dr Krishnaswamy’s ‘Indus Valley to Indira Gandhi’ in those days used to be the stock for all of us. All of us should see it as many times as possible to know what history has not been taught to us. That was the first ever well-documented, movie based, history narrative, which was made in a fashion which all of us could see and benefit from it. That was a great service rendered and those kind of thinking “out of the box” India has always been proud of…
Smt. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN,
Defence Minister (2017)
India has created history from time to time since several thousands of years. However, we have been poor in documenting the same for posterity. Dr Krishnaswamy has done his mite in setting this right, by documenting Indian art, culture and philosophy for generations to come.
JUSTICE V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN,
Supreme Court of India
The American authority who bestowed this Lifetime Achievement Award on Krishnaswamy, were in fact honouring the quintessence of what it means to be an Indian.
Shri MANI SHANKAR AIYAR,
Minister for Panchayati Raj
We need Indians to write History through an Indian perception, and his contribution in particular in Southeast Asia would merit in my opinion, the “Bharat Ratna”
Dr. SUBRAMANIAN SWAMY,
Former Union Minister
I felicitate my old friend Krishnaswamy from day one he had an objective before him. He did not go into Filmmaking for money-making; he made those films which are historically important and culturally significant, leaving a message for the nation.
Shri I.K. GUJRAL,
Former Prime Minister of India
The people of Tamilnadu should be eternally grateful to Dr. Krishnaswamy and Dr. Mohana for this wonderful contribution of so beautifully projecting the culture of Tamilnadu to the rest of India.”
About the Hindi TV Serial, UPASANA, [based on Silappadigaram & Manimegalai]
Dr. MA.PO. SIVAGNANAM
Scholar and Chairman of the Tamil Nadu Legislative council
The Krishnaswamys fill a very big gap in our education. Indeed, they are an open University. Between Dr. Krishnaswamy and Dr. Mohana, it is hard to say who is outstanding and who stands out.
Dr. K VENKATASUBRAMANIAN,
Planning Commission Member.
I deem it as a “Poorvajanma Punya” that Krishnaswamy and I are intimate friends. He is fulfilling and realizing the dream of Subrahmanya Bharati for India as a whole, by realizing and projecting the poet’s Vision of India”
Padma Bhushan Shri D JAYAKANTHAN
Tamil Novelist & Short Story Writer
Dr. Krishnaswamy and Dr. Mohana have made an exemplary contribution in utilising cinema to propagate Indian culture and heritage.
Smt. SUSHMA SWARAJ
Minister for Information & Broadcasting
The Krishnaswamy couple have come up by sheer hard work building Krishnaswamy Associates, brick by brick, to the stature of an internationally reputed institution. They stand for a very important quality of life: a sense of unquestionable integrity, to keep some high standards of ethics. I think Krishnaswamy Associates is a shining example to follow.
Dr. MALCOLM ADISESHIAH,
Director-General, UNESCO
I salute today the unswerving integrity of a creative artiste – 40 years of an exemplary contribution, in a professional, intellectual and in a creative sense. “You are beyond the area of film – India’s Cultural Ambassador!
Shri. N RAM,
Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu
The Preamble to the Constitution of India is one of the most beautiful documents of the world. The role of media is defined there. Dr. Krishnaswamy has eminently fulfilled that role. Indeed, he is a model citizen of our constitution.
Shri V.N. GADGIL,
Minister for Information and Broadcasting
Reviews
INDUS VALLEY TO INDIRA GANDHI – first Indian film distributed under a Hollywood banner (Warner Brothers):
“The director unearths layer after layer, and often through deft flashbacks and flash-forwards, the soul of India, the spirit that lies beneath the sediment… a moving powerful and thorough piece of work…An objective and painstaking odyssey…”
“The director unearths layer after layer, and often through deft flashbacks and flash-forwards, the soul of India, the spirit that lies beneath the sediment… a moving powerful and thorough piece of work…An objective and painstaking odyssey…”
The Statesman,
New Delhi
EZHU THALAIMURAI EZHUCHI (Seven generations of Strife):
“A panoramic montage… exceptionally well-done, always lucid, with a touch of poetry at need… the values it stresses are perhaps the kind that need loud re-iteration.”
“A panoramic montage… exceptionally well-done, always lucid, with a touch of poetry at need… the values it stresses are perhaps the kind that need loud re-iteration.”
The Hindu
SAVITRI – “SAVITRI, with Tamil lyrics by Dr. S. Krishnaswamy, choreographed and performed by Lata & Gita, receives all our felicitations for being on a new level of joyful experience for the Tamil language and arts.”
BBC World Review
INDIA 5555 – “A conceptually brilliant documentary… eloquently brought out… viewing it is a rewarding experience.”
Shri R. Venkataraman,
Former President of India
“A brilliant exposition of India through the ages… a source of education for anybody.”
Bharat Ratna C. Subramaniam