By Admin 
Film director Sanjay Leela Bhansali has created history by doing a very big and special work on the Republic Day of 2026. He has become the first director from the Indian film industry to make a tableau for the Republic Day Parade. In the 77th Republic Day Parade, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in collaboration with Sanjay Leela Bhansali presented a special tableau on the theme of Bharat Gatha. This was a big and historic moment for Indian cinema on the national stage. When this Tableau passed through the duty path on January 26, it created a special history.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali presented ‘Bharat Gatha’
This was the first time that an Indian film director represented Indian cinema at the country’s biggest national festival. Through this table, cinema was described as an important part of India’s storytelling tradition, which has the power to take our age-old stories to the whole world.
In this tableau created under the Bharat Gatha, cinema is shown not just as an art or entertainment, but as a powerful part of India’s old storytelling tradition. This tradition started from folklore and epics and reached the global language of theatre, music and finally cinema. In Bharat Gatha, cinema has been shown as a medium which conveys the stories, thoughts and feelings of India across generations and places.
What did Sanjay Leela Bhansali say?
On this occasion, Sanjay Leela Bhansali said, ‘It is a great honor for me to represent Indian cinema and creator community in the Republic Day Parade under the Bharat Gatha theme. Preparing this tableau in collaboration with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is a salute to India’s old stories and the power of retelling them through cinema. It also reflects the vision of Honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji to take Indian stories to the world and present cinema as the strongest cultural voice of India.
Everyone considered Bhansali’s presence perfect. He is counted among those select filmmakers of today’s era who carry forward the legacy of stalwarts like Raj Kapoor, V. Shantaram and Mehboob Khan. In today’s cinema, Bhansali is such a storyteller whose films have grandeur, connection with roots and deep cultural identity. Through Bharat Gatha, the Republic Day Parade once again showed how important cinema is in India’s storytelling tradition. This modern medium conveys the soul of India’s age-old stories to the whole world.