On 22nd of July 1982. A photographer with a video camera is arranged from Mahatta Studio in Connaught Place, New Delhi. He arrives at the house. His name is Nanda, and his family originally hailed from Dinanager–the place where Shri Babaji had lived in the years past!
The making of the video film is one of the most momentous occasions of 1982 for Priya Nath. Priya Nath plans the entire film and directs the scenes that follow one after the other.
The film begins with Shri Nathji's verse on Shri Babaji, put to song by Priya Nath on tape, even as the portrait of Shri Babaji Maharaj comes into view. Then when Shri Nathji begins to speak. His speech is loud and powerful, and contains almost his entire life’s teachings in a nutshell, all his beautiful couplets and verses, his meetings with seekers after truths, which enunciate valuable spiritual truths.
The cameraman and his assistant are astonished at the speech. Shri Nathji speaks for almost one and a half hours without a break. The cameraman can hardly keep his camera on Shri Nathji so entranced is he with Shri Nathji's personality and words.
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Mahatta & Co, established in 1948 in Connaught Place, New Delhi, is
a legendary, family-run photo studio known for pioneering colour photography in India and documenting the city's modern architectural evolution. Founded by the Mehta family, it was a premier, long-surviving studio, though it closed its retail outlet in 2015 due to shifting industry trends.
The Mahatta family began in Srinagar in 1915, expanding to Delhi in 1948. It was renowned for high-quality portraiture, commercial, and architectural photography, serving as a hub for capturing 20th-century Delhi.
The Delhi business was opened by Madan Mahatta (1932–2014), who studied in England, brought advanced negative-positive colour printing techniques to India. He is celebrated for his extensive documentation of Delhi's modern architecture.
The studio was considered one of the most important in North India for decades. It closed its retail store in 2015.
