Blending spirituality and storytelling

Updated On: 18 January, 2024 06:27 AM IST | Mumbai | Hiren Kotwani

With Secrets of the Buddha Relics focusing on Gautam Buddha’s last months, host Manoj and makers share how they didn’t take sombre route for spirituality docu

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Manoj Bajpayee

With the Secrets series, creator Neeraj Pandey, host Manoj Bajpayee and director Raghav Jairath wanted to shatter the notion that documentaries are boring. The trio successfully did that with Secrets of Sinauli: Discovery of the Century (2021) and Secrets of the Koh-i-noor (2022). Now, they are back with Secrets of the Buddha Relics. The discovery+ offering focuses on Gautam Buddha’s last months and unravels the relics that are at the epicentre of Buddhism.
The director says that after extensive research, they narrowed the material down to 15 talking points. “We all know about Buddha’s life and teachings. [We wanted to show] what led to the discovery of the relics.”

Jairath and Pandey