Remembering Vijaya Mulay: The filmmaker behind 'Ek Chidiya, Anek Chidiya'

Vijaya Mulay, a pioneering figure in the world of education and films who died last week at 98, was always keen on making learning fun. So when she helmed a short educational animation film, which was released by the Films Division of India in 1974, she wove in a tale that presented innovative ways of learning numerals and alphabets.

The result was Ek Anek Aur Ekta (One, Many and Unity), a seven-minute-long landmark film produced by the then Centre for Education Technology (CET), that taught generations of young Indians the virtue of teamwork.

“It was an idea sparked off by ‘unity in