A DTC FILM: the animated story of the world's most famous kohinoor diamond, that begins in a prehistoric volcano near golconda in south india, moving up from ancient mine slave to his master and the first ever recorded owner was mahlak deo, the raja of malwa in the year 1305 and so on, down the mughal dynasty, the persian empire, the sikh rulers, the queen of the british empire, playing musical chairs down her long family tree and finally ending up at the tower of london, where the kohinoor is on display today. the animation style used is inspired by ancient indian cave art that used simple lines with dramatic punctuations to illustrate the high points.
the story of a diamond that lives beyond every one of its owners, beyond generations, beyond family trees, beyond empires and beyond millenniums.
a diamond is forever.
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