Cosmic Drama of Life Guru Nanak's Japji Sahib Salo
An animated children's film that brings Guru Nanak's Salok to life as a cosmic drama: good deeds, divine record-keeping, and the choices that shape a soul.

2025
5 min
Satinder "Bicky" Singh
Sikhlens, Sikh Arts & Animations UK
Cosmic Drama of Life Guru Nanak's Japji Sahib Salo
2025
Synopsis
This animated short takes one of Sikhism's most beloved prayers, the Salok from Japji Sahib, and gives it a visual form that children can understand and feel. It tells the story through a cosmic lens: Guru Nanak's teachings about good deeds, accountability, and the soul's journey are presented as a kind of divine drama playing out in the universe. The imagery is playful and accessible, drawing comparisons a young viewer can actually grasp, including the memorable idea of God's record-keeping system as something like an iCloud of the soul.
What makes this film work is its refusal to talk down to its young audience. It treats children as capable of engaging with big questions about right action and consequence, and it gives those questions a visual language that sticks. The result is something that functions as both entertainment and a gentle introduction to the philosophical heart of Sikh teaching. It's a film that parents and children can watch together and find something meaningful in at every age.
Film Credits
- Executive Producer
- Satinder "Bicky" Singh
- Produced By
- Sikhlens, Sikh Arts & Animations UK
- Writer
- Harinder Singh
- Editor
- Harinder Singh
- Graphics & Animation
- Sikh Arts & Animations UK
- Music
- Veer Manpreet Singh ji (Kirtan)
- Subtitles
- “Jinni Naam Thiaiya Gaye Musakat Khal” Those who stay deeply connected to God's Name and lead an honest life shine with joy and radiance Nanak te mukh ujjale Keti chutti naal O Nanak, they leave this world with honour, and help free many others who come in contact with them
- Runtime
- 5 min
- Festival Screenings
- Sikhlens Arts and Film Festivals