Docu on Krumbiegel who made Bangalore bloom; screening on Monday

New Delhi: A documentary film on legendary landscape architect G H Krumbiegel, whose immense horticultural contributions enhanced the urban beauty of Bengaluru, Mysuru and Vadodra, is slated to be screened on Monday, with his greatgranddaughter saying “his story has at last been told”.

The film titled ‘The Maharaja’s German Gardener’, was shot in seven Indian cities, besides London and Dresden, majorly during the COVID-19 pandemic, to bring to life the story of man, who loved India, but whose legacy has “largely been forgotten,”, its director said on Sunday.

Born in 1865 in Dresden in Germany, Gustav Hermann Krumbiegel’s significant horticultural contribution helped Bangalore (now Bengaluru) earn the moniker of ‘Garden City’.

London-based Alyia Phelps-Gardiner Krumbiegel, his great-granddaughter, on Sunday said she was happy and thrilled to know that a documentary on his great grandfather’s legacy has been made and will be screened tomorrow, “in his own city of Bangalore”.

She rued that she won’t be able to make it to the screening, “but will be there in spirit”.

“Also, not only Bangalore, his legacy stands in Mysore, especially the Mysore Palace gardens and the Brindavan Gardens he had meticulously designed. Or his earlier works in Baroda, where he had worked after arriving in India, in his 20s,” Alyia said over phone.

The 60-minute documentary in English was made in association with the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bengaluru, said Ganesh Shankar Raj, the director of the film.  -(PTI)