The film uses a garden analogy to explain goal-based investing, diversification, investment time horizons and the importance of maintaining an emergency fund.
afaqs! news bureau17 Aug 2026
14:52IST
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CDSL Investor Protection Fund (IPF) has launched a multilingual investor education film in collaboration with Amar Chitra Katha to explain basic financial planning and investing concepts.
Titled The Garden of Prosperity, the animated film follows Akbar and Birbal as they help a newly married couple decide how to invest their wedding gifts.
Using a garden as an analogy, the film explains goal-based investing, diversification across financial goals, matching investments with different time horizons and maintaining an emergency fund.
The film is available in 12 languages: English, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia and Assamese and is aimed at investors across urban and rural markets.
Speaking about the initiative, Shri Sudhish Pillai, head, CDSL IPF Secretariat, said: “At CDSL IPF, we believe financial education is most effective when complex concepts are communicated through simple, relatable stories. By combining the timeless wisdom of Akbar and Birbal with practical lessons on financial planning, this multilingual film makes investing easier to understand for people across age groups and geographies.
Through engaging formats such as films and comics, we hope to encourage investors to adopt goal-based investing, prepare for the future with confidence and participate in the securities market in an informed and responsible manner.”
The film is part of CDSL IPF’s wider investor education initiative with Amar Chitra Katha. The collaboration has also produced investor education comics including The Unofficial Ustaad and The Golden Peacock Fraud.
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