Mumbai, August 13, 2026: Central Depository Services (India) Limited (CDSL) Investor Protection Fund (IPF) has launched a multilingual investor education film to promote thoughtful financial planning and informed investing. Developed in collaboration with Amar Chitra Katha, the film simplifies essential investment concepts through engaging storytelling, making them accessible and relatable for investors across diverse geographies and demographics.
The animated film, The Garden of Prosperity, follows Akbar and Birbal as they help a newly married couple understand how to invest their wedding gifts wisely. Using the analogy of nurturing a garden, they explain the importance of goal-based investing, diversifying investments across financial goals, aligning investments with different time horizons and maintaining an emergency fund. Through an engaging narrative, the film simplifies essential investment principles and encourages disciplined financial planning for long-term wealth creation. The film is available in 12 languages: English, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia and Assamese, ensuring wide reach across urban and rural investor segments.
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 initiative builds on CDSL IPF’s collaboration with Amar Chitra Katha to develop a series of investor education comics that simplify financial concepts through familiar characters and narratives. The series also includes titles such as The Unofficial Ustaad and The Golden Peacock Fraud, helping make financial education more inclusive and accessible across age groups and regions.
CDSL IPF remains committed to advancing financial literacy through nationwide investor awareness initiatives, empowering individuals to become #AtmanirbharInvestor.
About CDSL IPF (Investor Protection Fund):
CDSL IPF is the investor protection fund of Central Depository Services (India) Limited (CDSL). Investor education and awareness is one of the core activities of CDSL Investor Protection Fund towards promoting Financial Literacy across length and breadth of India. CDSL IPF regularly conducts Investor Awareness Programs (IAP) either independently or in association with SEBI, Market Infrastructure Institutions (MIIs), Financial institutions, Professional entities, Mutual Funds, Colleges, Universities, Resource Persons etc. targeting the existing and potential investors across India. The IAPs are done in different regional languages for the benefit of investors.
The collaboration typically is in the form of support to events, seminars, sponsorship, etc. CDSL IPF contributes educational material, and other content for such events. During FY 2025-26, CDSL IPF successfully conducted over 3,600 IAPs across 35 states and union territories, covering 546 districts. These programs were conducted in English, Hindi, and 13 other regional languages, reaching over 2 lakh participants across the country.
