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The Other Song

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Road Movie · Women · Music/Dance  

  • CountryIndia
  • Production Year2009
  • Running Time120min
  • Format Digi Beta
  • ColorCOLOR
Program Note
The film contains the journey taken in search of a lost song. Famous singer Rasoolan Bai from 1950s India used her own singing methods and changed the lyrics to create different versions of the ‘thumri’ (a genre of traditional Indian music) song [My Breasts Are Wounded, Don′t Throw Flowers at Me]. Her own singing style and ever-changing lyrics make this song a rare gem. As the film gropes after her life, it finds her friends, song collectors, and succeeding generations of ‘thumri’ singers. This journey in search of a song that is neither visible nor substantial starts to imprint the existence of the director within the film. Even after the director himself confesses that he does not know why he’s looking for this song, this road movie continues to search for traces of the song through unstopping camera movements. The movement of the camera and the stream of ‘thumri’ music form a powerful ensemble to remember the life of a song and singer lost in time. This film is the third installment of Director Saba Dewan’s trilogy about female artists, following [Delhi-Mumbai] which deals with bar dancing and [The Dance] which deals with the dancers in a countryside festival.
Director
Saba DEWAN
Saba Dewan is a filmmaker based in Delhi, India. She completed her masters in film and TV production from the Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi in 1987 and has been making independent documentaries ever since. [The Dance] is the second film of a trilogy that focuses on stigmatised women performers, the first being [Delhi–Mumbai–Delhi](2006). The final film of the trilogy is about the art and lifestyle of courtesans and is in progress.
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  • Director Saba DEWAN 사바 드완
  • Producer Rahul ROY
  • Screenplay Saba DEWAN
  • Cinematography Rahul ROY
  • Editor Reena MOHAN
  • Sound Asheesh PANDYA
  • Production Company Aakar
     A-19, Gulmohar Park, New Delhi 110049 India
     khel@vsnl.com

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