[Reader-list] Khayal Darpan at IIC on 23 Dec

[S Fatima]

You are cordially invited to the screening of

Khayal Darpan

A documentary Film exploring the classical music in
Pakistan

On December 23, 2006, at 6:30 pm
At India International Centre (Auditorium)
40 Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi

Duration of Film: 105 minutes
Language: Urdu/Hindi (with English subtitles)
The film show will be followed by a discussion

RSVP
9810379016
info at ektaramusic.com

Khayal Darpan: Synopsis
In 2005, Delhi-based filmmaker, Yousuf Saeed, spent
more than 6 months in Pakistan as part of a research
fellowship to survey the development of khayal and
other forms of classical traditions in Pakistan.
Traveling in the 3 main cities of Pakistan – Lahore,
Karachi and Islamabad - interviewing musicians and
scholars, attending music concerts, and observing the
teaching of music in various institutions, Yousuf not
only managed to document some of the surviving
practitioners and patrons of art music, but also
raised
many vital questions about cultural identity,
nationalism, legitimacy of music in Islam, and
Pakistan's popular culture and its affairs with India.
The result is a musical film featuring some well-known
as well as lesser known but talented musicians of
Pakistan, breaking many stereotypes about the country.
While it informs us of some the hidden talents of
Pakistan, it also raises many questions about how the
classical music is going to survive in future, not
only in Pakistan but in India as well, and whose
cultural property it really is. The film is a real
tour-de-force for a new generation of South Asians who
are bent upon defining their cultural and national
identities according to their religion.

Further details and video clips of the film can be
accessed at www.khayaldarpan.info or www.ektara.org

Some Media Reviews on Khayal Darpan:

Economic Times (Delhi)
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/576625.cms

Tehelka (Delhi)
http://www.tehelka.com/story_main23.asp?filename=hub121606That_strain.asp

Sanjhi Qalam (online)
http://sqalam.sphosting.com/pakfilm.html






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