[Reader-list] Invitation to the screening of The Other Song

[India Foundation for the Arts]

 Bangalore International Centre
in collaboration with
 India Foundation for the Arts
 
Cordially invite you to the screening of the film
 
The Other Song
 
Directed by Saba Dewan
 (This film was funded by India Foundation for the Arts’s Arts Research and Documentation programme in 2002 and 2005)
The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with the film maker
Venue:   Bangalore International Centre, Bangalore
Date:   August 29, 2009
Time:   6.00 pm
(Entry is free)
Please register with Bangalore International Centre on 25359680
You may also RSVP Vindya on contactus at indiaifa.org
 
  In 1935, Rasoolan bai, the well known singer from Varanasi, recorded for the Gramaphone a thumri that she would never sing again- ‘Lagat job anwa ma chot, phool gendwa na maar’ (My breasts are wonded, don’t throw flowers at me). A variation of her more famous song -  ‘Lagat Karejwa ma chot, phool gendwa na maar’ ( My heart is  wounded, don’t throw flowers at me), the 1935 recording, never to be repeated, faded from public memory and eventually got lost.
 
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