[Reader-list] DELHI SCREENING OF DOCU ON RISE AND DEMISE OF BOMBAY FILM ORCHESTRAS

[Rudradep Bhattacharjee]

6th July (Sunday) 7pm

India Habitat Centre
OPEN TO ALL. FREE ENTRY. 

Event pg: https://www.facebook.com/events/317746068392297/



Trailer: http://www.youtube. com/watch?v=0l670F76Xdc
FB: https://www.facebook.com/ pages/The-Human-Factorthefilm/ 110473719110415?ref=hl

THE HUMAN FACTOR
(Documentary/HD/2013/75 mins)

Songs have been an integral part of Indian films. The singers, the music directors, the lyricists - they have all been celebrated for their work and many have attained legendary status. But who were those unseen - and uncredited - musicians who made up the orchestras that played on those songs and the background scores? 

'The Human Factor' tells the fascinating story of the Lords, a Parsi family of musicians who collectively worked for over 60 years in Mumbai’s film orchestras. But the story of the Lords is not theirs alone. It also remains a crucial but obscure chapter in the history of Indian cinema...

Featuring: Cawas Lord, Kersi Lord, Burjor Lord, Enoch Daniels, Homi Mullan, Narendra Vakil 
with Gregory D. Booth & Naresh Fernandes

Directed by: Rudradeep Bhattacharjee 
Produced by: SLOW FOOD FILMS
Camera: K. Gaurav Singh, Rajesh Shrivastav 
Sound: Rajender Prasad 
Editing: Nizam 


FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
New York Indian Film Festival (2013)
International Documentary & Short Film Festival, Kerala (2013)
Indisches Filmfestival, Stuttgart (2103)
Film Southasia (2013)
SIGNS (2014)

OTHER SCREENINGS
Flushing Town Centre (New York)
Genentech Hall (San Francisco)
India International Centre (Delhi)
Vikalp at Prithvi (Mumbai)
Lamakaan (Hyderabad)
Max Mueller Bhavan (Kolkata)
Bangalore International Centre 
National Gallery of Modern Art (Bangalore)
Orfeos Erben (Frankfurt)
Poona Music Society
Alliance Francaise (Chennai)
NCPA (Mumbai)


IN THE PRESS:

“..has great nuggets of information, and is also so much more entertaining than you would expect a documentary to be.” (The Hindu)

"The Human Factor is a a seamless narrative..." (Indian Express)

"Make the children watch 'The Human Factor'. They need to know." (IBN Live)

"[T]ouches all the right chords and takes you down memory lane with the sounds of music that remain evergreen." (Mint)