[Reader-list] DOCUMENTARY ON RISE AND DEMISE OF BOMBAY FILM ORCHESTRAS

[Rudradep Bhattacharjee]

Apologies for cross-posting.


20th March (Thursday) 6.30pm

Little Theatre (NCPA) 
Nariman Point, Mumbai.

OPEN TO ALL. FREE ENTRY. 


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, Buji Lord, Enoch Daniels, Homi Mullan, Narendra Vakil 
with Gregory D. Booth, Naresh Fernandes, Kushal Gopalka

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
International Documentary & Short Film Festival, Kerala
Indisches Filmfestival, Stuttgart
Film Southasia

OTHER SCREENINGS
Flushing Town Centre (New York)
Genentech Hall (San Francisco)
India Habitat Centre (Delhi)
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)


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)

"The audience gasped every now and then, as it discovered that many iconic sounds and music in legendary songs were the work of Kersi..." (The Pioneer)

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