The Flying Bird
A portrait of Savithri Rajan, a non-performing artist who plays the musical instrument, veena. She belongs to a well-known family of patrons of music in the South. The film is built on her musical memories, her reminiscences of her parents and her own life and her attitude to music. It is interspersed with visual elements that are part of the culture and ethos to which she belongs.
Diplômé de l’école de Pune en 1970. Assistant réalisateur (un film ttavec Mani Kaul), puis réalisateur. A travaillé pour la Films Division de 1975 à 1978.
A réalisé notamment :
– Communication Security – President Nyerere’s visit to India – Surdas – This our only earth – Pahalo Adhyay, 1981 – Through the looking glass, 1985 – The Flying Bird, 1988
Par la suite, il s’installe et travaille au Canada.
Solocine
A.G. Sunil
Bhagat Singh Rathod
K.K. Mahajan