Dhrupad in the Time of Liberalisation

The contemporary relevance and future of oldest classical music - Dhrupad.
Directed by Arvind Sinha | 2002
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra
Arvind Sinha is a self-taught filmmaker. His Documentary Ajit received much acclaim. A recipient of three national awards, he has also won the prestigious Hoso Bunka Foundation Award of Japan.
Rajiv Mehrotra is the founding Managing Trustee and Commissioning Editor of PSBT - his films have won more than 300 awards worldwide, including 32 in 31 years from the President of India. His nine books are available in 50 languages and editions. He serves as the Trustee/ Secretary of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of HH the Dalai Lama (For more, see en.wikipedia.o....
PSBT was a not-for-profit that nurtured and supported the production of independent documentary films by a diversity of filmmakers from across India. Over two decades, it produced close to 700 documentary films, each film averaging two film festival selections and every second film an award. (Read more here: www.psbt.org, www.civilsocie..., psbt.org/wp-co..., www.thehindu.c..., psbt.org/wp-co...)
PSBT was led by some of India's iconic film personalities - Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, Sharmila Tagore, with Fali Nariman and Kiran Karnik. From its inception in 2000, Tulika Srivastava was a key member of the Team, joined in 2005, by Ridhima Mehra.
Credits
Cinematographer: Ranjan Palit
Editor, Sound Recordist: Sumit Ghosh
Produced by PSBT in partnership with Doordarshan India.
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