Kabir Festival - Ahmedabad, Gujarat 19 December 2009

anhad e-admin — 2009-12-17T13:15:45Z

Anhad cordially invites you to

Kabir Festival

Date: December 19th 2009

Time: 3pm onwards

Venue: Diamond Jubilee Hall, Gujarat Vidhyapeeth, Ashram Road

Ahmedabad

3pm

Had Anhad (103min)

Documentary Film by Shabnam Virmani

5pm-6pm

Discussion with the filmmaker

6-6.30

Tea Break

6.30-9.00pm

Kabir by Folk Singers

Prahlad Tipaniya

Mukhtiyar Ali

Info on artists & the documentary:

Shabnam Virmani is a documentary film maker and artist in residence at the Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology in Bangalore since 2002.Co-founder of the Drishti Media Arts and Human Rights collective, she has directed several documentaries in close partnership with grassroots women's groups in the country, some of which have won awards.

Had-Anhad : Journeys with Ram and Kabir

Kabir was a 15th century mystic poet of north India who defied the boundaries between Hindu and Muslim. He had a Muslim name and upbringing, but his poetry repeatedly invokes the widely revered Hindu name for God – Ram. Who is Kabir's Ram? This film journeys through song and poem into the politics of religion, and finds a myriad answers on both sides of the hostile border between India and Pakistan. (102 min)

Had Anhad has won many awards and has been screened at various film festivals: 1st Prize (shared), One Billion Eyes Documentary Film Festival, August 2008, Chennai, Mahindra Indo-Americal Arts Council Film Festival, Nov 5-9, New York, USA, World Performing Arts Festival, Nov, 2008, Lahore, Pakistan, Bangalore International Film Festival, Jan, 2009, Bangalore, India, Kala Ghoda Festival, Feb, 2009, Mumbai, South Asian Documentary Film Festival organized by Anhad, November 2009, Srinagar, Kashmir, Inaugural film, VIBGYOR International Film Festival, Feb, 2009, Thrissur, Kerala, India

Prahlad Tipanya is one of the most compelling folk voices of Kabir in India today who combines singing and explanation of Kabir in the Malwi folk style from Madhya Pradesh. He has toured the US, and in Feb 2008 was felicitated with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.

Mukhtiar Ali is a Mirasi folk singer from Bikaner and blends the Rajasthani folk idiom with refined classicism, singing the poetry of Kabir, Mira and other Sufi poets like Bulleh Shah. Through the Kabir project, Mukhtiar was spotted by world music circuits and made his Europe debut in July 2007.

Organised by Anhad

Supported by Action Aid & Janvikas

Anhad

1914, Karanjwala Building

Khanpur

Ahmedabad-390001

Tel- 079- 25500844


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