whether a music aficionado or a cinephile, this weekend, watch commendable films at Films Division that will screen films based on the theme of music. From National award-winning director Kumar Shahani (Ritwik Ghatak’s student) to contemporary filmmakers like Paromita Vohra who will canvas music by Lou Majaw, Bauls of Bengal and the khayal form in Hindustani Classical music, as well as the technology and distribution of the art form.

A still from the film Sabad Nirantar, which delves on music by Sant Kabir

Surabhi Sharma, festival curator elaborates, “Films where the filmmaker attempts to use her/his art to be able to express and explore the art of music are the ones that have been put together.” Spelling out several of her picks, Sharma enumerates, “11 Miles by Ruchir Joshi is a 1991 film on the Bauls of Bengal. The film expresses the philosophy and music of the Bauls with care and detail.