This musical documentary captures the whimsical journey of two musicians!

There is a calming silence in the background as Ali Armaan Zainvi strums his guitar Smoke is seen emanating from a cigarette stub which Zainvi has ingeniously placed in between the string of his fret board He plays on while the cigarette continues to burn A few seconds later the camera fades out and the strumming stops This is one of the first scenes of 19yearold Yashasvi Juyals recentlyreleased music documentary Armaan and it tellingly sets the tone for the rest of the movieA still from the film ArmaanThe documentary that has emerged out of Juyals home turf Dehradun captures the stories of two talented musicians in search of a guru Zainvi is one of them while Gaurav Dhiman who participated in music reality show The X Factor is another The man behind the camera is Juyal who willfully pursued and followed the duo for 11 months till they managed to convince National Award winningvisually impaired musician Pundit Suchit Narang to train them Its the journey of two ambitious smalltown boys who want to follow their passion says Juyal in a telephonic interviewIn a way the stories of Juyals protagonists are no different from that of the young filmmaker The budding teenager who has made two documentaries in the span of a year and received a special jury mention for his first film The Wise Crab at the film festival Mumbai Academy of Moving Image MAMI last year is equally passionate about filmmaking After I completed Class 12 in Dehradun I remember being confused about my future All my classmates were either giving their entrance exams or applying for courses abroad and I hadnt still figured out what to do says Juyal At the time Juyals choreographer brother Raghav who has performed at several dance reality shows suggested that he come and spend some time in Mumbai My brother created that bridge for me the young filmmaker saysYashasvi Juyals first documentary A Wise Crab received a special Jury mention at the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image MAMI film festival last year Here Juyal found his raison decirctre He recalls attending the MAMI in 2014 just like any other film enthusiast I started with one film and then saw a lot of documentaries For the first time I was exposed to world cinema By the end I knew this is what I wanted to do he says An accidental encounter with Kekada a popular spot boy at Goregaon Film City landed him the subject of his first story A year later he screened his fourminute short at MAMI and since then theres been no looking backHis second documentary however has been in the making for over a year Juyal chanced upon the idea when he happened to run into his former schoolmate Zainvi who had just returned from Los Angeles Zainvi had gone there to pursue music but the pressure was so high that he got involved in drugs says Juyal He escaped the mess and returned home determined to look for a teacher who would help give him direction I found his story very fascinating and decided to tell it adds Juyal who is a selftaught filmmakerSomewhere around the same time he ran into Dhiman who was still coming to terms with the rejection he had faced at The X Factor showI thought that the contrast in their life stories made for interesting material the teenager says However despite following the boys as they travelled between Dehradun and Rishikesh Juyal did not know where the plot of his documentary was heading until the duo decided to study under Pandit NarangPanditji wasnt easy to convince but he soon warmed to the idea of being filmed he says Juyal recorded the film on his Canon EOS 600D DSLR and edited the 4TBworth footage himself But what sets his 40minute documentary apart is that he shot the whole movie in black and white The reason I prefer BW is because it doesnt distract you from your subject he says Next on the cards are film festivals where he intends to showcase Armaan Meanwhile he is looking for new inspiration that he can capture onhis lens