A shuttered Rhythm House in March 2016. PIC/ATUL KAMBLE

Iconic music store Rhythm House closed down, leaving regulars despondent, but the temple of music refuses to stop making headlines. A documentary by Megha Ramaswamy on its legacy has been selected to premier on December 4 at a New York film festival.

The news has come as a surprise to Megha, director of The Last Music Store, who admits nervously that she doesn’t even have a trailer or poster in place. The film, she says, was made with an entirely different purpose. "It was an in-house film, made more as an ode to the iconic space and its inmates, who stood by it through thick and thin, over decades. I use the word ‘inmate’ and not employee, because that’s what they were, members of the same house, staying together." A self-confessed music nerd, Megha’s connection with Rhythm House dates back to the time she moved to Mumbai from Pune when she was 21. Rhythm House became her musical refuge like it had for so many. "I have been obsessed with the place since," says the 34-year-old. “A large part of my vinyl collection comes from there, all available at lovely discounts. Rhythm House was my initiation into good music habits. That and Lotus Bookstore — the two places that hosted Mumbai’s soul — are now both gone. With digital killing analog, the tactile connection to culture is weakening."