A legend in her own right, 16th century poet-saint Mirabai was termed a difficult woman — someone not easy to contain — so much so that the Mewar community, whose royal family she was married into, erased her from their history-telling for 200 years.

Yet, oral traditions on the ground have kept radical connections to Mira alive. At a new Mumbai Local session, filmmaker Anjali Panjabi, who has spent a remarkable time researching Mira, will make this saint more accessible to us, through folklore and songs.