Vikalp@Alliance December Screening: The Two Day Fair + Thread

[Karishma Pais]

From: The Vikalp Archive <vikalp....@gmail.com>

The Vikalp Archive, Mumbai presents:

The Bombay Premiere of

DO DIN KA MELA (THE TWO DAY FAIR)
By
KP JAYASANKAR AND ANJALI MONTEIRO

And

THREAD
By
Lillium Leonard

THE FILMMAKERS OF “DO DIN KA MELA” WILL BE PRESENT FOR AN INTERACTION
FOLLOWING THE SCREENING

PLEASE COME AND CIRCULATE THIS WIDELY


WHEN: Wednesday, December 16th, 6.30 pm
WHERE: Alliance Francaise, Theosophy Hall, 40 New Marine Lines, Next
to Nirmala Niketan College, Churchgate,Mumbai 400 020, Tel: 22036187


ABOUT THE FILMS


DO DIN KA MELA
(60min, Docu,Kutchi and Gujarati with English subtitles)

Nothing in the world will last – it is but a two day fair” sings Mura
Lala Fafal, drawing inspiration from the Sufi traditions of Sant Kabir
and Abdul Lateef Bhita’i. He is accompanied on the Jodiya Pava (double
flute) by his nephew Kanji Rana Sanjot. Kanji taught himself to play
and make his own flutes after hearing the music on the radio. Mura and
Kanji are Meghwals, a pastoral Dalit community that lives on the edge
of the Great Rann of Kutch, in the Western Indian state of Gujarat.
They are both daily wage labourers and subsistence farmers in an arid
zone. The film is a a two day journey into the music and every day
life of this uncle-nephew duo, set against the backdrop of the Rann.

The Great Rann of Kutch is a vast salt marsh/desert that separates
India and Pakistan. Before the Partition the Meghwals moved freely
across the Rann, between Sindh (now in Pakistan) and Kutch. The music
and culture of the region is a rich tapestry of many traditions and
faiths, an affirmation of the syncretic wisdom of the marginalised
comunities that live in this spectacular and yet fragile area.

CREDITS:


THREAD
(22 min., Short Fiction, Hindi)
Ladies and gentlemen, your attention please! The  Surya Circus is in
town to stage your hidden fantasies! Bizzare  suspension, dolls in
unison, mile long hair, from death no fear, the snake  and the
charmer, Adam the body builder, the sharp shooter Sikander, edge  of a
knife, piercing eye, you or the wife, give us your salary and your
pension, we have lots for your attention! But this time, the circus
routine will be broken by the coming of a foreigner who will disturb
the  fusion-like relationship of Nisha and Sandhya, the two
contortionists and  seamstresses of the show.
Script & Direction:  Lillium Leonard
Cinematography: Rrivu Laha
Editing: Puloma  Pal
Sound: Anthony B.J. Ruban
Producer: Film & Television  Institute of India