BORN TO SING
(45 mins/ Punjabi and English.jpg)
(45 mins/ Punjabi and English
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with English subtitles/ 2001)
Dir. Shikha Jhingan
on 21st April 2024
(7 pm onwards)
Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre
New Delhi
Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker.
About the Film: This film is a musical journey with four Mirasans, who sing life cycle ritual songs for their patrons in the Malwa region of Punjab. The film raises some important questions as it takes us along. What is the nature of the Mirasan's relationship with their land-owning patrons? How do they deal with the dwindling patronage, as well as the pressures from the men of their own community? What happens when Punjabi pop music takes the entertainment industry by storm?
About the Director: Shikha Jhingan is an Associate Professor at the Department of Cinema Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She graduated from Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia University in 1986. She is also a graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Department of Film, and School of Fine Arts. Shikha is a founder member of Media-storm, an independent women’s filmmaking collective formed in Delhi in 1986.
As an independent filmmaker, some of her past works include ONCE THIS LAND WAS OURS , THE HIDDEN STORY, PRISONER OF GENDER, LIVING THROUGH PERFORMANCE, BORN TO SING and HEALTH MATTERS. She also co-directed THE POWER OF THE IMAGE, a twelve part documentary series on Bombay cinema. Her research work focuses on performance, practices and circulation of the female voice in Hindi film songs. She has published journal articles on this topic in Feminist Media Histories, Seminar and Bioscope: South Asian Screen Studies. (8/14)
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Venue Collaboration: India Habitat Centre, Habitat World, New Delhi
Nearest Metros: Jor Bagh, JLN Stadium, Khan Market, Race Course
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