DANCE OF THE WIND


SYNOPSIS
The film follows a young singer, Pallavi Sehgel, whose successful professional life comes to a sudden halt at the death of the woman, who was both her mother and teacher. We follow her downfall and recovery through the help of her mother's guru, Baba, and a mysterious young girl, Tara, who appears as if from nowhere.

DIRECTORRajan Khosa
YEAR1997
STATUScompleted
FESTIVALS AWARDSVenice International Filmfestival 1997
Audience Award London Filmfestival 1997

 
CASTKitu Gidwani
Bhaveen Gosain
Roshan Bano
B.C. Sanyal
Kapila Jee

 
CO PRODUCTION WITHPandora Film in co-production with Illuminations Films (London)
JBA Productions (Paris)
Filmcompany (Amsterdam)
NFDC (Bombay)
SUPPORTED BYFilmstiftung NRW
Hessische Rundfunk Filmförderung
ARTE
WDR
European Coproduction Fund
Hubert Baals Fond
Fondatione Montecinemaverita
National Film Development Corporation
Fonds Sud
National Committee for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development
WORLD SALESIllumination Films
GERMAN DISTRIBUTORPegasos Film

 
LENGTH89 min.
FORMATcolour
1:1.85
Dolby SR
SHOOTING LOCATIONIndia
New Delhi and surroundings
ORIGINAL LANGUAGEHindi

 
PRODUCERSKarl Baumgartner (producer) Keith Griffiths
Jacques Bidou
Phil van der Linden (co-producers)
Nalin Pandya
Raimond Goebel (line producers)
WRITERSRobin Mukherjee
Rajan Khosa
CASTINGUma D'Cunha, Mona Chawla, Anamika Haksar, Dolly Ahluwalia
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHYPiyush Shah
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENTAmbrish Arora (upm)
EDITINGEmma Matthews
MUSICShubha Mudgal
SOUNDVikram Joglekar (sound design)
Mike Shoring (recordist)
Paul Hamblin (re-recording mixer)
ART DIRECTIONAmardeep Behl
COSTUMESNamrata Joshipura
MAKE UP HAIRGopika Balagopal

 
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LINKSwww.pegasosfilm.de