Dance of the Wind
Synopsis
The answer lies in her own desire for the pure music she once heard as a child, in the veiled past of her mother's death and in the laws of the sacred tradition itself... A strange old mendicant appears at the hour of her mother's death, accompanied by a young girl, Tara, who sings with a voice of angelic beauty. Pallavi is haunted by the child's voice, but she proves to be as elusive as she is entrancing. The only acknowledgement she offers Pallavi is to disappear into the shadows from whence she came.
And the old man, is he her mother's teacher, who renounced the world for mysterious reasons many years ago? Or is he just another wandering madman? If he is truly 'Baba', of whom her mother rarely spoke, then perhaps he also holds the key to her voice.
With perseverance, however, and with help of the young girl, Pallavi comes to learn that the old man communicates his knowledge in dreams and visions.
Pallavi's downfall sees everything she holds dear stripped away. While her husband, a usurping pupil and a ferocious critic all have a part to play in her journey through silence and near madness in the nightmare of a market place, Pallavi somehow finds the strength to reconstruct herself as a link in the ancient chain.
Details
- Year
- 1998
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 85 mins
- Format
- 35mm Kodak
- Director
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Rajan Khosa
- Producer
- Keith Griffiths, Jacques Bidou, Phil Van der Linden
- Co-Producer
- Keith Griffiths, Jacques Bidou, Phil Van der Linden
- Director of Photography
- Piyush Shah
- Principal cast
- Kith Gidwani, Bhaveen Gosain, B. C. Sanyal and Roshan Bano
- Screen Writer
- Robin Mukherjee from an original story by Rajan Khosa
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Illumination Films 19 Rheidol Mews London N1 8NU Tel: 020 7226 0266 Fax: 020 7359 1151
Sales Company
The Works 4 Great Portland Street London W1W 8QJ tel 020 7612 1080 fax 020 7612 1081
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