Neeli Raag (True Blue)

(85 min; 2018; dvd; English & with subtitles)

Directed by Swati Dandekar who will introduce the film

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion

 

Indigo is not just a colour, it never was…it was wealth, it was mystique, it was colonialism, tyranny and protest. It made history, but itself fell prey to the events and processes of time, until one day it seemed to disappear. As the world begins to demand natural dyes once again, it is back in the spotlight. Traversing the verdant monsoon of Tamil Nadu, the earthy expanse of springtime Telangana, and the wintry desert of Kachch, Neeli Raag  is an attempt to tell the story of indigo as it is practiced today