(40 min; 2015; dvd; English subtitles)

Directed by Yousuf Saeed who will introduce the film

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion

 

Khusrau Darya Prem Ka is a modern-day docu-drama that tries to understand the 14th century poet-composer, Amir Khusrau Dehlavi. The film uses the dramatic technique of dastan goi by Ankit Chadha to narrate Khusrau’s story and 

Rene Singh who essays the role of a musician hoping to learn more about the poet. The film also uses some renderings of Khusrau’s popular poetry in the voices of traditional qawwals such as Mohammad Ahmed Warsi and Farid Ayaz and Urdu-Persian calligraphy by Anis Siddiqui