MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION

MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION
“Expressionist Aurality” and Guru Dutt: Choreographing Music with Light, Camera Movement and Poetry 
An illustrated lecture by Ira Bhaskar, Former Professor of Cinema Studies from the School of Arts and Aesthetics, JNU.

The talk explores Guru Dutt’s distinctive expressionist and musical cinematic aesthetic, developed alongside his core team of cinematographer V.K. Murthy, lyricists, music directors and singer Geeta Dutt. Through film clips, it illustrates his masterful use of light and shadow, fluid camera movements, poetic lyrics and musical rhythms, demonstrating how he brought a unique balletic grace and emotional depth to the Indian cinematic-musical tradition.