Zikr us Parivash Ka (In Praise of that Angel Face)

(63 min; 2015; dvd; English subtitles)

Directed by Nirmal Chander Dandriyal who will introduce the film

Produced by Sangeet Natak Akademi

 

Recipient of the Award For Best Biographical/Historical Reconstruction, National Film Award 2016; Best Camera Award, IDSFFK, Kerala 2017; and Jury Award, IFFS, Shimla 2017

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion

 

Film on one of the last legendary courtesans of India, Begum Akhtar. The film weaves together accounts of those who remember her with undimmed fondness and warmth despite the passage of years