Dance of the Wind (1997) - Turner Classic Movies

Brief Synopsis

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Pallavi is a successful classical singer who is preparing to be separated from her aged mother and teacher, the legendary singer Karuna Devi. The trauma of Karuna's death causes Pallavi's voice to disappear resulting in the loss of her professional life, her husband, and her students. Ultimately, Pa

Cast & Crew

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Rajan Khosa

Kitu Gidwani

Bhaveen Gossain

B C Sanyal

Roshan Bano

Kapila Vatsyayan

Film Details

MPAA Rating

Genre

Drama

Release Date

1997

Production Company

Arte; Centre National Du Cinema; Filmf÷rderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein; Fondazione Montecinema Verita Locarno; Frameline Ltd; French Ministry Of Foreign Affairs; Illuminations Films; Jba Productions; National Film Development Corporation (Nfdc); Pandora Films; Sales Company; Westdeutscher Rundfunk (Wdr)

Distribution Company

Curzon Artificial Eye

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 27m

Synopsis

Pallavi is a successful classical singer who is preparing to be separated from her aged mother and teacher, the legendary singer Karuna Devi. The trauma of Karuna's death causes Pallavi's voice to disappear resulting in the loss of her professional life, her husband, and her students. Ultimately, Pallavi learns to sing again when she meets her mother's guru, Munir Baba, and practices intonation with Munir's young student, Tara.

Director

Rajan Khosa

Cast

Kitu Gidwani

Bhaveen Gossain

B C Sanyal

Roshan Bano

Kapila Vatsyayan

Vinod Nagpal

Punamava Mehta

Ami Arora

Bhunvar Lal

Trader At The Market

Ibrahim Ahmed

Kusum Chopra

Neibhbour At The Market/Ambulance

Rajit Mathur

Kriti Sharma

Gopika Balagopal

Punita Khanna

Namrata Joshipura

Veena Mehta

Baba'S Neighbour

Gobind Chakravarty

Concert Accompanist--Tabla

Mithilesh Kumar Jha

Concert Accompanist--Tabla

Murad Ali

Concert Accompanist--Sarangi

Aparna Bhatnagar

Concert Accompanist--Tanpura

Shweta Zaveri

Pallavi'S Voice

Shanti Hirannand

Karuna Devi'S Voice

Brinda Roy Choudhuri

Ustad Sultan Khan

Crew

Filmstiftung Nordrhein-westfalen (nrw)

Dolly Ahluwalia

Ambrish Arora

Production Manager

Ram Gopal Bajaj

Writer (Dialogue)

Ram Gopal Bajaj

Gopika Balagopal

Makeup Artist/Hairstyles

Karl Baumgartner

Amardeep Behl

Production Designer

Kuntal Bhogilal

Assistant Director

Jacques Bidou

Deepak Bouker

Ute Casper

Commissioning Editor (Arte)

Biswadeep Chatterjee

Mona Chawla

Brinda Roy Choudhuri

Song Performance ("Tara'S Song" "Saraswati Vandana")

Michelle Cretel

Production Management (France)

Uma D'cunha

Marie Delpech

Script Translation (French)

Marianne Dumoulin

Production Management (France)

Theresa Fitzgerald

Raimond Goebel

Line Producer (Monsoon Films/New Delhi)

Ram Gopal Bajaj

Hindi Dialogue Adaptation

Keith Griffiths

Anamika Haksar

Paul Hamblin

Shanti Hirannand

Song Performer ("Seena Baseena" "Damanua" "Lagi Maharaj" "Dadra" "Tori Baat Takat")

Suresh Jindal

Production Supervisor

Vikram Joglekar

Vikram Joglekar

Vikram Joglekar

Kedar Joshi

Namrata Joshipura

Costume Designer

Rajan Khosa

Song ("Tara'S Song")

Rajan Khosa

Punam Kumar

Punam Kumar

Assistant Director

Frederic Lefebvre

Script Translation (French)

Ronu Majumdar

Rajeev Massey

Emma Matthews

Suketu Mehta

Sharmistha Mohanty

Shubha Mudgal

Shubha Mudgal

Song ("Tara'S Song")

Robin Mukherjee

Narendra Nagar

Production Coordinator

Pan Nalin

Gurudas Pai

Unit Manager (Bombay)

Nalin Pandya

Line Producer (Monsoon Films/New Delhi)

Shabnam Sahni

Production Coordinator

Bettina Schulte-strathaus

Script Translation (German)

Piyush Shah

Director Of Photography

Vidya Shah

Casting (Tara'S Voice)

Parvez Sharma

Assistant Director

Mike Shoring

Sound Recording

Madan Gopal Singh

Song ("Tara'S Song")

Sunny Singh

Wardrobe Master

David Sloss

Foley Recordist

Jack Stew

P Subbaraman

Music Sanskrit Hymns At The (Anskrit Hymns At The Funeral)

Joakim Sundstrom

Phil Van Der Linden

Joachim Von Mengershausen

Joachin Von Mengershausen

Commissioning Editor (Wdr)

Derek Wallbank

Shweta Zaveri

Song Performer ("Seena Baseena" "Damanua Lagi Maharaj" "Dadra" Tori Baat Takat" "Raag Madhuvanti" Mehmanan Se" "Raag Jog")

Catherine Zins

Film Details

MPAA Rating

Genre

Drama

Release Date

1997

Production Company

Arte; Centre National Du Cinema; Filmf÷rderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein; Fondazione Montecinema Verita Locarno; Frameline Ltd; French Ministry Of Foreign Affairs; Illuminations Films; Jba Productions; National Film Development Corporation (Nfdc); Pandora Films; Sales Company; Westdeutscher Rundfunk (Wdr)

Distribution Company

Curzon Artificial Eye

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 27m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Winner of Gold Plaque for Music at the 1998 Chicago International Film Festival.

Winner of the Audience Award at the 1997 London Film Festival.

Released in United States 1997

Released in United States November 1997

Released in United States October 1998

Released in United States Winter January 1, 1997

Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (in competition) October 8-18, 1998.

Shown at London Film Festival November 6-23, 1997.

Shown at Venice International Film Festival (Critic's Week) August 27 - September 6, 1997.

Began shooting October 1996.

Completed shooting December 24, 1996.

Released in United States 1997 (Shown at Venice International Film Festival (Critic's Week) August 27 - September 6, 1997.)

Released in United States Winter January 1, 1997

Released in United States October 1998 (Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (in competition) October 8-18, 1998.)

Released in United States November 1997 (Shown at London Film Festival November 6-23, 1997.)

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