Meera, Thaare Kain Laage Gopal? | Meera, Who Is Krishna To You After All?
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A film by Shabnam Virmani
A film by Shabnam Virmani & Prashant Parvataneni (40:45 min)
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Saint. Lover. Devotee. Rebel. Who was Meera after all? We sense her through her songs. We taste her rage, her love. We feel the power of her radical surrender. And yet Meera, one of the most well-loved saint-poets of India, remains an enigma.
This film is part of a Lockdown Film Series called Ajab Mulakaatein, an attempt by the Kabir Project and our friends to travel and meet in wondrous ways despite the odds of the pandemic and its many lockdowns. We made online and some offline excursions into the villages of Rajasthan, Kutch, and Malwa to connect with singers and seekers who have kept the legacy of Meera alive in their singing.
Babu Khan and Nathu Khan Bagarwa, singers of the Mir community from Jamsar, Rajasthan spoke to us about how intimately Meera speaks to them and the transformative power of singing her words.
In stunningly rendered melodies, Bikaneri singer Omprakash Nayak brought us closer to Meera’s ‘nishchay’, her utter determination in the face of all odds.
Folk singers Kaluram Bamaniya from Malwa, and Mooralala Marwada from Kutch
got us grooving to the dance of Meera and singers Mahesha Ram and Bhalu Ram from Rajasthan put us in a hush.
Over Zoom, we conversed with Chandra Prakash Deval, a deeply invested scholar of folk traditions from Rajasthan itself, the land of Meera. Being himself an eminent and awarded poet and translator in Rajasthani language, Deval sahab took us deep into the metaphors of Meera's poetry, underlining the local flavours of her songs, so intimately connected to the everyday lives of people and their cultures.
Neelima Shukla-Bhatt, Professor of Religion at Wellesley College, Massachusetts, spoke from her childhood memory about the power of a Meera song and the spirit of freedom it inspires for her.
Nancy Martin, Professor and Chair of Religious Studies at Chapman University, California, shared moving moments and reflections from her research on Meera, including how people from various social backgrounds have embraced Meera as their own.
As we offer you this film, in these times of the pandemic, we urge you to support the folk artists. Funds raised will be equally shared with artists we recorded with during lockdown. Contribute here: https://pages.razorpay.com/AjabMulaka...
Film Credits:
Direction: Shabnam Virmani, Prashant Parvataneni
Editing: Yashwanth S
Field Recording Teams
Rajasthan - Gopal Singh Chauhan, Punit Jarja, Deepanshu Tiwari, Prakash
Malwa - Tapas Upadhyay, Sachin Kumavat, Deepanshu Tiwari
Additional Camera: Shabnam Virmani, Avanti Sadhu, Rebana John
Additional Editing: Radha Mahendru
Sound Mixing: Yashwanth S, Fireflys Post Sound
Songs: Sohana Devi, Mooralala Marwada, Omprakash Nayak, Kaluram Bamaniya, Bhalu Ram, Mahesha Ram & troupes
Song & Interview Translations: Shabnam Virmani
Poem Translations: Rahul Soni, Robert Bly, Ruth Vanita, Madhu Kishwar, Prashant Parvataneni, Andrew Schelling, Nancy Martin, Vipul Rikhi
Hindi Subtitles: Prashant Parvataneni, Shabnam Virmani
Miniature Paintings Courtesy: The Cleveland Museum of Art, The MET Museum, The British Museum, The Victoria And Albert Museum, Wikimedia Commons
Palace Animation: Rajeshwari Rathi
Logo Animation: Yashraj Surana
Animation Support: Ashwita Poojari, Sruti Ganesh, Radhika Agarwal, Shivam Kumar
Motion Graphics: Yashwanth S
Devanagari Font: Swathi Ramaswamy (source: MET Museum painting)
Social Media & Publicity: Masoom Parmar
Poster Design: Neha Kulkarni
Design & Ideation Support: Smriti Chanchani
Production Support: Psalm Paul
Acknowledgements: Swagath Sivakumar, Sultana Zana
A Kabir Project production
@ Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design & Technology
Bangalore, 2022
(Click on Settings for Hindi Subtitles)
Saint. Lover. Devotee. Rebel. Who was Meera after all? We sense her through her songs. We taste her rage, her love. We feel the power of her radical surrender. And yet Meera, one of the most well-loved saint-poets of India, remains an enigma.
This film is part of a Lockdown Film Series called Ajab Mulakaatein, an attempt by the Kabir Project and our friends to travel and meet in wondrous ways despite the odds of the pandemic and its many lockdowns. We made online and some offline excursions into the villages of Rajasthan, Kutch, and Malwa to connect with singers and seekers who have kept the legacy of Meera alive in their singing.
Babu Khan and Nathu Khan Bagarwa, singers of the Mir community from Jamsar, Rajasthan spoke to us about how intimately Meera speaks to them and the transformative power of singing her words.
In stunningly rendered melodies, Bikaneri singer Omprakash Nayak brought us closer to Meera’s ‘nishchay’, her utter determination in the face of all odds.
Folk singers Kaluram Bamaniya from Malwa, and Mooralala Marwada from Kutch
got us grooving to the dance of Meera and singers Mahesha Ram and Bhalu Ram from Rajasthan put us in a hush.
Over Zoom, we conversed with Chandra Prakash Deval, a deeply invested scholar of folk traditions from Rajasthan itself, the land of Meera. Being himself an eminent and awarded poet and translator in Rajasthani language, Deval sahab took us deep into the metaphors of Meera's poetry, underlining the local flavours of her songs, so intimately connected to the everyday lives of people and their cultures.
Neelima Shukla-Bhatt, Professor of Religion at Wellesley College, Massachusetts, spoke from her childhood memory about the power of a Meera song and the spirit of freedom it inspires for her.
Nancy Martin, Professor and Chair of Religious Studies at Chapman University, California, shared moving moments and reflections from her research on Meera, including how people from various social backgrounds have embraced Meera as their own.
As we offer you this film, in these times of the pandemic, we urge you to support the folk artists. Funds raised will be equally shared with artists we recorded with during lockdown. Contribute here: https://pages.razorpay.com/AjabMulaka...
Film Credits:
Direction: Shabnam Virmani, Prashant Parvataneni
Editing: Yashwanth S
Field Recording Teams
Rajasthan - Gopal Singh Chauhan, Punit Jarja, Deepanshu Tiwari, Prakash
Malwa - Tapas Upadhyay, Sachin Kumavat, Deepanshu Tiwari
Additional Camera: Shabnam Virmani, Avanti Sadhu, Rebana John
Additional Editing: Radha Mahendru
Sound Mixing: Yashwanth S, Fireflys Post Sound
Songs: Sohana Devi, Mooralala Marwada, Omprakash Nayak, Kaluram Bamaniya, Bhalu Ram, Mahesha Ram & troupes
Song & Interview Translations: Shabnam Virmani
Poem Translations: Rahul Soni, Robert Bly, Ruth Vanita, Madhu Kishwar, Prashant Parvataneni, Andrew Schelling, Nancy Martin, Vipul Rikhi
Hindi Subtitles: Prashant Parvataneni, Shabnam Virmani
Miniature Paintings Courtesy: The Cleveland Museum of Art, The MET Museum, The British Museum, The Victoria And Albert Museum, Wikimedia Commons
Palace Animation: Rajeshwari Rathi
Logo Animation: Yashraj Surana
Animation Support: Ashwita Poojari, Sruti Ganesh, Radhika Agarwal, Shivam Kumar
Motion Graphics: Yashwanth S
Devanagari Font: Swathi Ramaswamy (source: MET Museum painting)
Social Media & Publicity: Masoom Parmar
Poster Design: Neha Kulkarni
Design & Ideation Support: Smriti Chanchani
Production Support: Psalm Paul
Acknowledgements: Swagath Sivakumar, Sultana Zana
A Kabir Project production
@ Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design & Technology
Bangalore, 2022
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