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Sangita Priya – Lover of Music

Original title Sangita Priya – Lover of Music

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Film is showing the great importance of devotional music in Kerala (Indija). ‘’The music is a language to talk with God, because the God is a lover of mu sic (Sangita Priya)’’ is saying Balaram, the teacher of tabla, traditional Indian instrument. He is teaching tabla many young pupils and his grandson Brijesh is already very well known player of tabla. In the film we meet also Kamath a player of mridangam, another traditional instrument. In the second part of the film Suchee, a local organizer of musical events, is explaining how his small company functions in educating the tourists in the field of traditionasl music, which is an important part of Indian culture.

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Author/s Anne-Katrine Hansen

Anne-Katrine Hansen holds a Master in Visual Anthropology from The University of Manchester, UK, and a BA in social anthropology from The University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Together with fellow students on the BA, she made her first film on young immigrants in a “ghetto” in Copenhagen. She then went to India doing an internship with Esok Film during the production of the film “Kathakali — Gudernes Dans” (Kathakali — Dance of the Gods). On the MA in Manchester she made 3 collaborative films, “Practically Married” (on intercultural marriage), “Svop United” (On two teenage sisters on their first sole journey) and “Belle Vue” (on the English dog race tradition). Anne-Katrine finished her MA in Manchester with “Sangita Priya — Lover of Music” and plans to pursue new film projects.

Research Anne-Katrine Hansen
Photography Anne-Katrine Hansen
Sound Anne-Katrine Hansen
Editing Anne-Katrine Hansen