Monsoon Wedding won the Golden Lion in 2001, just before the Twin Towers fell. That’s a long time for a nation’s film-makers to sit on the sidelines, left out in the cold – assuming they ever saw it that way.
Possibly they did not. The Disciple, for one, is about the virtues and pitfalls of steering one’s own course. Its hero is embarked on a long, lonely quest.
The bright lights and red carpets hold little attraction for him.You don’t have to be familiar with the intricacies of Hindustani music to appreciate Tamhane’s heartfelt, melancholy drama although I’d hazard a guess that it helps.
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