NAME OF THE MOVIE : Kitte Mil Ve Mahi (Where the Twain shall meet)
DIRECTED BY : Ajay Bhardwaj
DURATION
72 mins
YEAR
2005
COUNTRY
India
LANGUAGE
Punjabi
SUBTITLES
English
This film, first of Ajay Bharadwaj''s trilogy on Punjab, contends the dominant perceptions of the economic and spiritual heritage of Punjab. It does so through a people’s narrative on the preservation and regeneration of its ‘little’ traditions, which often appear seamlessly cultural and political. The film invites the audience to travel to the heart of Punjab. To enter a world of Sufi shrines worshipped and looked after by Dalits. To listen to B.S. Balli Qawwal Paslewale, the first generation Dalit Qawwals born out of this tradition. To join a fascinating dialogue with Lal Singh Dil—a radical poet, a Dalit, converted to Islam. To meet the last living legend of the Gadar movement, Baba Bhagat Singh Bilga, who contests the subversion of a common past, while affirming a new consciousness among Dalits, within and beyond Punjab. The interplay between the constituents of this mosaic brings to light the triple marginalisation of Dalits—amidst the agricultural boom that is the modern Punjab, in the contesting ground of its ‘major’ religions, and in the intellectual construction of their ‘syncretism’.
PERSONNEL
Cinematographer
Ajay Bhardwaj
Editor
Sachindra Bisht
Sound
Asheesh Pandya
Producer(s)
Ajay Bhardwaj
