Synopsis

A film about the great thumri singer Siddheshwari Devi (1908–1977). Breaking all conventional modes of biographical or documentary filmmaking, this work becomes one of transgression—transgressing both home and dream. Like a Sufi wanderer, it celebrates a life in exile. This is a film that pushes the concept of "documentary" to its limits, transforming the fictional elements typical of biography into a cinematic presentation, and turning objects and places into an imaginative becoming of music.

Director

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  • Mani Kaul
  • Mani Kaul (1944–2011) was one of the pioneers of New Indian Cinema, known for radically reimagining the relationship between image and form, language and narrative. His debut film Our Daily Bread (1969) won the Filmfare Critics Award, and his film Siddheshwari received the National Film Award in India.