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SYNOPSISPANDIT RAMNARAYAN -SARANGI KE SANG(Pandit Ramnaryan)(35mm/Colour/Hindi/50 minutes/EST)The biographical film, vividly portrays the evolution <strong>of</strong> PanditRamnarayan as one <strong>of</strong> the finest musicians. Ramnarayan is toSarangi what Mozart was to the Piano. He has raised theinstrument Sarangi from an accompanying instrument to theglorious level <strong>of</strong> excellence and made his name synonymouswith it.CAST AND CREDITSProducer:<strong>Film</strong>s DivisionDirector :V. PakirisamyCinematography: Anil Ranade, Sunil Virmani,Radheshyam, Adesh SidhapuriEditing :Ramesh KhanvilkarSound :Bharat BerdeContact:V. PAKIRISAMY<strong>Film</strong>s Division, 24 Dr. G DeshmukhMarg, Mumbai - 400 026, IndiaEmail:admin@filmsdivision.org,website: www.filmsdivision.orgSoon after graduating in Economics fromMadras University (1983) he completed adiploma in <strong>Film</strong> Direction and ScreenplayWriting from the <strong>Film</strong> and Television Institute<strong>of</strong> Tamil Nadu (1986). He then worked in themainstream feature film (1986-89) in Madraswhere he assisted Uday kumar. He joined <strong>Film</strong>sDivision in 1989 as Unit manager. He soonrose to the position <strong>of</strong> Deputy Director in 1991 and Directorin 1995. He has since then made 50 films and has won numerousawards.DIRECTOR'S STATEMENTDuring the course <strong>of</strong> my research and interaction with theSarangi maestro Pt. Ram Narayan, he said that it takes the wholelifetime to learn music. This explains the quintessential personality<strong>of</strong> the musician. What struck me the most was his passion anddevotion for music and sarangi. His single-minded devotion anddedication helped raise the instrument sarangi from the level <strong>of</strong>accompanying instrument to solo performance instrument. Heis a puritan who belongs to the old school <strong>of</strong> thought whichthinks that the music should not be adulterated andcommercialized.Pt. Ram Narayan began his quest for music at the tender age<strong>of</strong> five. Now he is in his mid-eighties. As a filmmaker, I wasfaced with the task <strong>of</strong> condensing his long journey <strong>of</strong> eightdecades within the filmic time <strong>of</strong> 40 minutes. In this film I havetaken care not to be too invasive and at the same time bring outthe best aspects <strong>of</strong> his life and achievements. Although he didnot get formal school education he is well informed and acquired90 91

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