Himachal Pradesh, May 3 Raison: Chandrakiran Upadhyay (Sony)
Director: Anushka Meenakshi, Iswar Srikumar; Cinematographer: Anushka Meenakshi, Iswar Srikumar
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Summary: Chandrakiran
Upadhyay is the music teacher at the
Tara International School in the village of Raison in Himachal. We spent an
evening with him and his family, filming with them. They have a house that
overlooks the Kullu Valley. Besides teaching he is also a farmer and most of
their income is from walnuts. Chandrakiran was always musically inclined but
didn’t pursue it as a career. He was a national level volley ball player, and
sports took up all his free time. Now that he has retired from his Government
job, he spends time teaching and learning music. Both his children are
musically inclined, but his wife calls herself a listener. This family, like a
few others we have come across, comes together every week for musical jam
sessions.
Talking to him normally, he comes across as a
shy and soft spoken man, but get him in front of a harmonium and out comes an
earthy, powerful booming voice. He plays the harmonium, tabla, flute and the
harmonica. He has started writing poetry of late and setting it to music,
teaching some of it to his students at school.
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