Rajasthan, March 16 Khinchan: Gomathi's house
Director: Anushka Meenakshi, Iswar Srikumar; Cinematographer: Anushka Meenakshi, Iswar Srikumar
Duration: 00:14:43; Aspect Ratio: 1.778:1; Hue: 26.578; Saturation: 0.105; Lightness: 0.335; Volume: 0.138; Cuts per Minute: 7.880
Summary: When
we couldn't find a place to stay in the village of Khinchan in Rajasthan, the
local school master offered us one of the school rooms to stay in. At which
point, Gomati, one of the school kids’ mother insisted that we come and stay at
their house instead.
In
the evening as we were lounging on their terrace, some neighbours dropped in to
investigate.
We had a small baithak of sorts on
the terrace. We spoke about travelling, about acidity, Siberian cranes and also
holi as it was just around the corner. Indira Devi is one of the more
accomplished singers who refused to sing without her accompanying musicians.
She has sung many times on TV. Khinchan gets a good deal of press coverage as
they have some 15000 migratory Siberian cranes that come to visit every year.
Locally these cranes are called khurja. Indira devi has sung songs on the
khurja, which have become a staple diet for most news channels.
When no amount of pleading worked, we bargained with her. A song for a song. It
looked like there might be hope. So Anushka sang a Tamil song, which Indira
devi listened to and figured out just from stray words and the tune, that it
was a Krishna songs. And then we didn’t didn't have to plead anymore. She
readily sang a song for holi, which was just a couple of weeks away. As there
were no lights on the terrace we used a torch to film her singing for us.
Gomathi making rotis
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Khichan, Rajasthan
Gomathi making rotis
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Gomathi making rotis, rest of the family watches
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Gomathi making rotis
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Bringing rotis in, Anushka introduces the food, people watch through the windows
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Following Gomathi to her house
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Indira Devi singing at night
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People watching us
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People watching us
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Iswar CU
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People watching us
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Night time, fire to bulb
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Gomathi making rotis
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Iswar sleeping
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Sunrise tilt to Iswar sleeping
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Sunrise to Iswar waking up
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Sunrise CU with pigeon
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Sunrise tilt to Good Morning Iswar, Look at all those cranes flying
Iswar talking to everyone
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