His second feature film, The Disciple, has won at two of the biggest film festivals on the planet. Mumbai, Sep 23 : Filmmaker Chaitanya Tamhane is a happy man lately. It is Tamhane’s follow-up to his debut feature Court which was screened in the Orizzonti (Horizons) category at Venice in 2016. If Satyajit Ray’s use of Indian classical music in his films is widely acclaimed – he’s often credited with introducing the West to it through his work with Ravi Shankar on the Apu Trilogy – it wasn’t good enough for everyone. Hindustani classical singer—and remarkable first-time actor—Aditya Modak stars as Sharad, a man living in Mumbai who makes it his life’s goal to follow in the footsteps of his father and become a practitioner of the centuries-old Khayal music tradition. The director says the accolades act as an important achievement for the independent film movement in India. Chaitanya Tamhane’s The Disciple has bagged the prestigious FIPRESCI award at the 2020 Venice Film Festival. All rights reserved. The organisation, which was formed in Brussels, Belgium in 1930, has professional film critics and film journalists from around the world as its members. The Disciple has less of an elevator-pitch plot, revolving around an Indian classical vocalist and his picaresque efforts to be recognised as a master of his form. Unlike Ray’s masterpiece, however, Tamhane’s orchestral narrative soon hits some flat notes. As the years wear on, Sharad grows increasingly disillusioned as he strives for divine purity in a world tipping over into bland commercialization. The Disciple, which won Best Screenplay as well as the Fipresci critics’ prize at the 2020 Venice Film Festival, is the new film from writer-director Chaitanya Tamhane. A critic revealing the harassment and bullying in the historical classical music scene is underdeveloped, and the lampooning of Pop Idol-type shows seems facile. Four-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron is serving as executive producer on The Disciple. He enters a talent competition but proves unsuccessful: the first of many disappointments. A self-professed aficionado of Indian classical music, Nerulkar has strict rules on excellence himself. His second feature film, The Disciple, has won at two of the biggest film festivals on the planet. FIPRESCI’s faith in our work has been a great source of encouragement over the years.”. That narrative conclusion seems to jar with the connoisseurship with which Tamhane approaches framing, which is in the great traditions of Ray and Ozu; he even mocks Western influences on Indian popular cinema and television by sending up the neck-bracing camerawork of reality television. ©2020 British Film Institute. Community Corner: Free Screenings & More! Ray, Shankar and Khan’s shadows loom large over The Disciple. The Disciple is a refined yet uncompromising portrait of a young artist’s journey, his dreams, and his loneliness, featuring some extraordinary musical performances. Indian filmmaker Chaitanya Tamhane became a sensation after the runaway international success of his 2014 feature debut Court. It turns out that being a connoisseur isn’t everything. His much-anticipated follow-up, The Disciple, is a finely crafted labor of love set in the world of Indian traditional music. Alfonso Cuarón serves as an executive producer.. Registered charity 287780, Answering questions from the screen sectors. Explore the latest new releases and restorations in our Virtual Cinema. A wannabe master of Indian classical music grapples with failure in a film with its own anxieties of influence. His much-anticipated follow-up, The Disciple, is a finely crafted labor of love set in the world of Indian traditional music. “I want to thank the FIPRESCI and its jury members from the bottom of my heart for their continued support for our work. Nerulkar is training to be an Indian classical vocalist in the Hindustani vocal tradition under the tutelage of the ageing and manipulative Guruji (Dr Arun Dravid). For all the latest Entertainment News, download Indian Express App. It’s not such a setback, though, because he’s been prepared for failure by the instructional words found on a unique bootleg cassette tape about the pursuit of Indian classical music by a renowned Khayal performer. His second feature film, The Disciple, has won at two of the biggest film festivals on the planet. Still, the scattergun point-scoring tendency doesn’t weaken the film’s biggest and most beguiling supposition: that wellbeing may necessitate giving up on our dreams. ▶︎ The Disciple premiered at the Venice Film Festival and screened in the BFI London Film Festival on 7 October 2020. As the years wear on, Sharad grows increasingly disillusioned as he strives for divine purity in a world tipping over into bland commercialization. For 50 years, Film at Lincoln Center has been dedicated to supporting the art and elevating the craft of cinema and enriching film culture. On the evidence of his shot selection, Tamhane intends to steadfastly follow in the footsteps of the great masters, eschewing modern styles and sensibilities, which will make the Nerulkars of the world ecstatic. Nerulkar seems determined to turn these words into a prophecy. 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Like Court (2014), the magnificent debut that first brought Tamhane to international attention (winning the Lion of the Future award at Venice six years ago), The Disciple uses a musician’s story to hold a mirror up to Indian society. For all his posturing, Nerulkar is not good enough to make it to the top, and it’s with this revelation that The Disciple begins to sing. , is a finely crafted labor of love set in the world of Indian traditional music. Indian filmmaker Chaitanya Tamhane became a sensation after the runaway international success of his 2014 feature debut Court. 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The Disciple is about Sharad Nerulkar (Aditya Modak), an Indian classical vocalist trying to achieve purity in his work as he has been raised on the stories of his father and guru about the masters of the past. His second feature film, The Disciple, has won at two of the biggest film festivals on the planet. Mumbai, Sep 23 (IANS): Filmmaker Chaitanya Tamhane is a happy man lately. The film, which looks at the world of classical musicians on the fringes of … He is single, estranged from his mother and lives on the breadline with his aunt, earning small amounts of money converting rare tape recordings of lesser-known artists to CD then failing to sell them at concerts of performers he disrespects. Its discerning lead character Sharad Nerulkar (Aditya Modak) might nod in agreement with Khan’s counter-conventional assertion. He and Polish cinematographer Michal Sobocinski do construct beguiling slow-motion shots showing Nerulkar riding his motorcycle at night through deserted streets as he absorbs his motivational counselling tapes – but in the main Tamhane prefers a static unobtrusive camera that uses distance to reflect Nerulkar’s state of mind and stunted emotional development. The film, which looks at the world of classical musicians on the fringes of success, had its premiere at the Biennale last week, receiving glowing reviews. 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