Research Catalog

Title

Nisbat ... Connection : a film on the 786th urs of Hazrat Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti by Muzaffar Ali in association with the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India / written and directed by Muzaffar Ali.

Publication

[New Delhi] : External Publicity & Public Diplomacy Division, Ministry of External Affairs [Government of India], 1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ali, Muzaffar, 1944-
• India. External Publicity & Public Diplomacy Division.

Description

1 videodisc of 1 (DVD) (approximately 29 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

"Nisbat ... Connection" is a stunning visual essay on the 786th Urs of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti of Ajmer held on the last five days of the October 1998. Using a pair of travellers as sutradhars, the film goes up close to the faithful at the dargah, praying, singing, seeking, and simply being. Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti initiated the Chisti sect of Sufism, and the dargah at Ajmer Sharief holds a special place in the hearts of all and is visited by people of all faiths, especially those who believe in the syncretic Sufi culture that promotes love and tolerance. The film is a very detailed look into the five days of the Urs, the celebrations, the prayers, the living in make-shift camps and hostels, the hope and the anguish, intercepted with poetry. The film ends with the renowned Pakistani singer Abida Parveen visiting and singing at the Dargah.

Alternative Title

Connection

Subject

• Chishtīyah members > India
• Chishtīyah members
• India
• Muʻīnuddīn Ḥasan Cishtī Sanjarī Ajmerī, 1142-1236
• Shrine of Muʻīn al-Dīn Chishtī (Ajmer, India)

Genre/Form

Documentary films.

Note

• Copyright notice on container: MEA.
• "A Public Diplomacy initiative of the Government of India."
• Summary taken from container.

Credits (note)

• Editor, Sridala Swami ; production managers, Rahul Pande, Shoab Chowdhary ; narration, Salima Raza.

LCCN

2015358288

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries