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Sundari : an actor prepares : based on a play directed by Anuradha Kapur / Majlis presents ; direction, Madhusree Dutta.

Title: Sundari : an actor prepares : based on a play directed by Anuradha Kapur / Majlis presents ; direction, Madhusree Dutta.
Publication: Mumbai : Majlis, 1999.

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Description

1 videodisc of 1 (DVD) (approximately 30 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Sundari: An Actor Prepares is a film based on the play by Anuradha Kapur. Jayshankar Sundari was a popular female impersonator of Gujarati stage in early 20th century Bombay. Centered around the works of eminent painters Bhupen Khakkar and Nilima Sheikh, the film documents the process of his journey from a boy to a man and simultaneously from a male to a female, in the context of contemporary gender discourses and politics of acting.

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Genre/Form

Biographical films.
Nonfiction films.

Note

Copyright statement not available.
"A film on performance and impersonation"--Disc.
"Financed by HIVOC (Humanist Institute for Co-operation with Developing Countries"--Title frames.
Summary taken from majlisbombay.org.

Credits (note)

Camera, Avijit Mukul Kishore ; editing, Shyamal Karmakar ; dramatisation, Geetanjali Shree, Dinesh Khanna.

Language (note)

English and Hindi narration; includes subtitles in English.

LCCN

2016317590

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries