Movie

Khayal (1987)

• January 1, 1987
• 1h 18m

• Documentary
• Music

Overview

Here in this film about the Indian classical music, the sitar maestro Pt. Ravi Shankar and the santoor maestro Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma explaining their concepts of a raga, a gharana, and their world of music. Characteristics of various gharana/schools such as the Jaipur gharana, the Kirana gharana, the Agra gharana, the Patiala gharana, the Mewati gharana are explained along with the contribution made by their leading exponents.

Director

Usha Deshpande

Starring

Zakir Hussain, Sanjana Kapoor, Bhimsen Joshi