Chaitanya Tamhaneâs The Disciple is a Journey of Uncharted Dissonance
The Marathi film on the inner worlds of Hindustani classical music unfurls like a vilambit khyal set in Brahminical patriarchy.
A still from the movie The Disciple . Photo courtesy: Netflix
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Once an idea has been fully expressed, donât stretch it further. You are falling short in your riyaaz.â
âBut all Iâm doing is practising for hours and hours…â
âYour perspective is lacking. Itâs all scattered. Itâs all jumbled up. The music has no life in it.â
This is a brief dialogue between a teacher and his pupil.
The Disciple remains on the edge of the well of musicianship
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May 07, 2021 12:24 IST
Chaitanya Tamhane s Marathi drama, now showing on Netflix, engulfs you in its web of paradox and irony
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Chaitanya Tamhane s Marathi drama, now showing on Netflix, engulfs you in its web of paradox and irony
Chaitanya Tamhane makes me jealous. Like the protagonist Sharad in
The Disciple, my induction into the universe of Hindustani music was one of rapture and awe at the depth of the tradition. Many years passed before I identified the surprisingly homogenous and disillusioningly pedestrian subcultures it consisted of. Tamhane latches on to one of these the Marathi Brahmin subculture of Khayal music in Mumbai and presents an astoundingly faithful representation of its textures, timbres and contradictions.
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The Disciple remains on the edge of the well of musicianship
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Updated:
The Disciple, now showing on Netflix, engulfs you in its web of paradox and irony
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Chaitanya Tamhane makes me jealous. Like the protagonist Sharad in
The Disciple, my induction into the universe of Hindustani music was one of rapture and awe at the depth of the tradition. Many years passed before I identified the surprisingly homogenous and disillusioningly pedestrian subcultures it consisted of. Tamhane latches on to one of these the Marathi Brahmin subculture of Khayal music in Mumbai and presents an astoundingly faithful representation of its textures, timbres and contradictions.