MAP Talkies: Once Upon a Song

This session brought together filmmakers Simit Bhagat, Surabhi Sharma and Rima Das in a conversation moderated by Shilpa Vijayakrishnan to explore the various spaces that music can occupy in our lives and films, from the historical and contemporary to the aspirational.

Probing into questions of identity, belonging and the lens of filmmaking, the session touched upon the push and pull between approaches of preservation, evolution and storytelling that inform the speakers’ films and practice.