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Street Musicians of Bombay (1994)
Directed by Richard Robbins
Documentary · 59m
Off-camera, a Western traveler tells us of hearing singing from his hotel window in Bombay. He searches for the source, and discovers a caste of street performers, eking out a modest living. We see individuals and groups, old and young, snake charmers and those hired to sing at family celebrations. A few talk about their lives and refute accusations of kidnapping lodged against the caste. A troupe of women sing at a party for a pregnant woman - they are saucy and blunt, encouraging and sisterly.
Crew
- Director
- Richard Robbins
- Director of Photography
- Jehangir Choudhary
- Editor
- Amit Bose
- Producer
- Wahid Chowhan, Ismail Merchant
Details
- Release date
- 1994-07-17
- Runtime
- 59m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- India
- Production
- Merchant Ivory Productions