The Disciple (2020)
9/10
It is Chaitanya Tamhane's labour of love
5 June 2021
What struck me most was the authenticity of each scene. The authentic love to write and direct such a movie on Indian Classical Music. One must be bold as well as devoted to tackle such a theme in the times of the spread of light music so influenced by Western music and culture.

Chaitanya has made no compromises. What more can you say of a director!

Like a well rendered Khayal the story moves placidly from one concert to the next , from Guru-Shishya Parampara to the commercialisation of music, from devotion and Tapascharya to disillusionment and break down. The denouement comes on the terrace with a commercial buyer, a fake lover of music and it's piety.

A must watch for all lovers of Indian Classical Music and Indian-ness.
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