MUSIC ON HIS MIND

CHAITANYA TAMHANE’S VENICE-BOUND THE DISCIPLE DELVES DEEP INTO THE WORLD OF HINDUSTANI CLASSICAL MUSIC

- Suhani Singh

Before 2014, Chaitanya Tamhane was just another aspiring filmmaker. And then came Court, which not only made the ‘best-of-the-year’ lists but even the ‘best of-the-decade’ ones. After winning two awards at the Venice Film Festival, including best film in the Orizzonti section, Court became that rare directorial debut to win the nation’s highest cinematic honour: the National Award for Best Film. Tamhane was 27 at that time.

After six years, during which he produced an animated short and spent two years with Oscar-winning filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron, courtesy the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, Tamhane is ready with his second film, The Disciple. It’s the first Indian film since Mira Nair’s