[Reader-list] DELHI SCREENING

[Samina Mishra]

THE HOUSE ON GULMOHAR AVENUE
30 Minutes / 2005  
Hindustani & English with English subtitles
 
SCREENING AT THE TRI CONTINENTAL FILM FESTIVAL 2006
 
ON 
JAN 23 AT 7:45 PM 
 
AT
STEIN AUDITORIUM
INDIA HABITAT CENTRE
NEW DELHI
 
ABOUT THE FILM
Sometimes the story of a life is the story of a search to be at home. The
House on Gulmohar Avenue traces the personal journey of the filmmaker
through the ideas of identity and belonging. The film is set in a part of
New Delhi called Okhla, where four generations of the filmmaker¹s family
have lived. An area that is predominantly inhabited by Muslims. An area that
is sometimes also called Mini Pakistan.
 
The filmmaker¹s personal history is a hybrid one but she grew up as a
Muslim. Set against a quiet presence of the political context in India, the
film seeks an honest and deeply personal understanding of what this means ­
when is she aware of being Muslim, when does it matter to her and when is it
easier to forget it. In the journey to answer these difficult questions, the
film seeks out encounters with other residents of Okhla to arrive at a
complex understanding of what it can mean to be Muslim in India today.
 
CREDITS
Direction  Samina Mishra / Camera Mrinal Desai / Editing  Shan Mohammed
Location Sound  S Subramanian / Music  Sawan Dutta