A Report

Raagotsav… Celebration of Monsoon – Part I

Films Division presented ‘RAAGOTSAV…Celebration of Monsoon’, an online festival of select pick

from the precious films on Indian classical music in its Archive, from 14th to 16th July, 2020 on FD

You Tube channel and website. The Part I of the festival was dedicated to the rich and age-old

tradition of instrumental music and legendary musicians-performers.

The documentaries streamed at the festival introduced and exposed music lovers to the major

streams of instrumental music - string, wind and percussion. They also made viewers to immerse in

the life and works of great maestros like Ustad Allaudin Khan, legendary multi instrumentalist-

composer, Ustad Ahmad Jaan Thirakwa & Ustad Alla Rakha -Tabla maestros, Bharat Ratnas -

Ustad Bismillah Khan -Shehnai virtuoso and Pt. Ravi Shankar -Sitar exponent,

Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia -Flute maestro, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan -Sarod maestro, Pt. Ram Narayan -

Sarangi exponent, Pt. Sivkumar Sharma -Santoor virtuoso, Sheikh Chinna Moulana -Nadaswaram

exponent and others who have influenced music lovers, old and young alike, for centuries.

‘RAAGOTSAV’ aimed to double the celebration of Monsoon and to bring pure joy of music and

celestial ecstasy to all music lovers uplifting their spirit in the present days of isolation and

depression. The rare collection of documentaries were showcased on www.filmsdivision.org @

“Documentary of the Week” and Tube channel for free viewing.

The three days’ online music film festival was well received by music lovers in India and across

the globe and recorded an exciting number of more than 5400 online viewership. The festival

has been covered by various print, electronic and social media, as annexed.

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At Films Division’s Website

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At Films Division’s YouTube Channel

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Aviratvaatchal.com , a Marathi E-Paper, on Films Division’s RAAGOTSAV…

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Mangaloremirror.com on Films Division’s RAAGOTSAV…

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Loksatta, Mumbai -Marathi Newspaper on Films Division’s RAAGOTSAV…

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Anand Bazar Patrika, Kolkata on Films Division’s RAAGOTSAV…

Translation: Ustad Amjad Ali Khan has spoken about his music & life in his bio-documentary directed by

Gulzar. Pandit Ravi Shankar has described the values of gurukul, in a documentary made in early 70's.

Or a documentary made in the mid 70's on Baba Allauddin Khan. Films Division has screened such rare

gems on Indian Classical Music for the past three days. Titled "RAAGOTSAV", this online series was

beamed by Films Division from Tuesday to Thursday, on their website and YouTube channel.

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