A Tribute to Sharan Rani Backliwal (Sarod Player) with film screening & Thumri Bhav Presented by Pt Birju Maharaj at C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 6:30pm on 22nd April 2013

Time : 6:30 pm

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
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Place : C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Muller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Area : Lodhi Road Area Events

Event Description : A Tribute to Sharan Rani Backliwal
Sharan Rani – The Divine Sarod Player (29 min; 2008; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Radhika Backliwal Narain 
Introduction: Shi Ashok Chakradhar, writer & poet

Thumri Bhav Presented by Pt Birju Maharaj

Film on one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century. Breaking through the centuries old glass ceiling, Sharan Rani became the first Indian female instrumentalist of international repute. The film traces her iconic musical journey in conservative, pre-independence India.

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