DOC FILM "Bidesia in Bambai" By Surabhi Sharma followed by discussion at School of Arts and Aesthetics Auditorium (SAA), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Mehrauli Road > 5:30pm on 26th September 2016

Time : 5:30 pm Add to Calendar 26/09/2016 17:30 26/09/2016 19:00 Asia/Kolkata DOC FILM "Bidesia in Bambai" By Surabhi Sharma followed by discussion Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2016/09/doc-film-bidesia-in-bambai-film-by.html School of Arts and Aesthetics Auditorium (SAA), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi - 110067 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served Basis)

Venue : School of Arts and Aesthetics Auditorium (SAA), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi - 110067
Venue Info : www.jnu.ac.in | SAA Map
Nearest Metro Stations - 'Hauz Khas(Yellow Line)' &  'Delhi Aerocity(Orange Line)'

Event Description : School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University Presents "Bidesia in Bambai" A Film By Surabhi Sharma.
 The Director will be present for a Q&A

Bidesia is Bhojpuri for ‘the one who leaves home’. One in four migrants in Mumbai is Bhojpuri, a people from the north Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Bambai is their name for Mumbai/Bombay.

The Bidesia in Bambai, like most migrants in this ‘global city’, inhabit its precarious edges. Mobile phones bridge a tenuous connection between home and the city. Along with his meagre belongings though, the migrant brings with him a vibrant musical culture. This music is frequently sexually charged, at times religious, often lyrical and occasionally political.


The Bidesia is both the subject of, and the audience for this music. Bidesia in Bambai is a feature-length film that attempts to make the migrant visible, in a city that renders him illegal and unwanted, in and through the musical sphere that he inhabits. This is a story of music, migration and mobile phones.

Film Duration : 86 mins. 

Language : Bhojpuri and Hindi/ with English subtitles

About the Filmmaker : Surabhi Sharma studied anthropology before specialising in direction at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune. Her films include Jari Mari: Of Cloth and Other Stories; Aamakaar: The Turtlepeople; Jahaji Music: India in the Caribbean and Can we see the baby bump, please? Using an ethnographic approach Surabhi documents cities in transition, and cultures in circulation. Her practice includes feature-length documentaries, video and art installations.​

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