About the DVD A Film by Shabnam Virmani
Songs By: Prahlad Tipanya & Kaluram Bamaniya
Music Recordings: P M Satheesh & Rhzude David
Music Sound Mixing: Shajith Koyeri & P M Satheesh
Film Sound Mixing: Fireflys Post Sound, Mumbai
Motion Graphics: Mm Pradeep
Calligrapgy: Dharmesh Jadeja
Poetry Translation: Shabnam Virmani & Linda Hess
Direction & Production Support: Smiriti Chanchani & Rumah Rasaque
Editing Inputs: Aarthi Parthasarathy & Rikhav Desai
Research & Concept: Shabnam Virmani & Tara Kini
Project Advisors: Linda Hess, Ashok Vajpeyi, Vidya Rao, Tara Kini, Purushottam Aggarwal, Arvind Lodaya & Geetha Narayanan
Camera, Location Sound & Direction: Shabnam Virmani

This film is part of a wider project on Kabir which brings together the experience of a series of journeys in quest of this 15th century mystic poet in our contemporary worlds. It consists of 4 documentary films. 2 folk music videos and 10 music CDs accompanied by books of the poetry in translation.

In 15th century north India, the mystic weaver Kabir spoke his poems in the market place, his spirituality firmly grounded in the public square. 600 years after his time, Kabir is found in both spaces – sacred and secular. This film interweaves his deification by the Kabir Panth sect with his secular appropriate by the social activist group Eklavya. The story unfolds through the life of Prahlad Tipanya, a Dalit singer whose participation in both domains, begins to raise difficult questions for him about ritual and organized religion.

Languages: Hindi / Malwi
Subtitle: English