Strings of Melody: Ustad Ali Akbar Khan

A film on the life and work of Sarod maestro Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.

Directed by Aloke Banerjee and Jaydip Mukherjee | 2011
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra

Aloke Banerjee and Jaydip Mukherjee are a filmmaking duo have worked extensively on television documentaries. Their films have been shown at the Indian Panorama and the Dhaka Film Festival, among others.

Rajiv Mehrotra is the founding Managing Trustee and Commissioning Editor of PSBT - his films have won more than 300 awards worldwide, including 32 in 31 years from the President of India. His nine books are available in 50 languages and editions. He serves as the Trustee/ Secretary of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of HH the Dalai Lama (For more, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajiv_M....

PSBT was a not-for-profit that nurtured and supported the production of independent documentary films by a diversity of filmmakers from across India. Over two decades, it produced close to 700 documentary films, each film averaging two film festival selections and every second film an award. (Read more here: www.psbt.org, https://www.civilsocietyonline.com/ci..., https://psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2..., https://www.thehindu.com/features/cin..., https://psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2...)

PSBT was led by some of India's iconic film personalities - Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, Sharmila Tagore, with Fali Nariman and Kiran Karnik. From its inception in 2000, Tulika Srivastava was a key member of the Team, joined in 2005, by Ridhima Mehra.

Credits
Cinematographer: Pradip Chakraborty
Editors: Biswajit Parua, Nikanta Das
Sound Recordist: Dishari Chakraborty

Produced by PSBT, for and in partnership with the Films Division.
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Last updated: July 2020