O Friend, This Waiting! (2012)
33m
Running Time
December 28, 2012Release Date
O Friend, This Waiting! (2012)
33m
Running Time
December 28, 2012Release Date
Plot.
A wandering poet-musician, Kshetrayya wrote for devadasis, the dancing courtesans at the courts of the 17th century Nayaka rulers. His padams became the most cherished of her songs of love. O Friend, This Waiting! reflects on the entwined fortunes of the padams and the women they were written for, from the 17th to the 20th century, while dwelling in the performance spaces of temples and courts of the Nayaka period.
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Cast & Crew.
Rama Ravi
self
Bharathi Penneswaran
self
Justin McCarthy
Director
Sandhya Kumar
Editor / Director
Sudha Raghuraman
Music
Justin McCarthy
Producer
R. Elangovan
Music
Amit Mahanti
Cinematography
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
O Friend, This Waiting! is a 2012 Indian, bilingual documentary film in Telugu and English written and directed by Sandhya Kumar, based on the poetry of 17th century Telugu composer Kshetrayya. For its wholly unconventional investigation of the Devadasi tradition in Andhra, combining an appreciation of this delicate and sensuous art form
with a genuine sociological exploration, the non feature film has received the National Film Award for Best Arts/Cultural Film at the 61st National Film Awards. The film has received special mention at the Erasing Borders Festival of Classical Dance, Indo-American Arts Council, New York, 2013.