In Search of Aseemun
Director Taran Khan
Countries India
Duration 45 min
Synopsis
The filmmaker and her grandfather are on a journey across Awadh, the heart of northern IN. They are looking for traces of the world that shaped the music of Aseemun, a gifted but obscure folk singer who was part of both their lives. Using archival footage, old photographs and extensive music, the film travels, literally and otherwise, into a way of life that combined the best of Hindu and Muslim cultures. Part road movie, part family album, ‘In Search of Aseemun’ tries to capture the changing physical and emotional terrain of ‘timeless’ IN, as seen through the eyes of an INn Muslim family.
The filmmaker and her grandfather are on a journey across Awadh, the heart of northern IN. They are looking for traces of the world that shaped the music of Aseemun, a gifted but obscure folk singer who was part of both their lives. Using archival footage, old photographs and extensive music, the film travels, literally and otherwise, into a way of life that combined the best of Hindu and Muslim cultures. Part road movie, part family album, ‘In Search of Aseemun’ tries to capture the changing physical and emotional terrain of ‘timeless’ IN, as seen through the eyes of an INn Muslim family.