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Ravi Shankar - In Portrait
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0809478000549
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Opus Arte
Languages: English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Opus Arte
MPN: 864
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Opus Arte
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 19, 2002
Running Time: 190 minutes
Studio: Opus Arte
Theatrical Release Date: November 19, 2002
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Editorial Review:
The first DVD of this set, called "Ravi Shankar -- Between Two Worlds," is the definitive account of India's most celebrated musician and follows two years of Ravi Shankar's life - filmed in India and America - against the backdrop of seven decades of innovative collaboration with Western musicians. Archive footage shows concerts with Zakir Hussain and other key performances filmed from the 1930s to the present day.
The second DVD shows Ravi Shankar live in concert as he performs two ragas (Raga Anandi Kalyan and Raga Rangeela Piloo) in the atmospheric Union Chapel in London, summer 2002, with his daughter Anoushka and tabla virtuosi Bikram Ghosh and Tanmoy Bose.
SPECIAL FEATURES -- "Benares Ghat" Ravi Shankar teaches a new piece, "The Sitar and Indian Music," Illustrated Booklet
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - A Treasure
In Portrait does justice to one of the greatest and most accomplished musicians of the 20th century.
The movie is paced beautifully, shows the development and lifeline if this amazing man in an eloquent fashion, and intersperses vintage film in a way that augments the unfolding of Shankar's career quite well. It is both technically flawless and very beautiful.
And the subject of the film - Ravi Shankar - must be addressed!
Here is a man who was a seasoned musician ... Read More
Rating: - A Magical Journey
For fans of the Indian classical form, this documentary provides an indispensable and fascinating look inside the life and art of its greatest practitioner, Ravi Shankar. On the occasion of Shankar's 80th birthday in 2000, the filmmakers introduce us not only to his life story but also to his family and his day to day life, to the magical complexities of his native India, to a generous helping of his musings on his music and, on the second disc, to live performances of two ragas. The entire feature clocks ... Read More
Rating: - An rare insight into the life of an Indian Music Guru
The Indian approach to academics, music or religion is so much different from the Western approach that it is very difficult to comprehend this approach for anyone who does not belong to India. It is the way the inner discipline and moral values that find conviction through the physical discipline and ultimately a release through the creative spirit of the disciple.
As the Guru (in Ravi Shankar) rightly puts it through, it is the pain of being able to comprehend a shade of that omniscient but ... Read More
Rating: - Pranam Panditji
I knew there was a reason why I was so excited about this DVD even before I got it. I have already watched it three to four times in so many days. My two year old loves to sit with me and watch it too! I remember going to the concerts in Bombay in the 80's and Panditji always seemed to be playing from Himalayan heights.He seemed to be un approachable to us then. We always had theories about artists who lived in the west.Most of us were known to have (unqualified) OPINIONS! This DVD brings Raviji's human side ... Read More
Rating: - Can't wait
I ordered the DVD after reading all these wonderful reviews and I can't wait to get my hands on it. I love Ravi Shankar's music and consider him a genius myself. I can only hope I can acquire enough wisdom to appreciate the music of people like him. I do have a bone to pick though. As a person who grew up in India we saw nepotism all around us, it is a unwritten law of the land. Now, living in the US I don't have much tolerance for it. I went to a concert in the late 90's at the Mesonic hoping to see and hear ... Read More
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