Gaja Gamini
BANNER
CREDIT TITLES
Producer: Rakesh Nath
Direction: M.F. Hussain
Written: M.F. Hussain, Kaamna Candra
Music: Bhupen Hazarika, Anuradha Pal Lyrics: Javed Akhtar, Maya Govind, M.F. Hussain,
Cinematography: Ashok Mehta
Film Editing: Waman Bhonsle
Art Direction: Sharmishta Roy
Choreography: Jojo Khan, Saroj Khan
CAST
Shah Rukh Khan (Special Appearance), Madhuri (Dixit) Nene, Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Shilpa Shirodkar, Indra Kumar, Farida Jalal
SYNOPSIS
Gaja Gamini-born out of the black brick wall of Pandharpur. The wall a metaphor, so also Gaja Gamini. The wall that does not stand alone, the wall that does not divide but brings together two spaces...two ages...These same elements are mirrored in Gaja Gamini. As she moves forward and leaves the wall behind, she manifests herself in four different characters--Sangeeta, Shakuntal, Monica and Mona Lisa.
The film is an operatic ballet, punctuated with colours and music. The entire film oscillates between illusion & reality, tracing the journey of a woman Gaja Gamini - who is suspended in time and space along with a spectrum of characters taken from art, history, music & poetry. These characters, who voice the aesthetics of feminine beauty, act as points of reference & are in constant dialogue with each other on the essence & identify of a woman called Gaja Gamini.
