Highlights
- The 42nd Indian International Film Festival today paid a tribute to legendary singer-composer Bhupen Hazarika by screening his film Ek Pal.
- The 1986 film, directed by Kalpana Lajmi, boasts of a starcast including Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah and Farooq Sheikh.
- Hazarika was its producers as well as music composer.
- Hazarika also made a short appearance in a scene in the film, set in his homeland Assam.
- Ek Pal charts the journey of a woman Priyam, who falls in love with a man but marries another only to live a life of emptiness.
- Besides singing and composing, Hazarika also directed a number of films in his lifetime. He passed away on November 5 in a Mumbai hospital at the age of 86.
- Besides Hazarika, IFFI is also paying tribute to the likes of Elizabeth Taylor, Tareque Masood, Claude Chabrol, Sidney Lumet, Raul Ruiz and Adolfas Meekas.
The 42nd Indian International Film Festival today paid a tribute to legendary singer-composer Bhupen Hazarika by screening his film
Ek Pal.
The 1986 film, directed by Kalpana Lajmi, boasts of a starcast including Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah and Farooq Sheikh.
Hazarika was its producers as well as music composer.
Hazarika also made a short appearance in a scene in the film, set in his homeland Assam.
Ek Pal charts the journey of a woman Priyam, who falls in love with a man but marries another only to live a life of emptiness.
Besides singing and composing, Hazarika also directed a number of films in his lifetime. He passed away on November 5 in a Mumbai hospital at the age of 86.
Besides Hazarika, IFFI is also paying tribute to the likes of Elizabeth Taylor, Tareque Masood, Claude Chabrol,Sidney Lumet, Raul Ruiz and Adolfas Meekas.