Dastarkhwan-e Rampur: A Feast in Rampur

(60 min; 2022; English/Urdu with English subtitles)
Director: Yousuf Saeed who will introduce the film

Screening will be followed by a discussion

The film traces the cultural history of north India’s Rampur town through its food and culinary heritage. Among India’s wide variety of regional cuisines, the former princely state of Rampur in Uttar Pradesh is known for its traditional foods, mostly perfected under the patronage of its erstwhile nawabs or royalty. The film includes interviews with food historians, members of Rampur’s nawabi family and also traditional khansamas or chefs of Rampur who prepare various delicious dishes for the camera. Since music and singing was part of serving food in the court of the Rampur nawabs, the film also briefly explores the evolution of classical music and its Rampur gharana