Jugni (Firefly; Hindi)

(113 min; 2016; dvd; English subtitles)

Directed by Shefali Bhushan who will introduce the film

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion

 

Jugni is about a young Bollywood music producer, Vibhavari who goes to Punjab in search of a folk singer named Bibi Saroop – a character partly based on the sufi singer, Swarn Noora. Jugni meaning firefly in Hindi is also a popular folk song in Punjab about a search. The film includes music produced and sung by A.R. Rahman, Vishal Bharadwaj, Rekha Bharadwaj, Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and others