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To kick off the Musical Belongings series, two of the most important Indian musicians of our time will be performing in Berlin: violinist Kala Ramnath (also known as Singing Violin) and veena player Dr. Jayanthi Kumaresh. The Musical Belongings. The Musical Belongings project is funded by the programme ‘Excellent Orchestral Landscape in Germany’ of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (Bkm).

Kala Ramnath, known for fusion projects with Hilary Hahn, learned her unique singing style from Guru Pandit Jasraj. She comes from the North Indian Hindustani music tradition. Jayanthi Kumaresh, representative of the Carnatic music tradition of South India, plays and teaches the Saraswati Veena, the Indian lute.

The first concert project is thus a double encounter: not only European and Indian lute music, but also North and South Indian music meet here and show the whole variety of ragas, the many melodic basic structures of India’s traditional music.

Film festivalFilms that won the National Awards in 1969, the year the International Film Festival of India was started, will be featured in the Golden Lining Films section.Digital NativeDigital NativeThe International Film Festival of India (Iffi) is celebrating its golden jubilee this year. To commemorate this, the event organisers have decided to screen all the films that won the National Awards in 1969, the year Iffi was started. The Telugu Varakatnam directed by legendary actor Nt Rama Rao and the Tamil Iru Kodugal directed by veteran director K Balachander are among the films featured in the Golden Lining Films section. The golden jubilee edition of the film festival will take place from November 20 to 28 at Panjim, Goa. Besides Varakatnam and Iru Kodugal, films in Odiya, Bengali, Kannada, Hindi, Assamese and Malayalam will also be screened in the Golden Lining Films section. Varakatnam featured Nt Rama Rao himself in the lead role...