Back Then – The Story Of Live Music In Bombay
Director: Anindita Dutta Roy, Abhishek Chandran
Language: English
Year: 2024
Duration: 56
Producer: Anindita Dutta Roy
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Writers: ABHISHEK CHANDRAN
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Producers: Anindita Dutta Roy
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Other Credits: Executive Producer: Ritwik Ghosh; Creative Producer: Jitin Narendra Hingorani; Directors of Photography: Ritwik Ghosh, Nehal Sejpal; Editors: Madhurima Basu Roy, Swaroop Reghu; Assistant Editor: Niranjan Ambhore
Screenings / Awards: IN-EDIT Music Documentary Film Festival, Amsterdam April 13, 2024 World Premiere Official Selection, Netherlands
Indian Film Festival of Melbourne, Melbourne August 22, 2024 Australian Official Selection, Australia
Tasveer International Film Festival, Seattle October 23, 2024 US Premiere Official Selection, United States
Synopsis
The Story of Live Music in Bombay’ is a documentary film that takes the viewer back 30 years in time to explore the sounds of the city’s musical counterculture, as it was. It puts the viewer into the shoes of its mercurial artists, passionate folks behind the scenes, and misfits who went to gigs through the 90s, 2000s, and 2010s. The film puts a spotlight on what happened in the shadowy world of underground live music and answers questions like what it meant to watch an artist live in 1994, what it’s like today, and what kind of underground music was played in 2006. Over the span of 53 minutes, the feature documentary cruises through real and rare DIY stories from the 1990s all the way to 2023.