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When Shankar Nag comes calling = Shankar nag kelkond bandaaga / direcred by Sushma Veerappa.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Bangalore : Sushma Veerappa, 2012. Description: 1 videodisc (67 mins) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inUniform titles:
  • ಶಂಕರ್ ನಾಗ್ ಕೇಳ್ಕೊಂಡ್ ಬಂದಾಗ
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • A00403
Summary: Bangalore is another metropolis of India. The stories of the auto-drivers in the documentary are survival stories of millions inhabiting big cities of the world. The twist in Bangalore’s tale is Shankar Nag. No other city has an actor who died 20 years ago, still breathing through auto-ricksha windshields. In the race to become a ‘global’ city, the struggle is as much in holding on to the familiar as it is about embracing the new. How does one seek the familiar, when the familiar is not the same anymore? What does it take for Ramanna, Mahadeva and the Auto-drivers at Shankar Nag Auto Stand, 8th Main Road, Basaveshwarnagar, to ‘belong’ in Bangalore today? How does Shankar Nag fit into this story about identity and belonging?
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DVD DVD Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore A00404 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) W10 Available A00404
DVD DVD Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore A00403 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) W9 Available A00403

Bangalore is another metropolis of India. The stories of the auto-drivers in the documentary are survival stories of millions inhabiting big cities of the world. The twist in Bangalore’s tale is Shankar Nag. No other city has an actor who died 20 years ago, still breathing through auto-ricksha windshields.

In the race to become a ‘global’ city, the struggle is as much in holding on to the familiar as it is about embracing the new. How does one seek the familiar, when the familiar is not the same anymore? What does it take for Ramanna, Mahadeva and the Auto-drivers at Shankar Nag Auto Stand, 8th Main Road, Basaveshwarnagar, to ‘belong’ in Bangalore today? How does Shankar Nag fit into this story about identity and belonging?

In English and Kannada.

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