Bansuri Guru

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Bansuri Guru
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Bansuri Guru film poster
Directed by Rajeev Chaurasia
Written byRajeev Chaurasia & Pushpanjali Chaurasia
Based on Life of Hariprasad Chaurasia
Produced by Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Govt. of India
CinematographyAnil Kumar
Edited byKarl Mascarenhas
Music by Hariprasad Chaurasia
Production
companies
Universal Studios and Prime Focus
Release date
Running time
60 minutes
Country India
LanguageHindi

Bansuri Guru is a 2013 Indian documentary film about the life of classical instrumentalist Hariprasad Chaurasia. Directed by Rajeev Chaurasia as his directorial debut, the film is introduced by Amitabh Bachchan. [1]

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Production

Bansuri Guru was produced by the Government of India's Films Division and features a series of interviews conducted with Chaurasia and others about the artist, [2] including shots in Mumbai, Bhubaneswar and Rotterdam.

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References

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