Khayal Gatha

Khayal Gatha (English: The Saga of Khayal) is a 1989 Indian experimental film written and directed by Kumar Shahani. The film is about the history of the Khayal genre of Indian classical singing. The film also traces the relationship of Khayal genre with Indian classical dance.

Khayal Gatha
Directed byKumar Shahani
Written byKumar Shahani
StarringRajat Kapoor
Mangal Dhillon
Mita Vasisht
CinematographyK. K. Mahajan
Distributed byNational Film Development Corporation (NFDC)
Release date
  • 1989 (1989)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

The film marked the acting debut of Rajat Kapoor, who was unknown at the time, but got his big international break in Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding as a sexually abusive uncle and later got his mainstream Bollywood break in Dil Chahta Hai.

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