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Wikipedia article
'O Friend, This Waiting!' is a 2012 Indian, bilingual documentary film in Telugu and English written and directed by Sandhya Kumar, based on the poetry of 17th century Telugu composer Kshetrayya.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2750206/ O Friend, This Waiting! (2012) - IMDb][http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/between-sacred-and-profane/article4123378.ece Between sacred and profane - The Hindu] For its wholly unconventional investigation of the Devadasi tradition in Andhra, combining an appreciation of this delicate and sensuous art form
with a genuine sociological exploration, the non feature film has received the National Film Award for Best Arts/Cultural Film at the 61st National Film Awards.[http://www.timeoutbengaluru.net/film/o-friend-waiting Film | O Friend, This Waiting! | Bangalore International Centre | Time Out Bengaluru] The film has received special mention at the 'Erasing Borders' Festival of Classical Dance, Indo-American Arts Council, New York, 2013.[http://magiclanternmovies.in/film/o-friend-waiting O Friend, This Waiting! | Magic Lantern Movies LLP]
Awards
;National Film Awards
*National Film Award for Best Arts/Cultural Film (2013)
International honor
*Mumbai International Film Festival, Mumbai 2014
*International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, 2013
*'Mudra' Festival of Classical Dance, National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai, 2013
*'Erasing Borders' Festival of Classical Dance, Indo-American Arts Council, New York, 2013
*Red Poppy Art House, San Francisco, 2012
*National Gallery of Modern Art, Bangalore, 2012[http://magiclanternmovies.in/film/o-friend-waiting O Friend, This Waiting! | Magic Lantern Movies LLP]
References
Category:2012 films
Category:2010s Telugu-language films
Category:2010s English-language films
Category:Indian documentary films
Category:Documentary films about dance
Category:2012 documentary films
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