The Barber of Bangalore explores the harmony and dissonance created when East and West collide. Using irony and humour, two classical forms meet, western classical music and eastern classical dance (the use of expression called Abhinaya in Bharata Natyam). The result is odd, confusing, funny, ridiculous though sometimes quit lovely and harmonious.

Previous screenings of Barber of Bangalore

Live as a Lemon Multicultural
Short film Festival New York
The Centre December 12th

Festival transatlantique
Wednesday September 24th at NFB on st Denis

Production credits
Conception, director and editing

Roger Sinha

Director of Photography
R. Chandrashekhar

Dancers
Nithyashree K.
Supriya Patankar,
A.D. Ponnamma,

Music
The Barber of Seville; Overture
Michael Halasz &
The Zagreb Festival Orchestra

The video was shot
entirely in Bangalore, India

Thanks to
the Attakkalari center in
bangalore
(Eliamma Rao et Vilson K.J.)

thank you to Guru Smt, Minal Prabhu
For giving us permission to
work with her dancers

The company Sinha Danse receives funding from 
le Conseil des Arts du Canada, 
le Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec, 
and le Conseil des Arts de Montréal.