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Baat Wahi Hai

Nina Sabnani · India · Myth / Documentary / Experimental / Animation · 14 min · 9.6K views

Directed by Nina Sabnani · Starring Aishwarya Dixit, Trishala Patel, Kojaram Rav, Pappuram Rav · 2011

Two traditional Kaavad storytellers argue over their versions of the tale of Shravan Kumar, animated with imagery from Rajasthan's painted portable shrines.

Rajasthani folk art comes alive in a playful look at how stories change each time they're retold.

In the film Baat Wahi Hai (It’s the Same Story) two storytellers argue about their version of a story on Shravan Kumar, as listeners are free to interpret it in their own ways. The art for the film uses the painted image

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