A musical documentary chronicling the life of Arunagiri Nathar, a 15th century Tamil mystic poet-saint. ‘Arunagiri Perumale’ is a collection of tales narrated by a contemporary musician, whose quest to explore the ‘Thiruppugazh’, uncovers deeper layers in this historical work.
Website: www.poorvaa.com
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CREDITS:
Director – V. Pradeep Kumar
Co- Director - Elias Bouquillon
Editor – Sriram Raja
Documentary cinematography team – Anthony Shrout, Yasvant Sekar, Vidhyalakshmi Vijaykumar, Elias Bouquillon, Vikram Mohan
Concert cinematography team - Dusan Encinger, Dave Jamrog, Grant Edwards, Joseph Clover, Brian Dixon, Aaron Faulls, Anthony Shrout
Audiographers – Ian Battenfield Headley, Rahul Ramachandran
On Location Sound Recordist – Ian Battenfield Headley
Production Design/Illustrations – Susha
Animation - Satish Kumar
Digital Intermediate - Ravikiran Vissa
Voice over Narrators – V. Pradeep Kumar, Kasi Visweswaran
Poster Design – Rijesh.K
Field Production(Boston/Tamilnadu)
Aaron Falls, Matt Calson, Sendhil,
Bharath Sankar, Jhanu Chandhar
Crowdfunding Production - Srinivasa Goutham
Subtitles - Sofia Ashraf, Shahid Hameed
Concert Costumes - Swathi Purushothaman(Studio 149)
Host in Boston/Chennai - Elias Boquillon, Mahesh Venkateswaran
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Musician Crew
Thiruppugazh Written by Arunagiri Nadhar
Music Composed by V. Pradeep Kumar
Music Arranged by Kalyani Nair
Additional Music Arrangements by Sean Roldan
Orchestra Musicians
Guitar/Vocals - V. Pradeep Kumar
Ukulele/Vocals - Sean Roldan
Percussion/Vocals - Susha
Conductor - Kalyani Nair
Concert Master, Violin - Jae Lee Cosmos
Violin, Production Assistant - Diane Cline
Violin - Joanne Sadler
Violin - Chris Baum
Viola - Anna Stromer
Viola - Eve Boltax
Cello - Emileigh Vandiver
Double Bass - Robin Rhodes
French Horn - Justin Stanley
French Horn - William May
Trombone - Geoff Neilson
Trombone - Molly Rose
Flute - Danielle Williams
Clarinet - Cathy Ward
Oboe - Nicole Caligiuri
Bassoon - David Richmond