chandigarh on the concluding day of the festival of sufi music and documentary films organized by the chandigarh sangeet natak akademi four films on sufism were screened at tagore theatre in sector 18 chandigarh the films began and ended with a round of discussion with filmmaker yusuf saeed qasba sanskriti amroha was the first film of the day the documentary film explored the culture performing arts and crafts of amroha a small town near delhi it explored the cultural values and interdependence between different communities and sects of people through their arts crafts religious rituals and iconography amroha is not only famous for its handicrafts such as woodwork handlooms embroidery and percussion instruments but also for being a centre for the production of urdu literature poetry and music the story of amrohas communal harmony is told in the film in the voices of its hindu and muslim residents next in line was qasba sanskriti bilgram the film is a cultural sketch of bilgram a small town near lucknow it delved into the performing arts associated with the shia rituals of ashura on muharram for many centuries bilgram has been a rich centre of refined culture and literature producing several scholars poets and administrators for the historic province of awadh and beyond the film also looks at the pluralistic values ingrained in the daily lives of people where muharram is commemorated by shias sunnis and hindus with equal passion using local iconography and pluralistic symbols this was followed by the film khayal darpan which explored the impact of indias partition on classical musical traditions of south asia