''Bansuri Guru'' is a 2013

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about the life of classical instrumentalist

Hariprasad Chaurasia Hariprasad Chaurasia (born 1 July 1938) is an Indian music director and classical flautist, who plays the bansuri, in the Hindustani classical tradition. Early life Chaurasia was born in Allahabad (1938) (officially called Prayagraj) in the I ...

. Directed by Rajeev Chaurasia as his directorial debut, the film is introduced by Amitabh Bachchan.

Production

''Bansuri Guru'' was produced by the Government of India's Films Division and features a series of interviews conducted with Chaurasia and others about the artist, including shots in

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and

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