Early in “The Disciple,” a brilliantly composed, rigorously intelligent new movie from the Indian writer-director Chaitanya Tamhane, a young man named Sharad (Aditya Modak) sits at a table offering ...

Venice: The story of an idealistic young Indian musician who faces a harsh reality is a transcendent, dreamy character study. Northern Indian classical music sounds like nothing other than itself: The ...

Chaitanya Tamhane’s “The Disciple,” the first Indian film in Venice Film Festival’s competition since 2001, is set across three different time frames. It follows an aspiring classical music performer, ...