Fragments of a Love Story

Documentary Film, 15 minutes, 2011 At the turn of the 20th century, Sana Bilgrami’s great-grandfather travelled to Edinburgh from India to study medicine. A hundred years later, coincidentally living in Edinburgh herself, the filmmaker pieces together fragments of memory and archive to invoke a forgotten story of love and sorrow. Showing until October 2012 at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, in the ‘Migration Stories: Pakistan’ exhibition.   Credits Director, producer, camera and editor Sana Bilgrami Music Original Music, written and performed by John Need ‘Kesariya Balam’ by Allah Jilai Bai Bikaner, Courtesy of Saregama Plc Translations Naveed Riaz and Sana Bilgrami Additional Camera and Photography John Need Graphics Paul Shade Sound Dub Robert Walker Production company ROOM NINETEEN