A short documentary film about Basant, the spring festival of the Sufis in north India. The video covers a day in the life of qawwals and Sufis at the shrine of Nizamuddin Aulia in New Delhi, India. The Sufi festival of Basant is related to a legend of Amir Khusrau and Nizamuddin Aulia, is celebrated each year on the eve of Basant Panchami.
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