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Ādi / ஆதி

Film Screening
by Last Bench Studios
Film | Film Screening

What Is This Event?

Ādi / ஆதி is an intimate premiere evening built around the convergence of the VDH film and live performance by Vishnu Ramprasad. The evening begins with the premiere of a short documentary that follows three musicians from distinct traditions finding each other through process, listening, and shared curiosity. It then extends beyond the screen into a live performance and conversation, inviting audiences into the emotional and creative spaces that exist around making music.

About the Film — Ādi / ஆதி

The Origin of a New Sound

Ādi is an 11-minute documentary about three musicians from vastly different musical worlds

coming together to create something entirely new.

Featuring Carnatic musician Vishnu Ramprasad alongside Appalachian musicians Davis Little

and Haleigh Black, the film quietly documents the beginning of an unexpected collaboration,

one built through listening, openness and curiosity.

Shot over a few days in Bangalore, the film moves through conversations, rehearsals, meals,

silences, and improvisations. More than explaining the music, it attempts to sit with the feeling

of it: the way strangers become collaborators, and collaborators become friends.

At its core, Ādi is about convergence. Three string instruments. Three individual journeys. One

shared sound slowly unfolding in real time. Tonally, the film leans closer to contemplative long-form storytelling than a traditional music documentary. It invites audiences to slow down, listen deeply, and experience music not as performance alone, but as connection.

About Vishnu Davis Haleigh

What drew us to this story was not just the music itself, but the rarity of the collaboration.

Artists from entirely different traditions and geographies finding themselves in the same room,

and choosing to approach each other with humility, and openness, is something deeply human

and increasingly rare. VDH represents a meeting point between forms that are both rooted and exploratory. The collaboration carries the technical depth of classical traditions while remaining deeply accessible and emotionally intuitive. In a time where so much creative work is immediate and fast-moving, their process felt refreshing: listening before speaking, and letting the music reveal itself gradually. It felt like a story worth documenting.


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