Kaahey badariya ghir ghir aavey, kahi ja piya se kaho ghar aavey...” The man’s soulful voice reverberates in the background as the woman on the screen, dressed elegantly in a white saree, stands at the door, watching her companion leave. As he disappears from sight, she runs back into the house, picks up a small notebook he has forgotten to take with him and runs back to the door, only to stop and slowly realise the futility of her attempt. Overhead, the clouds well up and it starts to pour. 

The scene is from Raag Goud Malhar, a docu-drama named after the popular classical tune, and aims to visually represent the emotions that the raag conveys. It is conceptualised by Pandit Paresh Jana, a well-known maestro who is also guru to legendary ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas. Interestingly, the female protagonist in the docu-drama is a serving Deputy Commissioner of Police with the Maharashtra Police force.