In MAHFILE MUSHAIRA on 25th November, 5.30 to 7.0pm organised by Jasne Adab at IGNCA DELHI.

Tathagat is
A play presented by Jana Natya Manch is written and directed by Abhishek Majumdar. Music is by M.D. Pallvi

Set in an imaginary Buddhist kingdom in ancient India, Tathagat explores the ideas of caste and gender, rebellion and nationalism, freedom and courage.

Haridas, a shudra sculptor, has carved a statue of Buddha out of black stone with three missing fingers. He is sentenced to death as a traitor. On insistence of the queen, the king agrees to listen to Haridas’s plea in the court.

Expanding on the idea of tark (reason) in Buddhist philosophy, this play through the story of a vain king, a defiant queen, the rebellious sculptor, a courageous daasi, and a conniving courtier, examines the difference between a ‘traitorous’ and a ‘rebellious’ act.

Hindi, approx. 35 mins

Two shows of _Tathagat_ coming up that you can catch:
– Tuesday 14 Aug, 1 pm, AUD Kashmiri Gate Campus.
– Thursday 16 Aug, 6 pm, Sabarmati Hostel, JNU.
_Tathagat_ is Jana Natya Manch’s latest production, written and directed by Abhishek Majumdar, with music by MD Pallavi.

PRASAR BHARATI
(India’s Public Service Broadcaster)
Directorate General: Doordarshan
Copernicus Marg: New Delhi-110001
Films Division

File No-26/1/2017-P-6. Film Dated: 12.06.2018

Subject: Schedule of Hindi Feature Films to be telecast from 01.07.2018 to 31.07.2018 on DD-NATIONAL Network.
(Shahrukh Khan Special movies will be telecast from 01st July’18 to 10th July’18)

S.NO
DATE AND TIME OF T/C
NAME OF THE FILM
STAR-CAST

01.07.2018
Sunday Retro At 12:00 Noon
(Guru Dutt Special)
KAAGAZ KE PHOOL
Guru Dutt,
Waheeda Rehman
Mehmood

01.07.2018
Sunday Blockbuster at 09:00 PM
Shahrukh Khan Special
MAIN HOON NAA
Shahrukh Khan,
Sunil Shetty, Zayed Khan

02.07.2018
Monday-Funday at 07:00 PM
Shahrukh Khan Special
PHIR BHI DIL HAI HINDUSTANI
Shahrukh Khan, Juhi Chawla,
Paresh Rawal

03.07.2018
Tuesday Action at 07:00 PM
Shahrukh Khan Special
ASHOKA
Shahrukh KhanKareena Kapoor Danny

04.07.2018
Wednesday Romance at 07:00 PM
Shahrukh Khan Special
DIL TO PAGAL HAI
Shahrukh Khan, Madhuri DixitKarishma KapoorAkshay Kumar

05.07.2018
Thursday Drama at 07:00 PM
Shahrukh Khan Special
DEVDAS
Shahrukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Madhuri Dixit

06.07.2018
Friday Houseful At 09:00 PM
Shahrukh Khan Special
FAN
Shahrukh Khan

07.07.2018
Saturday Jubilee At 09:00 PM
Shahrukh Khan Special
OM SHANTI OM
Shahrukh Khan,
Deepika Padukone, Arjun Rampal

08.07.2018
Sunday Retro At 12:00 Noon
(Guru Dutt Special)
CHAUDHHVIN KA CHAND
Guru Dutt, Waheeda Rehman

08.07.2018
Sunday Blockbuster at 09:00 PM
Shahrukh Khan Special
CHALTE CHALTE
Shahrukh Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Satish Shah

09.07.2018
Monday-Funday at 07:00 PM
Shahrukh Khan Special
BILLU
Shahrukh Khan, Irfan KhaLara Dutta

10.07.2018
Tuesday Action at 07:00 PM
Shahrukh Khan Special
HUM TUMHARE HAI SANAM
Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan, Madhuri Dixit

11.07.2018
Wednesday Romance at 07:00 PM
TEEN PATTI
Amitabh BachchanR.Madhavan, Ben KingslaySiddharth Kher
Abhay Deol
Preeti Desai

12.07.2018
Thursday Drama at 07:00 PM
CHOR MACHAYE SHOR
Shashi KapoorMumtaz, Asrani

13.07.2018
Friday Houseful At 09:00 PM
TUMHARI SULU
Vidya Balan, Neha Dhupiya,
Manav Kunal

14.07.2018
Saturday- ‘Divanjali’ At 12:00 Noon
(Sh. Jagannath Rath Yatra will be held on 14.07.2018)
JAI JAGANNATH
Sarat PurariSadhu MeherSritam Das

14.07.2018
Saturday Jubilee At 09:00 PM
BUDHIA SINGH- BORN TO RUN
Manoj Bajpai,Mayur Patole

15.07.2018
Sunday Retro At 12:00 Noon
(Guru Dutt Special)
SAHIB BIBI AUR GHULAM
Guru Dutt, Meena Kumari, Waheeda Rehman

15.07.2018
Sunday Blockbuster at 09:00 PM
BOMBAY VELVET
Ranbir KapoorAnushka Sharma

16.07.2018
Monday-Funday at 07:00 PM
BUDHA MAR GAYA
Paresh Rawal,Om Puri

17.07.2018
Tuesday Action at 07:00 PM
OMKARA
Ajay Devgan,
Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor

18.07.2018
Wednesday Romance at 07:00 PM
DESI BOYZ
Akshay Kumar,John Abraham, Deepika Padukone

19.07.2018
Thursday Drama at 07:00 PM
CHUPKE CHUPKE
Dharmendra, Amitabh BachchanSharmila Tagore, Jaya Bhaduri

20.07.2018
Friday Houseful At 09:00 PM
MOM
Sridevi, NawazuddinSiddiqi, Akshay Khanna

21.07.2018
Saturday Jubilee At 09:00 PM
HUMSHAKALS
Saif Ali KhanRitesh DeshmukhTamannaah Bhatia

22.07.2018
Sunday Retro At 12:00 Noon
DEVAR
Dharmender,Sharmila Tagore, Shashikala

22.07.2018
Sunday Blockbuster at 09:00 PM
HEROPANTI
Tiger ShroffKriti Sanon, Prakash Raj

23.07.2018
Monday-Funday at 07:00 PM
CHINTU JI
Rishi Kapoor,Priyanshu Chaterjee

24.07.2018
Tuesday Action at 07:00 PM
GHAJINI
Aamir Khan,Asin

25.07.2018
Wednesday Romance at 07:00 PM
LOVE AAJ KAL
Saif Ali Khan,
Deepika Padukone

26.07.2018
Thursday Drama at 07:00 PM
THAKSHAK
Ajay DevganManoj Bajpai, Tabu

27.07.2018
Friday Houseful At 09:00 PM
PYAAR KA PUNCHNAMA-2
Kartik Aaryan,Nushuat Bharucha, Sonnalli Seygall

28.07.2018
Saturday Jubilee At 09:00 PM
ROY
Ranbir KapoorJacqueline Fernandez, Arjun Rampal

29.07.2018
Sunday Retro At 12:00 Noon
HAATHI MERE SATHI
Rajesh Khanna, Tanuja

29.07.2018
Sunday Blockbuster at 09:00 PM
JOLLY LLB
Arshad WarsiAmrita Rao, Boman Irani

30.07.2018
Monday-Funday at 07:00 PM
TOM DICK AND HARRY
Dino Morea, Jimmy ShergillAnuj Sawhney, Kim Sharma

31.07.2018
Tuesday Action at 07:00 PM
RAAVAN
Abhishek Bachchan, VikramAishwarya Rai, Govinda

Serendipity Arts Foundation

http://www.serendipityartsfoundation.org/

Dharti Arts Residency 2018
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As part of its programming, Dharti Arts Residency 2018 is hosting a series of public talks by artists, performers, and cultural practitioners. Invited speakers will give an illustrated lecture about their practice, which will be followed by a conversation with the audience.

13-06-18 | 6pm – 7.30pm
Find Out More (http://www.serendipityartsfoundation.org/)

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Downstairs@S47: Upcoming ProgrammeDownstairs@S47
presents

*Pangaea*
In Concert

*Saturday, 16 June, 2018 | 7 pm | S47 Panchsheel Park*

*Pangaea* is a collaboration between Tabla player and Percussionist *Saptak
Sharma*, New Zealand Composer and Classical Guitarist *Mike Hogan*, and
Sitar and Flute player *Mayank Rainer*.
All three musicians are well established in their respective fields and
have come together to create a unique soundscape which combines elements of
Indian Classical, Indie and folk song writing and Western classical music.
The trio performs across a wide range of musical genres, including
Hindustani Classical, Western Classical, Celtic folk, and Contemporary
folk, blues and rock song structures, each time bringing something from
outside the traditional forms to the music.

*About the evening:*
Pangaea will be performing a range of music, both instrumental and vocal,
drawing from both Western and Indian classical traditions as well as from
modern songwriting styles. Much of the music will be brand new pieces,
composed recently in preperation for Pangaea’s upcoming New Zealand tour
and heard for the first time at Downstairs@S47

*About the Artists:*

*Saptak Sharma *is one of the leading young tabla players in India. He
began learning tabla at the age of 4 and for the last 10 years has been
under the tutelage of the legendary Ustad Akram Khan from the Ajrada
Gharana school in New Delhi.
He has been lucky enough to perform with all three generations of Ajrada
Gharana including Ustad Hashmat Ali Khan, Ustad Akram Khan and Zargham
Akram Khan and has toured extensively with many different acts, performing
across the country and globally.
Eminent artists like Pandit Anindo Chatterjee, Pandit Kumar Bose, Ustad
Shahid Parvez Khan have provided him with their praise, blessings and
guidance, and he received the Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Academy Award in
2014 from Chief minister Mr Akhilesh Yadav ji.

*Mike Hogan* is a New Zealand musician \ composer currently residing in New
Delhi India. He has mastered a wide range of styles, from Classical and
Latin through to Jazz, Rock, and Folk music. He has an Honors Degree (first
class) in composition as well as a Bachelor of Music in performance
Classical guitar from the NZ School of Music, Wellington.
Mike’s classical compositions for guitar have been recorded and performed
internationally by artists such as Christopher Hill and Matthew Marshall,
and as a singer songwriter, He performs as a solo artist playing classical
guitar repertoire as well as his own original compositions. Mike is also a
prize-winning music and video producer, having won the international 2011
Fair Play Youth Voices competition.

*Mayank Raina* began his musical education at the age of 4 and was lauded
by music critics as a child prodigy. He was initially taught by his
Grand-father pandit Omkar Nath Raina, the most reputed and honored sitarist
of the Jammu & Kashmir state, along with his father Shri Sunil Raina who is
a senior instructor in the “Institute of Music and Fine arts Jammu.
At the age of 10 Mayank won first prize in an instrumental classical music
solo competition organized by the J&K Academy of Art Culture and Languages,
Jammu, and since then has regularly been winning and receiving numerous
prestigious awards.
Mayank has performed for many distinguished V.I.P audiences such as Prime
Minister Narendra Modi, P.M. Mr. Manmohan Singh & congress president Mrs.
Sonia Gandhi, H.E. president of India, Sh. Pranab Mukherjee, H.E. vice
president of India & then education minister, Mr Kapil Sibbal.
He has given many recitals abroad in countries like Belgium, Korea, Sri
Lanka and Germany.

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*Space at the venue is limited. We cannot guarantee seats once they fill
up.*

*See attached map for directions.The duration of the performance is
approximately 60 minutes.*

*The venue is down a flight of stairs. If you wish to use our chairlift
facility, please arrive 15 minutes before the performance begins so we can
ensure that you find a comfortable seat.*

*The venue is located in a residential area. We request you to park in the
spaces suggested below.*

* By the park behind the Mother Dairy nearby or the brick wall on the lane
behind S47*

*Hauz Khas. Laxman Public School/RBI Colony exit. 800m*

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*Downstairs@S47 is an initiative of Tejeshwar Singh Memorial Trust. *

We feel privileged to offer this space to artists – seekers of truth,
beauty and the bizarre. We are also able to offer them a small honorarium
from our resources. Please add your appreciation of their talent, their
work, and their ability to delight with a contribution, S, M, L, or XL. All
proceeds go to the artists. You will see our busker boxes just outside the
performance area. Look for them on your way out!

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February 22, 23. Thur, Fri. 1:30 pm.
Mandala – The Magic Circle presents Akkarmashi based on Sharankumar Limbale’s autobiography with the same name.
It is a touching story of an illegitimate child born out of an unconventional and socially immoral relationship between a man and a woman.
In the story the writer tries to establish his identity by not just clinging on to his mother for support but also questioning the entire social system which perpetuates oppression and discrimination.
The author has beautifully woven the words to bring out the suppressed anger, inferiority complex and anguish of the illegitimate child in the context of present social set up and caste system. 60 min. Hindi.

February 25. Sun. 6:30 pm.
India Foundation for the Arts invites you to The Goddess and Her Lieutenant. A presentation of research on the Poothan Thira ritual performance in North Kerala by Sarita Sundar.
The Poothan Thira is traditionally performed during Velas or Poorams—festivals associated with temples, which also act as contact zones where cultures meet and clash. The performance ritual is believed to cleanse and purify villages and towns of evil spirits. The performers dress up as Poothan,the lieutenant of Shiva, and Thira, the goddess Kali. Based on conversations with community members, artists and spectators, Sarita will discuss the creation of biographies of ten objects related to this form, within the larger context of museums and understandings of heritage, knowledge, and cultural agency in India.
Sarita Sundar is a Graphic Artist and Researcher and is presently involved in research and writing on heritage, popular and visual culture and design theory.

Studio Safdar
Advisory: Avoid driving. Finding parking is tough, particularly on Saturdays and Mondays. If car unavoidable, park at Shadipur Metro Station’s parking.
Metro: Shadipur on BLUE line
Directions: Shadipur metro – Satyam Cinema (now Inox) – cycle ricksha – ‘Biyaasi number’ – May Day next to Rahmat Medical Store.
📞: 9818386114

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Bharat Rang Mahotsav was established a decade ago by the National School of Drama to stimulate the growth and development of theatre across the country. Originally a national festival showcasing the work of the most creative theatre workers in India, it has evolved to international scope, hosting theatre companies from around the world, and is now the largest theatre festival of Asia. The 17th Mahotsav included several national and international performances, and various associated events in a wrap-around program.

Click here for the list of plays.

Still from Sadir to Bharatanatyam

This year’s Annual 2012 Open Frame Film Festival, organized by the Public Service Broadcasting Trust, included a series of compelling, thought-provoking films on a variety of diverse subjects. Light on the Dark Side (2012), a documentary directed by Geeta Singh, stood out in its aesthetic restraint. While its subject dealt with the phenomenon of blind individuals who had discovered their latent genius for photography, the film’s tone remained controlled, light and celebratory, ending with a close up of the determined, relentless strumming of the sitar by one of the blind photographers who was also musically gifted. Nidhi Tuli’s A Saroj Khan Story (2012) was a stirringly poignant eye-opener into the Bollywood industry, captured through the portrayal of a brave and talented genius. The film delved into the life of Saroj Khan, arguably one of the greatest choreographers of the industry, yet consigned to a relative obscurity. Saroj’s vulnerability and heartbreak were brought out at every point, with the film interspersing conversations with her, alongside visually creative ways of revisiting landmark moments in Bollywood. In Freedom Song (2012), co-directors Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and Subi Chaturvedi combined eclectic musical styles and references to popular culture in a brilliantly engaging and intensive documentary interrogating the levels of intolerance in India, with a special focus on the ethical dilemmas surrounding freedom and artistic expression. Delhi-based filmmaker Viveka Chauhan’s Sadir to Bharatanatyam (2012), a documentary tracing the evolution of a classical dance form in India – Bharataynatyam – left a lasting impression. The film, which incorporated insightful interactions with brilliantly gifted dancers Navtej Johar and Aranyani Bhargav, pitted the historical evolution of the dance against questions of modernity and its influences on perceptions of the body, sensuality and culture, through a stunning interplay of music and dance put together in a brief 27 minutes. The screening was followed by a discussion with director Viveka Chauhan, historian Uma Chakravarti and moderated by filmmaker Anandana Kapur. When asked what inspired the theme for her film, Viveka Chauhan responded that she’d been reading about it for a long time. “Whenever you talk to people there’s a kind of ‘hush-hush’ about it. There are not even enough dancers who really know about the Devadasis,” she elaborated. Bharatanatyam as a dance had itself become synonymous with Indian culture. She referred to the insight Navtej Johar had made in the film – that bharatanatyam dancers had in some senses become literal “ambassadors of Indian culture”, a state of affairs Johar himself found counterproductive to being an artist. A fascinating and detailed discussion shaped itself around the clash of modernity and its implications in terms of sexuality, the body, and the history of the Devadasis, who were originally viewed as court dancers; a perennial moral taint surrounding them. These origins were sharply countered by their successors who developed a more spiritualized outlook, as if to wipe out the previous image. Someone in the audience made the comment that Muthulakshmi, “the daughter of Devadasi”, was highly “moralistic” and yet had to face the consequences of this taint. As Navtej Johar asserted in the film: “In the original tradition, sensuality was considered alright, it was accepted and a natural part of the dance and its beauty. Now, with modernity, it has become ‘coy’ and ugly and unnatural, and this has problematized things to quite an extent.” On the suggestion that the film was postmodern rather than modernist, in light of its exploration of ‘bodies’ and ‘culture’, and of a “gay male dancer finding himself creatively through such dance”, Chauhan responded “We wanted to look at history here, and that always alludes to sensuality. In the past, even a certain gesture or movement would mean something and hold significance.” Uma Chakravarti commented on how the transformations in the 80s and 90s development of feminist theories had opened up the way for interior stories and that questions of gender were critical to creative expression, as were those of identity. Viveka Chauhan revealed “Aranyani Bhargav is dealing with the same issues, and she says a lot of young people are in training but really aren’t aware of this heritage, and even the ones that are, don’t know what to do with it.” Another notable film was the 52 minute documentary Marine Drive (2012), directed by Krishna Bagadiya. In the discussion that followed, Bagadiya related how he had grown up living in Marine Drive; he had seen Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan dancing in the streets under his window and it had always held a special place for him. Moderator Samina Mishra asked if he had planned to have the film focus so much on his uncle Atul, and people in the audience were curious as to how his family had reacted, considering the film seemed to exclusively feature them in unflinching detail. Bagadiya replied that his family hadn’t seen it yet, but went on to make the disclaimer that throughout shooting, everyone had been responsible for what they were saying and he hadn’t in any way ‘commented’ on them as a director. He added “I’ve taken a cell, an organ, of a part of Bombay, and tried to show one person in the film – my uncle Atul.” On how the title was connected to the themes explored in the film, especially his focus on Marwaris, he explained “A location has an impact on its people. Take Sunset Boulevard, or David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive. Marine Drive is very special because you have a lot of family homes, like havelis, and there are many Marwaris settled in this area. And my uncle – perhaps I can explain it this way – Bombay was like Sin City, and my uncle is a product of Bombay, and a product of modernity, including its vices and its glamour, and this sits uneasily with the other theme of tradition.”