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Lamakaan has been open since 2010. Here are the events held since then, month by month, and the recordings of talks and performances on our YouTube channel.

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Events in November 2019

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OlLolomatta
Fri Nov 1, 7:30 PM
Rafia Sultana
The play revolves around a clinic that is run by a lady doctor who is a smart business woman with only one or two regular patients yet making a comfortable living. The patients on the other hand who visits has a different motive and end up coming inj ... Read More »
K Circle Non Competitive Quiz
Sat Nov 2, 4:00 PM
K Circle
Non competitive quiz required for every first Saturday of the month.
Capacity ~ 50 members
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SAPACC Planning Meeting
Sat Nov 2, 5:00 PM
SAPAAC
SAPACC needs to form the following groups and plan their tasks:
1. Media group to manage SAPACC's social media
2. Content (creation) group to prepare material for public dissemination
3. Outreach group to hold workshops and meetings
4. Programmes ... Read More »
Nazrul Utsav
Sat Nov 2, 7:00 PM
Chhayanat (Kolkata)
Chhayanat (Kolkata) plans to organise a two-day long cultural programme to reach the cultural enthusiasts in Hyderabad. Kazi Nazrul Islam, the national poet of Bangladesh, was prolific in his literary and musical creations. The programme will consist ... Read More »
Rotary meet up
Sun Nov 3, 10:30 AM
Ragalaya Ramesh
Meeting with volunteers and Rotary community corps of Athma organized by Rotary Club of Hyderabad Central District 3150
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Unekha Hyderabad Art Exhibit
Sun Nov 3, 11:00 AM
Unekha
Unekha is a talent promotional platform from Hyderabad. It has organized 25+ events which include art workshops, exhibitions, meet-up and other performing arts events. The Hyderabad Art Exhibition which features 10+ artists of different art styles an ... Read More »
Nazrul Utsav
Sun Nov 3, 5:00 PM
Chhayanat (Kolkata)
Chhayanat (Kolkata) plans to organise a two-day long cultural programme to reach the cultural enthusiasts in Hyderabad. Kazi Nazrul Islam, the national poet of Bangladesh, was prolific in his literary and musical creations. The programme will consist ... Read More »
Children of Heaven
Wed Nov 6, 7:00 PM
Cinephiles Film Club
Synopsis:
Siblings Ali and Zahra make an intricate arrangement to conceal the loss of Zahra's pair of shoes. However, when it becomes difficult to do so, Ali decides to participate in a race to win new shoes.

Director: Majid Majidi Read More »
Short film Premiere
Thu Nov 7, 4:30 PM
Shivananda Reddy
Telugu shortfilm screening. Read More »
Am I an Indian - Film on NRC
Thu Nov 7, 7:30 PM
Lamakaan
As soon as the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) was published on 31 August 2019 at 10 AM on completion of the updating the NRC,1951 at all the local, tehsil & district level offices created for the purpose, controversy regarding its correctn ... Read More »
KINAARA A Student Film Festival
Fri Nov 8, 4:00 PM
Dr. Monia Acciari
KINAARA- A Student Film Festival (DAY 1) : Stories from the Fringe

A word that means 'corner' or 'bank', KINAARA is a space occupied by people forgotten by society's grander narratives, existing on the margins of the dominant discourses. It is ... Read More »
KINAARA A Student Film Festival
Sat Nov 9, 11:00 AM
Dr. Monia Acciari
KINAARA- A Student Film Festival (DAY 2) : Stories from the Fringe

A word that means 'corner' or 'bank', KINAARA is a space occupied by people forgotten by society's grander narratives, existing on the margins of the dominant discourses. It is ... Read More »
KINAARA A Student Film Festival
Sun Nov 10, 11:00 AM
Dr. Monia Acciari
KINAARA- A Student Film Festival (DAY 3) : Stories from the Fringe

A word that means 'corner' or 'bank', KINAARA is a space occupied by people forgotten by society's grander narratives, existing on the margins of the dominant discourses. It is ... Read More »
Agaaz-e-Baatcheet 2019
Tue Nov 12, 12:00 PM
Rubaroo
Rubaroo is a youth development organization based in Hyderabad that works towards creating inclusive and empowering “safe-spaces” for both adolescents and youth to develop leadership skills while working towards contemporary issues around them. In it ... Read More »
POETRY OF DISSENT- N. VENUGPAL
Tue Nov 12, 7:00 PM
Dialogue towards an alternative
POETRY OF DISSENT - A TALK BY N. VENUGOPAL

Art always has been an integral part of people's struggles around the world and continues to be . Art in any form can convey the message to audience with ease. Art can also express dissent and voice out t ... Read More »
The Cave of the Yellow Dog
Wed Nov 13, 7:00 PM
Cinephiles Film Club
The story is a gentle fable about the limitations of life and its acceptance. A girl learns the painful lesson of letting go of want and desire when her father insists on leaving her newfound stray dog. However, the ending of the film offers hope—ano ... Read More »
KALLU - Telugu play by Samahaara
Thu Nov 14, 8:00 PM
Samahaara
Samahaara Workshop Productions
presents

Gollapudi Maruti Rao's "KALLU"
A Play in Telugu

Produced by Rathna Shekar
Directed by Rajashekar Kavali

Date - 14th & 15th Nov 2019
Time - 08.00PM
Venue - Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.

Fi ... Read More »
Janaki Ram short film
Fri Nov 15, 5:00 PM
SBTS channel
#JanakiRam we are alive because of love

A story of a couple who are living in the Ocean of Love. A story of a couple who believe
*Manam brathukutunam kabbati preminchadamledu, manam premistunam kabbati bratukutunam*

Feel the love of this coupl ... Read More »
KALLU - Telugu play by Samahaara
Fri Nov 15, 8:00 PM
Samahaara
Samahaara Workshop Productions
presents

Gollapudi Maruti Rao's "KALLU"
A Play in Telugu

Produced by Rathna Shekar
Directed by Rajashekar Kavali

Date - 14th & 15th Nov 2019
Time - 08.00PM
Venue - Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.

Fi ... Read More »
Write Club Meetup 218
Sat Nov 16, 3:00 PM
Write Club Hyderabad
Please help schedule this for this Saturday: 9th November 2019 Write Club Hyderabad helps you pen your thoughts, spill your mind and finally make an appointment with the writer in your head. We conduct free, weekly events that foster writing. Our Mee ... Read More »
A STRANGE-r CONNECT
Sat Nov 16, 4:00 PM
Trisha Chatterjee
• Individuals from different walks of life can come together and open up their heart to each other.
• They can discuss topics or share ideas which they usually cannot do with their families or friends.
• Open up about their troubles, share experie ... Read More »
The Way Home movie screening
Wed Nov 20, 7:00 PM
Cinephiles Film Club
The Way Home tells the heart-warming story about a grandmother and her city-born grandson who comes to live with her in a rural village. Read More »
In a shadow less Town
Thu Nov 21, 7:30 PM
Lamakaan & Docu Circle of Hyderabad
बिन सावल्यांच्या गावात
(In a shadowless Town) Documentary Film Screening followed by a Discussion

Runtime: 63 min.
Dir.: Gouri Patwardhan

Synopsis
How is the city made?
What is remembered when it is being made… and what is forgotten?
Rais ... Read More »
The Anupam Kunapuli Trio
Fri Nov 22, 8:30 PM
Anupam Kunapuli
Three struggling - in various degrees, beings were drifting by like autumn leaves until they were gently swept into the same corner where we happened to strike a conversation.
Lo and behold! We found concurrence to weave our distinct sound through s ... Read More »
Woodcut Printmaking workshop
Sat Nov 23, 10:30 AM
Puja Chauhan
This workshop is for beginners.During this This two day workshop is for beginners.During this workshop participants will learn the technique of woodcut printmaking which is one of the oldest printing method. Participants will learn from preparing a 2 ... Read More »
Write Club Meetup 219
Sat Nov 23, 3:00 PM
Write Club Hyderabad
Please help schedule this for this Saturday: 23rd November 2019. Write Club Hyderabad helps you pen your thoughts, spill your mind and finally make an appointment with the writer in your head. We conduct free, weekly events that foster writing. Our M ... Read More »
Premiere: RVRamani's Latest Film
Sat Nov 23, 7:00 PM
Amarnath Sandipamu
Bhanumathi Rao, in her younger days, was a dancer and a theater actor. Today in her nineties, she lives with her two daughters - Maya Krishna Rao, a contemporary solo theater practitioner based in Delhi and Tara Rao, who works as human rights campaig ... Read More »
Unekha Hyderabad Art Exhibit
Sun Nov 24, 11:00 AM
Unekha
Unekha is a talent promotional platform from Hyderabad. It has organized 25+ events which include art workshops, exhibitions, meet-up and other performing arts events. The Hyderabad Art Exhibition which features 10+ artists of different art styles an ... Read More »
Ain't I a Scientist?
Sun Nov 24, 2:30 PM
Anveshi RCWS
Feminism(s) and Sciences have for a long time not spoken to each other. We shall talk about the need to evaluate sciences in feminist frameworks and about the need to understand sciences in a feminist context. As neuroscientists afflicted by our oppr ... Read More »
Premiere: RV Ramani's Film 2
Sun Nov 24, 7:00 PM
Amarnath Sandipamu
Santhal family to mill re-call
A film by RV Ramani
112 Minutes, 2017, English Subtitles

Synopsis: Ramkinkar Baij (1904-84) experimented with a wide range of formal approaches to evolve his practice in sculpture and painting. He was a teacher in ... Read More »
Mohan Josh Haazir Ho
Tue Nov 26, 7:00 PM
Lamakaan & Hyderabad Cinephiles
Screening of Mohan Joshi Haazir Ho

An old couple, Mohan Joshi and his wife decides to sue their landlord, Kundan Kapadia for not maintaining their ‘collapsing’ chawl. For this, they hire two lawyers. The landlord is least bothered as he wants to d ... Read More »
Viva Cuba movie screening
Wed Nov 27, 7:00 PM
Cinephiles Film Club
In a tale akin to Romeo and Juliet, the friendship between two children is threatened by their parents' differences. Malu is from an upper-class family and her single mother does not want her to play with Jorgito, as she thinks his background coarse ... Read More »
Painting on PIPAL leaf
Sat Nov 30, 10:30 AM
Ramesh Ramanadham
R S Krafts (Mr. RAMESH RAMANADHAM an expert in Handlooms n Handicrafts with 30 years of experience)in association with LAMAKAAN are proud to announce the start of a series of workshops, every month from November 2019, to promote Exclusive Handicraft ... Read More »
Hyderabad 1919 to 2019
Sat Nov 30, 11:00 AM
Lamakaan An Open Cultural Space

100 Years of Industrial Design and Production: Hyderabad 1919 to 2019

An exhibition compiled and curated by Hyderabad Urban Lab to showcase the city region's legacy of production, design and technology.
Visuals, models, maps, artifacts and st ... Read More »
Movie Analysis by Dr. Mrinalini
Sat Nov 30, 4:00 PM
Dr Mrinalini Basaboini
Art and literature can be seen as extensions of the human mind. Very often they can reveal what lies within, sometimes visibly, and, sometimes, not quite so visibly. The movie club is (we hope) a fun way of looking deeper into the emotions, perceptio ... Read More »
Jod Tod play
Sat Nov 30, 7:30 PM
Kalayan theatre group
Jod Tod hindi comedy play presented by Kalayan Theatre group Bengaluru

Jod Tod is a funfilled crackling comedy play about quintessential relationships and its complications, presented in a subtle and quirky manner, this light hearted funfilled la ... Read More »