Lamakaan

The wisest fool on earth

Written by R Raj Rao | Enacted by Feroze

"The Wisest fool on earth" locked inside the bathroom and he still has some scrap of the feeling of being wanted. Whether his belief stays or withers away to repeat history is the twist that's kept for the last.

But who put him in the loo and what hopes does he have in store (of getting out)?

Come witness a tale of failure, frustration, freedom and fulfillment with humor all through.

Lamakaan hosts the Closing ceremony of the Traveling Uranium Film Festival which is being showcased at various venues across the city this January! Starting from New Delhi on Friday, 4th January 2013, the festival is travel to various Indian cities – Shillong, Ranchi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai and Thrissur (Kerela). The Uranim Film Festival that started in Rio, Brazil, brings various animations, short films, documentaries and feature films during its traveling three-day event themed around Nuclear fuel chain and Radioactivity. The festival encourages independent thinking through films about risks of nuclear power and collective decision making for its use today and future. In October, 2012, the festival traveled to Berlin, Germany and is now closing in India as a part of the VIBGYOR International Film Festival in Thrissur, Kerela between 7-12th February 2012.

6:30 to 7:45 pm: Not for Public Release: A Nuclear Incident in Lock Haven; USA, 2010, 73 minutes.
7.50 to 8.15 pm: Uranium Thirst; Brazil/Namibia/Germany, 2010, 25 mninutes.
8:20 to 8:40 pm: Leonids Story; Germany/Ukraine, 2012, 19 minutes.
8:45 to 8:51 pm: After the Day After; USA, 2011, 6 minutes.

Sutradhar presents Sa'adat Hasan Manto's 'Siyaah Haashiye'. Directed by Deepti Girotra.
First published in 1947 , Siyaah Haashiye is a collection of 32 cameos written by Saadat Hasan Manto, often referred to as ‘the original enfant terrible of Urdu literature’. A man who had little regard for the societal or literary norms of any time, Manto tried to capture the truth of humanity and its downfall as he saw it.

The goodness barter

"They say things that you own, end up owning you"

If you hoard a lot of things that you don't use anymore or if you're a victim of extreme consumption and and given to regret it later or you think someone else could make use of the things you own in a better way, come to the 'Goodness Barter'.

Bring your old/new things and barter them with others. What doesn't get exchanged, can go to your favourite charity. Why buy from the market when you can conserve resources by looking into the community around?

Have a dog collar that late Tommy used to wear? How about give it to an Animal Shelter that need it more.

Come to the event, and 'let go' of your unused possessions and find the ones that you need.

Rules:

1) You have to arrange for your own display/mats/showcase racks
2) No business promotion allowed
3) You cannot 'sell' for the purpose of making a profit

All of us have tons of things/commodities that we don't use anymore, or never used. We get into the rut of 'consumption and hoarding' materials that could be better used by someone else. So the idea is to organize a fair where people can bring in their never used/overused or no-more to be used items and barter with the ones that others have brought. Whatever remains goes to a charity of their choice.

For eg. if someone has dog collars/bowls from a pet they used to have but it passed away then someone else could use it for their pet or they can donate it to blue cross.

The focus of this event will not be selling and making profits but promoting the idea of sharing and 'letting go' of material goods for the benefit of others.

HYDERABAD WESTERN MUSIC FOUNDATION

Presents
THE LISTENING POST
Pure listening to Classical and Jazz music recordings
without any visual aids

At Lamakaan 4pm – 5.30pm

Sunday 27th January – Western Classical

LISTENING POST
Open up our senses to new musical experiences.
Heighten and expand musical awareness and ability.
Develop a keen ear to hear every bit of music in all its beauty.
Listen along with others who are like-minded.

Second Sundays - Jazz
Fourth Sundays - Western Classical

Open to all. No entrance fee
www.hydmusic.com

'లమకాన్ లో కవిసంగమం' సీరీస్- 1
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మనం ఇదివరకే ప్రకటించినట్లుగా ప్రతినెల ' లామకాన్ ' వేదికగా ఒక సీనియర్ కవి + ఇదివరకే కవిగా గుర్తింపు పొంది,'కవిసంగమం'లో రాస్తున్నకవి + 'కవిసంగమం'లో రాసున్న ముగ్గురు వర్ధమాన కవులతో - మొదటి కార్యక్రమం January 27,2013;[Sunday], 6pm కి జరుగుతుంది.
సీనియర్ కవిగా - ప్రసిద్ధకవి నగ్నమునిగారు ఈ ప్రారంభ కార్యక్రమానికి వచ్చి తమ కవితలు చదవడానికి ఒప్పుకున్నారు. వసీరా గారు కూడా వచ్చి కవితల్ని వినిపిస్తారు.

వారితో పాటు వసీరా,కిరణ్ గాలి,మెర్సీ మార్గరెట్,చింతం ప్రవీణ్ కవిత్వం వినిపిస్తారు. జయహో!

~ ఫిబ్రవరి నెల నుండి ప్రతి రెండవ శనివారం సాయంత్రం ఇలాగే జరుగుతాయి.

ప్రవేశం - ఉచితం

A discussion/talk in Urdu, Hindi and English on Josh Malihabadi's Marsias. Josh’s marsias usually deal with a major theme each – “Zindagi aur Maut” has a theme of “ego, life and death”, “Tuloo e Fikr” of “the dawn of civilization”, “Azmat e Insaan” of “human achievement” etc. In each case the first half of the marsia is entirely secular and will constitute the major part of the discussion. After dealing with the chosen theme, Josh makes a beautiful and smooth transition to the story of Karbala. His narrative of Karbala is not one of mourning but one of celebration of resistance and
defiance of unjust power even in the face of certain death. Some portions of the marsia after the transition to the story of Karbala deal with a profuse and linguistically superb praise of Husain.

Elocution on the Mahatma on the topic "Gandhi - the social Engineer".
Elocution for students of Engineering colleges in and around Hyderabad on the Martyrdom day.

Duration for each participant is 3 minutes.

Come and participate. Come and Listen.

Winner of the 2012 PUMA Creative Impact Award for making the most significant positive social or environmental impact ------- BUDRUS ------- examines one West Bank town’s reaction to Israel’s construction of the security barrier. The town, with a population of 1,500, was set to be divided and encircled by the barrier, losing 300 acres of land and 3,000 olive trees. These trees were not only critical for economic survival but also sacred to the town’s intergenerational history.

The documentary film tells the story of Ayed Morrar, a Palestinian whose work for Fatah had led to five detentions in Israeli jails, but whose momentous strategic decision that the barrier would be best opposed by nonviolent resistance had far-reaching ramifications.

" what makes the Palestinian peaceniks of Budrus different is that they explicitly define their movement in opposition to violence, condemning even stone—throwing, long a symbol of Palestinian resistance. Also unique: women in Budrus asked to march at the front of the protests, as did Israeli and international peace activists"

Rati (Suzanne Patel) on the day before her birthday finds herself a competition Vaneetha (Oindrilla Chakraborty) who struggles for the Marketing Head's position in the same company. Rati, on the other hand, wants to spend her birthday with her busy, single father Ashok (Sameer Chhabra) who hardly gives her time, but as usual he would'nt remember her birthday and goes to Bangalore for an Urgent Meeting. She spends her birthday with her besties and the very next day, forgets making a presentation, which if given properly would make her the marketing head. JAI (Rahul Premchander), the long lost love of Rati's comes to her and asks her for forgiveness for not being there for her, In order to her help her out and get her back, decides to solve all her problems. So does Krishna (Krishna Shukla), but everything in the process goes wrong. What will Jai do to get rati back? Will She even go back to him? Will Rati's Father ever be a real father to her? To get the answers to these, Watch Jai, Which will be premiered on 31st of January, Lamakaan

STARRING
Rahul Premchander
Suzanne Patel
Krishna
Sameer Chhabra
Oindrilla Chakraborty
Preetham Raghu
Rutwik Upadhyayula
Rama Rao Jadhav
Yohan
PRODUCTION Preetham Raghu
MARKETING Anurag Sharma
SOUND ENGINEERING Aditya TB
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Vamshi Artham
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED by Nikhil Heerekar

An intimate evening of the Spoken Word translated into other art forms.

A performance of Poetry that seeks to explore the beyond that lies within. Perhaps a word or two would be spoken about the Unspeakable.

A poet takes the stage and recites his verses, which is simultaneously interpreted and portrayed by other artistes through imagery, dance, music , art etc.

The poet is Faraz Khan, an actor, writer, poet originally from Hyderabad, now based in Mumbai. With eclectic influences through his many travels, Faraz has distilled observations from diverse cultures into his whimsical verses.

Art Collective 2 - For two days on Sat 2nd - Sun 3rd Feb

Given the limited number of respectable events and art spaces in the city, it would be
unfair for talented and creative people to miss out on opportunities. And so, providing
a platform to amateur as well as professional artists, Collective 2 will be a place for
interaction of myriad types of arts like music, photography, graffiti, painting, literature,
dance, theatre and so on.

The second edition is an endeavor to place all the art forms under one roof, and this
“collective” effort is a brainchild of a group of friends who came together from different
works of art and got inspired over a cup of “chai,” to further inspire fellow eccentrics and art aficionados.

So, if you would like to be noticed for your talent or want to be immersed in the true
culture and essence of Hyderabad, then this is where you should be.

PechaKucha Nights are informal and fun gatherings where creative people get together and share their ideas, works, thoughts, holiday snaps - just about anything really, in the PechaKucha 20x20 format.

Art Collective 2 - Second day of two day event on Sat 2nd - Sun 3rd Feb

If you would like to be noticed for your talent or want to be immersed in the true culture and essence of Hyderabad, then this is where you should be. If you are an Art Lover and always wanted to learn a thing or two of that elusive talent, come here.

Given the limited number of respectable events and art spaces in the city, it would be unfair for talented and creative people to miss out on opportunities. And so, providing a platform to amateur as well as professional artists,

Collective 2 will be a place for interaction of myriad types of arts like music, photography, graffiti, painting, literature, dance, theatre and so on.
The second edition is an endeavor to place all the art forms under one roof, and this “collective” effort is a brainchild of a group of friends who came together from different works of art and got inspired over a cup of “chai,” to further inspire fellow eccentrics and art aficionados.

Hyderabad based Studio E1E, a music production and live music/jamming platform presents "Jamathon", an afternoon of live music with experimental musical collaborations featuring artistes and bands belonging to various genres.

TAKING ROOT tells the story of the Green Belt Movement of Kenya and its founder Wangari Maathai, the first environmentalist and first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Professor Maathai discovered her life's work by reconnecting with the rural women with whom she had grown up. They told her they were walking long distances for firewood, clean water was scarce, the soil was disappearing from their fields, and their children were suffering from malnutrition.
'Well, why not plant trees?' Maathai suggested. These women found themselves working successively against deforestation, poverty, ignorance, embedded economic interests, and government corruption, until they became a national political force that helped to bring down Kenya's 24-year dictatorship.
Through TV footage and chilling first person accounts, TAKING ROOT documents the dramatic confrontations of the 1980s and '90s and captures Maathai's infectious determination and unwavering courage. Cinema verité footage of the tree nurseries and the women and children who tend them brings to life the confidence and
joy of people working to improve their own lives and ensure the future and vitality of
their land.
TAKING ROOT captures a world-view in which nothing is perceived as impossible and presents an awe-inspiring profile of Maathai's thirty-year journey of courage to protect the integrally connected issues of the environment, human rights, and democracy.

RDBO stands for Rang De Box Office. It is an intiative of the Rang De Hyderabad Chapter. The aim of Rang De Hyderabad Chapter is to screen a documentary that deals with social issues that our planet faces today. These films are made by filmmakers of all nationalities who want to shine a spotlight on social issues ranging from gender injustices, the climate change to the suicide of farmers in rural areas of India. Our will is two-fold: to screen these films for free (the audience is not charged)& then to have a discussion about the topic of the documentary among the audience after the screening.

The Icarus Sessions are a challenging new way to bring your art forward. Not to make a sales pitch, not to get customers or patrons, but to find the courage to stand up and say, "here, I made this."

A presentation at an Icarus Session is 140 seconds long. You can go shorter, but not a second longer. You can use slides, or handouts, or even better, just bring your enthusiasm. Videotape it if you like.

The assignment: Tell the group about your art. What have you created? What frightened you? What matters?

Check out the principles of the Icarus Session before you come: http://www.squidoo.com/IcarusSession and be sure to contact the organizer if you're hoping to speak.

Meetup URL- http://www.meetup.com/sethgodin/Hyderabad-IN/855952/

On February 14, Hyderabad will join the world in One Billion Rising (https://www.facebook.com/events/145959545561799/?ref=22), an international campaign fighting violence against women.

In preparation fot the rally, we will be screening "In the Time of the Butterflies". The story is a fictionalized account of the lives of the Mirabal sisters, Dominican revolutionary activists, who opposed the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo and were assassinated on November 25, 1960. They were feminist symbols for their country then, and are feminist symbols for the world now.

Discussion will follow!

Talent Hunger is a non-profitable Organisation , Organised for the Noble Cause to Pick , Enhance and Place TALENTED YOUTH of Hyderabad from different fields and castes respectively , we believe that the Talent has no Boundaries and hence no Fields ,so irrespective of field we hunt for the TALENT being VOLUNTEERS 🙂

లామకాన్ లో కవిసంగమం-సీరీస్ -2
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To promote Young poets every month Kavisangamam organising a Poetry Reading session with name "Kavisangamam at Lamakaan". Already on January 27,6pm organised this First event i.e series-1.It was well recieved.Grand success too.
ప్రతినెల రెండవ శనివారం ' లామకాన్ ' వేదికగా
- ఒక సీనియర్ కవి
+ ఇదివరకే కవిగా గుర్తింపు పొంది,'కవిసంగమం'లో రాస్తున్నకవి
+ 'కవిసంగమం'లో రాస్తున్న ముగ్గురు ప్రామిసింగ్ వర్ధమాన కవులు
పాల్గొని కవిత్వం చదువుతారు.
February Poetry Reading :
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Nikhileshwar
Pulipati Guruswamy
Kranti SrinivasaRao
Jayashree Naidu
Nanda Kishore

A relaxed impromptu music performance during brunch time by Sanjo (Songs of the Balladeer fame) at Lamakaan at Brunch time in the courtyard. Please come, hang out and enjoy the music.

Hanging in Secrecy - Conspiracy of a democratic nation. A public discussion and press conference on capital punishment in Indian democracy.

What does Jazz music speak about? How has it evolved over the years and across cultures? Why does Jazz instantly connect people with different languages and values? A listening post that looks at Jazz beyond its definition as the quintessential, happy and swinging American art form and explores its role as a global language of the people. Starting from its history as the music of the slaves, through the years of it being adopted as a symbol of liberation, to its later interpretation by global performers.

Presented by : Subhorup Dasgupta, Jazz-Lover & Writer at http://subhorup.blogspot.in/

Listening Post : Pure listening to Classical and Jazz music recordings with visual aids, notes, Q/A-session, discussion. Open to all. Entrance free.

Zumba Fitness® is the only Latin-inspired dance-fitness program that blends red-hot international music, created by Grammy Award-winning producers, and contagious steps to form a "fitness-party" that is downright addictive.
Since its inception in 2001, the Zumba program has grown to become the world's largest – and most successful – dance-fitness program with more than 14 million people of all shapes, sizes and ages taking weekly Zumba classes in over 140,000 locations across more than 150 countries.

As a part of 'Woman's March' (a run up to Woman's day), Lamakaan is inviting you screening this wonderful film by one of Hyderabad's celebrated woman film makers - Saraswati Kavula.

"Cutting off a Lifeline at Hyderabad" is the story of the River Musi and its city, Hyderabad, India.
This is the start sequence of a documentary produced by Saraswati Kavula, Hyderabad, by commission of nexus Institute, Berlin, Germany. This film is used as a basis for discussions with Hyderabadi citizens on sustainable development of this megacity.
As a documentary filmmaker, she has travelled the length and breadth of the country and highlighted issues pertaining to the setting up of special economic zones and the coastal industrial corridor, pollution of the Musi river, illegal mining, and so on.

Saraswati Kavula, the feisty documentary filmmaker of this , vociferous social activist, passionate photographer and a closet poet.

Saraswati discovered her passion for the preservation of environment during lessons on deforestation at school.

The Power of Promise: Examining Nuclear Energy in India (Penguin Books, December 2012) is written by Physicist and writer, M.V. Ramana, of the Nuclear Futures Laboratory and the Program on Science and Global Security, Princeton University. The book offers a detailed narrative of the evolution of India s nuclear energy programme, examining different aspects of the nuclear energy programme and the claims of success made on its behalf. These claims include the assertion that nuclear power is possibly the most important source of energy for India and that it is safe, environmentally benign, and cheap. This dream of a nuclear powered India has been supported by huge financial budgets and high level political commitment for over six decades.

The Power of Promise shows that nuclear power has been more expensive than conventional forms of electricity generation, that the ever-present risk of catastrophic accidents is heightened by observed organizational inadequacies at nuclear facilities, and that existing nuclear fuel cycle facilities have been correlated with impacts on public health and the environment. The book offers detailed information and analysis that should serve to deepen the debate about whether India should indeed embark on a massive nuclear programme.

Book Launch Follows a Panel discussion on 'Nuclear Energy in India' with panelists Anant Mariganti (Right to the City Foundation & Hyderabad Urban Labs), C. Rammanohar Reddy (editor, Economic and Political Weekly) and A. Gopalakrishnan (former Chairman, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board), Prof. Arvind Susarla (Hyderabad Central University)

IT IS A PLAY BASED ON HINDU MUSLIM HARMONY.

The story is about a happily married hindu family having a son Ram, who is dumb. Though it is revealed in between that he was found by them crying near the dead-bodies of a muslim family which was told to be descriptions family. Even after many years of marriage, they were not having any son so they bought the boy home and adopted him. He was the apple of their eye. They were happy and contempted.Raheem

Being a family which can be considered ideal in India, media takes their interview and publishes it. As it comes to the notice of various troups, World Muslim Community people call the head of the family Ramakrishna, and ask him to return their child to them or else convert their religion to muslim. Ramakrishna finding no other way to be with his son agrees to be converted to muslim. When it comes to the notice of hindu community, a hindu leader comes to their home and tries to convince Ramakrishna to give the child back to the muslims, but he refuses to do it in any circumstances. Some fight occurs which cost the family with the loss of their only child.
There is a message at the end which asks people to think about they are actually doing at the name of castes, religion, etc.

Staged by Koshish, a theatre group of Confederation of Voluntary Organizations (COVA) Hyderabad, this play bagged four awards at the All India Classical Music, Dance, Folk Dance and Drama Festival.

Studio e1e, a Hyderabad based music production and live music/jamming platform presents 'Songs of the Balladeer', an evening of storytelling through music. The artiste, Sanjo, takes the audience on a journey through songs that have a story to tell. At times the story isn't just in the song. It's also about the song, the singer or the songwriter. This Valentine's Day special edition focuses on the various shades of love. The entire set has a distinctly retro flavor with a focus on evocative lyrics, stirring melodies and emotions that underline the human condition. This performance is brought to you by Blue Butterfly Entertainment.

2 Day Digital Filmmaking Workshop

Dates: 16th & 17th of February
Time: 11am-6pm
Venue: Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.

It's a 2 Day basic filmmaking workshop which covers the fundamentals of Screenwriting, Cinematography, Direction and Editing.
Student will have a practical exercise of making a short film at the end of the workshop.

Course Content
Day 1:

Screenwriting

1. Screenplay
2. Format and screenwriting softwares
3. How to approach a screenplay
4. Basic elements of screenwriting
5. Structure & Plot

Cinematography

1. Fundamentals of Cinematography
2. Formats.
3. Lighting Scheme
4. Camera aesthetics and operation.

Day 2: Sunday:

Direction:

a) Frame Balance & Composition
b) Camera Angles
c) Blocking and staging
d) Cinematic techniques

Editing Techniques
Editing Software

Practical Exercise of shooting and editing.

The workshop will be facilitated by Rabi Kisku.
Fee : Rs 2500/-

RabiKisku Entertainment has been conducting Filmmaking Workshops in Bangalore,
Hyderabad and Chennai for the last five years and have two feature films to their credit.

To register contact , 09886539405, 8686560271 suresh@rabikiskuentertainment.com
(Limited Seats: Registration on First Come First Serve Basis)

Jan Samwaad(Dialoguing with the people) is a musical movement which tries to engage its audience into social and political issues plaguing our society and our times. These renditions, simple in form yet profound in essence, are a melange of personal and social issues encouraging the audience to ponder over some fundamental, stereotypical and preconceived societal concerns. During these conversations with the masses Jan Samwaad questions whether it is worth spending the entire life trying to find God or the so called Eternal or Divine without lending attention to the issues that we face in our daily life. Jan Samwaad is a mixed bag of songs that touch upon a variety of social predicaments be it the very relevant issue of illegal and unjust land acquisition from a farmer whose life is but synonymous to drudgery to the quest of a newly married innocent young girl to find a sojourn for herself as she embarks upon an endless journey of responsibilities and expectations. The hopelessness and despair that is so marked of today’s common man and his experiences owing to a variety of issues is something that genuinely concerns Jan Samwaad. It is in this wake of despondency that the listeners are egged to rethink if the efforts to find an “external” source of peace or power are worthwhile at all. Recognizing the need to restore communal harmony in a society with disintegrating values, Jan Samwaad seeks to challenge the motives of the perpetrators of communal hatred who still exist amongst us, even though they are not positioned in the power centre. Along this journey Jan Samwaad uses the “traditional”, but yes, only to question the “traditional” and employ the “typical” to disengage from it and look at the “atypical”.

Admission is Free

Hyderabad based Studio E1E, a talent management, music production and live music/jamming platform presents "Jamathon", an afternoon of live music with experimental musical collaborations featuring artistes and bands belonging to various genres.

A Listening session for all Classical Music lovers in Hindustani Classical Music. For all the Music students and casual listeners as well.
In this edition we will listen to Raag Bhoopali as sung by various masters and discuss them.
Conducted by Aradhana Karhade

For all those Rhythm & blues and softrock fans, here we are "SundayHeads" to make you move and groove to our beat.

SundayHeads is a Hyderabad based six piece music band playing rhythm & blues and soft rock numbers. The band was founded by Niel and Vishal in early 2012. SundayHeads is presently composed of Debby (vocal), Neil (guitar & supporting vocal), Vishal (guitar), Arun (bass), Ashish (Key Board & Supporting Vocal) and Sunny (Drums). All the members of the band have prior experience of playing in different platforms such as Cuba Libre, West-In, Cinnamon Fusion and others.

So, mark this date on to your calendar and be prepared for the GIG.

See you there!!

"A fascinating journey with two men who are the Indiana Jones of Language hunters" - LA Times

“A breathtaking thrill ride through the landscape of language.” -Noam Chomsky

"Funny, enlightening and ultimately uplifting" - The Hoot

There are 7,000 languages in the world, half which will be gone by the end of this century. On average, one language disappears every two weeks.

On the eve of International 'Mother Language Day', Please join us for a humorous and riveting journey followed by interaction with the linguist experts from Telugu & Urdu.

The Linguists is a hilarious and poignant chronicle of two scientists—David Harrison and Gregory Anderson—racing to document languages on the verge of extinction. In Siberia, India, and Bolivia, the linguists confront head-on the very forces silencing languages: racism, humiliation, and violent economic unrest. David and Greg's journey takes them deep into the heart of the cultures, knowledge, and communities at risk when a language dies.

Urdu Literary Culture (Part 1)
The Genesis and The Journey

The talk traces the origin of Urdu and explores the realm of ,what was,or is early Urdu. It also brings forth the myth and realities around
the terms Urdu and Hindi, and, that the historical spaces occupied by Urdu and Hindi or Hindavi were not mutually exclusive but rather both are claimants to a single Linguistic and Literary tradition.

While going through the long and interesting journey of Urdu, what finally emerges is the role of literature in defining culture and
change.

Performing Classical Dance (Bharatnatyam)

The wisest fool on earth

Written by R Raj Rao | Enacted by Feroze

"The Wisest fool on earth" locked inside the bathroom and he still has some scrap of the feeling of being wanted. Whether his belief stays or withers away to repeat history is the twist that's kept for the last.

But who put him in the loo and what hopes does he have in store (of getting out)?

Come witness a tale of failure, frustration, freedom and fulfillment with humor all through.

Lamakaan hosts the Closing ceremony of the Traveling Uranium Film Festival which is being showcased at various venues across the city this January! Starting from New Delhi on Friday, 4th January 2013, the festival is travel to various Indian cities – Shillong, Ranchi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai and Thrissur (Kerela). The Uranim Film Festival that started in Rio, Brazil, brings various animations, short films, documentaries and feature films during its traveling three-day event themed around Nuclear fuel chain and Radioactivity. The festival encourages independent thinking through films about risks of nuclear power and collective decision making for its use today and future. In October, 2012, the festival traveled to Berlin, Germany and is now closing in India as a part of the VIBGYOR International Film Festival in Thrissur, Kerela between 7-12th February 2012.

6:30 to 7:45 pm: Not for Public Release: A Nuclear Incident in Lock Haven; USA, 2010, 73 minutes.
7.50 to 8.15 pm: Uranium Thirst; Brazil/Namibia/Germany, 2010, 25 mninutes.
8:20 to 8:40 pm: Leonids Story; Germany/Ukraine, 2012, 19 minutes.
8:45 to 8:51 pm: After the Day After; USA, 2011, 6 minutes.

Sutradhar presents Sa'adat Hasan Manto's 'Siyaah Haashiye'. Directed by Deepti Girotra.
First published in 1947 , Siyaah Haashiye is a collection of 32 cameos written by Saadat Hasan Manto, often referred to as ‘the original enfant terrible of Urdu literature’. A man who had little regard for the societal or literary norms of any time, Manto tried to capture the truth of humanity and its downfall as he saw it.

The goodness barter

"They say things that you own, end up owning you"

If you hoard a lot of things that you don't use anymore or if you're a victim of extreme consumption and and given to regret it later or you think someone else could make use of the things you own in a better way, come to the 'Goodness Barter'.

Bring your old/new things and barter them with others. What doesn't get exchanged, can go to your favourite charity. Why buy from the market when you can conserve resources by looking into the community around?

Have a dog collar that late Tommy used to wear? How about give it to an Animal Shelter that need it more.

Come to the event, and 'let go' of your unused possessions and find the ones that you need.

Rules:

1) You have to arrange for your own display/mats/showcase racks
2) No business promotion allowed
3) You cannot 'sell' for the purpose of making a profit

All of us have tons of things/commodities that we don't use anymore, or never used. We get into the rut of 'consumption and hoarding' materials that could be better used by someone else. So the idea is to organize a fair where people can bring in their never used/overused or no-more to be used items and barter with the ones that others have brought. Whatever remains goes to a charity of their choice.

For eg. if someone has dog collars/bowls from a pet they used to have but it passed away then someone else could use it for their pet or they can donate it to blue cross.

The focus of this event will not be selling and making profits but promoting the idea of sharing and 'letting go' of material goods for the benefit of others.

HYDERABAD WESTERN MUSIC FOUNDATION

Presents
THE LISTENING POST
Pure listening to Classical and Jazz music recordings
without any visual aids

At Lamakaan 4pm – 5.30pm

Sunday 27th January – Western Classical

LISTENING POST
Open up our senses to new musical experiences.
Heighten and expand musical awareness and ability.
Develop a keen ear to hear every bit of music in all its beauty.
Listen along with others who are like-minded.

Second Sundays - Jazz
Fourth Sundays - Western Classical

Open to all. No entrance fee
www.hydmusic.com

'లమకాన్ లో కవిసంగమం' సీరీస్- 1
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మనం ఇదివరకే ప్రకటించినట్లుగా ప్రతినెల ' లామకాన్ ' వేదికగా ఒక సీనియర్ కవి + ఇదివరకే కవిగా గుర్తింపు పొంది,'కవిసంగమం'లో రాస్తున్నకవి + 'కవిసంగమం'లో రాసున్న ముగ్గురు వర్ధమాన కవులతో - మొదటి కార్యక్రమం January 27,2013;[Sunday], 6pm కి జరుగుతుంది.
సీనియర్ కవిగా - ప్రసిద్ధకవి నగ్నమునిగారు ఈ ప్రారంభ కార్యక్రమానికి వచ్చి తమ కవితలు చదవడానికి ఒప్పుకున్నారు. వసీరా గారు కూడా వచ్చి కవితల్ని వినిపిస్తారు.

వారితో పాటు వసీరా,కిరణ్ గాలి,మెర్సీ మార్గరెట్,చింతం ప్రవీణ్ కవిత్వం వినిపిస్తారు. జయహో!

~ ఫిబ్రవరి నెల నుండి ప్రతి రెండవ శనివారం సాయంత్రం ఇలాగే జరుగుతాయి.

ప్రవేశం - ఉచితం

A discussion/talk in Urdu, Hindi and English on Josh Malihabadi's Marsias. Josh’s marsias usually deal with a major theme each – “Zindagi aur Maut” has a theme of “ego, life and death”, “Tuloo e Fikr” of “the dawn of civilization”, “Azmat e Insaan” of “human achievement” etc. In each case the first half of the marsia is entirely secular and will constitute the major part of the discussion. After dealing with the chosen theme, Josh makes a beautiful and smooth transition to the story of Karbala. His narrative of Karbala is not one of mourning but one of celebration of resistance and
defiance of unjust power even in the face of certain death. Some portions of the marsia after the transition to the story of Karbala deal with a profuse and linguistically superb praise of Husain.

Elocution on the Mahatma on the topic "Gandhi - the social Engineer".
Elocution for students of Engineering colleges in and around Hyderabad on the Martyrdom day.

Duration for each participant is 3 minutes.

Come and participate. Come and Listen.

Winner of the 2012 PUMA Creative Impact Award for making the most significant positive social or environmental impact ------- BUDRUS ------- examines one West Bank town’s reaction to Israel’s construction of the security barrier. The town, with a population of 1,500, was set to be divided and encircled by the barrier, losing 300 acres of land and 3,000 olive trees. These trees were not only critical for economic survival but also sacred to the town’s intergenerational history.

The documentary film tells the story of Ayed Morrar, a Palestinian whose work for Fatah had led to five detentions in Israeli jails, but whose momentous strategic decision that the barrier would be best opposed by nonviolent resistance had far-reaching ramifications.

" what makes the Palestinian peaceniks of Budrus different is that they explicitly define their movement in opposition to violence, condemning even stone—throwing, long a symbol of Palestinian resistance. Also unique: women in Budrus asked to march at the front of the protests, as did Israeli and international peace activists"

Rati (Suzanne Patel) on the day before her birthday finds herself a competition Vaneetha (Oindrilla Chakraborty) who struggles for the Marketing Head's position in the same company. Rati, on the other hand, wants to spend her birthday with her busy, single father Ashok (Sameer Chhabra) who hardly gives her time, but as usual he would'nt remember her birthday and goes to Bangalore for an Urgent Meeting. She spends her birthday with her besties and the very next day, forgets making a presentation, which if given properly would make her the marketing head. JAI (Rahul Premchander), the long lost love of Rati's comes to her and asks her for forgiveness for not being there for her, In order to her help her out and get her back, decides to solve all her problems. So does Krishna (Krishna Shukla), but everything in the process goes wrong. What will Jai do to get rati back? Will She even go back to him? Will Rati's Father ever be a real father to her? To get the answers to these, Watch Jai, Which will be premiered on 31st of January, Lamakaan

STARRING
Rahul Premchander
Suzanne Patel
Krishna
Sameer Chhabra
Oindrilla Chakraborty
Preetham Raghu
Rutwik Upadhyayula
Rama Rao Jadhav
Yohan
PRODUCTION Preetham Raghu
MARKETING Anurag Sharma
SOUND ENGINEERING Aditya TB
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Vamshi Artham
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED by Nikhil Heerekar

An intimate evening of the Spoken Word translated into other art forms.

A performance of Poetry that seeks to explore the beyond that lies within. Perhaps a word or two would be spoken about the Unspeakable.

A poet takes the stage and recites his verses, which is simultaneously interpreted and portrayed by other artistes through imagery, dance, music , art etc.

The poet is Faraz Khan, an actor, writer, poet originally from Hyderabad, now based in Mumbai. With eclectic influences through his many travels, Faraz has distilled observations from diverse cultures into his whimsical verses.

Art Collective 2 - For two days on Sat 2nd - Sun 3rd Feb

Given the limited number of respectable events and art spaces in the city, it would be
unfair for talented and creative people to miss out on opportunities. And so, providing
a platform to amateur as well as professional artists, Collective 2 will be a place for
interaction of myriad types of arts like music, photography, graffiti, painting, literature,
dance, theatre and so on.

The second edition is an endeavor to place all the art forms under one roof, and this
“collective” effort is a brainchild of a group of friends who came together from different
works of art and got inspired over a cup of “chai,” to further inspire fellow eccentrics and art aficionados.

So, if you would like to be noticed for your talent or want to be immersed in the true
culture and essence of Hyderabad, then this is where you should be.

PechaKucha Nights are informal and fun gatherings where creative people get together and share their ideas, works, thoughts, holiday snaps - just about anything really, in the PechaKucha 20x20 format.

Art Collective 2 - Second day of two day event on Sat 2nd - Sun 3rd Feb

If you would like to be noticed for your talent or want to be immersed in the true culture and essence of Hyderabad, then this is where you should be. If you are an Art Lover and always wanted to learn a thing or two of that elusive talent, come here.

Given the limited number of respectable events and art spaces in the city, it would be unfair for talented and creative people to miss out on opportunities. And so, providing a platform to amateur as well as professional artists,

Collective 2 will be a place for interaction of myriad types of arts like music, photography, graffiti, painting, literature, dance, theatre and so on.
The second edition is an endeavor to place all the art forms under one roof, and this “collective” effort is a brainchild of a group of friends who came together from different works of art and got inspired over a cup of “chai,” to further inspire fellow eccentrics and art aficionados.

Hyderabad based Studio E1E, a music production and live music/jamming platform presents "Jamathon", an afternoon of live music with experimental musical collaborations featuring artistes and bands belonging to various genres.

TAKING ROOT tells the story of the Green Belt Movement of Kenya and its founder Wangari Maathai, the first environmentalist and first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Professor Maathai discovered her life's work by reconnecting with the rural women with whom she had grown up. They told her they were walking long distances for firewood, clean water was scarce, the soil was disappearing from their fields, and their children were suffering from malnutrition.
'Well, why not plant trees?' Maathai suggested. These women found themselves working successively against deforestation, poverty, ignorance, embedded economic interests, and government corruption, until they became a national political force that helped to bring down Kenya's 24-year dictatorship.
Through TV footage and chilling first person accounts, TAKING ROOT documents the dramatic confrontations of the 1980s and '90s and captures Maathai's infectious determination and unwavering courage. Cinema verité footage of the tree nurseries and the women and children who tend them brings to life the confidence and
joy of people working to improve their own lives and ensure the future and vitality of
their land.
TAKING ROOT captures a world-view in which nothing is perceived as impossible and presents an awe-inspiring profile of Maathai's thirty-year journey of courage to protect the integrally connected issues of the environment, human rights, and democracy.

RDBO stands for Rang De Box Office. It is an intiative of the Rang De Hyderabad Chapter. The aim of Rang De Hyderabad Chapter is to screen a documentary that deals with social issues that our planet faces today. These films are made by filmmakers of all nationalities who want to shine a spotlight on social issues ranging from gender injustices, the climate change to the suicide of farmers in rural areas of India. Our will is two-fold: to screen these films for free (the audience is not charged)& then to have a discussion about the topic of the documentary among the audience after the screening.

The Icarus Sessions are a challenging new way to bring your art forward. Not to make a sales pitch, not to get customers or patrons, but to find the courage to stand up and say, "here, I made this."

A presentation at an Icarus Session is 140 seconds long. You can go shorter, but not a second longer. You can use slides, or handouts, or even better, just bring your enthusiasm. Videotape it if you like.

The assignment: Tell the group about your art. What have you created? What frightened you? What matters?

Check out the principles of the Icarus Session before you come: http://www.squidoo.com/IcarusSession and be sure to contact the organizer if you're hoping to speak.

Meetup URL- http://www.meetup.com/sethgodin/Hyderabad-IN/855952/

On February 14, Hyderabad will join the world in One Billion Rising (https://www.facebook.com/events/145959545561799/?ref=22), an international campaign fighting violence against women.

In preparation fot the rally, we will be screening "In the Time of the Butterflies". The story is a fictionalized account of the lives of the Mirabal sisters, Dominican revolutionary activists, who opposed the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo and were assassinated on November 25, 1960. They were feminist symbols for their country then, and are feminist symbols for the world now.

Discussion will follow!

Talent Hunger is a non-profitable Organisation , Organised for the Noble Cause to Pick , Enhance and Place TALENTED YOUTH of Hyderabad from different fields and castes respectively , we believe that the Talent has no Boundaries and hence no Fields ,so irrespective of field we hunt for the TALENT being VOLUNTEERS 🙂

లామకాన్ లో కవిసంగమం-సీరీస్ -2
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To promote Young poets every month Kavisangamam organising a Poetry Reading session with name "Kavisangamam at Lamakaan". Already on January 27,6pm organised this First event i.e series-1.It was well recieved.Grand success too.
ప్రతినెల రెండవ శనివారం ' లామకాన్ ' వేదికగా
- ఒక సీనియర్ కవి
+ ఇదివరకే కవిగా గుర్తింపు పొంది,'కవిసంగమం'లో రాస్తున్నకవి
+ 'కవిసంగమం'లో రాస్తున్న ముగ్గురు ప్రామిసింగ్ వర్ధమాన కవులు
పాల్గొని కవిత్వం చదువుతారు.
February Poetry Reading :
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Nikhileshwar
Pulipati Guruswamy
Kranti SrinivasaRao
Jayashree Naidu
Nanda Kishore

A relaxed impromptu music performance during brunch time by Sanjo (Songs of the Balladeer fame) at Lamakaan at Brunch time in the courtyard. Please come, hang out and enjoy the music.

Hanging in Secrecy - Conspiracy of a democratic nation. A public discussion and press conference on capital punishment in Indian democracy.

What does Jazz music speak about? How has it evolved over the years and across cultures? Why does Jazz instantly connect people with different languages and values? A listening post that looks at Jazz beyond its definition as the quintessential, happy and swinging American art form and explores its role as a global language of the people. Starting from its history as the music of the slaves, through the years of it being adopted as a symbol of liberation, to its later interpretation by global performers.

Presented by : Subhorup Dasgupta, Jazz-Lover & Writer at http://subhorup.blogspot.in/

Listening Post : Pure listening to Classical and Jazz music recordings with visual aids, notes, Q/A-session, discussion. Open to all. Entrance free.

Zumba Fitness® is the only Latin-inspired dance-fitness program that blends red-hot international music, created by Grammy Award-winning producers, and contagious steps to form a "fitness-party" that is downright addictive.
Since its inception in 2001, the Zumba program has grown to become the world's largest – and most successful – dance-fitness program with more than 14 million people of all shapes, sizes and ages taking weekly Zumba classes in over 140,000 locations across more than 150 countries.

As a part of 'Woman's March' (a run up to Woman's day), Lamakaan is inviting you screening this wonderful film by one of Hyderabad's celebrated woman film makers - Saraswati Kavula.

"Cutting off a Lifeline at Hyderabad" is the story of the River Musi and its city, Hyderabad, India.
This is the start sequence of a documentary produced by Saraswati Kavula, Hyderabad, by commission of nexus Institute, Berlin, Germany. This film is used as a basis for discussions with Hyderabadi citizens on sustainable development of this megacity.
As a documentary filmmaker, she has travelled the length and breadth of the country and highlighted issues pertaining to the setting up of special economic zones and the coastal industrial corridor, pollution of the Musi river, illegal mining, and so on.

Saraswati Kavula, the feisty documentary filmmaker of this , vociferous social activist, passionate photographer and a closet poet.

Saraswati discovered her passion for the preservation of environment during lessons on deforestation at school.

The Power of Promise: Examining Nuclear Energy in India (Penguin Books, December 2012) is written by Physicist and writer, M.V. Ramana, of the Nuclear Futures Laboratory and the Program on Science and Global Security, Princeton University. The book offers a detailed narrative of the evolution of India s nuclear energy programme, examining different aspects of the nuclear energy programme and the claims of success made on its behalf. These claims include the assertion that nuclear power is possibly the most important source of energy for India and that it is safe, environmentally benign, and cheap. This dream of a nuclear powered India has been supported by huge financial budgets and high level political commitment for over six decades.

The Power of Promise shows that nuclear power has been more expensive than conventional forms of electricity generation, that the ever-present risk of catastrophic accidents is heightened by observed organizational inadequacies at nuclear facilities, and that existing nuclear fuel cycle facilities have been correlated with impacts on public health and the environment. The book offers detailed information and analysis that should serve to deepen the debate about whether India should indeed embark on a massive nuclear programme.

Book Launch Follows a Panel discussion on 'Nuclear Energy in India' with panelists Anant Mariganti (Right to the City Foundation & Hyderabad Urban Labs), C. Rammanohar Reddy (editor, Economic and Political Weekly) and A. Gopalakrishnan (former Chairman, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board), Prof. Arvind Susarla (Hyderabad Central University)

IT IS A PLAY BASED ON HINDU MUSLIM HARMONY.

The story is about a happily married hindu family having a son Ram, who is dumb. Though it is revealed in between that he was found by them crying near the dead-bodies of a muslim family which was told to be descriptions family. Even after many years of marriage, they were not having any son so they bought the boy home and adopted him. He was the apple of their eye. They were happy and contempted.Raheem

Being a family which can be considered ideal in India, media takes their interview and publishes it. As it comes to the notice of various troups, World Muslim Community people call the head of the family Ramakrishna, and ask him to return their child to them or else convert their religion to muslim. Ramakrishna finding no other way to be with his son agrees to be converted to muslim. When it comes to the notice of hindu community, a hindu leader comes to their home and tries to convince Ramakrishna to give the child back to the muslims, but he refuses to do it in any circumstances. Some fight occurs which cost the family with the loss of their only child.
There is a message at the end which asks people to think about they are actually doing at the name of castes, religion, etc.

Staged by Koshish, a theatre group of Confederation of Voluntary Organizations (COVA) Hyderabad, this play bagged four awards at the All India Classical Music, Dance, Folk Dance and Drama Festival.

Studio e1e, a Hyderabad based music production and live music/jamming platform presents 'Songs of the Balladeer', an evening of storytelling through music. The artiste, Sanjo, takes the audience on a journey through songs that have a story to tell. At times the story isn't just in the song. It's also about the song, the singer or the songwriter. This Valentine's Day special edition focuses on the various shades of love. The entire set has a distinctly retro flavor with a focus on evocative lyrics, stirring melodies and emotions that underline the human condition. This performance is brought to you by Blue Butterfly Entertainment.

2 Day Digital Filmmaking Workshop

Dates: 16th & 17th of February
Time: 11am-6pm
Venue: Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.

It's a 2 Day basic filmmaking workshop which covers the fundamentals of Screenwriting, Cinematography, Direction and Editing.
Student will have a practical exercise of making a short film at the end of the workshop.

Course Content
Day 1:

Screenwriting

1. Screenplay
2. Format and screenwriting softwares
3. How to approach a screenplay
4. Basic elements of screenwriting
5. Structure & Plot

Cinematography

1. Fundamentals of Cinematography
2. Formats.
3. Lighting Scheme
4. Camera aesthetics and operation.

Day 2: Sunday:

Direction:

a) Frame Balance & Composition
b) Camera Angles
c) Blocking and staging
d) Cinematic techniques

Editing Techniques
Editing Software

Practical Exercise of shooting and editing.

The workshop will be facilitated by Rabi Kisku.
Fee : Rs 2500/-

RabiKisku Entertainment has been conducting Filmmaking Workshops in Bangalore,
Hyderabad and Chennai for the last five years and have two feature films to their credit.

To register contact , 09886539405, 8686560271 suresh@rabikiskuentertainment.com
(Limited Seats: Registration on First Come First Serve Basis)

Jan Samwaad(Dialoguing with the people) is a musical movement which tries to engage its audience into social and political issues plaguing our society and our times. These renditions, simple in form yet profound in essence, are a melange of personal and social issues encouraging the audience to ponder over some fundamental, stereotypical and preconceived societal concerns. During these conversations with the masses Jan Samwaad questions whether it is worth spending the entire life trying to find God or the so called Eternal or Divine without lending attention to the issues that we face in our daily life. Jan Samwaad is a mixed bag of songs that touch upon a variety of social predicaments be it the very relevant issue of illegal and unjust land acquisition from a farmer whose life is but synonymous to drudgery to the quest of a newly married innocent young girl to find a sojourn for herself as she embarks upon an endless journey of responsibilities and expectations. The hopelessness and despair that is so marked of today’s common man and his experiences owing to a variety of issues is something that genuinely concerns Jan Samwaad. It is in this wake of despondency that the listeners are egged to rethink if the efforts to find an “external” source of peace or power are worthwhile at all. Recognizing the need to restore communal harmony in a society with disintegrating values, Jan Samwaad seeks to challenge the motives of the perpetrators of communal hatred who still exist amongst us, even though they are not positioned in the power centre. Along this journey Jan Samwaad uses the “traditional”, but yes, only to question the “traditional” and employ the “typical” to disengage from it and look at the “atypical”.

Admission is Free

Hyderabad based Studio E1E, a talent management, music production and live music/jamming platform presents "Jamathon", an afternoon of live music with experimental musical collaborations featuring artistes and bands belonging to various genres.

A Listening session for all Classical Music lovers in Hindustani Classical Music. For all the Music students and casual listeners as well.
In this edition we will listen to Raag Bhoopali as sung by various masters and discuss them.
Conducted by Aradhana Karhade

For all those Rhythm & blues and softrock fans, here we are "SundayHeads" to make you move and groove to our beat.

SundayHeads is a Hyderabad based six piece music band playing rhythm & blues and soft rock numbers. The band was founded by Niel and Vishal in early 2012. SundayHeads is presently composed of Debby (vocal), Neil (guitar & supporting vocal), Vishal (guitar), Arun (bass), Ashish (Key Board & Supporting Vocal) and Sunny (Drums). All the members of the band have prior experience of playing in different platforms such as Cuba Libre, West-In, Cinnamon Fusion and others.

So, mark this date on to your calendar and be prepared for the GIG.

See you there!!

"A fascinating journey with two men who are the Indiana Jones of Language hunters" - LA Times

“A breathtaking thrill ride through the landscape of language.” -Noam Chomsky

"Funny, enlightening and ultimately uplifting" - The Hoot

There are 7,000 languages in the world, half which will be gone by the end of this century. On average, one language disappears every two weeks.

On the eve of International 'Mother Language Day', Please join us for a humorous and riveting journey followed by interaction with the linguist experts from Telugu & Urdu.

The Linguists is a hilarious and poignant chronicle of two scientists—David Harrison and Gregory Anderson—racing to document languages on the verge of extinction. In Siberia, India, and Bolivia, the linguists confront head-on the very forces silencing languages: racism, humiliation, and violent economic unrest. David and Greg's journey takes them deep into the heart of the cultures, knowledge, and communities at risk when a language dies.

Urdu Literary Culture (Part 1)
The Genesis and The Journey

The talk traces the origin of Urdu and explores the realm of ,what was,or is early Urdu. It also brings forth the myth and realities around
the terms Urdu and Hindi, and, that the historical spaces occupied by Urdu and Hindi or Hindavi were not mutually exclusive but rather both are claimants to a single Linguistic and Literary tradition.

While going through the long and interesting journey of Urdu, what finally emerges is the role of literature in defining culture and
change.