Lamakaan

This is a workshop on Social Entrepreneurship focused on how a social entrepreneur brings in change for the society at large and the communities served.

Workshop on Social Entrepreneurship is being organised at Lamakaan on 26th July (between 5 pm to 8 pm), with the purpose of understanding the basic concepts and how a social entrepreneur can engage and partner with communities, to bring in a societal change. The workshop will include presentations, group work and knowledge sharing.The facilitator is Dr Sandeep Kulshrestha, independent trainer and educator, along with few social entrepreneurs.

Entry - by Gift donation.

This is an art show by special kids who showed immense talent in the contest that was help in July. Greens is a charitable school for the Special needs children, where physically and mentally challenged.

Open to All to appreciate and encourage this immensely talented group of kids.

Celebrated documentary filmmaker Sanjay Kak's latest film:
‘Let us declare that the state of war does exist and shall exist’, the revolutionary patriot had said almost a hundred years ago, and that forewarning travels into India’s present, as armed insurrection simmers in Bastar, in the troubled heart of central India. But to the east too, beleaguered adivasis from the mineral-rich hills of Odisha come forth bearing their axes, and their songs. And in the north the swelling protests by Punjabi peasants sees hope coagulate– once more–around that iconic figure of Bhagat Singh, revolutionary martyr of the anti-colonial struggle. But are revolutions even possible anymore? Or have those dreams been ground down into our nightmares? This is a chronicle of those who live the revolutionary ideal in India, a rare encounter with the invisible domain of those whose everyday is a fight for another ideal of the world.

‘Maoism teaches us that self-preservation is possible only through war’ the disembodied voice of an ideologue fills the forest, now peopled by armed guerillas. This subterranean war broke out more than half a century ago, and the continuing battle is shaped not just with bullets and explosives, but also ideas. ‘Population is the center of gravity’, says the officer charged with training policemen in jungle warfare in Bastar, with turning them into soldiers who can take-on the Maoist rebellion – ‘whichever side the population tilts, that side wins’. This is the struggle that the Indian Prime Minister has referred to as the ‘single greatest internal security threat to the nation’. As if in answer, the words of the radical Punjabi poet Pash return to haunt us – ‘If the security of the land calls for a life without conscience… then the security of the land is a threat to us’. His words draw us back into a zone of conscience, of those who resolutely resist the inequalities and injustices of the present, in defence of another utopian ideal of the world.
The third in a cycle of films that interrogate the workings of Indian democracy, Red Ant Dream (2013) follows Jashn-e-Azadi (2007) about the idea of freedom for Kashmir, and Words on Water (2002) about the people’s movement against large dams in the Narmada valley.

Photoshop for Photography (Beginner-Basics) Part 2
FREE Seminar
No Hidden Charges….Truly Sharing of Knowledge.
Whether you’re a portrait, landscape, wedding, travel, hobby or commercial photographer (or even a serious shooter who just wants to truly unlock the real power of Photoshop), you’re going to learn techniques that will change the way you work forever.

Photoshop is now a household word, and with good reason. It can make washed-out imperfect images into digital masterpieces, or even take decades-old photos and repair damages that have been there for years. Professional technology trainer Ram will show you how to get professional results.

When combined with the Photoshop for Beginners tutorial course, you will have an impressive range of knowledge of the program and a specific expertise when it comes to working with photos after learning these Photoshop Actions for Photographers.

Hosted by: Ram

Notation Systems of Classical and Jazz Music around the world

What is the relationship of notated music to how music sounds? How does a notation system evolve through the ages to become more adaptive? Come to this listening post to find fascinating ways in which music is written down in different time periods and cultures. Also explore a new way to write down and transfer Indian Classical music.

Let us take a trip through time to diverse forms of notated music and through different countries and musical systems and find out about the representation of music on humble paper sheets. Is notation system getting impacted by other methods of being able to share music?

Presented by Tejaswinee Kelkar, who is at present doing her MS at IIIT in Hyderabad. She has studied Western Classical as well as Hindustani Classical music and is locally part of the choir group the Deccan Voices.

Entry-Free

"Sphoorthi Theatre-Create To Inspire" Team present 2 Puppet Plays.

1.'Balanagamma' puppet play -Traditional wooden String Bommalatta of Ammapuram, Warangal District by Mothe Jaganatham and team.

2. Modern Puppet play on Mobile -E waste and Public Transportation problem of common people - by Sphoorthi Theatre-Create To Inspire team.

Please bring your children along to learn and enjoy the evening and interact with the puppeteers on this art form.

Entry - Free.

71mm brings back the hit comedy play - Dario Fo's "The Open Couple". Directed by Faraz Khan and performed by Anuj Gurwara & Vaishali Bisht.
At Lamakaan - An Open Cultural Space
July 30th - 7:30pm
July 31st - 7:30 pm

The Play:
Antonia has coped for years with her husband, who decides they should be an "open couple". A mad-cap masquerade, a roller-coaster circus ring - or rather, just a 'normal day' between a man and a woman. This hilarious comedy is typical of the biting satire for which Dario Fo has become famous.
Book tickets on bookmyshow.com (http://in.bookmyshow.com/plays/The-Open-Couple/ET00016112) or sms +919848023379 or +919963447673 to block tickets!

71mm brings back the hit comedy play - Dario Fo's "The Open Couple". Directed by Faraz Khan and performed by Anuj Gurwara & Vaishali Bisht.
At Lamakaan - An Open Cultural Space
July 30th - 7:30pm
July 31st - 7:30 pm

The Play:
Antonia has coped for years with her husband, who decides they should be an "open couple". A mad-cap masquerade, a roller-coaster circus ring - or rather, just a 'normal day' between a man and a woman. This hilarious comedy is typical of the biting satire for which Dario Fo has become famous.
Book tickets on bookmyshow.com (http://in.bookmyshow.com/plays/The-Open-Couple/ET00016112) or sms +919985873716 or +919963447673 to block tickets!

Lamakaan hosts an evening of live music with a message.

Mohamed Mehdi is a musician, composer, and professor of philosophy (Chicago).His songs are influenced by reggae, folk-rock and Indian styles of music combining themes of political and personal struggle, philosophical questioning and mysticism. The thread that links these songs is the fight for freedom at every level. At Lamakaan, He will be performing original compositions with the support of talented guest artistes from Hyderabad. This interactive performance will make you sing, think and participate.

Entry - Free

"What Hope for Humanity?";

'Shall we forgive and forget?
What kind of compassion makes my enemy
My brother?
What kind of humane-ness
Makes you die
For your 'other'?'

Lamakaan is hosting the release of “Prince of Tears” by Fatima Shahnaz. The book is a collection of English poetry in the elegiac style based on the author’s bereavement at the loss of her maternal uncle, to whom she was close, who died late last year in Hyderabad. Her uncle, related to the family of the Nizam of Hyderabad, was also of the royal Mughal lineage. The poems in this anthology are elegies focusing on feelings of love, grieving and closure. Some are in the unique ‘Marsiya’ style that was developed in Arabic and Farsi in Persia after the martyrdom and murder of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, at Kerbella. Mahatma Gandhi emulated Imam Hussein’s non-violence and protest against tyranny in his own passive non-violent resistance movement, as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. did later in the U.S. The poems in this collection, however, are transcendental and inspirational, focusing on Dr. Shahnaz’s uncle’s unique spirituality steeped in the ancient mystical cultures and religions of India and its pluralistic spirituality. In this way these poems are tributes to love in all its diversity and transcendence, and to non-violence. When Dr. Shahnaz first gave a poetry reading at the Hyderabad Poetry Society of this work prior to its publication, some of Hyderabad’s elite academics and authors saluted the poems as “uniquely original, groundbreaking and never done before.”

Fatima Shahnaz, a Ph.D. from the Sorbonne University, Paris, is a published author both in India, the United States and Europe, where she was educated at an English boarding school. She was appointed the first Asian Head Girl there, and was awarded first prizes for Writing and the Jawaharlal Nehru Gold Medal in her childhood and teens. She worked as a Professor of Political Science at the Hyderabad Central University, the Jamia Millia Islamia University, Delh,i and Guest speaker at the Academic Staff College (HCU). Additionally she has been a guest professor at numerous other academic institutions in India and abroad. In New York, where her first novel, GOLCONDA, was published by News India-Times, she was also a featured and awarded poet and writer of the New York literary scene. She also launched an advocacy on international human rights, against racial injustice and for civil liberties in New York, the India Peace Organization. Her speeches and activism on human rights were both in the U.S. and India. As a theatre director and artistic director of her own theatre company in New York, her drama ensemble was listed among the elite rising Off-Broadway companies in the city. She has received a citation from the Government of France as “Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres,” or “Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters” for her contribution to international culture and civilization. Among her several books of poetry, “In the Arms of Words: Poems for Tsunami Relief” was published by Sherman Asher publishers, New York. Shahnaz’s introduction and a poem were selected for this book, and proceeds from sales were donated to victims of the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.

Entry - Free

Startups exist not to make stuff, make money, or serve customers. They exist to learn how to build a sustainable business.

This learning can be validated scientifically, by running experiments that allow us to test each element of our vision. That's why the fundamental activity of a startup is to turn ideas into products, measure how customers respond, and then learn whether to pivot or persevere.

Lean startup is a methodology built around maximizing validated customer learning thought fast Build/Measure/Learn iteration loops. It isn't just about how to create a more successful entrepreneurial business, it's about what we can learn from those businesses to improve virtually everything we do. It's ultimately an answer to the question 'How can we learn more quickly what works, and discard what doesn't?

If you thought ancient kingdoms were all about inexhaustible treasures, bewildering secret chambers, momentous battles and legendary kings, think again.

If you thought, legendary kings were all about honor, unbendable morals and loyalties, leading from the front, think once again.

Alternatively, you could just come and watch ‘Ek Shahi Raat’ – a 70-minute Hindi Play by the Turiya Theater Group.

Come witness the unfurling of an astonishing chronicle of a slipshod king blinded by his repulsive fantasies, an artist obligated to heave out a story buried under the sands of time, and a jester (king’s own fool) asked to do what he does best: act as a joker. When the night dawns on the kingdom and they are all inebriated, they are the best of friends.

If you thought, a king’s friends were a privileged lot as compared to his enemies or other court members, definitely think again.

The play is written by Miro Gavran, Indian adaptation and Direction by Bavani Ganti.

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Kcircle is organizing a potpourri quiz which is open to all. All participants need to get 10 questions or more in the form of a powerpoint presentation. We will form random teams on the spot.
Please register for the event at this link http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2F1iWkkBkCcwLDJX3YJNmtHSWrcD4OzhF76a5nqnhqFq-4%2Fviewform&h=oAQF1SqSN

If you thought ancient kingdoms were all about inexhaustible treasures, bewildering secret chambers, momentous battles and legendary kings, think again.

If you thought, legendary kings were all about honor, unbendable morals and loyalties, leading from the front, think once again.

Alternatively, you could just come and watch ‘Ek Shaahi Raat’ – a 70-minute Hindi Play by the Turiya Theatre Group.

Come witness the unfurling of an astonishing chronicle of a slipshod king blinded by his repulsive fantasies, an artist obligated to heave out a story buried under the sands of time, and a jester (king’s own fool) asked to do what he does best: act as a joker. When the night dawns on the kingdom and they are all inebriated, they are the best of friends.

If you thought, a king’s friends were a privileged lot as compared to his enemies or other court members, definitely think again.
written by Miro Gavran, Indian adaptation and Direction by Bavani Ganti.
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aka Babulal Bhuiya Ki Qurbani 1987
A poetic documentary about the tribals around Bihar’s Mailgora collieries who survive by recycling the pits’ coal slurry. In February 1981, Babulal Bhuiya, one of the workers, was shot dead by the Industrial Security Force. The film goes into the circumstances of his death via covering Communist Party rallies in the area. Much of the story is intercut with painterly shots on the body of an anonymous male worker in the quarry.

Entry - Free

How Vibrant is Gujarat?: Development Myths and Reality.

Lamakaan is proud to present three well known grassroots activists from Gujarat to kick off our debates and discussions as India moves into another election season.

Mahesh Pandya is a well known environmental activist and a regular commentator on the environmental crisis in Gujarat. He is part of a grassroots environmental organization Pariyavaran Mitr (Friends of the Environment) and many years of movement experience in the State.


Hemant Shah is a well known journalist/academic who has studied and written on the agrarian economy in Gujarat for over three decades. He most recently taught at H. K. College Ahmedabad and was a Distinguished Speaker at the inauguration of the Centre for Food Security and Agro Economy at the Gujarat National Law University.

Rumal Dhrangi is a adivasi activist and sarpanch from Sabarkantha in Central Gujarat and has been an outspoken critic of the government on adivasi issues.

Much hype has surrounded Narendra Modi's central developmentalist platform - Vibrant Gujarat. As he emerges as the BJPs Prime Ministerial candidate, it is important to examine if Vibrant Gujarat is different from Shining India - the BJPs failed electoral strategy of yester years. There is no better way to begin this process than to listen to voices from the ground in Gujarat.

Entry - Free

Create to Inspire Fellowship is an out-of-the-box challenge for the youth to generate awareness and ownership around effective and judicious consumption and management of water, energy, transport and e-waste through creative mediums. At this event, we aim to exhibit our work through arts and handicrafts, photographs, screening of short films, a theater play and a flash mob to sum it up.

Entry - Free

A screening and Seminar on Independent breakthrough cinema in India. The screening is a documentary called "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls". This Documentary talks about how Hollywood cinema went through a major change during 1970s. And the post one hour discussion is why Indian films do need the same change now and the what should be done to bring that change.

Entry - Free

On the World Indigenous Day, Lamakaan hosts a talk on 'Tribal Land and Forest Rights' by Dr Palla Trinadha Rao, is practicing lawyer, tribal rights activist, involved in tribal rights advocacy since 1986 and writing on tribal issues.

Land is their most important natural, valuable asset and imperishable endowment from which the tribals derive their sustenance, social status, economic and social equality, permanent place of the abode and work and living.

The entire tribal life process was centered and built upon two major means of produc­tion, that is, the forest and the land, which are described as twin pillars of tribal economy. The relationship with these two, espe­cially with the latter, is something like their “philosophy of life”.The non-tribals started penetrating the forest and hill areas to exploit economic resources, thereby undermining the traditional economy and society of the tribals.

Entry - Free

Western Australia, 1931. Government policy includes taking half-caste children from their Aboriginal mothers and sending them a thousand miles away to what amounts to indentured servitude, "to save them from themselves." Molly, Daisy, and Grace (two sisters and a cousin who are 14, 10, and 8) arrive at their Gulag and promptly escape, under Molly's lead. For days they walk north, following a fence that keeps rabbits from settlements, eluding a native tracker and the regional constabulary. Their pursuers take orders from the government's "chief protector of Aborigines," A.O. Neville, blinded by Anglo-Christian certainty, evolutionary world view and conventional wisdom. Can the girls survive?

Half-caste is an archaic term for category of people of mixed race or ethnicity.
In Australia, the term half-caste was widely used in the 19th- and early-20th-century British commonwealth laws to refer to the offspring of White colonists and the Aboriginal natives of the continent.

Entry - Free

Now we will have practical session on Photoshop. I know you are practicing and some of you are not.
In this session we will try to spend some time together to clarify our doubts in practice of photoshop.
I request U all to practice well and come. I have already sent you some youtube links for your reference.
Those who are not able to attend the 2nd Meet up can also attend.
And in Add On’s we will try to discuss about the plugging and
additional features like Photoshop Brushes and Actions.
Fee: No Fee as of now
At the same time I need volunteers who are already in to Photoshop to assist others.

Meet Up Requirements :
1. Fully Charged Laptop.
2. USB mouse is a must for your convenience.
3. Those who are running out of battery can bring spike(power extension)
4. Get you own images to edit.
5. Those who practiced…bring those files for feedback.

Entry - Free

Positive psychology is one of the newest branches of psychology to emerge. This particular area of psychology focuses on human prospering. While many other branches of psychology tend to focus on dysfunction and abnormal behavior, positive psychology is centered on helping people become happier.

Positive Psychology as a science of happiness offers great tools to create lasting happiness. This talk will let us brainstorm further on this theme.

Entry - Free

Samahaara presents

"HAMLET" (Play reading)

"Hamlet" is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet exacts on his uncle Claudius for murdering King Hamlet, Claudius's brother and Prince Hamlet's father, and then succeeding to the throne and taking as his wife Gertrude, the old king's widow and Prince Hamlet's mother.

Shakespeare's Hamlet is the most powerful and influential tragedies in English literature. The play was one of Shakespeare's most popular works during his lifetime and still ranks among his most-performed plays.

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Hyderabad Western Music Foundation invites you to

22nd Listening Post:
The fascinating music of George Gershwin

George Gershwin composed some of the most wonderful concert works of the 20th century, as well as the most memorable jazz standards. Right from Rhapsody in Blue and Porgy & Bess to An American in Paris, his brilliance comes through the music.

This Listening Post explores the music of Gershwin, rummages around in his life and hopefully, reignites your interest in the magic he wove.

Presented by Shakila Dausi, jazz lover, singer, member of the Deccan Voices and the Hyderabad Western Music Foundation.

Sunday, 11th August, 4 - 5.30 pm

Venue: Lamakaan(Lane next to M-Modal building, opps. GVK One Mall, Road No.1, Banjara Hills) www.lamakaan.com
Open to all. Entrance free.

Listening Post/Music Appreciation: Pure listening to Classical and Jazz music recordings with visual aids, notes, Q/A-session.

The Final Cry play – Concept by- Amrapalee Dutta and written with support from Suzanne Patel, holds a very strong message, conveyed in a way like never before – Using Physical Theatre as our primary medium, and combining it with Shadow Theatre, our production will be one of the most unique performances ever seen.

“Should we close our eyes to the world crumbling around us, just because of the fear of turning to dust?
See… Think… Act… Now, before it’s too late.” A theatrical portrayal of natural and human-made disasters, which is gradually leading to the End of Planet Earth.

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The Nehruvian era made ordinary people - mostly adivasis and dalits - lose their lands, forests and streams in the name of ‘national development’. That development never reached them. Not only they remained as deprived of basic health care and education as ever, but also of even safe drinking water though surrounded by reservoirs and dams. While this state injustice continued unabated, the post-liberalization era made these very people `anti-national’, ‘anti-development’ and `Maoists/Naxalites’, when they resisted corporate land grab for mining and industrialization. This branding became and continues to be an easy license to kill them with impunity. Southern Odisha is witness to this war between the hapless people and the neoliberal development paradigm. It led to CPI (Maoist) consolidating its presence in this area in the recent past. The film tries to explore the predicament, the dilemma and the confusion of the local people, especially, of adivasis and dalits in this war zone.

Note: The screening will be followed by a discussion with the film maker

Entry - Free

Exhibition and sale of sketches by talented painter Suraj, done in various methods of; KNIFE PAINTING, SAND PAINITNG, ACRYLIC & OIL PAINTING and PENCIL SKETCHES at Lamakaan through the weekend beginning Thursday 15th to Sunday 18th August all day.

You may get you own portrait done too with the help of a simple photograph for 'a change'! So come over and support this immensely talented indi artist on this Independence Day.

Entry - Free

A exclusive event designed for short films, to show case some serious work in the short films category. With this event the studio wants to create an eco system for filmmakers to co exist & evolve, this is forum will address practical pain points of filmmaker like production (including pre & post), casting & other important issues. After the entire list of movies is screened we have a 30-45 min focused discussion moderated by the studio to find ans to some of the current problem of film making. A bi-monthly event held to promote short films; we call for short films entries to be sent to us. We accept films below 45 mins in this type. Your work can be submitted to Octopus Studios, the set of independent curator will go through the films & select a set of films. We screen selected short films to an elite audience who are short film enthusiasts. We introduce the filmmakers as well cast & crew to the audience. The entire event is open & free of cost, it’s also held at place which has actually inspired the idea. Lamaakan-An Open Cultural Space.

TWO DAY- WEEKEND SCREENWRITING WORKSHOP
17th, 18th August (SAT – SUN), Morning 10.00am to 1.00pm. Conducted by FTII SCREENWRITING GRADUATE Raj chanvell

Age Limit: 20 above
Fees: 1000/-
Contact: 9912111173
Writing movies is one of the most creative and fulfilling careers one can choose. Though Screenwriting is a hard job, having a sound knowledge of basic principles and techniques of screenwriting and story telling would make the job easier and interesting. For All those Aspirants who have it in them but unable to put it out, The workshop is a good opportunity to help you and guide you in nurturing your budding creativity and imagination to write great stories. As everyone can accept, A great film is impossible without a great script. And to write a great script you need to train yourself with professionals.

The workshop conducted by Raj Chanvell, A professional screenwriter graduated from Film and television institute of India focuses on bringing out the great hidden stories in all of us.

The workshop will tackle all aspects that go into the construction of a script. The workshop covers topics like...
- What is a screenplay? Basic fundamentals of a professional screenplay
- It all starts with an idea. The genesis of a premise.
- The Litmus test. How to check if your idea works
- The character and the conflict. How to develop a character with conflict.
- Plot or Character. Which?
- The one page story. Expanding the premise into a one page story.
- The dynamics of a scene
- The three act structure and other approaches
- The step outline
- The treatment
- screen time vs real time, exposition, Transitions, dialogue, Dramatic conflict techniques, subtext, set up and pay offs, and many more. It also focuses on the resources screenwriters need like books, films, sample screenplays, professional guidance, online help etc.

THE HUMAN FACTOR (Documentary/76 mins/2012) Directed by: Rudradeep Bhattacharjee

The fascinating story of the Lords, a Parsi family of musicians who have collectively worked for over 60 years in Mumbai's film orchestras.

Songs have been an integral part of Indian films. The singers, the music directors, the lyricists - they have all been celebrated for their work. But who were those unseen - and uncredited - musicians who made up the orchestras that played on those songs and the background scores?

'The Human Factor' tells the fascinating story of the Lords, a Parsi family of musicians who have collectively worked for over 60 years in Mumbai's film orchestras. But the story of the Lords is not theirs alone. It also remains a crucial but obscure chapter in the history of Indian cinema.

In the centenary year of Indian cinema, this documentary - replete with rare archival material - will provide viewers with a subaltern history of Bollywood.
Plot Outline
The fascinating story of the Lords, a Parsi family of musicians who have collectively worked for over 60 years in Mumbai's film orchestras.

Entry-Free

Love, Sex and Mocha is a quirky rom-com, that infuses slam poetry and theatre as one, is a satire on modern chick flicks that creates a twist on the male-female relationship.Bubbly and frothy, this theatrical effort takes a quirky look at the mans cup of woes, which seems to runneth over! A comic perspective of all the men who have been stirred (and shaken!) over the years, even though they have tried to sweeten their lives with spoonfuls of sugar! The cup of
mocha is probably steamier than the love and sex in their lives! A hilarious romantic comedy which the men in the audience are sure to identify with! The play is bought to you by the makers of 'Sex,likes and pokes', 'Hangover' and 'Whats up with indian men'??

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Love, Sex and Mocha is a quirky rom-com, that infuses slam poetry and theatre as one, is a satire on modern chick flicks that creates a twist on the male-female relationship.Bubbly and frothy, this theatrical effort takes a quirky look at the mans cup of woes, which seems to runneth over! A comic perspective of all the men who have been stirred (and shaken!) over the years, even though they have tried to sweeten their lives with spoonfuls of sugar! The cup of
mocha is probably steamier than the love and sex in their lives! A hilarious romantic comedy which the men in the audience are sure to identify with! The play is bought to you by the makers of 'Sex,likes and pokes', 'Hangover' and 'Whats up with indian men'??

Entry - 09449596889 (Bangalore) Chaitanya

This is a story of the post Independent India. Every year when this country celebrates freedom, there are thousands of innocent prisoners in Indian jails, waiting for justice without even a trial. Abdul Nasar Maudany is one such victim. As a Muslim spiritual leader, he reacted strongly against the demolition of Babari Masjid in 1992. His house was attacked and he spent nine and a half years in jail. All the charges against him were proven false and even the judgement makes it clear that the case was fabricated. He was released without any compensation. No trial on those who were responsible for such fabrication was conducted. But soon, Maudany was framed for another series of charges and he is still waiting for justice in Bangalore Parappana Agrahara jail. The documentary film shows that this is not an isolated case, but several Muslims, dalits, adivasis and activists from people’s movements go through similar experiences. The question raised by the film is `why is a person spending so many years in jail in without being proven guilty?’ This documentary film portrays the inner dynamics of the manner in which the present institutions of the democratic system functions, so that a large number of innocent people can be framed and fabricated with false cases and dumped in jails for long periods, without the provision of basic human rights as per the requirements of Indian Constitution.

Produced by: Justice for Maudany Forum, Solidarity Youth Movement & Visual Search in association with Pedestrian Pictures.
K.P Sasi started working as a cartoonist while being a student in JNU during the late seventies. He started experimenting with films on 8mm during the early eighties. His films include `America America’, `Gaon Chodab Nahin’, `A Valley Refuses to Die', `We Who Make History' `Living in Fear', `In the Name of Medicine',`Redefining Peace’, `The Source of Life for Sale’ and several other documentaries. His feature films include Ilayum Mullum', on the social and psychological violence on women in Kerala, `Ek Alag Mausam' and `Shhh...Silence Please', a silent comedy film on development. His films have been screened and awarded at several national and international film festivals. Sasi is also the Associate Editor of www.countercurrents.org

Performing Classical Dance (Bharatnatyam)

This is a workshop on Social Entrepreneurship focused on how a social entrepreneur brings in change for the society at large and the communities served.

Workshop on Social Entrepreneurship is being organised at Lamakaan on 26th July (between 5 pm to 8 pm), with the purpose of understanding the basic concepts and how a social entrepreneur can engage and partner with communities, to bring in a societal change. The workshop will include presentations, group work and knowledge sharing.The facilitator is Dr Sandeep Kulshrestha, independent trainer and educator, along with few social entrepreneurs.

Entry - by Gift donation.

This is an art show by special kids who showed immense talent in the contest that was help in July. Greens is a charitable school for the Special needs children, where physically and mentally challenged.

Open to All to appreciate and encourage this immensely talented group of kids.

Celebrated documentary filmmaker Sanjay Kak's latest film:
‘Let us declare that the state of war does exist and shall exist’, the revolutionary patriot had said almost a hundred years ago, and that forewarning travels into India’s present, as armed insurrection simmers in Bastar, in the troubled heart of central India. But to the east too, beleaguered adivasis from the mineral-rich hills of Odisha come forth bearing their axes, and their songs. And in the north the swelling protests by Punjabi peasants sees hope coagulate– once more–around that iconic figure of Bhagat Singh, revolutionary martyr of the anti-colonial struggle. But are revolutions even possible anymore? Or have those dreams been ground down into our nightmares? This is a chronicle of those who live the revolutionary ideal in India, a rare encounter with the invisible domain of those whose everyday is a fight for another ideal of the world.

‘Maoism teaches us that self-preservation is possible only through war’ the disembodied voice of an ideologue fills the forest, now peopled by armed guerillas. This subterranean war broke out more than half a century ago, and the continuing battle is shaped not just with bullets and explosives, but also ideas. ‘Population is the center of gravity’, says the officer charged with training policemen in jungle warfare in Bastar, with turning them into soldiers who can take-on the Maoist rebellion – ‘whichever side the population tilts, that side wins’. This is the struggle that the Indian Prime Minister has referred to as the ‘single greatest internal security threat to the nation’. As if in answer, the words of the radical Punjabi poet Pash return to haunt us – ‘If the security of the land calls for a life without conscience… then the security of the land is a threat to us’. His words draw us back into a zone of conscience, of those who resolutely resist the inequalities and injustices of the present, in defence of another utopian ideal of the world.
The third in a cycle of films that interrogate the workings of Indian democracy, Red Ant Dream (2013) follows Jashn-e-Azadi (2007) about the idea of freedom for Kashmir, and Words on Water (2002) about the people’s movement against large dams in the Narmada valley.

Photoshop for Photography (Beginner-Basics) Part 2
FREE Seminar
No Hidden Charges….Truly Sharing of Knowledge.
Whether you’re a portrait, landscape, wedding, travel, hobby or commercial photographer (or even a serious shooter who just wants to truly unlock the real power of Photoshop), you’re going to learn techniques that will change the way you work forever.

Photoshop is now a household word, and with good reason. It can make washed-out imperfect images into digital masterpieces, or even take decades-old photos and repair damages that have been there for years. Professional technology trainer Ram will show you how to get professional results.

When combined with the Photoshop for Beginners tutorial course, you will have an impressive range of knowledge of the program and a specific expertise when it comes to working with photos after learning these Photoshop Actions for Photographers.

Hosted by: Ram

Notation Systems of Classical and Jazz Music around the world

What is the relationship of notated music to how music sounds? How does a notation system evolve through the ages to become more adaptive? Come to this listening post to find fascinating ways in which music is written down in different time periods and cultures. Also explore a new way to write down and transfer Indian Classical music.

Let us take a trip through time to diverse forms of notated music and through different countries and musical systems and find out about the representation of music on humble paper sheets. Is notation system getting impacted by other methods of being able to share music?

Presented by Tejaswinee Kelkar, who is at present doing her MS at IIIT in Hyderabad. She has studied Western Classical as well as Hindustani Classical music and is locally part of the choir group the Deccan Voices.

Entry-Free

"Sphoorthi Theatre-Create To Inspire" Team present 2 Puppet Plays.

1.'Balanagamma' puppet play -Traditional wooden String Bommalatta of Ammapuram, Warangal District by Mothe Jaganatham and team.

2. Modern Puppet play on Mobile -E waste and Public Transportation problem of common people - by Sphoorthi Theatre-Create To Inspire team.

Please bring your children along to learn and enjoy the evening and interact with the puppeteers on this art form.

Entry - Free.

71mm brings back the hit comedy play - Dario Fo's "The Open Couple". Directed by Faraz Khan and performed by Anuj Gurwara & Vaishali Bisht.
At Lamakaan - An Open Cultural Space
July 30th - 7:30pm
July 31st - 7:30 pm

The Play:
Antonia has coped for years with her husband, who decides they should be an "open couple". A mad-cap masquerade, a roller-coaster circus ring - or rather, just a 'normal day' between a man and a woman. This hilarious comedy is typical of the biting satire for which Dario Fo has become famous.
Book tickets on bookmyshow.com (http://in.bookmyshow.com/plays/The-Open-Couple/ET00016112) or sms +919848023379 or +919963447673 to block tickets!

71mm brings back the hit comedy play - Dario Fo's "The Open Couple". Directed by Faraz Khan and performed by Anuj Gurwara & Vaishali Bisht.
At Lamakaan - An Open Cultural Space
July 30th - 7:30pm
July 31st - 7:30 pm

The Play:
Antonia has coped for years with her husband, who decides they should be an "open couple". A mad-cap masquerade, a roller-coaster circus ring - or rather, just a 'normal day' between a man and a woman. This hilarious comedy is typical of the biting satire for which Dario Fo has become famous.
Book tickets on bookmyshow.com (http://in.bookmyshow.com/plays/The-Open-Couple/ET00016112) or sms +919985873716 or +919963447673 to block tickets!

Lamakaan hosts an evening of live music with a message.

Mohamed Mehdi is a musician, composer, and professor of philosophy (Chicago).His songs are influenced by reggae, folk-rock and Indian styles of music combining themes of political and personal struggle, philosophical questioning and mysticism. The thread that links these songs is the fight for freedom at every level. At Lamakaan, He will be performing original compositions with the support of talented guest artistes from Hyderabad. This interactive performance will make you sing, think and participate.

Entry - Free

"What Hope for Humanity?";

'Shall we forgive and forget?
What kind of compassion makes my enemy
My brother?
What kind of humane-ness
Makes you die
For your 'other'?'

Lamakaan is hosting the release of “Prince of Tears” by Fatima Shahnaz. The book is a collection of English poetry in the elegiac style based on the author’s bereavement at the loss of her maternal uncle, to whom she was close, who died late last year in Hyderabad. Her uncle, related to the family of the Nizam of Hyderabad, was also of the royal Mughal lineage. The poems in this anthology are elegies focusing on feelings of love, grieving and closure. Some are in the unique ‘Marsiya’ style that was developed in Arabic and Farsi in Persia after the martyrdom and murder of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, at Kerbella. Mahatma Gandhi emulated Imam Hussein’s non-violence and protest against tyranny in his own passive non-violent resistance movement, as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. did later in the U.S. The poems in this collection, however, are transcendental and inspirational, focusing on Dr. Shahnaz’s uncle’s unique spirituality steeped in the ancient mystical cultures and religions of India and its pluralistic spirituality. In this way these poems are tributes to love in all its diversity and transcendence, and to non-violence. When Dr. Shahnaz first gave a poetry reading at the Hyderabad Poetry Society of this work prior to its publication, some of Hyderabad’s elite academics and authors saluted the poems as “uniquely original, groundbreaking and never done before.”

Fatima Shahnaz, a Ph.D. from the Sorbonne University, Paris, is a published author both in India, the United States and Europe, where she was educated at an English boarding school. She was appointed the first Asian Head Girl there, and was awarded first prizes for Writing and the Jawaharlal Nehru Gold Medal in her childhood and teens. She worked as a Professor of Political Science at the Hyderabad Central University, the Jamia Millia Islamia University, Delh,i and Guest speaker at the Academic Staff College (HCU). Additionally she has been a guest professor at numerous other academic institutions in India and abroad. In New York, where her first novel, GOLCONDA, was published by News India-Times, she was also a featured and awarded poet and writer of the New York literary scene. She also launched an advocacy on international human rights, against racial injustice and for civil liberties in New York, the India Peace Organization. Her speeches and activism on human rights were both in the U.S. and India. As a theatre director and artistic director of her own theatre company in New York, her drama ensemble was listed among the elite rising Off-Broadway companies in the city. She has received a citation from the Government of France as “Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres,” or “Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters” for her contribution to international culture and civilization. Among her several books of poetry, “In the Arms of Words: Poems for Tsunami Relief” was published by Sherman Asher publishers, New York. Shahnaz’s introduction and a poem were selected for this book, and proceeds from sales were donated to victims of the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.

Entry - Free

Startups exist not to make stuff, make money, or serve customers. They exist to learn how to build a sustainable business.

This learning can be validated scientifically, by running experiments that allow us to test each element of our vision. That's why the fundamental activity of a startup is to turn ideas into products, measure how customers respond, and then learn whether to pivot or persevere.

Lean startup is a methodology built around maximizing validated customer learning thought fast Build/Measure/Learn iteration loops. It isn't just about how to create a more successful entrepreneurial business, it's about what we can learn from those businesses to improve virtually everything we do. It's ultimately an answer to the question 'How can we learn more quickly what works, and discard what doesn't?

If you thought ancient kingdoms were all about inexhaustible treasures, bewildering secret chambers, momentous battles and legendary kings, think again.

If you thought, legendary kings were all about honor, unbendable morals and loyalties, leading from the front, think once again.

Alternatively, you could just come and watch ‘Ek Shahi Raat’ – a 70-minute Hindi Play by the Turiya Theater Group.

Come witness the unfurling of an astonishing chronicle of a slipshod king blinded by his repulsive fantasies, an artist obligated to heave out a story buried under the sands of time, and a jester (king’s own fool) asked to do what he does best: act as a joker. When the night dawns on the kingdom and they are all inebriated, they are the best of friends.

If you thought, a king’s friends were a privileged lot as compared to his enemies or other court members, definitely think again.

The play is written by Miro Gavran, Indian adaptation and Direction by Bavani Ganti.

Entry - 9160001692

Kcircle is organizing a potpourri quiz which is open to all. All participants need to get 10 questions or more in the form of a powerpoint presentation. We will form random teams on the spot.
Please register for the event at this link http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2F1iWkkBkCcwLDJX3YJNmtHSWrcD4OzhF76a5nqnhqFq-4%2Fviewform&h=oAQF1SqSN

If you thought ancient kingdoms were all about inexhaustible treasures, bewildering secret chambers, momentous battles and legendary kings, think again.

If you thought, legendary kings were all about honor, unbendable morals and loyalties, leading from the front, think once again.

Alternatively, you could just come and watch ‘Ek Shaahi Raat’ – a 70-minute Hindi Play by the Turiya Theatre Group.

Come witness the unfurling of an astonishing chronicle of a slipshod king blinded by his repulsive fantasies, an artist obligated to heave out a story buried under the sands of time, and a jester (king’s own fool) asked to do what he does best: act as a joker. When the night dawns on the kingdom and they are all inebriated, they are the best of friends.

If you thought, a king’s friends were a privileged lot as compared to his enemies or other court members, definitely think again.
written by Miro Gavran, Indian adaptation and Direction by Bavani Ganti.
Entry - 9160001692

aka Babulal Bhuiya Ki Qurbani 1987
A poetic documentary about the tribals around Bihar’s Mailgora collieries who survive by recycling the pits’ coal slurry. In February 1981, Babulal Bhuiya, one of the workers, was shot dead by the Industrial Security Force. The film goes into the circumstances of his death via covering Communist Party rallies in the area. Much of the story is intercut with painterly shots on the body of an anonymous male worker in the quarry.

Entry - Free

How Vibrant is Gujarat?: Development Myths and Reality.

Lamakaan is proud to present three well known grassroots activists from Gujarat to kick off our debates and discussions as India moves into another election season.

Mahesh Pandya is a well known environmental activist and a regular commentator on the environmental crisis in Gujarat. He is part of a grassroots environmental organization Pariyavaran Mitr (Friends of the Environment) and many years of movement experience in the State.


Hemant Shah is a well known journalist/academic who has studied and written on the agrarian economy in Gujarat for over three decades. He most recently taught at H. K. College Ahmedabad and was a Distinguished Speaker at the inauguration of the Centre for Food Security and Agro Economy at the Gujarat National Law University.

Rumal Dhrangi is a adivasi activist and sarpanch from Sabarkantha in Central Gujarat and has been an outspoken critic of the government on adivasi issues.

Much hype has surrounded Narendra Modi's central developmentalist platform - Vibrant Gujarat. As he emerges as the BJPs Prime Ministerial candidate, it is important to examine if Vibrant Gujarat is different from Shining India - the BJPs failed electoral strategy of yester years. There is no better way to begin this process than to listen to voices from the ground in Gujarat.

Entry - Free

Create to Inspire Fellowship is an out-of-the-box challenge for the youth to generate awareness and ownership around effective and judicious consumption and management of water, energy, transport and e-waste through creative mediums. At this event, we aim to exhibit our work through arts and handicrafts, photographs, screening of short films, a theater play and a flash mob to sum it up.

Entry - Free

A screening and Seminar on Independent breakthrough cinema in India. The screening is a documentary called "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls". This Documentary talks about how Hollywood cinema went through a major change during 1970s. And the post one hour discussion is why Indian films do need the same change now and the what should be done to bring that change.

Entry - Free

On the World Indigenous Day, Lamakaan hosts a talk on 'Tribal Land and Forest Rights' by Dr Palla Trinadha Rao, is practicing lawyer, tribal rights activist, involved in tribal rights advocacy since 1986 and writing on tribal issues.

Land is their most important natural, valuable asset and imperishable endowment from which the tribals derive their sustenance, social status, economic and social equality, permanent place of the abode and work and living.

The entire tribal life process was centered and built upon two major means of produc­tion, that is, the forest and the land, which are described as twin pillars of tribal economy. The relationship with these two, espe­cially with the latter, is something like their “philosophy of life”.The non-tribals started penetrating the forest and hill areas to exploit economic resources, thereby undermining the traditional economy and society of the tribals.

Entry - Free

Western Australia, 1931. Government policy includes taking half-caste children from their Aboriginal mothers and sending them a thousand miles away to what amounts to indentured servitude, "to save them from themselves." Molly, Daisy, and Grace (two sisters and a cousin who are 14, 10, and 8) arrive at their Gulag and promptly escape, under Molly's lead. For days they walk north, following a fence that keeps rabbits from settlements, eluding a native tracker and the regional constabulary. Their pursuers take orders from the government's "chief protector of Aborigines," A.O. Neville, blinded by Anglo-Christian certainty, evolutionary world view and conventional wisdom. Can the girls survive?

Half-caste is an archaic term for category of people of mixed race or ethnicity.
In Australia, the term half-caste was widely used in the 19th- and early-20th-century British commonwealth laws to refer to the offspring of White colonists and the Aboriginal natives of the continent.

Entry - Free

Now we will have practical session on Photoshop. I know you are practicing and some of you are not.
In this session we will try to spend some time together to clarify our doubts in practice of photoshop.
I request U all to practice well and come. I have already sent you some youtube links for your reference.
Those who are not able to attend the 2nd Meet up can also attend.
And in Add On’s we will try to discuss about the plugging and
additional features like Photoshop Brushes and Actions.
Fee: No Fee as of now
At the same time I need volunteers who are already in to Photoshop to assist others.

Meet Up Requirements :
1. Fully Charged Laptop.
2. USB mouse is a must for your convenience.
3. Those who are running out of battery can bring spike(power extension)
4. Get you own images to edit.
5. Those who practiced…bring those files for feedback.

Entry - Free

Positive psychology is one of the newest branches of psychology to emerge. This particular area of psychology focuses on human prospering. While many other branches of psychology tend to focus on dysfunction and abnormal behavior, positive psychology is centered on helping people become happier.

Positive Psychology as a science of happiness offers great tools to create lasting happiness. This talk will let us brainstorm further on this theme.

Entry - Free

Samahaara presents

"HAMLET" (Play reading)

"Hamlet" is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet exacts on his uncle Claudius for murdering King Hamlet, Claudius's brother and Prince Hamlet's father, and then succeeding to the throne and taking as his wife Gertrude, the old king's widow and Prince Hamlet's mother.

Shakespeare's Hamlet is the most powerful and influential tragedies in English literature. The play was one of Shakespeare's most popular works during his lifetime and still ranks among his most-performed plays.

Entry - 8341120303

Hyderabad Western Music Foundation invites you to

22nd Listening Post:
The fascinating music of George Gershwin

George Gershwin composed some of the most wonderful concert works of the 20th century, as well as the most memorable jazz standards. Right from Rhapsody in Blue and Porgy & Bess to An American in Paris, his brilliance comes through the music.

This Listening Post explores the music of Gershwin, rummages around in his life and hopefully, reignites your interest in the magic he wove.

Presented by Shakila Dausi, jazz lover, singer, member of the Deccan Voices and the Hyderabad Western Music Foundation.

Sunday, 11th August, 4 - 5.30 pm

Venue: Lamakaan(Lane next to M-Modal building, opps. GVK One Mall, Road No.1, Banjara Hills) www.lamakaan.com
Open to all. Entrance free.

Listening Post/Music Appreciation: Pure listening to Classical and Jazz music recordings with visual aids, notes, Q/A-session.

The Final Cry play – Concept by- Amrapalee Dutta and written with support from Suzanne Patel, holds a very strong message, conveyed in a way like never before – Using Physical Theatre as our primary medium, and combining it with Shadow Theatre, our production will be one of the most unique performances ever seen.

“Should we close our eyes to the world crumbling around us, just because of the fear of turning to dust?
See… Think… Act… Now, before it’s too late.” A theatrical portrayal of natural and human-made disasters, which is gradually leading to the End of Planet Earth.

Entry - 9885450022 Suzanne

The Nehruvian era made ordinary people - mostly adivasis and dalits - lose their lands, forests and streams in the name of ‘national development’. That development never reached them. Not only they remained as deprived of basic health care and education as ever, but also of even safe drinking water though surrounded by reservoirs and dams. While this state injustice continued unabated, the post-liberalization era made these very people `anti-national’, ‘anti-development’ and `Maoists/Naxalites’, when they resisted corporate land grab for mining and industrialization. This branding became and continues to be an easy license to kill them with impunity. Southern Odisha is witness to this war between the hapless people and the neoliberal development paradigm. It led to CPI (Maoist) consolidating its presence in this area in the recent past. The film tries to explore the predicament, the dilemma and the confusion of the local people, especially, of adivasis and dalits in this war zone.

Note: The screening will be followed by a discussion with the film maker

Entry - Free

Exhibition and sale of sketches by talented painter Suraj, done in various methods of; KNIFE PAINTING, SAND PAINITNG, ACRYLIC & OIL PAINTING and PENCIL SKETCHES at Lamakaan through the weekend beginning Thursday 15th to Sunday 18th August all day.

You may get you own portrait done too with the help of a simple photograph for 'a change'! So come over and support this immensely talented indi artist on this Independence Day.

Entry - Free

A exclusive event designed for short films, to show case some serious work in the short films category. With this event the studio wants to create an eco system for filmmakers to co exist & evolve, this is forum will address practical pain points of filmmaker like production (including pre & post), casting & other important issues. After the entire list of movies is screened we have a 30-45 min focused discussion moderated by the studio to find ans to some of the current problem of film making. A bi-monthly event held to promote short films; we call for short films entries to be sent to us. We accept films below 45 mins in this type. Your work can be submitted to Octopus Studios, the set of independent curator will go through the films & select a set of films. We screen selected short films to an elite audience who are short film enthusiasts. We introduce the filmmakers as well cast & crew to the audience. The entire event is open & free of cost, it’s also held at place which has actually inspired the idea. Lamaakan-An Open Cultural Space.

TWO DAY- WEEKEND SCREENWRITING WORKSHOP
17th, 18th August (SAT – SUN), Morning 10.00am to 1.00pm. Conducted by FTII SCREENWRITING GRADUATE Raj chanvell

Age Limit: 20 above
Fees: 1000/-
Contact: 9912111173
Writing movies is one of the most creative and fulfilling careers one can choose. Though Screenwriting is a hard job, having a sound knowledge of basic principles and techniques of screenwriting and story telling would make the job easier and interesting. For All those Aspirants who have it in them but unable to put it out, The workshop is a good opportunity to help you and guide you in nurturing your budding creativity and imagination to write great stories. As everyone can accept, A great film is impossible without a great script. And to write a great script you need to train yourself with professionals.

The workshop conducted by Raj Chanvell, A professional screenwriter graduated from Film and television institute of India focuses on bringing out the great hidden stories in all of us.

The workshop will tackle all aspects that go into the construction of a script. The workshop covers topics like...
- What is a screenplay? Basic fundamentals of a professional screenplay
- It all starts with an idea. The genesis of a premise.
- The Litmus test. How to check if your idea works
- The character and the conflict. How to develop a character with conflict.
- Plot or Character. Which?
- The one page story. Expanding the premise into a one page story.
- The dynamics of a scene
- The three act structure and other approaches
- The step outline
- The treatment
- screen time vs real time, exposition, Transitions, dialogue, Dramatic conflict techniques, subtext, set up and pay offs, and many more. It also focuses on the resources screenwriters need like books, films, sample screenplays, professional guidance, online help etc.

THE HUMAN FACTOR (Documentary/76 mins/2012) Directed by: Rudradeep Bhattacharjee

The fascinating story of the Lords, a Parsi family of musicians who have collectively worked for over 60 years in Mumbai's film orchestras.

Songs have been an integral part of Indian films. The singers, the music directors, the lyricists - they have all been celebrated for their work. But who were those unseen - and uncredited - musicians who made up the orchestras that played on those songs and the background scores?

'The Human Factor' tells the fascinating story of the Lords, a Parsi family of musicians who have collectively worked for over 60 years in Mumbai's film orchestras. But the story of the Lords is not theirs alone. It also remains a crucial but obscure chapter in the history of Indian cinema.

In the centenary year of Indian cinema, this documentary - replete with rare archival material - will provide viewers with a subaltern history of Bollywood.
Plot Outline
The fascinating story of the Lords, a Parsi family of musicians who have collectively worked for over 60 years in Mumbai's film orchestras.

Entry-Free

Love, Sex and Mocha is a quirky rom-com, that infuses slam poetry and theatre as one, is a satire on modern chick flicks that creates a twist on the male-female relationship.Bubbly and frothy, this theatrical effort takes a quirky look at the mans cup of woes, which seems to runneth over! A comic perspective of all the men who have been stirred (and shaken!) over the years, even though they have tried to sweeten their lives with spoonfuls of sugar! The cup of
mocha is probably steamier than the love and sex in their lives! A hilarious romantic comedy which the men in the audience are sure to identify with! The play is bought to you by the makers of 'Sex,likes and pokes', 'Hangover' and 'Whats up with indian men'??

Entry - 09449596889 (Bangalore) Chaitanya

Love, Sex and Mocha is a quirky rom-com, that infuses slam poetry and theatre as one, is a satire on modern chick flicks that creates a twist on the male-female relationship.Bubbly and frothy, this theatrical effort takes a quirky look at the mans cup of woes, which seems to runneth over! A comic perspective of all the men who have been stirred (and shaken!) over the years, even though they have tried to sweeten their lives with spoonfuls of sugar! The cup of
mocha is probably steamier than the love and sex in their lives! A hilarious romantic comedy which the men in the audience are sure to identify with! The play is bought to you by the makers of 'Sex,likes and pokes', 'Hangover' and 'Whats up with indian men'??

Entry - 09449596889 (Bangalore) Chaitanya

This is a story of the post Independent India. Every year when this country celebrates freedom, there are thousands of innocent prisoners in Indian jails, waiting for justice without even a trial. Abdul Nasar Maudany is one such victim. As a Muslim spiritual leader, he reacted strongly against the demolition of Babari Masjid in 1992. His house was attacked and he spent nine and a half years in jail. All the charges against him were proven false and even the judgement makes it clear that the case was fabricated. He was released without any compensation. No trial on those who were responsible for such fabrication was conducted. But soon, Maudany was framed for another series of charges and he is still waiting for justice in Bangalore Parappana Agrahara jail. The documentary film shows that this is not an isolated case, but several Muslims, dalits, adivasis and activists from people’s movements go through similar experiences. The question raised by the film is `why is a person spending so many years in jail in without being proven guilty?’ This documentary film portrays the inner dynamics of the manner in which the present institutions of the democratic system functions, so that a large number of innocent people can be framed and fabricated with false cases and dumped in jails for long periods, without the provision of basic human rights as per the requirements of Indian Constitution.

Produced by: Justice for Maudany Forum, Solidarity Youth Movement & Visual Search in association with Pedestrian Pictures.
K.P Sasi started working as a cartoonist while being a student in JNU during the late seventies. He started experimenting with films on 8mm during the early eighties. His films include `America America’, `Gaon Chodab Nahin’, `A Valley Refuses to Die', `We Who Make History' `Living in Fear', `In the Name of Medicine',`Redefining Peace’, `The Source of Life for Sale’ and several other documentaries. His feature films include Ilayum Mullum', on the social and psychological violence on women in Kerala, `Ek Alag Mausam' and `Shhh...Silence Please', a silent comedy film on development. His films have been screened and awarded at several national and international film festivals. Sasi is also the Associate Editor of www.countercurrents.org