Lamakaan

A week-long painting exhibition where we exhibit what we have enjoyed painting. Its varied and not necessarily fits into any particular genre.

"The paintings are by Sudha Kolluru a passionate, born artist who loves to dwell into the mystic beauty of the world around and reflect it through her ART. To her Art is Life and Life is Art...The only way one can reach the ultimate divinity is through ART...Joining her is Anjum Ziaee a self thaught creative artist who loves to create something out of nothing.Her journey is about self discovery to reach the Almighty flowing wih tcolours of the everyday changes "
. On a journey we encounter a new thought and a new moment of awe everyday,thats where sometimes colours help us spill our thoughts on canvas or paper to express the value of every passing moment.Join us on our road to a new discovery about whats really meaning of it all

Entry - Free

This is an craft work done using colorful paper strips.The strips are rolled in different shapes to make various patterns. These are also used for decorative purposes.

For Registration: 7702440898 (Sree Priya)

This is a form of painting which can be done on all surfaces - using different types of brush strokes. Most of the designs are floral. This is an easy painting technique which even an amateur can also learn and implement.

For Registrations: SreePriya 7702440898

We are making a discussion with new entrepreneurs with successful entrepreneurs

A romantic comedy in English, this play revolves around characters brilliantly common and distinct at the same time. Get ready
for your "This is so me!" moment. Written and Directed by Abhishek Iyengar, the play revolves around ‘A couple’ everyone
envies! They have everything in common; just the perfect families, perfect age and head over heels in love probably a match
made in heaven. On their way to a pompous marriage, a customary mushy honeymoon, jubilant households and "A Happily Ever
after", hell breaks out! The lady gets a brainwave from the same heavens! A strong jolt, a sudden-strong-stable realization of
perfection being the ultimate flaw, calmness being the utter boredom and an impulsive compulsion for an adrenaline rush.
Embarking on this journey sans an adventure seems such a cliché. Not something "every" girl dreams of.
So what will she do? What will all of them do infact? Wait, "them" - Oh yes! There is more. Of course, where there's trouble,
there are friends and where there are friends there is action and reaction, there is drama and there is spice. An insecure,
desperate for a Prince Charming girl, a hyper-excited crazy nutcase, a sensible mature guy pool along with the couple to plot a
plan which they probably think will change the whole coarse of their life. Looks like the medley is complete, Or is it not? Come
and see for it yourself as these 5 friends set out for what they believe as “journey of a lifetime”

After successfully staging Namma Metro, MALGUDI DAZE , Nannavala Kagada, Mirror Mirror, TP Kailasam Marali baa, Bangalore’s
well known theatre group, WeMove Theatre which has completed 67 stage performances across India is now premiering its
11th production, P.S I Don’t Love you, a play in English.

Entry - (Bangalore number) 09591040847

A romantic comedy in English, this play revolves around characters brilliantly common and distinct at the same time. Get ready
for your "This is so me!" moment. Written and Directed by Abhishek Iyengar, the play revolves around ‘A couple’ everyone
envies! They have everything in common; just the perfect families, perfect age and head over heels in love probably a match
made in heaven. On their way to a pompous marriage, a customary mushy honeymoon, jubilant households and "A Happily Ever
after", hell breaks out! The lady gets a brainwave from the same heavens! A strong jolt, a sudden-strong-stable realization of
perfection being the ultimate flaw, calmness being the utter boredom and an impulsive compulsion for an adrenaline rush.
Embarking on this journey sans an adventure seems such a cliché. Not something "every" girl dreams of.
So what will she do? What will all of them do infact? Wait, "them" - Oh yes! There is more. Of course, where there's trouble,
there are friends and where there are friends there is action and reaction, there is drama and there is spice. An insecure,
desperate for a Prince Charming girl, a hyper-excited crazy nutcase, a sensible mature guy pool along with the couple to plot a
plan which they probably think will change the whole coarse of their life. Looks like the medley is complete, Or is it not? Come
and see for it yourself as these 5 friends set out for what they believe as “journey of a lifetime”

After successfully staging Namma Metro, MALGUDI DAZE , Nannavala Kagada, Mirror Mirror, TP Kailasam Marali baa, Bangalore’s
well known theatre group, WeMove Theatre which has completed 67 stage performances across India is now premiering its
11th production, P.S I Don’t Love you, a play in English.

Entry - (Bangalore number) 09591040847

A day long, free discussion and workshop event around electronics and radio.

This is an craft work done using colorful paper strips.The strips are rolled in different shapes to make various patterns. These are also used for decorative purposes.

For Registration: 7702440898 (Sree Priya)

This is a form of painting which can be done on all surfaces - using different types of brush strokes. Most of the designs are floral. This is an easy painting technique which even an amateur can also learn and implement.

Hyderabad Western Music Foundation invites you to

28th Listening Post – The Bass Groove

The bass player has an extremely important role in jazz, one that is perhaps not appreciated as much as it should. He holds on to the rhythm and the chordal structure that gives the soloists the freedom to improvise. This combination of rhythm and structure also makes bass solos in jazz a unique creative experience in musical expression. In this listening post, we look at some of the great bassists to understand their contribution to the magic of a jazz performance.

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

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

Anjali Devi is well known for her mythological role as Lava Kusha and roles in movies like Suvarna Sundari and Anarkali. In Hindi cinema, she is better known for her roles in 'Devta' opposite Gemini Ganeshan and 'Sati Savitri' opposite Mahipal and 'Bhakta Prahlad'. The songs picturised on her like 'Tum gagan ke chandrama ho', 'jeevan dor tumhi sang bandhi', 'kabhi to miloge, jeevan sathi' from 'Sati Savitri' are still quite popular.

She began in 1936 when she appeared in a minor role in Raja Harishchandra and then played the lead role in L. V. Prasad's Kashtajeevi.

Her integrity as an actress and later as producer with Values been landmarks for the industry.

Saichand Tripuraneni pays tribute to this living legend in his 25 year old documenatary followed by discussion with her contemporary actress Jamuna Ramana Rao.

Entry - Free

pARTy 2013 will be your chance to view and purchase works of select regional artists, many of whom rarely exhibit in Hyderabad.

Vaishali Bisht's Theatre Workshop brings to you the culmination of a 2 weekend theatre workshop with Adults exploring the various processes involved in theatre making. The event is a collage of 5 plays by the participants of the workshop : A Streetcar Named Desire - A classic, The Monkey Dance : A humorous satire on Indian Culture, My Crazy Girl : An improvised text , The Proposal : A localized adaptation of Chekhov's famous one acter, Confrontation : An improvised spoof

Lamakaan invites children of all ages for a Caricature/Drawing/Painting/sketching/illustration/cartoonist talent show event on the birthday of Bapu - the famous Filmmaker, artist.

Bapu introduced a painting style of simple bright colors. His unique style consisted of economy of strokes, freehand drawing and a lack of background clutter.
His paintings focus on Hindu mythological characters, and he has painted the Hindu epic Ramayana as a pictorial story. His character portrayals, such as Shiva, Bhima, Duryodhana, look distinctly male with wide chests, large jaws and large biceps; while Krishna and Rama are more feminine in build. All his female characters have doe eyes, a waist-hip ratio of 0.7, voluptuous, long hair and a sharp nose. The phrase Bapu Bomma ("Bapu's painting") has become synonymous with a beautiful Telugu girl. Another character called Rendu Jadala Seeta ("Seeta with two plaits") became a synonym for any girl wearing her hair in two plaits.
Bapu has also introduced a new style of cursive writing in Telugu. The font is his own handwriting and reflects the same simplicity as his art.

This event today is open for all and is to encourage children to take up the hobby of painting seriously.

The competition will be followed by screening of a documentary on Bapu made by Saichand Tripuraneni.

Open for all. Entry - Free

Paying a tribute to Bapu, great Indian film director, music artist, painter, illustrator, cartoonist, and designer. He was awarded the Padma Shri, for his contribution to Indian art and cinema. He has won two National Film Awards, five Andhra Pradesh state Awards.

Bapu's directorial venture saakshi was showcased at Tashkent film festival in 1968. SeetaKalyanam was screened at the BFI London Film Festival and Chicago International Film Festival in 1978. Tyagayya (1981 film) was showcased at the Indian Panorama of International Film Festival of India in 1982. He has also directed Bollywood films like Hum Paanch, Seeta Swayamvar, Anokha Bhakt, Bezubaan, Woh Saat Din, Pyari Behna, Mohobbat, Mera Dharam, Diljala and Prem Pratigya.

Bapu met Mullapudi Venkataramana in 1942 in P.S. High School, Madras. They studied there in standards V and VI and then continued schooling at Kesari High School.Ramana’s first short story 'Amma Maata Vinakapothe' was published in 1945 in 'Bala', a children's magazine published by Radio Annayya (Nyayapathi Raghava Rao),he was 14 then. Bapu illustrated the story. That was the beginning of their career as a writer-producer -illustrator- filmmaker duo”.
Started as an illustrator-story writer team and then turning into a film-director-writer duo, they have contributed immensely to the enrichment of Telugu cultural ethos through literature and cinema. When one mentions Bapu, then one is bound to mention Ramana's name too and vice versa. The most notable achievement in his movie making is his success in capturing the nativity of Telugu people and translating it great on-screen visuals. When ever the renowned duo of Bapu and Ramana come together for a project, viewers expect a spectacular visual of nativity with an equally enthralling storyline.
Their mythological ventures like Sampoorna Ramayanam, Ramanjaneya Yuddham and Seeta Kalyanam have been the milestones of Telugu cinema, while historical films like Thyagayya, Bhakta Kannappa and Sree natha kavisarvabhouma have been hugely successful. Bapu-Ramana combination has created movie magic on the large screen with some of the path breaking films in Telugu cinema and are ever remembered for films like Radha kalyanam, Velugu needalu, Bharyabharthalu, Bhogimanta, Mutyala muggu, 'Sakshi, Mr. Pellam', Pelli pustakam and Manavoori Pandavulu which popularised actors of those days like Krishna, Krishnam Raju, Chiranjeevi and Ravu Gopalarao.

Today we screen a film made by Saichand Tripuraneni on this versatile Director.

Open for All and Entry - Free

Hyderabad western Music Foundation presents "The Sposato Brothers" on Trumpet, Sax and vocal, we are in for a very special evening!

Sposato Borthers comprise of Milo and Julian, the twin sons of Frankie Blue Sposato. They began formal piano lessons when they turned 6. They won several talent shows by the time they turned 11. This talented duo composes their own tunes.

Frankie Blue Sposato is a film/television composer who grew up in New York. Blessed with perfect pitch, he learnt to play every instrument. He went to theBerkleecollege of music and studied with Gary Burton, Pat Metheney, and many other great composers. He also wrote and produced with R&B legends, Brian and Eddie Holland. Sony Records then signed him up to a writer/producer deal and he worked with Patti Labelle, Earth Wind and Fire, Martika and many other recording artists.

With Frankie Blue on Guitar and the Sposato Brothers on Trumpet, Sax and vocal. Get your bookings now!

Entry passes - 9642731329

The movie would be on Violence Against Women. The movie: 'Because Our Cause is Just is an eye-opening documentary about the struggle of women in countries experiencing the so-called “Arab Spring.” Begun as a civil movement of women and men seeking human rights and justice after decades of dictatorship, the revolutionary wave has not yielded justice for all. Instead, the political openings caused by these revolts have been exploited by Islamist groups who seek to not only exclude women from the political process but to remove them from public life through intimidation, oppressive legislation, and even physical violence. Produced by Women’s Learning Partnership, the film reveals how women in the Middle East-North Africa region are continuing to fight for the right to be part of their countries evolving political systems.

Asmita Resource Centre for Women is orgnising this screening followed by discussion on the occasion of Human Rights day.

Entry - Free

Its an absurd comedy written by Samuel Beckett.

Two men, Vladimir and Estragon, meet near a tree. They converse on various topics and reveal that they are waiting there for a man named Godot. While they wait, two other men enter. Pozzo is on his way to the market to sell his slave, Lucky. He pauses for a while to converse with Vladimir and Estragon. Lucky entertains them by dancing and thinking, and Pozzo and Lucky leave.


After Pozzo and Lucky leave, a boy enters and tells Vladimir that he is a messenger from Godot. He tells Vladimir that Godot will not be coming tonight, but that he will surely come tomorrow. Vladimir asks him some questions about Godot and the boy departs. After his departure, Vladimir and Estragon decide to leave, but they do not move as the curtain falls.

The next night, Vladimir and Estragon again meet near the tree to wait for Godot. Lucky and Pozzo enter again, but this time Pozzo is blind and Lucky is dumb. Pozzo does not remember meeting the two men the night before. They leave and Vladimir and Estragon continue to wait.

Shortly after, the boy enters and once again tells Vladimir that Godot will not be coming. He insists that he did not speak to Vladimir yesterday. After he leaves, Estragon and Vladimir decide to leave, but again they do not move as the curtain falls, ending the play.

Entry - Free

SUTRADHAR
Presents
ISMAT – EK AURAT
(A collage of Ismat Chugtai’s three short works)
Directed by
Vinay Varma
At
Lamakaan
On
19th December, 2013, 7.30 pm
Entry ₹ 100/-
Available @ Sutradhar (9848052541), and online with www.bookmyshow.com
 This is a seventy minute performance.
 It’s a dramatized performance of three short stories as vignettes.
 The author of the stories is Ismat Chughtai, the legendary Urdu writer.
 Each story is narrated by one of the three artistes in a sequence.
 A letter by Manto on his view of Ismat as a woman is read out as a prelude.
 Permission for the performances has been obtained from Ismat Chughtai’s grandson Mr Ashish Sawhny.


Ismat Chughtai, was a veritable tour de force of women's writing in India, a woman who was a feminist by instinct, long before it became fashionable to flash the badge of feminism.

She brought to the fore the modernity inherent in the actions of the poorest of rural Indian women as well as the stagnation in the minds of the so called urban elite.

Ruthlessly honest and deeply perceptive, she presented the truth of society and its women in the same nakedness in which she saw them. She wrote with a rare courage, truth and good humour which endear her to everyone who comes across her writings.
The performance begins with Guftagu (Tete-e-tete), a monologue by Ismat herself where she muses and talks about her early life, family relationships and her writings.
The second story, Saas (Mother-in-law), is about a unique saas-bahu pair and adds a new dimension to this perceived notorious relationship.
The third and the last is Chidi Ki Dukki (The Second Card of Clubs) which speaks volumes about how wit and attitude in a woman can be more attractive than the supposed good looks.
 Guftagu by Deepti Girotra
 Saas by Babli Yadav
 Chidi Ki Dukki by Pallavi Varma

An all day bazaar where creative entrepreneurs would exhibit their goods.A bazaar open to every age group. A family deal. With live music by extremly talented young artists and bands who lack promotion and ears to listen to their song playing all day.With corners of comfort to just relax and enjoy the environment.THC caters to not just entrepreneurs but to people who support such passion and zeal in others, for those who have never been given opportunities to go after their talents. FLEA af 'FAIR' will be a family affair. After years of education and putting our selves through assignments, proposals, experiments and extra courses just to attain fancy degrees, we live with not a single implementation of all that we have learnt and all the years of rat race seems to be taxing in more than one way.After being corporate professionals and not doing anything that we were taught, after losing zeal and enthusiasm to prove to others our skills where they weren't needed, we give up to grab our life and our passion while we still can. "TREE HUGGERS CLUB" THC is a community for like minded people, entrepreneurs who have given up the montony of main stream work, to chase their passion by being brave and for those who start companies on talent and skill. We salute all the brave women and men who have had the might to step out of ordinary lives and comfortable lifestyles, to follow their dreams and implement them. We at THC are trying to do our bit for such passionate, young and driven entrepreneurs and establish a platform for them. A platform that will give them that little extra help and push to showcase their products and talents. THC will hold a monthly fair and affair.An all day bazaar any one suitable day of the weekend in a month where such entrepreneurs would exhibit their goods.A bazaar open to every age group. A family deal. With live music by extremly. • stalls • food • fun • live music • pottery • caricature • lounging area • free dose of passion and eccentricities Note for entrepreneurs :If you are one to chase your dreams and make them come true, THC will help promote your product, and pay your passion in full. To exhibit your products and showcase your company and be a part of THC, all you have to do is contact us and buy your stall space.There is no profit sharing and no fine print.Like everyone of you, THC is a brain child of ours and what we say is all there is to it. Entry - Free

Samahaara Weekend Theatre Workshop

Dates: December 21st - February 09th 2014
Duration: 8 Weekends
Time: 10.00am to 12.00pm, Saturday & Sunday
Venue: Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.
Ages : 14 Yrs and Above

Workshop Director: Rathna Shekar Reddy

Samahaara Weekend Theatre Workshop is for everybody from professionals to students and serious actors to beginners.

If you can find time on the weekends and want to learn the basics of stagecraft and acting, our Weekend Workshop is ideal for you. Refresh yourself from your daily grind, learn something new and unique you can use in any aspect of your life, meet likeminded people and bring out the creative side of you.

Spread over 8 weekends (16 sessions), start from essentials of story-development, playwriting, stage-management, design and direction and move on to focus on the Actor in you. Apart from acting, the workshop offers a rich mix of outdoor theatre activities, readings, analysis, discussions, & performances every weekend.

Learn about theatre’s evolution to contemporary craft, develop imagination, evaluate material and together bring out a workshop performance at the end of the program.

For participation,
Contact us at 8341120303
Email info@samahaara.org

A talk about creative learning strategies for the future by Mr. Partho Sanyal.

This session is a dialogue on learner-centred education and discusses methods of independent creative learning as the emerging mode of learning in progressive schools the world over.

It also discusses how this kind of learning differs from traditional classroom teaching and how it is best suited to the needs of the students in today’s day and age.

This talk will benefit educators, teachers and parents from all walks of life who are interested in meaningful education and schooling.

Speaker: Partho works with schools and independent groups of teachers, parents and students through workshops, camps and short-term courses based on learner-centered education. He also works as consultant and advisor to progressive and alternative schools in India and the US.

This program is free entry and open to all.

On 11 December 2013, the Supreme Court of India ruled homosexuality to be a criminal offence setting aside the 2009 judgement given by the Delhi High Court.

This is an interactive open discussion on understanding Chapter XVI, Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code dating back to 1861, introduced during the British rule of India, that criminalises sexual activities "against the order of nature", including homosexual acts.
The section was earlier declared unconstitutional with respect to sex between consenting adults by the High Court of Delhi on 2 July 2009. That judgement was overturned by the Supreme Court of India on 11 December 2013, with the Court holding that amending or repealing Section 377 should be a matter left to Parliament, not the judiciary.

Joining us among various other panelists is Greeshma Rai, Lawyer and activists & people from LBGT community.

Open for all

Entry - Free

The Makers of "Sex,Likes & Pokes", "Love,Sex & Mocha", "WHats up with Indian Men??","!2 inches" present "Finding Nemo's LIBIDO.This is a story of a man who finds himself at a loss. His libido runs rampant but he doesn`t get the chance to do the same. Nemo has found that his life is full of troubles, most of the time this revolves around his lack of sex. So he takes a drastic decision to kill his ``LIBIDO``. In search of Nemo`s Libido his roommates, Vicky and Sid, are faced with dilemma whether their lives would be better with or without LIBIDO. Nemo and his roommates go on a misadventure in search of the answer which puts them in `awkward` but hilarious situations.

For entry passes - 9908113113

The Makers of "Sex,Likes & Pokes", "Love,Sex & Mocha", "WHats up with Indian Men??","!2 inches" present "Finding Nemo's LIBIDO.This is a story of a man who finds himself at a loss. His libido runs rampant but he doesnt get the chance to do the same. Nemo has found that his life is full of troubles, most of the time this revolves around his lack of sex. So he takes a drastic decision to kill his ``LIBIDO``. In search of Nemos Libido his roommates, Vicky and Sid, are faced with dilemma whether their lives would be better with or without LIBIDO. Nemo and his roommates go on a misadventure in search of the answer which puts them in awkward but hilarious situations.

For entry passes - 9908113113

Proposed division of AP has raised many issues. One of the keenly Proposed division of AP has raised many issues. One of the keenly contested issues is river water sharing. How will future states share water resources in Andhra Pradesh? How do we understand how to share river waters? Will new states be on a collision course?

Listen to Uma Maheswari who is an independent journalist, researcher with a doctorate in history from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has done extensive work on Polavaram project and brings with her perspectives from interactions with the people who depend on these rivers and the rivers themselves.contested issues is river water sharing. How will future states share water resources in Andhra Pradesh? How do we understand how to share river waters? Will new states be on a collision course?

All are invited. Entry - Free

A fun, interactive 3 day FREE workshop for anyone interested in learning more about languages and creative writing. Whether you are a seasoned translator or someone who simply enjoys reading and engaging other cultures, this workshop will expose you to poems and very short stories translated from other languages, help you develop your sensitivity to language through reading and writing activities, and open up your creative energy. We will look at and translate (yes!) works from Polish, Chinese, French, Spanish, Hindi/Urdu, Telugu and more! Note: the workshop will be conducted in English but you do not need to have several languages or experience in translation to attend. Come prepared to read, write, share and enjoy.

Workshop from 10:30 to 12noon on 22, 25 and 29th Dec.
Entry - Free
Registration Required. To register please send an email to Madhu Kaza at mhk4@nyu.edu

Limited seats. firsts come first registered basis.

Bangalore stand up comedian Vamsidhar and stand up comics from Hyderabad come together to give you one hour of funny this Sunday noon. Pick up your brunch, sit back & See them talk about corporate, lingerie, relationships, Hyderabad men and other things.

For entry - 09908113113

Hyderabad Western Music Foundation invites you to

Workshop on Community Singing
Sharing Music – Creating Harmony

What is Community Music? How can we use music as a tool to connect people together and create the sense of a community?
We will explore how different communities have made used the simple act of singing together to boost their morale, bring each other together, and gain motivation.

HWMF is starting a Community singing project with bi-weekly sessions, from January.
The motivation behind these sessions of community singing is not singing for a prayer or singing for the country or patriotism - although we might take songs from religious / patriotic repertoire sometimes. But the motivation is simply to feel each others' energy and understand what it is like to sing with a room full of people.
We will sing songs from different languages each time, from all over the world. The songs will come from a variety of sources such as: Sea shanties from sailors, Folk songs from folk poets of India, Simplified classical songs / poems, Folk poems from around the world, Round Songs.

So if you are fond of singing just for the sheer joy of it, this is the place to be!

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.

Sunday, 22nd Dec. 4 - 5.30 pm
Venue: Lamakaan www.lamakaan.com

Opps. GVK One Mall, Road No.1, Banjara Hills
Free event.
This course is for “everyone” who likes singing and wants to develop his/her voice-skills.
Interested persons can directly register (after the workshop) for this Community singing project (Start 12th Jan.).

www.hydmusic.com
info@hydmusic.com
www.facebook.com/TheHyderabadWesternMusicFoundation

Mooki is a dance-theatre production incorporating dialogue, dance, music, movement, sign language and silence.

Mooki, the kannada word for mute is the title of the piece that is inspired by Rabindranath Tagore's short story Subha. The story revolves around a dumb girl who is ironically named Subhashini (which in sanskrit means one with the ability to speak beautifully). This dynamics in the story is used as a metaphor in the piece to address the idea of freedom of speech that democracy claims to bestow upon its people.
The movement vocabulary explores sign language and is also inspired by entities like trees, animals and humans that are not bestowed with the ability to speak.
It looks at how language creates hierarchy within the framework of society with freedom of expression often being reserved to those with power. It looks at how the voice of those communities that are often misinterpreted, translated or seldom heard are often categorized as being marginalized. The piece draws from the experiences of the performers themselves and primarily focuses on how we
have all endured discrimination based on gender and sexuality in silence.
The piece is devised and performed by individuals hailing from diverse fields
and aims to expand the limiting definition of dance and theatre by incorporating text, live music, personal experience and movement. The piece is directed by Veena Basavarajaiah.

Entry - bookmyshow.com or sms 09535671631

B.Vittala Acharya was a popular director and producer of Telugu and Kannada movies. He is called Janapada Brahma in the Telugu Film Arena.

In 1954, he produced and directed Kanya Daana a revolutionary film for that time. Wishing to Remake the same in Telugu, he moved to then Madras and settled there till his death. After making two more Kannada Movies, he concentrated in Producing and Directing only Telugu Movies. He directed movies for other producers also. He has totally Directed 15 Movies of Sri. N. T. Rama Rao then the leading Hero of Andhra Pradesh. Though he did not get any awards most of his Films were Box Office Success and he was fondly called by his fans as "Janapada Brahma".

On the eve of 100 years of cinema, Lamakan showcases a documentary on B Vittalacharya by Saichand T.
Entry - Free

Grim Pumpkin Theater brings to you four contemporary absurd plays. They are funny, they are sarcastic, sometimes inclusive, at times isolated. They make you laugh, and they laugh back at you. And they definitely went wrong at some point. Three of them are by Alex Broun, and one by Eric Fergusson.

Entry passes - 9966903264

Lamakaan invites you to an evening of unearthing RAGA ELEMENTS IN HINDI FILM MUSIC - A presentation by sri K.L.Pandey who wrote a book aptly titled HINDI CINE-SANGEET RAGOPAEDIA.

With the first Hindi talkie movie ‘Alam Ara’ in 1931, songs were introduced in Hindi films and after that they have become an integral part of them for all the times to come. With a variety of songs of different moods and for all the occasions , they have subconsciously found place in our minds and have become a part of life for almost every class of the society in some form or the other.
In music, there are 7 Shuddha Swaras (Pure notes) , 4 Komal Swaras (flat notes) and one Teevra Swar i.e. 12 Swaras when put together. We have an equivalent 12 notes in western system as well. The well defined structure of these Notes to create a melody makes Ragas, which are an important part of the grammar of singing or playing instruments in any form of music. In Hindi film songs also therefore, there cannot be any composition which does not follow the grammar of one or more than one Ragas. Although, in initial movies, all the songs were based on pure Ragas but to create melodies for the masses and to suit the requirements of the film, more than one Ragas have been used subsequently.

In this analytical research, the Mr. Pandey has worked with a team of experts and scholars of Hindustani classical music and the Ragas have been identified only after complete listening to the songs and also playing them on various instruments. The eminent professors and musicians in classical music and from the film industry have also been consulted wherever required.
The purpose of this effort by him is to make the music lovers understand our heritage of Hindustani Music through the examples of easily accessible and understandable Hindi film music and in a way, to bridge the gap between Hindustani Classical and Hindi film music.

Entry - Free

An Evening of Reunion - The Tankbund Blues Band is getting back On The Road.
Remember when we had so much fun, out at those happy trails? It's that time again.
The Tankbund Blues Band - it's a whisper from the past in a way, but the nth harmonics continue on.
And, evolving from there, it’s quite a morphogenetic entity now. Some of the deck hands are ghosts, yes, but the fleet has a few material schooners as well, to accompany the Flying Dutchman.

When did it all begin? Some proto-vibrations were there in the late eighties, but essentially, it would tag back to one point in the early nineties.
There was an open stage event at the YMCA in Secunderabad, India, where local performers were given time slots to do their stuff. Several pop acts did their thing, with due dosages of flash and pizzazz, but the crowd wasn't tuned in, somehow.
Next, these guys came up, a drummer who was totally spooked, and probably looked like he’d just stepped out of a morgue, and a trio of nerds on the guitars who asked for folding chairs to sit down on.
Then they announced something to the effect of "We're going to do a song called Hidden Treasure by a band called Traffic".
And the sound technician at the side of the stage, he spontaneously erupted in whoops of joy, like as though an oxygen cylinder had been thrown at a drowning man.
And the audience caught on as well.
Well, that day the band didn't shake any trees or much else, what with the drummer coming down with frozen calf and ankle muscles, even for such a basic beat. But they did do a couple of originals following Traffic. And the audiences opened their hearts to them, gave them rope, and room to grow.
That was the night The Tankbund Blues Band was born. They were not even called that yet, but the concept of triggering "Back o' Town Blues" where it was totally unexpected, it sealed the fate of that name.
It was unexpected because, out there, there wasn’t much of a context for taking up classic rock as a medium. The only name that was heard of in India back then who were doing this stuff, was Rock Machine, later known as Indus Creed. But other than them, it was a few bands strewn around the country (many of them extremely gifted and talented no doubt, but essentially cover bands with maybe some original work in their back-pockets but nothing that reached out to the wider audiences), and pretty much no one else who was ready to make classic rock their primary thing in life.
To be sure lots of really great stuff was going on in India around that time in other fronts, fusion, jazz etc., but not classic rock per se.
Today the scene is quite different though, but that was the deal back then.
In such a context, calling themselves a Blues Band was, so to speak, a brown man’s adaptation of the equation which the black man had with the white man run world. Inter-positioned with that were the South Asian aspects of the love/hate relationship with the Caucasian ethos, arising from out of the turmoil and travails of British occupation. Adopting classic rock was the “love” side of the coin, for there is no denying the power it possesses – and what the other side of the coin would do to the inside of the person, was one of the drivers of their blues.
They had no real exposure to the original blues (the cotton pickin’ and Chitlin circuit based music), but these kinds of considerations were what led to a brown man’s take on classic rock to go by the name of a blues band.

Meanwhile, the drummer continued to deal with the demons in his muscles and the rest of the guys had their own demons, and over the next few years they had a few more such shows that inexorably shaped out to be abject misery.
And then somewhere in the mid-Nineties they had one magic night at The Black Cadillac. That helped keep the torch alive.
For years the drummer plowed on in true pig headed fashion, trying maybe to be a tragedy act, doomed by fate to keep attempting impossible tasks, and by the constraints of his muscles.
But he wasn't really cut out to be a tragic figure. So gradually he made peace with his demons, to some extent at least. And eventually he was able to hold the beat.
Some of his current work can be seen, with buddies from The Long Shot, out at
www.youtube.com/user/duhalchi
Now, back then, why did he persist with his tragedy act for so many years, so very recalcitrant? Why did he not drop it and go do something else?
Well, he was following the instructions of the root genius of the band, the guy who is now at happier hunting grounds, who had laid out the dictat, "dude, you're the drummer and that's that. Now make it happen". And so it was.

To many of the guys from the band from back then (affectionately known now as VPs of SFOTO), here's hoping you'll tune in again more actively. And of course this event at Lamakaan is the opportunity to do so 
🙂
The Band now aims to channel the fervor to the cause and glory of Brihan Dasht, which is explained further below.
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Koi veerani si veerani hai,
Dasht ko dekhke ghar yaad aaya
-Ghalib
Translation:
There is some kind of desolation in my head,
Looking at the wilderness, I thought of home.
Dasht means wilderness. And Brihan Dasht means wilderness in a larger sense. Or in other words, a superset of what it means in a local context. Sort of like how you have Toronto, and then there is GTA, which is the Greater Toronto Area. In the same way, Brihan Mumbai is the Greater Mumbai Area.
So, if you extrapolate out from our world out to all existence, and look at the sum total of order and chaos and everything therein within totality that is wilderness, then that would be Brihan Dasht.
Brihan Dasht is raw spirit. The Tankbund Blues Band songs speak to this. Think Steppenwolf - they used to be known as Sparrow, and then they renamed themselves, and came up with Born to be Wild.
And so it is with Dasht.
In Indian lore, tales are told of King Janaka who while being well adjusted to what was known as "bhog" based life (the equivalent modern term is consumerism) and to his kingly duties, was simultaneously able to maintain his inner dwellings in rarefied regimes of transcendent being.
In like manner, someone who is in a state of Dasht, is reasonably at peace with the evolution of the corporate cubicles based lifestyle, and regulated suburban mode "civilized" human existence - but the essential spirit remains raw.
And thus is the music of The Tankbund Blues Band.
Entry - Free

Koshish Theatre Group presents Two Award Winning Comedies with a Serious Message! "Rickshaw Wale ka Sapna" deals with issues of Speeding, Drunken Driving and Breaking Traffic Rules viewed from Parlok in the company of Yama and "Praja Nahi Nagrik Hai Hum" Another Award Winning Play that lifts the awareness levels of the audience on issues of governance from grass roots while bringing the house down with sheer humour!
Entry passes - 9948725564

Basic Theatre and Acting. Weekend Workshop

Stage Shastra conducts theatre workshops over a period of five weekends on Saturdays & Sundays. This workshop culminates in an informal show by the participants. After the workshop and the show, the participants join as a member and continue performing and getting trained on advanced acting techniques for stage and screen.

Dates : Every saturday and Sunday starting from 28th December.

Venue : Lamakaan, Banjara Hills.

For more details, please contact
Gaurav Sarkar : 09533501871
email us at : stageshastra@gmail.com

Pain Relief Care or Palliative Care – A means to end the suffering -

Living with, life-limiting illnesses such as cancer, paralysis, dementia, Alzheimer's, stroke, AIDS, heart and kidney failure is usually a devastating experience. The pain and trauma, both physical and psychological, of such illness are immense, shattering the lives of children, young adults and elderly people alike. Palliative care is an emerging specialty of medicine catering specifically to the needs of patients with such chronic illnesses.

Palliative care is aimed at improving quality of life, by employing what is called "Active Total Care", treating pain and other symptoms, at the same time offering social, emotional and spiritual support as mentioned below.


The NGO selected for this time is "Pain Relief and Palliative Care Society - Hyderabad".

website: http://www.palliativecarepartners.in/index.html

RangDe Talks : Conducted by RangDe Hyderabad Chapter, it provides a platform for NGOs to talk about them.
The Objective is to get more people aware about the work done by the NGO, as well as about RangDe.

All are welcome. entry - free

On October 12, 2013 a bus from Bangalore to Hyderabad caught fire and 45 passengers were killed in the burning inferno. This play tells the story of few passengers in that bus. It also looks into the story of chirag who was supposed to be in that bus but missed it and how this changes his life. A play about being grateful and Near death experience.

for entry passes: 9908113113

Blood Bonation Camp in association with NTR blood bank. We are the students of street cause risbm(https://www.facebook.com/StreetCauseRisbm) a branch of street cause hyderabad (streetcause.org. we have done many events in various places, now we were really interested in doing a blood camp. location was the only issue. the blood bank people will provide everything, we street cause people will provide the members and chairs.

All are welcome to participate and donate.

Porayathu Leela, better known as P. Leela, was a popular Indian playback singer. She was awarded Padma Bhushan posthumously in 2006.

Starting at the age of 13, she has sung about 5000 film songs in all the South Indian languages Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. She also sang in one Bengali film and in Sinhala movies. Her songs are known for their emotional touch and classical discipline. She made a name for herself by singing in her mellifluous voice both for the film industry and in carnatic music She considered it an honour to have sung in the same period as M S Subbulakshmi, M L Vasanthakumari and D K Pattammal - three giants of Carnatic music. She has worked under all great music directors and has sung with all the major singers of the South Indian film industry.

In the 1950s Leela was busy singing in all the South Indian languages. Her songs in films like Patala Bhairavi, Missamma, Pelli Chesi Choodu, Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu, Gundamma Katha, Lava kusa are the greatest melodies and remembered even today after many decades.
Vijaya productions' first movie, Shaukaru, did not fare well at the box office. However, the film had great melodies by Ghantasala and Leela.
In the film Missamma ( made asMissiyamma in Tamil), the songs by S. Rajeswara rao combined with voices of A.M. Raja, P. Leela and P. Susheela have become immortal, casting a magical spell over the listeners.
Vijaya productions sixth film made in the 1957, Maya Bazaar (directed by K.V.Reddy) is a true classic. The song "kalyana samaiyal satham (vivaha bhojanammu)" in the film still stands the test of time..
In one of the interviews Leela recalled that while recording the songs of `Maya Bazar, the composer took 28 takes of a song and they used the fifth take.
She worked as a music director for a film called ‘Chinnari Pappulu’ (Telugu) in 1968. The film was produced exclusively by women.

Saichand T made this tribute docuentaty on this legendary singer and being shown as a part of 100 years of Indian Cinema.

Entry - Free

Adapted from the original Marathi Play ``Shri Tashi Sau``, written by Yogesh Soman into Hindustani by Saurabh Gharipurikar. This is a story about a Hyderabadi couple going to court to nullify their nuptials by divorcing each other for the final time.

Stick to your chairs as this play will take you on a laughter ride. During the course of funny incidents, they finally realize that even after so many fights they cannot live without each other. This is a story about a Hyderabadi couple going to court to nullify their nuptials by divorcing each other for the final time. Make sure you watch this play as this one will surely tickle your funny bone! Go and watch the play at Lamakaan

Susarla Dakshinamurthi was an Indian film music director, playback singer, producer and an eminent carnatic musician, known for his works in South Indian film industry. He has worked for 135 films in different South Indian languages. He is noted for his works in the films Laila Majnu, Samsaram and Narthanasala.

He was born on 11 November 1921 in Pedakallepalli, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India to Susarla Krishnabrahma Sastry, who was a musician and teacher and Smt Annapurnamma. His paternal grandfather was Susarla Dakshinamurthi Sastri, a classical Carnatic music pioneer. During the childhood, his home used to feed many students from far away places who came to learn Music under his grandfather. He was a child prodigy, who at the age of 9 played the violin with great finesse accompanying all the singers during the 9 day Navarathri Celebration at Machilipatnam.
He has worked as Harmonium player in His Master's Voice in 1938. He has worked in different stations of All India Radio as A-grade artist in the late 1930s. He was invited to New Delhi station as Director for South Indian music.

He had moved to the Madras film industry and worked as an assistant to Music Director, C. R. Subburaman. He made Lata Mangeshkar sing the ever popular song 'Nidurapora Thammuda', in his movie Santhanam.
Samsaram (1950) movie is a musical hit film with ever popular song Samsaram Samsaram by Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao and A. M. Rajah in Telugu and Tamil languages respectively.
Ilavelpu (1956) is the next major hit film by L. V. Prasad. The famous song Challani Raja O Chandamama by Raghunath Panigrahi. He sang Challani Punnami Vennelalone casting Relangi Venkataramaiah in the film.
His score for Narthanasala (1963) songs particularly Evari Kosam Ee Mandhahasam, Naravara Kuruvara (S.Janaki),Janani Siva Kaamini (P. Susheela), Salalitha Raga Sudharasa Saaram (singer: Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna) and Sakhiya Vivarinchave are forever memorable.
He had produced two films Mohini Rukmangada (1960) and Rama Sundari (1962) under the banner of Anuradha Movies.

Saichand Tripuraneni pays tributes to the master film maker with his documentary on Singitam in this 100th year of Telugu Cinema.

All are welcome. Entry - Free

An Interactive and Transformative Session on:

"The Secret of Staying Healthy "

Conducted by:
Dhiraj Kaveri
Health Promoter

@ Lamakaan
Date: Saturday 4th January 2014
Time: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm


This session will discover and demystify Health through simple and easy ways and means.

Entry: Free

Call: Dhiraj Kaveri 8096573173

School children creates a theatre installation performance of Tagore-meets-Hamlet using works of both Tagore and Shakespeare using body as a tool.

Created from installation videos and body movement and spoken word to create a 50 minute performance called no holds bard,....this is dedicated to 100 years of tagore's gitanjali receiving the nobel prize and 450th birth commemoration of Shakespeare.

Entry - Free

DIPLOMA IN CORRUPTION, A social satire in Hindustani language on Corruption in high places is a burning topic of today, but corruption in the life of a common man is a matter of equally grave concern.

This is part Month-long theatre festival by Rangdhara, Sutradhar at Lamakaan over Sat & Sun weekends at 7:30pm in January.

The play voices these concern in form of a satire in which a middle class retired school teacher places an advertisement in local newspaper about coaching classes for etiquettes and manners (Shishtachar). The advertisement is wrongly published as "coaching classes for Bhrashtachar (Corruption)". This leads to visits by a policeman, an officer from Municipal Corporation, and the education department who bully him. The hapless teacher ends up paying bribes to keep them quiet and not take any action against him. To top this, an ex-chief engineer from mining department offers himself as a faculty member. The exasperated teacher seriously decides to drop his idea of coaching classes for Shishtachar. Entry of a eunuch looking for any degree or diploma, hoping to achieve some sort of status in the society changes the tone of the play from sarcastic to serious. The teacher rejects the eunuch for enrollment and the eunuch lashes out and ridicules the teacher for paying bribes to save his skin. "He who gives bribes is more responsible for corruption than he who receives them.” This scourge of corruption is like Bhishmacharya of Mahabharat, who is unconquerable, and cannot be killed” bemoans the teacher. “Do not be afraid of consequences. Fight this war, become Arjun. We the descendents of Shikhandi will join hands with you” declares the eunuch as the play draws curtain.

The play is writter by Surender Chaturvedi and directed by Prakash Phadnis.

For Entry passes or seasonal passes - 9985874393 or book online with www.bookmyshow.com

Performing Classical Dance (Bharatnatyam)

A week-long painting exhibition where we exhibit what we have enjoyed painting. Its varied and not necessarily fits into any particular genre.

"The paintings are by Sudha Kolluru a passionate, born artist who loves to dwell into the mystic beauty of the world around and reflect it through her ART. To her Art is Life and Life is Art...The only way one can reach the ultimate divinity is through ART...Joining her is Anjum Ziaee a self thaught creative artist who loves to create something out of nothing.Her journey is about self discovery to reach the Almighty flowing wih tcolours of the everyday changes "
. On a journey we encounter a new thought and a new moment of awe everyday,thats where sometimes colours help us spill our thoughts on canvas or paper to express the value of every passing moment.Join us on our road to a new discovery about whats really meaning of it all

Entry - Free

This is an craft work done using colorful paper strips.The strips are rolled in different shapes to make various patterns. These are also used for decorative purposes.

For Registration: 7702440898 (Sree Priya)

This is a form of painting which can be done on all surfaces - using different types of brush strokes. Most of the designs are floral. This is an easy painting technique which even an amateur can also learn and implement.

For Registrations: SreePriya 7702440898

We are making a discussion with new entrepreneurs with successful entrepreneurs

A romantic comedy in English, this play revolves around characters brilliantly common and distinct at the same time. Get ready
for your "This is so me!" moment. Written and Directed by Abhishek Iyengar, the play revolves around ‘A couple’ everyone
envies! They have everything in common; just the perfect families, perfect age and head over heels in love probably a match
made in heaven. On their way to a pompous marriage, a customary mushy honeymoon, jubilant households and "A Happily Ever
after", hell breaks out! The lady gets a brainwave from the same heavens! A strong jolt, a sudden-strong-stable realization of
perfection being the ultimate flaw, calmness being the utter boredom and an impulsive compulsion for an adrenaline rush.
Embarking on this journey sans an adventure seems such a cliché. Not something "every" girl dreams of.
So what will she do? What will all of them do infact? Wait, "them" - Oh yes! There is more. Of course, where there's trouble,
there are friends and where there are friends there is action and reaction, there is drama and there is spice. An insecure,
desperate for a Prince Charming girl, a hyper-excited crazy nutcase, a sensible mature guy pool along with the couple to plot a
plan which they probably think will change the whole coarse of their life. Looks like the medley is complete, Or is it not? Come
and see for it yourself as these 5 friends set out for what they believe as “journey of a lifetime”

After successfully staging Namma Metro, MALGUDI DAZE , Nannavala Kagada, Mirror Mirror, TP Kailasam Marali baa, Bangalore’s
well known theatre group, WeMove Theatre which has completed 67 stage performances across India is now premiering its
11th production, P.S I Don’t Love you, a play in English.

Entry - (Bangalore number) 09591040847

A romantic comedy in English, this play revolves around characters brilliantly common and distinct at the same time. Get ready
for your "This is so me!" moment. Written and Directed by Abhishek Iyengar, the play revolves around ‘A couple’ everyone
envies! They have everything in common; just the perfect families, perfect age and head over heels in love probably a match
made in heaven. On their way to a pompous marriage, a customary mushy honeymoon, jubilant households and "A Happily Ever
after", hell breaks out! The lady gets a brainwave from the same heavens! A strong jolt, a sudden-strong-stable realization of
perfection being the ultimate flaw, calmness being the utter boredom and an impulsive compulsion for an adrenaline rush.
Embarking on this journey sans an adventure seems such a cliché. Not something "every" girl dreams of.
So what will she do? What will all of them do infact? Wait, "them" - Oh yes! There is more. Of course, where there's trouble,
there are friends and where there are friends there is action and reaction, there is drama and there is spice. An insecure,
desperate for a Prince Charming girl, a hyper-excited crazy nutcase, a sensible mature guy pool along with the couple to plot a
plan which they probably think will change the whole coarse of their life. Looks like the medley is complete, Or is it not? Come
and see for it yourself as these 5 friends set out for what they believe as “journey of a lifetime”

After successfully staging Namma Metro, MALGUDI DAZE , Nannavala Kagada, Mirror Mirror, TP Kailasam Marali baa, Bangalore’s
well known theatre group, WeMove Theatre which has completed 67 stage performances across India is now premiering its
11th production, P.S I Don’t Love you, a play in English.

Entry - (Bangalore number) 09591040847

A day long, free discussion and workshop event around electronics and radio.

This is an craft work done using colorful paper strips.The strips are rolled in different shapes to make various patterns. These are also used for decorative purposes.

For Registration: 7702440898 (Sree Priya)

This is a form of painting which can be done on all surfaces - using different types of brush strokes. Most of the designs are floral. This is an easy painting technique which even an amateur can also learn and implement.

Hyderabad Western Music Foundation invites you to

28th Listening Post – The Bass Groove

The bass player has an extremely important role in jazz, one that is perhaps not appreciated as much as it should. He holds on to the rhythm and the chordal structure that gives the soloists the freedom to improvise. This combination of rhythm and structure also makes bass solos in jazz a unique creative experience in musical expression. In this listening post, we look at some of the great bassists to understand their contribution to the magic of a jazz performance.

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

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

Anjali Devi is well known for her mythological role as Lava Kusha and roles in movies like Suvarna Sundari and Anarkali. In Hindi cinema, she is better known for her roles in 'Devta' opposite Gemini Ganeshan and 'Sati Savitri' opposite Mahipal and 'Bhakta Prahlad'. The songs picturised on her like 'Tum gagan ke chandrama ho', 'jeevan dor tumhi sang bandhi', 'kabhi to miloge, jeevan sathi' from 'Sati Savitri' are still quite popular.

She began in 1936 when she appeared in a minor role in Raja Harishchandra and then played the lead role in L. V. Prasad's Kashtajeevi.

Her integrity as an actress and later as producer with Values been landmarks for the industry.

Saichand Tripuraneni pays tribute to this living legend in his 25 year old documenatary followed by discussion with her contemporary actress Jamuna Ramana Rao.

Entry - Free

pARTy 2013 will be your chance to view and purchase works of select regional artists, many of whom rarely exhibit in Hyderabad.

Vaishali Bisht's Theatre Workshop brings to you the culmination of a 2 weekend theatre workshop with Adults exploring the various processes involved in theatre making. The event is a collage of 5 plays by the participants of the workshop : A Streetcar Named Desire - A classic, The Monkey Dance : A humorous satire on Indian Culture, My Crazy Girl : An improvised text , The Proposal : A localized adaptation of Chekhov's famous one acter, Confrontation : An improvised spoof

Lamakaan invites children of all ages for a Caricature/Drawing/Painting/sketching/illustration/cartoonist talent show event on the birthday of Bapu - the famous Filmmaker, artist.

Bapu introduced a painting style of simple bright colors. His unique style consisted of economy of strokes, freehand drawing and a lack of background clutter.
His paintings focus on Hindu mythological characters, and he has painted the Hindu epic Ramayana as a pictorial story. His character portrayals, such as Shiva, Bhima, Duryodhana, look distinctly male with wide chests, large jaws and large biceps; while Krishna and Rama are more feminine in build. All his female characters have doe eyes, a waist-hip ratio of 0.7, voluptuous, long hair and a sharp nose. The phrase Bapu Bomma ("Bapu's painting") has become synonymous with a beautiful Telugu girl. Another character called Rendu Jadala Seeta ("Seeta with two plaits") became a synonym for any girl wearing her hair in two plaits.
Bapu has also introduced a new style of cursive writing in Telugu. The font is his own handwriting and reflects the same simplicity as his art.

This event today is open for all and is to encourage children to take up the hobby of painting seriously.

The competition will be followed by screening of a documentary on Bapu made by Saichand Tripuraneni.

Open for all. Entry - Free

Paying a tribute to Bapu, great Indian film director, music artist, painter, illustrator, cartoonist, and designer. He was awarded the Padma Shri, for his contribution to Indian art and cinema. He has won two National Film Awards, five Andhra Pradesh state Awards.

Bapu's directorial venture saakshi was showcased at Tashkent film festival in 1968. SeetaKalyanam was screened at the BFI London Film Festival and Chicago International Film Festival in 1978. Tyagayya (1981 film) was showcased at the Indian Panorama of International Film Festival of India in 1982. He has also directed Bollywood films like Hum Paanch, Seeta Swayamvar, Anokha Bhakt, Bezubaan, Woh Saat Din, Pyari Behna, Mohobbat, Mera Dharam, Diljala and Prem Pratigya.

Bapu met Mullapudi Venkataramana in 1942 in P.S. High School, Madras. They studied there in standards V and VI and then continued schooling at Kesari High School.Ramana’s first short story 'Amma Maata Vinakapothe' was published in 1945 in 'Bala', a children's magazine published by Radio Annayya (Nyayapathi Raghava Rao),he was 14 then. Bapu illustrated the story. That was the beginning of their career as a writer-producer -illustrator- filmmaker duo”.
Started as an illustrator-story writer team and then turning into a film-director-writer duo, they have contributed immensely to the enrichment of Telugu cultural ethos through literature and cinema. When one mentions Bapu, then one is bound to mention Ramana's name too and vice versa. The most notable achievement in his movie making is his success in capturing the nativity of Telugu people and translating it great on-screen visuals. When ever the renowned duo of Bapu and Ramana come together for a project, viewers expect a spectacular visual of nativity with an equally enthralling storyline.
Their mythological ventures like Sampoorna Ramayanam, Ramanjaneya Yuddham and Seeta Kalyanam have been the milestones of Telugu cinema, while historical films like Thyagayya, Bhakta Kannappa and Sree natha kavisarvabhouma have been hugely successful. Bapu-Ramana combination has created movie magic on the large screen with some of the path breaking films in Telugu cinema and are ever remembered for films like Radha kalyanam, Velugu needalu, Bharyabharthalu, Bhogimanta, Mutyala muggu, 'Sakshi, Mr. Pellam', Pelli pustakam and Manavoori Pandavulu which popularised actors of those days like Krishna, Krishnam Raju, Chiranjeevi and Ravu Gopalarao.

Today we screen a film made by Saichand Tripuraneni on this versatile Director.

Open for All and Entry - Free

Hyderabad western Music Foundation presents "The Sposato Brothers" on Trumpet, Sax and vocal, we are in for a very special evening!

Sposato Borthers comprise of Milo and Julian, the twin sons of Frankie Blue Sposato. They began formal piano lessons when they turned 6. They won several talent shows by the time they turned 11. This talented duo composes their own tunes.

Frankie Blue Sposato is a film/television composer who grew up in New York. Blessed with perfect pitch, he learnt to play every instrument. He went to theBerkleecollege of music and studied with Gary Burton, Pat Metheney, and many other great composers. He also wrote and produced with R&B legends, Brian and Eddie Holland. Sony Records then signed him up to a writer/producer deal and he worked with Patti Labelle, Earth Wind and Fire, Martika and many other recording artists.

With Frankie Blue on Guitar and the Sposato Brothers on Trumpet, Sax and vocal. Get your bookings now!

Entry passes - 9642731329

The movie would be on Violence Against Women. The movie: 'Because Our Cause is Just is an eye-opening documentary about the struggle of women in countries experiencing the so-called “Arab Spring.” Begun as a civil movement of women and men seeking human rights and justice after decades of dictatorship, the revolutionary wave has not yielded justice for all. Instead, the political openings caused by these revolts have been exploited by Islamist groups who seek to not only exclude women from the political process but to remove them from public life through intimidation, oppressive legislation, and even physical violence. Produced by Women’s Learning Partnership, the film reveals how women in the Middle East-North Africa region are continuing to fight for the right to be part of their countries evolving political systems.

Asmita Resource Centre for Women is orgnising this screening followed by discussion on the occasion of Human Rights day.

Entry - Free

Its an absurd comedy written by Samuel Beckett.

Two men, Vladimir and Estragon, meet near a tree. They converse on various topics and reveal that they are waiting there for a man named Godot. While they wait, two other men enter. Pozzo is on his way to the market to sell his slave, Lucky. He pauses for a while to converse with Vladimir and Estragon. Lucky entertains them by dancing and thinking, and Pozzo and Lucky leave.


After Pozzo and Lucky leave, a boy enters and tells Vladimir that he is a messenger from Godot. He tells Vladimir that Godot will not be coming tonight, but that he will surely come tomorrow. Vladimir asks him some questions about Godot and the boy departs. After his departure, Vladimir and Estragon decide to leave, but they do not move as the curtain falls.

The next night, Vladimir and Estragon again meet near the tree to wait for Godot. Lucky and Pozzo enter again, but this time Pozzo is blind and Lucky is dumb. Pozzo does not remember meeting the two men the night before. They leave and Vladimir and Estragon continue to wait.

Shortly after, the boy enters and once again tells Vladimir that Godot will not be coming. He insists that he did not speak to Vladimir yesterday. After he leaves, Estragon and Vladimir decide to leave, but again they do not move as the curtain falls, ending the play.

Entry - Free

SUTRADHAR
Presents
ISMAT – EK AURAT
(A collage of Ismat Chugtai’s three short works)
Directed by
Vinay Varma
At
Lamakaan
On
19th December, 2013, 7.30 pm
Entry ₹ 100/-
Available @ Sutradhar (9848052541), and online with www.bookmyshow.com
 This is a seventy minute performance.
 It’s a dramatized performance of three short stories as vignettes.
 The author of the stories is Ismat Chughtai, the legendary Urdu writer.
 Each story is narrated by one of the three artistes in a sequence.
 A letter by Manto on his view of Ismat as a woman is read out as a prelude.
 Permission for the performances has been obtained from Ismat Chughtai’s grandson Mr Ashish Sawhny.


Ismat Chughtai, was a veritable tour de force of women's writing in India, a woman who was a feminist by instinct, long before it became fashionable to flash the badge of feminism.

She brought to the fore the modernity inherent in the actions of the poorest of rural Indian women as well as the stagnation in the minds of the so called urban elite.

Ruthlessly honest and deeply perceptive, she presented the truth of society and its women in the same nakedness in which she saw them. She wrote with a rare courage, truth and good humour which endear her to everyone who comes across her writings.
The performance begins with Guftagu (Tete-e-tete), a monologue by Ismat herself where she muses and talks about her early life, family relationships and her writings.
The second story, Saas (Mother-in-law), is about a unique saas-bahu pair and adds a new dimension to this perceived notorious relationship.
The third and the last is Chidi Ki Dukki (The Second Card of Clubs) which speaks volumes about how wit and attitude in a woman can be more attractive than the supposed good looks.
 Guftagu by Deepti Girotra
 Saas by Babli Yadav
 Chidi Ki Dukki by Pallavi Varma

An all day bazaar where creative entrepreneurs would exhibit their goods.A bazaar open to every age group. A family deal. With live music by extremly talented young artists and bands who lack promotion and ears to listen to their song playing all day.With corners of comfort to just relax and enjoy the environment.THC caters to not just entrepreneurs but to people who support such passion and zeal in others, for those who have never been given opportunities to go after their talents. FLEA af 'FAIR' will be a family affair. After years of education and putting our selves through assignments, proposals, experiments and extra courses just to attain fancy degrees, we live with not a single implementation of all that we have learnt and all the years of rat race seems to be taxing in more than one way.After being corporate professionals and not doing anything that we were taught, after losing zeal and enthusiasm to prove to others our skills where they weren't needed, we give up to grab our life and our passion while we still can. "TREE HUGGERS CLUB" THC is a community for like minded people, entrepreneurs who have given up the montony of main stream work, to chase their passion by being brave and for those who start companies on talent and skill. We salute all the brave women and men who have had the might to step out of ordinary lives and comfortable lifestyles, to follow their dreams and implement them. We at THC are trying to do our bit for such passionate, young and driven entrepreneurs and establish a platform for them. A platform that will give them that little extra help and push to showcase their products and talents. THC will hold a monthly fair and affair.An all day bazaar any one suitable day of the weekend in a month where such entrepreneurs would exhibit their goods.A bazaar open to every age group. A family deal. With live music by extremly. • stalls • food • fun • live music • pottery • caricature • lounging area • free dose of passion and eccentricities Note for entrepreneurs :If you are one to chase your dreams and make them come true, THC will help promote your product, and pay your passion in full. To exhibit your products and showcase your company and be a part of THC, all you have to do is contact us and buy your stall space.There is no profit sharing and no fine print.Like everyone of you, THC is a brain child of ours and what we say is all there is to it. Entry - Free

Samahaara Weekend Theatre Workshop

Dates: December 21st - February 09th 2014
Duration: 8 Weekends
Time: 10.00am to 12.00pm, Saturday & Sunday
Venue: Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.
Ages : 14 Yrs and Above

Workshop Director: Rathna Shekar Reddy

Samahaara Weekend Theatre Workshop is for everybody from professionals to students and serious actors to beginners.

If you can find time on the weekends and want to learn the basics of stagecraft and acting, our Weekend Workshop is ideal for you. Refresh yourself from your daily grind, learn something new and unique you can use in any aspect of your life, meet likeminded people and bring out the creative side of you.

Spread over 8 weekends (16 sessions), start from essentials of story-development, playwriting, stage-management, design and direction and move on to focus on the Actor in you. Apart from acting, the workshop offers a rich mix of outdoor theatre activities, readings, analysis, discussions, & performances every weekend.

Learn about theatre’s evolution to contemporary craft, develop imagination, evaluate material and together bring out a workshop performance at the end of the program.

For participation,
Contact us at 8341120303
Email info@samahaara.org

A talk about creative learning strategies for the future by Mr. Partho Sanyal.

This session is a dialogue on learner-centred education and discusses methods of independent creative learning as the emerging mode of learning in progressive schools the world over.

It also discusses how this kind of learning differs from traditional classroom teaching and how it is best suited to the needs of the students in today’s day and age.

This talk will benefit educators, teachers and parents from all walks of life who are interested in meaningful education and schooling.

Speaker: Partho works with schools and independent groups of teachers, parents and students through workshops, camps and short-term courses based on learner-centered education. He also works as consultant and advisor to progressive and alternative schools in India and the US.

This program is free entry and open to all.

On 11 December 2013, the Supreme Court of India ruled homosexuality to be a criminal offence setting aside the 2009 judgement given by the Delhi High Court.

This is an interactive open discussion on understanding Chapter XVI, Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code dating back to 1861, introduced during the British rule of India, that criminalises sexual activities "against the order of nature", including homosexual acts.
The section was earlier declared unconstitutional with respect to sex between consenting adults by the High Court of Delhi on 2 July 2009. That judgement was overturned by the Supreme Court of India on 11 December 2013, with the Court holding that amending or repealing Section 377 should be a matter left to Parliament, not the judiciary.

Joining us among various other panelists is Greeshma Rai, Lawyer and activists & people from LBGT community.

Open for all

Entry - Free

The Makers of "Sex,Likes & Pokes", "Love,Sex & Mocha", "WHats up with Indian Men??","!2 inches" present "Finding Nemo's LIBIDO.This is a story of a man who finds himself at a loss. His libido runs rampant but he doesn`t get the chance to do the same. Nemo has found that his life is full of troubles, most of the time this revolves around his lack of sex. So he takes a drastic decision to kill his ``LIBIDO``. In search of Nemo`s Libido his roommates, Vicky and Sid, are faced with dilemma whether their lives would be better with or without LIBIDO. Nemo and his roommates go on a misadventure in search of the answer which puts them in `awkward` but hilarious situations.

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The Makers of "Sex,Likes & Pokes", "Love,Sex & Mocha", "WHats up with Indian Men??","!2 inches" present "Finding Nemo's LIBIDO.This is a story of a man who finds himself at a loss. His libido runs rampant but he doesnt get the chance to do the same. Nemo has found that his life is full of troubles, most of the time this revolves around his lack of sex. So he takes a drastic decision to kill his ``LIBIDO``. In search of Nemos Libido his roommates, Vicky and Sid, are faced with dilemma whether their lives would be better with or without LIBIDO. Nemo and his roommates go on a misadventure in search of the answer which puts them in awkward but hilarious situations.

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Proposed division of AP has raised many issues. One of the keenly Proposed division of AP has raised many issues. One of the keenly contested issues is river water sharing. How will future states share water resources in Andhra Pradesh? How do we understand how to share river waters? Will new states be on a collision course?

Listen to Uma Maheswari who is an independent journalist, researcher with a doctorate in history from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has done extensive work on Polavaram project and brings with her perspectives from interactions with the people who depend on these rivers and the rivers themselves.contested issues is river water sharing. How will future states share water resources in Andhra Pradesh? How do we understand how to share river waters? Will new states be on a collision course?

All are invited. Entry - Free

A fun, interactive 3 day FREE workshop for anyone interested in learning more about languages and creative writing. Whether you are a seasoned translator or someone who simply enjoys reading and engaging other cultures, this workshop will expose you to poems and very short stories translated from other languages, help you develop your sensitivity to language through reading and writing activities, and open up your creative energy. We will look at and translate (yes!) works from Polish, Chinese, French, Spanish, Hindi/Urdu, Telugu and more! Note: the workshop will be conducted in English but you do not need to have several languages or experience in translation to attend. Come prepared to read, write, share and enjoy.

Workshop from 10:30 to 12noon on 22, 25 and 29th Dec.
Entry - Free
Registration Required. To register please send an email to Madhu Kaza at mhk4@nyu.edu

Limited seats. firsts come first registered basis.

Bangalore stand up comedian Vamsidhar and stand up comics from Hyderabad come together to give you one hour of funny this Sunday noon. Pick up your brunch, sit back & See them talk about corporate, lingerie, relationships, Hyderabad men and other things.

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Hyderabad Western Music Foundation invites you to

Workshop on Community Singing
Sharing Music – Creating Harmony

What is Community Music? How can we use music as a tool to connect people together and create the sense of a community?
We will explore how different communities have made used the simple act of singing together to boost their morale, bring each other together, and gain motivation.

HWMF is starting a Community singing project with bi-weekly sessions, from January.
The motivation behind these sessions of community singing is not singing for a prayer or singing for the country or patriotism - although we might take songs from religious / patriotic repertoire sometimes. But the motivation is simply to feel each others' energy and understand what it is like to sing with a room full of people.
We will sing songs from different languages each time, from all over the world. The songs will come from a variety of sources such as: Sea shanties from sailors, Folk songs from folk poets of India, Simplified classical songs / poems, Folk poems from around the world, Round Songs.

So if you are fond of singing just for the sheer joy of it, this is the place to be!

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.

Sunday, 22nd Dec. 4 - 5.30 pm
Venue: Lamakaan www.lamakaan.com

Opps. GVK One Mall, Road No.1, Banjara Hills
Free event.
This course is for “everyone” who likes singing and wants to develop his/her voice-skills.
Interested persons can directly register (after the workshop) for this Community singing project (Start 12th Jan.).

www.hydmusic.com
info@hydmusic.com
www.facebook.com/TheHyderabadWesternMusicFoundation

Mooki is a dance-theatre production incorporating dialogue, dance, music, movement, sign language and silence.

Mooki, the kannada word for mute is the title of the piece that is inspired by Rabindranath Tagore's short story Subha. The story revolves around a dumb girl who is ironically named Subhashini (which in sanskrit means one with the ability to speak beautifully). This dynamics in the story is used as a metaphor in the piece to address the idea of freedom of speech that democracy claims to bestow upon its people.
The movement vocabulary explores sign language and is also inspired by entities like trees, animals and humans that are not bestowed with the ability to speak.
It looks at how language creates hierarchy within the framework of society with freedom of expression often being reserved to those with power. It looks at how the voice of those communities that are often misinterpreted, translated or seldom heard are often categorized as being marginalized. The piece draws from the experiences of the performers themselves and primarily focuses on how we
have all endured discrimination based on gender and sexuality in silence.
The piece is devised and performed by individuals hailing from diverse fields
and aims to expand the limiting definition of dance and theatre by incorporating text, live music, personal experience and movement. The piece is directed by Veena Basavarajaiah.

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B.Vittala Acharya was a popular director and producer of Telugu and Kannada movies. He is called Janapada Brahma in the Telugu Film Arena.

In 1954, he produced and directed Kanya Daana a revolutionary film for that time. Wishing to Remake the same in Telugu, he moved to then Madras and settled there till his death. After making two more Kannada Movies, he concentrated in Producing and Directing only Telugu Movies. He directed movies for other producers also. He has totally Directed 15 Movies of Sri. N. T. Rama Rao then the leading Hero of Andhra Pradesh. Though he did not get any awards most of his Films were Box Office Success and he was fondly called by his fans as "Janapada Brahma".

On the eve of 100 years of cinema, Lamakan showcases a documentary on B Vittalacharya by Saichand T.
Entry - Free

Grim Pumpkin Theater brings to you four contemporary absurd plays. They are funny, they are sarcastic, sometimes inclusive, at times isolated. They make you laugh, and they laugh back at you. And they definitely went wrong at some point. Three of them are by Alex Broun, and one by Eric Fergusson.

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Lamakaan invites you to an evening of unearthing RAGA ELEMENTS IN HINDI FILM MUSIC - A presentation by sri K.L.Pandey who wrote a book aptly titled HINDI CINE-SANGEET RAGOPAEDIA.

With the first Hindi talkie movie ‘Alam Ara’ in 1931, songs were introduced in Hindi films and after that they have become an integral part of them for all the times to come. With a variety of songs of different moods and for all the occasions , they have subconsciously found place in our minds and have become a part of life for almost every class of the society in some form or the other.
In music, there are 7 Shuddha Swaras (Pure notes) , 4 Komal Swaras (flat notes) and one Teevra Swar i.e. 12 Swaras when put together. We have an equivalent 12 notes in western system as well. The well defined structure of these Notes to create a melody makes Ragas, which are an important part of the grammar of singing or playing instruments in any form of music. In Hindi film songs also therefore, there cannot be any composition which does not follow the grammar of one or more than one Ragas. Although, in initial movies, all the songs were based on pure Ragas but to create melodies for the masses and to suit the requirements of the film, more than one Ragas have been used subsequently.

In this analytical research, the Mr. Pandey has worked with a team of experts and scholars of Hindustani classical music and the Ragas have been identified only after complete listening to the songs and also playing them on various instruments. The eminent professors and musicians in classical music and from the film industry have also been consulted wherever required.
The purpose of this effort by him is to make the music lovers understand our heritage of Hindustani Music through the examples of easily accessible and understandable Hindi film music and in a way, to bridge the gap between Hindustani Classical and Hindi film music.

Entry - Free

An Evening of Reunion - The Tankbund Blues Band is getting back On The Road.
Remember when we had so much fun, out at those happy trails? It's that time again.
The Tankbund Blues Band - it's a whisper from the past in a way, but the nth harmonics continue on.
And, evolving from there, it’s quite a morphogenetic entity now. Some of the deck hands are ghosts, yes, but the fleet has a few material schooners as well, to accompany the Flying Dutchman.

When did it all begin? Some proto-vibrations were there in the late eighties, but essentially, it would tag back to one point in the early nineties.
There was an open stage event at the YMCA in Secunderabad, India, where local performers were given time slots to do their stuff. Several pop acts did their thing, with due dosages of flash and pizzazz, but the crowd wasn't tuned in, somehow.
Next, these guys came up, a drummer who was totally spooked, and probably looked like he’d just stepped out of a morgue, and a trio of nerds on the guitars who asked for folding chairs to sit down on.
Then they announced something to the effect of "We're going to do a song called Hidden Treasure by a band called Traffic".
And the sound technician at the side of the stage, he spontaneously erupted in whoops of joy, like as though an oxygen cylinder had been thrown at a drowning man.
And the audience caught on as well.
Well, that day the band didn't shake any trees or much else, what with the drummer coming down with frozen calf and ankle muscles, even for such a basic beat. But they did do a couple of originals following Traffic. And the audiences opened their hearts to them, gave them rope, and room to grow.
That was the night The Tankbund Blues Band was born. They were not even called that yet, but the concept of triggering "Back o' Town Blues" where it was totally unexpected, it sealed the fate of that name.
It was unexpected because, out there, there wasn’t much of a context for taking up classic rock as a medium. The only name that was heard of in India back then who were doing this stuff, was Rock Machine, later known as Indus Creed. But other than them, it was a few bands strewn around the country (many of them extremely gifted and talented no doubt, but essentially cover bands with maybe some original work in their back-pockets but nothing that reached out to the wider audiences), and pretty much no one else who was ready to make classic rock their primary thing in life.
To be sure lots of really great stuff was going on in India around that time in other fronts, fusion, jazz etc., but not classic rock per se.
Today the scene is quite different though, but that was the deal back then.
In such a context, calling themselves a Blues Band was, so to speak, a brown man’s adaptation of the equation which the black man had with the white man run world. Inter-positioned with that were the South Asian aspects of the love/hate relationship with the Caucasian ethos, arising from out of the turmoil and travails of British occupation. Adopting classic rock was the “love” side of the coin, for there is no denying the power it possesses – and what the other side of the coin would do to the inside of the person, was one of the drivers of their blues.
They had no real exposure to the original blues (the cotton pickin’ and Chitlin circuit based music), but these kinds of considerations were what led to a brown man’s take on classic rock to go by the name of a blues band.

Meanwhile, the drummer continued to deal with the demons in his muscles and the rest of the guys had their own demons, and over the next few years they had a few more such shows that inexorably shaped out to be abject misery.
And then somewhere in the mid-Nineties they had one magic night at The Black Cadillac. That helped keep the torch alive.
For years the drummer plowed on in true pig headed fashion, trying maybe to be a tragedy act, doomed by fate to keep attempting impossible tasks, and by the constraints of his muscles.
But he wasn't really cut out to be a tragic figure. So gradually he made peace with his demons, to some extent at least. And eventually he was able to hold the beat.
Some of his current work can be seen, with buddies from The Long Shot, out at
www.youtube.com/user/duhalchi
Now, back then, why did he persist with his tragedy act for so many years, so very recalcitrant? Why did he not drop it and go do something else?
Well, he was following the instructions of the root genius of the band, the guy who is now at happier hunting grounds, who had laid out the dictat, "dude, you're the drummer and that's that. Now make it happen". And so it was.

To many of the guys from the band from back then (affectionately known now as VPs of SFOTO), here's hoping you'll tune in again more actively. And of course this event at Lamakaan is the opportunity to do so 
🙂
The Band now aims to channel the fervor to the cause and glory of Brihan Dasht, which is explained further below.
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Koi veerani si veerani hai,
Dasht ko dekhke ghar yaad aaya
-Ghalib
Translation:
There is some kind of desolation in my head,
Looking at the wilderness, I thought of home.
Dasht means wilderness. And Brihan Dasht means wilderness in a larger sense. Or in other words, a superset of what it means in a local context. Sort of like how you have Toronto, and then there is GTA, which is the Greater Toronto Area. In the same way, Brihan Mumbai is the Greater Mumbai Area.
So, if you extrapolate out from our world out to all existence, and look at the sum total of order and chaos and everything therein within totality that is wilderness, then that would be Brihan Dasht.
Brihan Dasht is raw spirit. The Tankbund Blues Band songs speak to this. Think Steppenwolf - they used to be known as Sparrow, and then they renamed themselves, and came up with Born to be Wild.
And so it is with Dasht.
In Indian lore, tales are told of King Janaka who while being well adjusted to what was known as "bhog" based life (the equivalent modern term is consumerism) and to his kingly duties, was simultaneously able to maintain his inner dwellings in rarefied regimes of transcendent being.
In like manner, someone who is in a state of Dasht, is reasonably at peace with the evolution of the corporate cubicles based lifestyle, and regulated suburban mode "civilized" human existence - but the essential spirit remains raw.
And thus is the music of The Tankbund Blues Band.
Entry - Free

Koshish Theatre Group presents Two Award Winning Comedies with a Serious Message! "Rickshaw Wale ka Sapna" deals with issues of Speeding, Drunken Driving and Breaking Traffic Rules viewed from Parlok in the company of Yama and "Praja Nahi Nagrik Hai Hum" Another Award Winning Play that lifts the awareness levels of the audience on issues of governance from grass roots while bringing the house down with sheer humour!
Entry passes - 9948725564

Basic Theatre and Acting. Weekend Workshop

Stage Shastra conducts theatre workshops over a period of five weekends on Saturdays & Sundays. This workshop culminates in an informal show by the participants. After the workshop and the show, the participants join as a member and continue performing and getting trained on advanced acting techniques for stage and screen.

Dates : Every saturday and Sunday starting from 28th December.

Venue : Lamakaan, Banjara Hills.

For more details, please contact
Gaurav Sarkar : 09533501871
email us at : stageshastra@gmail.com

Pain Relief Care or Palliative Care – A means to end the suffering -

Living with, life-limiting illnesses such as cancer, paralysis, dementia, Alzheimer's, stroke, AIDS, heart and kidney failure is usually a devastating experience. The pain and trauma, both physical and psychological, of such illness are immense, shattering the lives of children, young adults and elderly people alike. Palliative care is an emerging specialty of medicine catering specifically to the needs of patients with such chronic illnesses.

Palliative care is aimed at improving quality of life, by employing what is called "Active Total Care", treating pain and other symptoms, at the same time offering social, emotional and spiritual support as mentioned below.


The NGO selected for this time is "Pain Relief and Palliative Care Society - Hyderabad".

website: http://www.palliativecarepartners.in/index.html

RangDe Talks : Conducted by RangDe Hyderabad Chapter, it provides a platform for NGOs to talk about them.
The Objective is to get more people aware about the work done by the NGO, as well as about RangDe.

All are welcome. entry - free

On October 12, 2013 a bus from Bangalore to Hyderabad caught fire and 45 passengers were killed in the burning inferno. This play tells the story of few passengers in that bus. It also looks into the story of chirag who was supposed to be in that bus but missed it and how this changes his life. A play about being grateful and Near death experience.

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Blood Bonation Camp in association with NTR blood bank. We are the students of street cause risbm(https://www.facebook.com/StreetCauseRisbm) a branch of street cause hyderabad (streetcause.org. we have done many events in various places, now we were really interested in doing a blood camp. location was the only issue. the blood bank people will provide everything, we street cause people will provide the members and chairs.

All are welcome to participate and donate.

Porayathu Leela, better known as P. Leela, was a popular Indian playback singer. She was awarded Padma Bhushan posthumously in 2006.

Starting at the age of 13, she has sung about 5000 film songs in all the South Indian languages Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. She also sang in one Bengali film and in Sinhala movies. Her songs are known for their emotional touch and classical discipline. She made a name for herself by singing in her mellifluous voice both for the film industry and in carnatic music She considered it an honour to have sung in the same period as M S Subbulakshmi, M L Vasanthakumari and D K Pattammal - three giants of Carnatic music. She has worked under all great music directors and has sung with all the major singers of the South Indian film industry.

In the 1950s Leela was busy singing in all the South Indian languages. Her songs in films like Patala Bhairavi, Missamma, Pelli Chesi Choodu, Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu, Gundamma Katha, Lava kusa are the greatest melodies and remembered even today after many decades.
Vijaya productions' first movie, Shaukaru, did not fare well at the box office. However, the film had great melodies by Ghantasala and Leela.
In the film Missamma ( made asMissiyamma in Tamil), the songs by S. Rajeswara rao combined with voices of A.M. Raja, P. Leela and P. Susheela have become immortal, casting a magical spell over the listeners.
Vijaya productions sixth film made in the 1957, Maya Bazaar (directed by K.V.Reddy) is a true classic. The song "kalyana samaiyal satham (vivaha bhojanammu)" in the film still stands the test of time..
In one of the interviews Leela recalled that while recording the songs of `Maya Bazar, the composer took 28 takes of a song and they used the fifth take.
She worked as a music director for a film called ‘Chinnari Pappulu’ (Telugu) in 1968. The film was produced exclusively by women.

Saichand T made this tribute docuentaty on this legendary singer and being shown as a part of 100 years of Indian Cinema.

Entry - Free

Adapted from the original Marathi Play ``Shri Tashi Sau``, written by Yogesh Soman into Hindustani by Saurabh Gharipurikar. This is a story about a Hyderabadi couple going to court to nullify their nuptials by divorcing each other for the final time.

Stick to your chairs as this play will take you on a laughter ride. During the course of funny incidents, they finally realize that even after so many fights they cannot live without each other. This is a story about a Hyderabadi couple going to court to nullify their nuptials by divorcing each other for the final time. Make sure you watch this play as this one will surely tickle your funny bone! Go and watch the play at Lamakaan

Susarla Dakshinamurthi was an Indian film music director, playback singer, producer and an eminent carnatic musician, known for his works in South Indian film industry. He has worked for 135 films in different South Indian languages. He is noted for his works in the films Laila Majnu, Samsaram and Narthanasala.

He was born on 11 November 1921 in Pedakallepalli, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India to Susarla Krishnabrahma Sastry, who was a musician and teacher and Smt Annapurnamma. His paternal grandfather was Susarla Dakshinamurthi Sastri, a classical Carnatic music pioneer. During the childhood, his home used to feed many students from far away places who came to learn Music under his grandfather. He was a child prodigy, who at the age of 9 played the violin with great finesse accompanying all the singers during the 9 day Navarathri Celebration at Machilipatnam.
He has worked as Harmonium player in His Master's Voice in 1938. He has worked in different stations of All India Radio as A-grade artist in the late 1930s. He was invited to New Delhi station as Director for South Indian music.

He had moved to the Madras film industry and worked as an assistant to Music Director, C. R. Subburaman. He made Lata Mangeshkar sing the ever popular song 'Nidurapora Thammuda', in his movie Santhanam.
Samsaram (1950) movie is a musical hit film with ever popular song Samsaram Samsaram by Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao and A. M. Rajah in Telugu and Tamil languages respectively.
Ilavelpu (1956) is the next major hit film by L. V. Prasad. The famous song Challani Raja O Chandamama by Raghunath Panigrahi. He sang Challani Punnami Vennelalone casting Relangi Venkataramaiah in the film.
His score for Narthanasala (1963) songs particularly Evari Kosam Ee Mandhahasam, Naravara Kuruvara (S.Janaki),Janani Siva Kaamini (P. Susheela), Salalitha Raga Sudharasa Saaram (singer: Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna) and Sakhiya Vivarinchave are forever memorable.
He had produced two films Mohini Rukmangada (1960) and Rama Sundari (1962) under the banner of Anuradha Movies.

Saichand Tripuraneni pays tributes to the master film maker with his documentary on Singitam in this 100th year of Telugu Cinema.

All are welcome. Entry - Free

An Interactive and Transformative Session on:

"The Secret of Staying Healthy "

Conducted by:
Dhiraj Kaveri
Health Promoter

@ Lamakaan
Date: Saturday 4th January 2014
Time: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm


This session will discover and demystify Health through simple and easy ways and means.

Entry: Free

Call: Dhiraj Kaveri 8096573173

School children creates a theatre installation performance of Tagore-meets-Hamlet using works of both Tagore and Shakespeare using body as a tool.

Created from installation videos and body movement and spoken word to create a 50 minute performance called no holds bard,....this is dedicated to 100 years of tagore's gitanjali receiving the nobel prize and 450th birth commemoration of Shakespeare.

Entry - Free

DIPLOMA IN CORRUPTION, A social satire in Hindustani language on Corruption in high places is a burning topic of today, but corruption in the life of a common man is a matter of equally grave concern.

This is part Month-long theatre festival by Rangdhara, Sutradhar at Lamakaan over Sat & Sun weekends at 7:30pm in January.

The play voices these concern in form of a satire in which a middle class retired school teacher places an advertisement in local newspaper about coaching classes for etiquettes and manners (Shishtachar). The advertisement is wrongly published as "coaching classes for Bhrashtachar (Corruption)". This leads to visits by a policeman, an officer from Municipal Corporation, and the education department who bully him. The hapless teacher ends up paying bribes to keep them quiet and not take any action against him. To top this, an ex-chief engineer from mining department offers himself as a faculty member. The exasperated teacher seriously decides to drop his idea of coaching classes for Shishtachar. Entry of a eunuch looking for any degree or diploma, hoping to achieve some sort of status in the society changes the tone of the play from sarcastic to serious. The teacher rejects the eunuch for enrollment and the eunuch lashes out and ridicules the teacher for paying bribes to save his skin. "He who gives bribes is more responsible for corruption than he who receives them.” This scourge of corruption is like Bhishmacharya of Mahabharat, who is unconquerable, and cannot be killed” bemoans the teacher. “Do not be afraid of consequences. Fight this war, become Arjun. We the descendents of Shikhandi will join hands with you” declares the eunuch as the play draws curtain.

The play is writter by Surender Chaturvedi and directed by Prakash Phadnis.

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