Lamakaan

Inviting for an evening of talk with Sanjay Joshi on "New Technology, new Cinema and it's connect with People's movements". This is the main thrust of 'Cinema of Resistance' initiative, for which Sanjay ji is the convener.

Topic: "New Cinema, New Technology and connect with the people".

Session 1:

Background and history of Indian Cinema

In this session I will try to explain the history of Indian Cinema with special reference to documentary cinema, a brief history of Indian film industries and role of Films Division.


Session 2:

New Cinema and technology

In this session I will speak in brief about the cost factor in film making. I will also discuss the entry of Anand Patwardhan in Indian documentary film making. Will elaborate what I mean by new cinema and new technology.


Session 3:

Cinema goes to the people

Will discuss in length how with the help of new technology New Cinema is making new roads. Will illustrate my point with numerous example from documentary cinema and people's struggle.

In all above mentioned sessions I will use film clipping or sometime full film for the better understanding of the connection of cinema with its people. Thus I will show not less than 20 films during the 3 sessions.

'Cinema of Resistance' Story:
In September 2005 while expending its activity Uttar Pradesh unit of Jan Sanskriti Manch decided to experiment with film screenings. In its natural progression in the year 2006 for the very first time in the history of Gorakhpur we made an attempt to organize a festival of films from peoples’ contribution. We showed almost 20 films including short films, animation, documentaries and full length feature films. After screening of Anand Patwardhan’s film “War and Peace” we conducted a discussion session anchored by a panel of 4 people. More than 100 people participated in the discussion which lasted for 45 minutes. Around 4000 people enjoyed the screenings in the festival. At least 500 people from surrounding small towns participated in the festival. First year we dedicated our festival to the theme of Resistance in Cinema and clubbed it with 75th year of Bhagat Singh’s martyrdom. Jan Sanskriti Manch, Expression- Gorakhpur Film Society, Peoples’ Forum and PUHR (Peoples Union for Human Rights) were the main organizers of the festival. It was solely financed by individual contributions. We also released a festival brochure.

From next year i.e. in 2007 the idea of organizing independent film festival picked up and we succeeded in repeating it for the first time in Bhilai (May 5-6, 2007) and second time in Gorakhpur. After that it became a continuous journey.

Sanjay Joshi has done his Masters in Hindi Literature from Jawaharlal Lal Nehru University, New Delhi and studied Mass Communication for AJK MCRC, Jamia Millia, New Delhi.

Mr. Joshi has made several documentaries for government and non governmental organizations. The Paal System, Amrkant Ka Katha Sansar, Takae Ser Bhaji Takae Ser Khaja (टके सेर भाजी टके सेर खाजा), Yug Shrashta Vishnu Prabhakar, Comrade Zia-ul-Haq, Sawal Ki Jarurat are few documentaries directed by him. He also made a 5 episode serial “Paharpur Ke Bachche” based on the life of Gond children for Doordarshan and a video documentary on Hindi short story writer Amarkant for Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi.

Mr Joshi has successfully conducted film appreciation course with students of Delhi University, Mohan Lal Sukhari University Udaipur, Lucknow University, Jamia Millia University and Bhartendu Natya Academy, Lucknow. He has also conducted various film making workshops with different media groups in India.

Sanjay Joshi is an independent filmmaker and film appreciation expert based in
Ghaziabad.

Presently he is busy completing a package of three documentaries titled Gorakhpur Diaries for Gorakhpur Film Society and writing a memoir on Allahabad of 1970s and 1980s.
He also runs a publishing house, Navarun.

Sanjay Joshi is the National Convener of Cinema of Resistance initiative.

All are welcome.
Entry - Free.

Let's add a little extra zing to this Sankranti with colourful Rangolis. We are conducting a workshop for the kids on making Rangolis. The material required will be provided by us.
Fees: 150/- for kids
200/- for adults
Contact: Dr.B.Kumudhini- 7093020256
Please register in advance for attending the workshop. Limited intake only.

Taking forward our previous discussions on spate of demolitions of heritage monuments, the seriousness of the threat and the urgency of the situation, this workshop shall equip us with tools and strategies to help us fight this battle.

Conducted by Biju Mathews, this workshop is for everyone who wants to take an active part in this battle for saving the citys heritage and are committed to take actiive steps and participate in this battle for our city.

Biju Mathew, our speaker tonight, is a Secretary of the National Taxi Workers Alliance in the USA, a Marxist researcher of labor process and migration and a Professor of Business. He is an associate professor of Information Systems and American studies at Rider University (New Jersey). Biju is also the co-Founder of Lamakaan.

Entry - Free.

About The Play - It's a socio-political satire which involves a conversation between three crazy men who are talking about different social aspects directly/indirectly and suddenly a stranger enters and that is when story begins, according to this forth person he is not an insane rather very educated even then also he is in mental asylum.
As they interact and talk further, they discuss every possible topic in very different and insane style to watch yourself giggling throughout the evening come and enjoy "Samajhdaar log".

Entry - 9032018357, 8886416111

"LAST WISH BABY"
A Multilingual play

"Hyderabad's best satire" Come watch...

An adaptation of William Seebring’s play
“The Original Last Wish Baby”

Directed by : Rathna Shekar Reddy

The Last Wish Baby is a satire which explores the lunacy that surrounds any media-driven issue today.The play begins with the birth of a baby without a heart, yet miraculously alive.The media of the entire country goes into a frenzy covering this new piece of sensational news.

A medical marvel turns into a media saga of the infant’s journey now known as the Last Wish Baby. Everyone uses this news for their own ends. However, the heart is found, a separate woman having given birth to it. A clash between the mothers, another media circus.

From "A laugh riot" to "A must-watch", this play is back on popular demand.

Donation Rs.100/
Available at in.bookmyshow.com
Tele bookings at 8341120303

An activity based fun-shop where children play a few games to understand the concepts of science!
This is for children of 8-14 years of age.

Entry - Free but prior registration needed. Contact: Swathi Pasumarti 9951135255 or swathi.raaga@gmail.com

Inviting Cinemaphiles for a presentation by Writer-Director Aparna malladi on the topic "WE ARE THE STORIES WE TELL".

Storytelling is an important part of human communication.

A good story can create emotions and feelings among an audience and can transmit complex messages and inspire people to take independent actions.

Being a filmmaker and screenplay writer Aparna studied storytelling intimately and have a simple formula of sorts that I share with Universities and Institutions. This helps cause a breakthrough and empowers students understand screenplay writing at it’s basic level. We never know where the next great screenwriter of our community is waiting to express our collective story to the world.

The value of a good story is priceless because if the story is compelling enough, it will do the work for you effortlessly as a living and breathing entity of it’s own and will make people remember you and your story.

Aparna Malladi is a Los Angeles based filmmaker. She learnt filmmaking at Film Arts Foundation in San Francisco where she was awarded the ‘STAND Grant’ for new directors to create the award winning short film ‘NUPUR (Ankle Bracelets)’, 2001. ‘NUPUR (Ankle Bracelets)’ screened at more than 25 international film festivals, won the Family Award at the USA Film Festival, Dallas and was invited to be included in ‘Best of the Fest’ at the Rochester International Film Festival. Aparna’s debut feature film ‘MITSEIN’, 2009 set in San Francisco and starring Smriti Mishra won the trophy for ‘Best Art Film’ at the Eugene International Film Festival, Oregon and had it’s international premiere at the Mumbai International Film Festival in the ‘Film India Worldwide’ section. Aparna Malladi’s second feature film ‘THE ANUSHREE EXPERIMENTS’ 2015 a light comedy starring UK based Telugu actor Ulrika Krishnamurti is due for release shortly. Aparna Malladi was invited to attend the prestigious Squaw Valley Writers Screenwriting program [founded by acclaimed screenwriter Gill Dennis]. She presently teaches Screenwriting and Cinematic Language at the Film Direction Department [founded by Dr. Gopalakrishna Paruchuri] at Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University.

Aparna Malladi is also a prolific painter [Water Color on Paper], has shown her work in Los Angeles, Frankfurt and Hyderabad and has done an art residency at Can Serrat in El Bruc, Spain. Aparna Malladi has a degree in Chemical Engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad and a Masters in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Tennessee.

The lecture is an hour long with about 15 minutes of Q & A. Entry - Free.

Inviting all for a talk by Chayanika Shah on the topic "Who of Science: Does it Matter?".

Dr. Shah is an optimist activist at heart, a Physicist by training and a teacher by choice. She has campaigned, researched, taught and written on politics of population control, communalism, feminist studies of science, and sexuality.

She has a doctorate in physics and taught Physics to graduate students at K. J. Somaiya College of Science and Commerce, Mumbai for two decades. She is presently visiting faculty at Tata Institute of Social Science, Mumbai where she co-teaches a course on “Science Education”. She has also designed and taught a course in Feminist Science Studies at TISS with Gita Chadha.
She has been an active member of two autonomous voluntary collectives in Mumbai -- Forum Against Oppression of Women and LABIA – A Queer Feminist LBT Collective. Recently she has been part of two research processes -- "Breaking the Binary: Understanding concerns and realities of queer persons assigned gender female at birth across a spectrum of lived gender realities" and "Making Sense: Familial journeys towards acceptance of gay and lesbian family members."

Her co-authored book “No Outlaws in the Gender Galaxy” has been published last month by Zubaan. Some of her other co-authored books are “Bharat ki Chaap” a companion book for the documentary of the same name and “We and Our Fertility: The politics of technological intervention”.

All are welcome.

"LAST WISH BABY" A Multilingual play

"Hyderabad's best satire" Come watch...

An adaptation of William Seebring’s play “The Original Last Wish Baby”

Directed by : Rathna Shekar Reddy

The Last Wish Baby is a satire which explores the lunacy that surrounds any media-driven issue today.The play begins with the birth of a baby without a heart, yet miraculously alive.The media of the entire country goes into a frenzy covering this new piece of sensational news.

A medical marvel turns into a media saga of the infant’s journey now known as the Last Wish Baby. Everyone uses this news for their own ends. However, the heart is found, a separate woman having given birth to it. A clash between the mothers, another media circus.

From "A laugh riot" to "A must-watch", this play is back on popular demand.

Donation Rs.100/ Available at in.bookmyshow.com Tele bookings at 8341120303

Sadaat Hasan Manto needs no introduction. Manto is one of the best story tellers that literature was ever blessed with. The macabre and irony in Manto's narratives, are timeless. Through his narratives, Manto immortalized the degradation of humanity in the face of communal tension. He showed us how humanity faltered and failed in the name of the greater 'God'.
Our play is a series of three monologues, adapted from three of Manto's spine chilling short stories, namely, 'Khuda ki Kasam', 'Padhe Kalima' and 'Mozail'.This is not just another theater adaptation of Manto's literature. The world is moving towards another era of communal tension and the subsequent degradation of feelings, emotions, love, longing and everything that is beautiful, everything that is human. Our aim is to show where we are currently headed to, if we keep following the path of hatred that we are walking on right now. When 'Gods' become more important that humans, and history is witness to this, the outcome is not something desirable.
We have chosen stories that show the diversity of human psyche in the face of communal violence. Stories that not only warn us about the impending doom, but also gives us hope and direction.
On the 61st anniversary of Manto's death, we present to you an evening of Manto's mastery, 'Aaj ki Kahani, Manto ki Zubaani'.

"Can India's 99% Survive the New, Global Economy?" - A talk by Dr. Partha Banerjee.

Dr.Partha Banerjee is a labor educator and human rights activist based in New York. He will speak about the neoliberal economic policies that are silently colonizing the world, in the name of development and prosperity.

A worldwide onslaught unleashed by multinational corporations, India's one percent, IMF, World Bank, as well as corporate media is driving the vast majority of Indian population up to the brink of disaster. Privatized health care, education and real estate have created an unprecedented gap between the elite and the poor and middle class.Violence is on the rise. Pollution and population and corruption are explosive. Can India survive it all? If so, how?

All are welcome to this talk.

Inviting all for an interactive evening with Abdul Gafoor Abdul Majeed Noorani, a lawyer, historian and an author.

Known popularly as A.G.Noorani, he has practised as an advocate in the Supreme Court of India and in the Bombay High Court. He is one of the few remaining experts on the Constitution of India.

Adv. Noorani's columns appear in various publications, dailies and Political Weeklies. He is the author of a number of books including: The Kashmir Question, Badruddin Tyabji Ministers' Misconduct, Brezhnev's Plan for Asian Security, The Presidential System, The Trial of Bhagat Singh, Constitutional Questions in India and The RSS and the BJP: A Division of Labour. He has also authored the biographies of Badruddin Tyabji and Dr Zakir Hussain.

All are welcome to this evening of talk on our current political state.

Inviting all for an evening of Protest Poems by Dr. Neal Hall with an occasional scattering of Romantic poems.

About Dr. Neal Hall:
An internationally acclaimed award winning poet, Neal Hall, M.D., has performed readings throughout the U.S. and around the world. His poetic writings and readings bear strong witness to his passionate belief in equality and our collective rights to think, live and make harmonious decision based on our common good.

Dr. Hall is an award-winning internationally acclaimed poet and author of four
books: Nigger For Life, Winter’s A’ Coming Still, Where Do I Sit. and Appalling Silence
(translated into Urdu and Telugu by poets Jameela Nishat and the Sahitya Akademi
award winner Volga respectively).
Dr. Hall has reached audiences across the world—from Philadelphia to France and from
Indonesia to Italy. His poetry speaks not just to the surface pain of injustice and
inhumanity but deep into that pain we label and package into genteel socio-politicaleconomic-religious
constructs to blur the common lines of cause, that is our shared
story.
The intellectual Cornel West, PhD remarked “ his poetry has the capacity to change
ordinary people’s philosophy on social and racial issues.”
Dr. Hall has been awarded a Visiting Scholar:
• Visiting Scholar the American Academy In Rome,
• Sangam House International Writer’s Residency
• Sangam House Dhwani Fellowship to translate his work in Kannada
• Poet/Scholar-In-Residence by Hyderabad’s Council For Social Development and a
• Resident (Poet)-In-Writing, Vermont Studio Center, U.S.
Dr. Hall was recently invited to a special reading of his poetry by the Sahitya Akademi
India’s Vasanth Kannabiran remarked: “ This is poetry that scalds you into waking up to
the possibility that you are perhaps one of those silent spectators. All in all he is a poet.
And unquestionably one of the most significant voices of the century. ”
All are welcome to this evening of enthralling poetry and verse.
Entry - Free.

Calling people from all walks of life to gather at 4:30pm on Jan 23rd Saturday at Lamakaan to pay a tribute to a departed activist Rohith Vemula, a PhD student of University of Hyderabad and his belief systems.

Joining us among hordes of friends and comrades are Anant Maringanti, Sujatha Surepally, Prashanth of ASA and other speakers.

This will be an evening of remembering Rohith and carrying forward his beliefs of "Educate, Agitate and Liberate".

Come one, come all.

One Stage, Mutiple Actors, Crazy Situations...Your Choices!!! Bole to Audience Choice!!!
'KUCH BHI...!!! - an IMPROV NIGHT' with Jay Jha, Faria Abdullah, Amit Sharma, Surender Sahil Serma, Munna , Rajnish songara, Nikhil Jadav, Mohammad Afaque, Pranati Goturi.

On 23rd January Saturday 8:30pm p.m @ Lamakaan
For more details contact: +918125628789 OR +919849170927

A workshop "Crafts and Bots" is being organized by for children of age group 7 to 12 years at Lamakaan on 24th January 2016 from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

The workshop fees will be Rs.500 per child and the last date of registration is 17th January 2016. The students will be trained on building simple robots by combining craft work and electronics. It a completely hands on session with a small take away model. Each student will build a robot body using cardboard, thermocol and give life to it using "Etch Bricks".
Its a 4 hour workshop where kids can basics of robotics, electronics and a ton of craft work. All the materials required for the workshop will be provided by the Etch Bricks team. Students are expected to make their own arrangement for lunch.

For more details and registration please visit our website http://etchbricks.com/ Checkout our YouTube channel to understand the kind of projects the students will be building: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4uAAWL_ew4ws8f35rUxKEw For any additional queries call Sachin @ 9949055227 or visit etchbricks.com

A docudrama screening on Girl Child Education brought to you by Girl Rising on January 24th,2016 on the occasion of National Girl Child Day.

What is Girl Rising?

Girl Rising is a global campaign for girls’ education. We use the power of storytelling to share the simple truth that educating girls can transform societies. Girl Rising unites girls, women, boys and men who believe every girl has the right to go to school and the right to reach her full potential. Our mission is to change the way the world values the girl. Everything we do is to ensure that girls’ education is part of the mainstream conversation.

January 24th is National Girl Child Day in our country. It creates a context, acts upon relevance of the topic and increases the impact.

Entry - Free

Are you looking to start your own Youtube channel?
Have every wondered how people make money on youtube?
Do you want to build you Brand online?

Do you want to use Youtube as medium to promote your Brand then this session would be eye opener. you will learning about all about Youtube Fundamentals and ways we can Promote our brand.
Anybody can attend this session who loves to make videos . or want to make this into profession. I will be sharing my experience on Youtube.Free event

WATCH THE UNCUT VERSION OF Gateway to Heaven at 7pm on Sun 24th Jan.

Gateway to heaven is a film based on a true life story of Rajeshwar Rao. Who has completed last rites of 12000 unknown and unclaimed dead bodies, the film narrates the story in 4 different arts.

Animation part narrates the story of international organ mafia, fiction part explains how national organ mafia is functioning, Pencil sketching and documentary part narrates the story of local organ mafia.

Story, Screenplay, Dialogues, Director, Producer:
Anshul Sinha.

Official Winner
"Best film- Frames film festival- Mumbai" 2015
"Best film-Cinevolution- Hyderabad 2015
"Special Mention-Mumbai International film festival 2015

Official Selections
MICIV- Venezuela- South America 2016
Jaipur International film festival 2016
4th Mumbai International film festival 2015
Sand dune International film festival 2015

Entry - Free.

Inviting all for an interactive Session on the Science of Life. By Dr. T.P. SasiKumar.

'' Vasudaiva kudumbakam '' and modified Hipocratic principles in the complex world; the self sukham (happiness) derived from the social mix. Draw logically and judiciously from the experience of improving human living conditions by different cultures of the world, basing itself also and importantly on the traditional regional national cultural heritage. How to take care of the physical, psychological and spiritual health.

Ayurveda is a perfect ancient science of life, the word AYUR literally means life and VEDA the science or knowledge. Ayurveda briefly explains the knowledge of the do's and don'ts one has to follow, which favours the well being of each individual to lead a healthy, happy, comfortable and advantageous life both physically, mentally & socially.

Art and Science of LIFE emphasizes that prevention is better than cure. These basic principle governs all the biological, physiological, physiopathological functions of the body, mind and conciousness.

This Session Science of Life will be an interative session.


Entry Free

All the users for quora Hyderabad are meeting up for discussing on all India quora meetup and a few quora related questions are answered. It is a free and open platform for everyone to get their questions.

The solidarity meeting for Rohit Vemula on January 23rd at Lamakaan was well attended. It was a diverse group with many different perspectives represented. The meeting lasted three hours. Many felt moved enough to want to speak and share the grief. At the end of the meeting it was clear that there were two distinct groups of voices. One that was convinced that casteism was the main enemy if not the only enemy, the other group of voices were unsure whether casteism was the main or even one of the enemies. It was clear too that this is an issue on which we need sustained engagement, debate and argument. It is important enough for many people to feel strongly about it. So for a start, we have convened another meeting on January 26th, the Republic Day the day 67 years ago, Independent India's constitution came into force having solemnly resolved to secure to all its citizens - Justice, Liberty, Equality and Fraternity.

It is open to all. We intend to take up a set of pertinent questions that were raised by participants on January 23rd about caste and how it shapes or does not shape our lives. The discussion will be led by Anant Maringanti, Director Hyderabad Urban Lab.

This is a freewheeling discussion on aging and ageism with in the LGBT community. The idea is to start the conversation on aging in our own minds and in our shared spaces.

Reflecting on and perspectivizing aging as a queer individual.

What is it like to experience aging in a hypersexualised and youth obsessed queer community? Do we think about our aging selves at all? Are we afraid of age or can we gracefully embrace it? Compared to the familial network of care of a typical heterosexual elderly wo/man, how different will ours be? How we would like to prepare ourselves for our silver years?

Why do we seem to disappear from the "scene" as we age? Are we as a community ageist?


for queries please contact:
7207400496: Abhishek
7306742335: Satya

Saiyyan Bhaye Kotwal ( A Slapstick Musical Comedy Drama )

About The Play - The famous Marathi folk play 'Vichha Majhi Puri Kara' was written by Vasant Sabnis, and was later translated in Hindi by Usha Banerjee as "Saiyyan Bhaye Kotwal".

The play has been designed for urban viewers while keeping the rural punches intact. The play follows the format of Maharashtrian Folk "Tamasha". The story is that of a king and his scheming prime minister. Following the death of the administrative head - the kotwal, the Prime Minister promptly fills the coveted post with his inept and undeserving brother-in-law. As per the hierarchy, the present Havaldar ought to have been promoted to that post. The wronged Havaldar along with his sweetheart Mainavati plans to frame the new Kotwal. Mainavati, who is a dancer, works her charms on the Kotwal and then beseeches him to fulfill her numerous wishes (hence the name, Vichha Majhi Puri Kara). She orders him to bring her the king's ring, chain and finally the king's four-poster bed (chhapri palang) - which he does. The play's slapstick comedy brings out the political undercurrents of nepotism.

Date - 26th January 2016 Time - 07:30 pm to 09:30 pm.
Donor Pass - Rs. 100/- Online booking on - in.bookmyshow.com
Cast & Crew
Krishna – Krishna Shukla Pendya – Avakash Mahanta Gwaline - Monica Rajendran, Sweekriti Goyal & Sharanjeet Kaur Mausi – Surendar Verma Raja – Suresh Kumar Pradhaan – Surendar Verma Hawldar – Sunjit Rao Sipahi – Avakash Mahanta Maina – Sharanjeet Kaur Kotwaal – Krishna Shukl Sankhya – Ashish Meagh Singers – Monica Rajendran, Sweekriti Goyal & Sharanjeet Kaur Lights - Pranav Gharipurikar. Music Composed by – Shri Vinay Patankar Tabla / Dholki / Dholak / Design & Direction by - Saurabh Gharipurikar

For more details contact Saurabh # 9290013166

Holding a two day Exhibition and sale of
- Candle holders
- Bath Salts
- Edible Salts
- Natural & Design Lamps
- Detoxers;
at 4pm-7pm on Wed 27th Jan and 10am-2pm on Sun 31st Jan.
The main stay of this exhibition is Internationally accepted and widely popular for it therapeutic healing properties, HIMALAYAN PINK ROCK SALT. Known as 'White Gold', it is claimed to be the purest form of salt available on planet earth.

Mostly exported, this salt is seldom known in the Indian markets, let alone being available for consumption.

All are welcome to this bazaar.

For more info, Contact:

+91 750 606 7645
hemalayanvibes@krafeteria.com

Screening selected films from the recent 'Online French Film Festival across the globe', Films with subtitles.

Showing today Wed Jan 27th at 6:30pm is:
"Caprice" - a RomCom film
Clément, a teacher, is overjoyed to the point of dizziness: Alicia, a famous actress who he admires totally, has become his girlfriend.
Everything becomes complicated when he meets Caprice, an excessive and exuberant young woman who falls in love with him. Meanwhile his best friend Thomas starts to draw closer to Alicia…

Le Parisien: "Although the two lead actresses contribute to making this film a pure delight, they are helped by a virtuoso screenplay about the mutinous equations of love when life has fun dealing the cards."
Details
Directed by: Emmanuel Mouret
Screenwriter: Emmanuel Mouret
With Virginie Efira, Anaïs Demoustier, Emmanuel Mouret, Laurent Stocker
Release Date in Cinemas: 2015
Genre: Fiction
Running Time: 100 min

More info can be found at http://www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com/en/

Entry - Free

'RANGEEN SAPNEY THEATRE' presents ‘Dulhaniya Mill Jaayegi’ A Family Drama in Hindi.

It’s a complete family drama which will throw light on each and every aspect of a Family in a comic way. Drama will revolve around a person name ‘Sunder’ who is actually ugliest of all and big fan of Bollywood. Sunder is also trying to get Hitched in a bollywood style but he is not that much lucky as Shahid Kapoor.
Best part of the play will come out through the guests/relatives who will come to see Sunder for their daughters.

Written and Directed by: Surender Sahil Varma.
Family Members:
Jay Jha, Faria Abddulha, Mohammed Afaque, Rajnish Songara, Surender Sahil Verma, Paranti Goturi and Kajol.

Donors Pass: Rs 100/-

For more details contact: +918125628789 OR +919849170927
Boook Your Tickets on BOOK MY SHOW and FILMYSPHERE

Sakharam Binder tells the story of Sakharam’s women. They are the castoff wives - homeless and destitute - taken in by the protagonist as domestic servants and sex partners.

Laxmi is shy, submissive and pious while Champa, her successor is brash, voluptuous and spoiled.

Written by Vijay Tendulkar, this play vividly captures the strange and complex pathology of Sakharam, who on one hand, wants to please his women but on the other hand bullies them as well. He is, in one moment, a freethinking crusader for women’s rights and the very next sees him as a philistine- scornful of their devotion to him.

He strongly believes in exploiting the corrupt system for his own gain but realizes too late the price of playing the game.

For passes: 8374734142, 9885338560

Inviting all StartUp entrepreneurs for a talk "How to kickStart your Business" by Dr. Nandita Sethi of The enTrepreneur Zone.

WHAT TO EXPECT:
• Knowledge and training in important aspects of
Entrepreneurship.
• Your idea may turn into a business venture / startup.
• You may get well equipped with the knowledge and skills
to join / succeed family business.
• You may succeed in getting funding for your startup.
• You may commercially prototype your products or
services.
• You may become part of a strong network of industrialists
and entrepreneurs.
• You may make a positive difference to society through
social entrepreneurship.

Open for All.

Introduction to the Art and Heart of Storytelling
(for adults)

How to tell stories

&

What stories can tell you

Story Arts India offers a workshop to get a peek into the art of storytelling and what it offers the teller and the listener

Deepa Kiran is the founder of Story Arts India, engaged in offering community storytelling, musical storytelling and other productions. Training is an integral part and many teachers and storytelling enthusiasts, across the country have been benefited from the workshops over the years.

Charges: Rs. 500/-
Time: 3pm - 5 pm

For registration:
Call - 9866437893, 9052910239
Email: storyartsindia@gmail.com

Introduction to the Art and Heart of Storytelling (for adults) How to tell stories & What stories can tell you Story Arts India offers a workshop to get a peek into the art of storytelling and what it offers the teller and the listener Deepa Kiran is the founder of Story Arts India, engaged in offering community storytelling, musical storytelling and other productions. Training is an integral part and many teachers and storytelling enthusiasts, across the country have been benefited from the workshops over the years. Charges: Rs. 500/- Time: 3pm - 5 pm For registration: Call - 9866437893, 9052910239 Email: storyartsindia@gmail.com

Mee Sammatham - A Telugu Play

మీ సమ్మతం - ఈ నాటకంలో , ఇండియన్ ఆర్మీ లో చాలా సార్లు రిజెక్ట్ అయిన తరువాత సెలెక్ట్ అయిన ఓకే వ్యక్తి తన జీవితం లో ఎంతో ఇష్టమైన పని చేయడానికి, ఎలా ఎదురీదుతాడు ? అని చూస్తారు. అంతే కాకుండా సమాజంలో చాల తేలికగా వదిలేసినా కొన్ని విషయాలపట్ల వాదనని చూస్తారు

Mee Sammatham is a Telugu Drama were a person who gets sellected for Military after lot of failed attemts, fights for his right to do things which make a difference not just to himself but to the Nation. This play throughs light on few easily ignored issues in our Society.


This Play is written by Srikanth Banala

Directed By Sai Krishna DNV

Enacted By Ravi Teja, Neelesh Ahankari, Phaneendhra, Sridevi Jella.

The Play Duration 7:00pm to 7:40pm.

Free Entry

Aakhri Khat -

Manch Theatre pays its tribute to all the martyrs of India with this play, whose brave sacrifices have given us hope for our lives. This play is a compact performance, which gives a theatrical experience with varied emotions through intense drama revolving around the lives of the fictional army officers. The performance is an integration of few art forms portraying emotional pressure that some army officers and their families might have gone through in the backdrop of the Kargil War. Come, feel the passion for the nation.


Written by: Chetan Gupta, Eipsa Aru

Directed By: Srikanth Banala

Performed by: Deepali Tiwari, Pranjal Priyadarshi, Rajendra Prasad Madamanchi, Shashank Srivastava, Smitali Das, Surya Dev Chandra, Krishna Kumar Mahto, Akash Tewari, Chetan Gupta, Eipsa Aru


The Play Duration 8:00pm to 9:00pm.

Tickets will be available in BookMyShow.com, FilmySphere.com and at the venue from 5pm.

An activity based fun-shop for children. Concepts covered: Light, Dispersion of light, reflection in multiple mirrors, periscope, kaleidoscope.

Date: 31 Jan 2016 - Time: 11:00 A.M
Rules:
For registration: 9951135255
We will be able to accommodate only 20 children. Pre-registrations will be given first preference, and only the drop outs of pre-registration will be opened to parents who do not pre-register their children and walk in.

This Workshop aims at making the attendees understand and learn why people talk the way they talk, when involved in a communication event; how to start a conversation; how to continue and how to end; and, how to use every single communication event one participates in for creating and continuing a better relationship between/among the parties involved in the given communication event. It is useful for people from all walks of life.

This is the third in a series of meetings in the wake of Rohith Vemula. If in the first meeting we had an outpouring of anger and anguish, in the second one we shared a number of issues around caste privilege and discrimination in everyday life. In this third meeting which will be more structured as a workshop, we will work through the key issues and invite participants to commit towards an action programme. It will be led by Anant Maringanti.
If you are a teacher, parent, student, professional - if you see yourself as a stakeholder in the university as a public resource, if you believe that caste and other forms of discrimination need to be taken head on, do show up.

Mee Sammatham - A Telugu Play

మీ సమ్మతం - ఈ నాటకంలో , ఇండియన్ ఆర్మీ లో చాలా సార్లు రిజెక్ట్ అయిన తరువాత సెలెక్ట్ అయిన ఓకే వ్యక్తి తన జీవితం లో ఎంతో ఇష్టమైన పని చేయడానికి, ఎలా ఎదురీదుతాడు ? అని చూస్తారు. అంతే కాకుండా సమాజంలో చాల తేలికగా వదిలేసినా కొన్ని విషయాలపట్ల వాదనని చూస్తారు

Mee Sammatham is a Telugu Drama were a person who gets sellected for Military after lot of failed attemts, fights for his right to do things which make a difference not just to himself but to the Nation. This play throughs light on few easily ignored issues in our Society.


This Play is written by Srikanth Banala

Directed By Sai Krishna DNV

Enacted By Ravi Teja, Neelesh Ahankari, Phaneendhra,
Sridevi Jella.

The Play Duration 7:10pm to 8:00pm.

Tickets will be available in BookMyShow.com, FilmySphere.com and at the venue from 5pm.

The Play is about a rich family in a small town which is starting their home production in order to make a movie. The movie features the family members themselves and the storyline is tweaked and twisted in order to suit the fancies of the family members. Ambitions are very high.. But only if the fancies are fulfilled!!

The play is written by Dinesh Bharti, Translated by Prateek Srivastava and Shailja Chaturvedi, Directed by Niteesh Pandey

Inviting all to an evening of poetry and rendering in all languages to the memory of Rohith Vemula.

It will be a tribute to the fallen heroes of our society. This evening is presided by SkyBaaba organised by 'Haryaali' Muslim Writers' Forum, 'Singidi' Telangana Writers Assn.

Venkatesh Chauhan, HCU Students JAC Leader will give the opening remarks.

All poets and singers welcome to participate and render their tributes.

రోహిత్ వేముల స్మృతిలో ఒక కవితా, పద ఆలకిoపు. ఇది మన సమాజం సృష్టిస్తున్న/కబళిస్తున్న అందరు రోహితులకు మన నివాళి. స్కైబాబా నిర్వహణలో చేస్తున్న ఈ సభలో ఎవ్వరైనా ఫై విషయానికి సంబంధించి అన్ని భాషలలోనూ తమ కవితలను, పాటలను చదవొచ్చు.

As a part of Online French Film Festival across the globe, from 18th Jan to 18 Feb with subtitles available in 9 languages,

Showing today Wed Feb 3rd at 6:30pm is "L’Affaire SK1" a Crime Thriller Directed by Frédéric Tellier.

Synopsis:
Paris, 1991. The true story of Franck Magne, a young inspector starting out in the Criminal Investigation Department at 36 quai des Orfèvres, in the Crime Squad. His first case deals with the murder of a young woman. His investigation leads him to study similar cases which he’s the only person to link together. He’s quickly confronted with the reality of police investigation work: the lack of equipment, bureaucracy... For eight years, obsessed by this investigation, he’ll hunt the serial killer who no one else believes exists.

More info can be found at http://www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com/en/

Entry - Free.

Friends from Media,

Rohith Vemula's mother Radhika has been under attack from the the powers that be. They are keen to demonstrate that Rohith did not face caste discrimination by claiming that she is not a Dalit. No less than Ms. Smriti Irani and Ms.Sushma Swaraj gave a statement declaring that Rohith was not a Dalit. This is an atrocious claim that would be laughable for its ignorance if not for the dangerous implications that it has. Radhika's life long struggle as a single mother, as an abandoned wife in an inter-caste marriage, her lived experience as a a Dalit woman are under question.

We believe that this attack is a violation of her fundamental right to equality under the Indian Constitution. By deligitimizing her struggle as a single parent it reinstates the rule of patriarchal caste hierarchy. It makes the cruel claim that a child belongs to the father even after abandonment. This irresponsible discourse is subjecting a grieving Dalit mother to immense harassment and strain.

We belive that Rohith Vemula's mother Radhika needs our support and solidarity at this critical moment. We invite democratic individuals and organizations that believe in challenging casteist patriarchy to extend such support and solidarity.

Come and join us in extending solidarity to Rohith's mother Radhika.


Gogu Shyamala, M.Vinodini, Sujatha Surepally, K.Sajaya, A.Suneetha

On behalf of
Solidarity Committee for Rohith Vemula's mother


Venue: Lamakaan
Date: 4th February
Time: 3.30 PM

http://www.huffingtonpost.in/sujatha-surepally/the-persecution-of-radhik_b_9087080.html

http://m.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/know/the-politics-over-rohith-vemulas-caste-is-meant-to-thwart-the-identity-he-chose-for-himself/article8163342.ece

Inviting all for an evening of talk by Nandita Haksar, a journalist, writer, Human Rights Lawyer as she addresses a topic titled "Muslims are coming", a subject she dealt in two of her books.

About the Topic:
There are several books called Muslims are coming; the tile reflects both the tragedy and irony of the growing Islamophobia and the so called War on Terror. There is also a 2012 documentary called Muslims are coming by Muslim American stand up comedians to counter growing number of attacks on Muslims. It begins with a montage of things politicians in the USA have said about Muslims. They could have been Indian politicians in the present government.

The arguments offered by Western writers about the root causes of terrorism range from blaming Islam as a religion; locating it in Muslim sexual frustration (Martin Amis) to tracing the root cause to the doctrine of fanaticism (Tony Blair) ; the criminalization of certain Muslim ideologies such as Salafi to an analysis based on dividing Muslims into moderate and extremists.

The political fact is, as one of the comedians pointed out: Muslims have become the new “enemy” after the collapse of the Soviet Union; and till the Americans discover another enemy they shall continue to be looked upon as such.

The strange thing is that Muslims, millions of them were members of the Communist party or communist sympathizers. The Indonesian Communist party was the biggest party outside of the Soviet Union; and the party had a strong presence in Kashmir. The West had a big hand in destroying these parties and also in supporting the Muslim radicals. In the usual narratives about Kashmir this part of the history does not get discussed very often.

Haksar Says "I have tried to trace the history of Kashmir from the time of the cold war to the American sponsored War on Terror with two questions in mind: what was the role of the communists in Kashmir? And can we learn something from knowing the history of the communist parties in the Valley? The concern behind the questions is the growing gap between Hindu and Muslim communities in Kashmir and within the rest of the country.
I have traced the tortured history of Kashmiri nationalism through the lives of two men: Sampat Prakash, a Kashmiri Pandit and Communist trade union leader who became active in politics during the Cold War years, and Mohammad Afzal Guru, a Kashmiri Muslim who became active in the early days of the Kashmir insurgency. The ideas and deeds of many other individuals and groups are woven into this twin account of how Kashmiri nationalists are caught in the web of international intrigue, as they negotiate the rivalries between the old and new superpowers and also the competing nationalisms of India and Pakistan, which invariably translate into Hindu-Muslim antagonism."

The predicament of Kashmirs was expressed by a poet in 1940s
“From all sides I am assaulted
The English, the Indians, the Afghans, the Pakistanis To whom should I complain, to whom should I tell my fate?
Capitalists, tyrants, oppressors, and friends, all want me To become their accomplices
With whom should I agree, with whom should I disagree?
To whom should I complain, to whom should I tell my fate?
These words have relevance far beyond the borders of Kashmir Valley….
~ extracts from the book.

GUEST's PROFILE
Nandita Haksar was a journalist before her involvement in the women's rights movement forced her to take to law. For the past three decades she has worked as a human rights lawyer, campaigner and writer. She has set many precedents in human rights and refugees law. She has taken up cases in the courts in India as well as appearing before international courts and committees. She has evolved and taught courses on human rights in various universities.

Haksar's publications include: Ego and other Poems (1972) Demystification of Law for Women (1986); the book has been translated into regional languages and extensively used by women's groups for spreading legal literacy; Nagaland File: A Question of Human Rights; (the co-edited book which first exposed the human rights violations being committed by the Indian security forces in the North East of India); Framing Geelani, Hanging Afzal: Patriotism in the Time of Terror (2007) in which she writes about her experience of defending two Kashmiri Muslims accused of attacking the Indian Parliament, and Rogue Agent: How India's Military Intelligence Betrayed the Burmese Resistance (2009) in which she exposed the RAW, Indian’s external intelligence agency ; The Judgement That Never Came: Army Rule in North East India (with Sebastian Hongray, 2011); ABC of Naga Culture and Civilization (2011) which has been taught in schools for Naga children and; Across the Chicken Neck: Travels in North East India (2013); The Many Faces of Kashmiri Nationalism: from Cold War to the present Times (2015) and Framed as a Terrorist (with Mohammad Aamir Khan) (2016).
She was awarded a Degree of LL.D. (Honoris Causa) from NALSAR in 2015 in recognition of her work in the field of human rights.

All are welcome.

Sutradhar presents "Biryani aur Haleem";
An adaptation of ‘The Pie & The Tart’

By Hugh Chesterman

Directed by

Mohit & Deepti

The press says :

Deccan Chronicle : “The laugh-a-minute play highly entertains the audience who are in splits throughout...”
The Times Of India : “The laughter it evoked from the audience stayed on till the end of the evening...”
The Hindu : “Their comic timing was impeccable, which was evident when the audience was in splits every few seconds...”

The world we live in is a very strange place. Some eat to live and some live to eat. In one way or another our lives revolve around food: some cook; some eat; some store it ; some hoard it; some starve for it; some steal it..Our very survival depends on food.

That is what the two main characters of this play are trying to do; survive another day in their lives. Salim & Javed are two beggars; like any other; they meet on a street like any other; on a day like any other. But what results is hilarity like never before.

The two share their stories; their ‘areas’; and their modus operandi. As they go from street to street and house to house pleading to people’s sense of charity, they chance upon the home of Ismail Bhai & his wife Pasha Bi. Ismail Bhai is a well known cook who has been invited by a Nawaab to display his culinary skills. Eager to impress the nawaab, he prepares a special Biryani and instructs his wife to hand it over to the delivery boy he sends.

The plan is overheard by the two hungry friends, who decide to change the route of the Biryani to their hungry stomachs instead of the Nawaab’s.

What becomes of Salim, Javed & the Biryani?
Find out on:
Friday, 5th February 2016

at 7:00 PM and 8:30 PM

@ Lamakaan,
opp. GVK One,
Road No.1 Banjara Hills.

For tickets logon to: www.bookmyshow.com
You can also email: team@sutradharactors.com for tickets or other details.

Sutradhar
presents
Biryani aur Haleem
An adaptation of ‘The Pie & The Tart’

By Hugh Chesterman

Directed by

Mohit & Deepti

The press says :

Deccan Chronicle : “The laugh-a-minute play highly entertains the audience who are in splits throughout...”
The Times Of India : “The laughter it evoked from the audience stayed on till the end of the evening...”
The Hindu : “Their comic timing was impeccable, which was evident when the audience was in splits every few seconds...”

The world we live in is a very strange place. Some eat to live and some live to eat. In one way or another our lives revolve around food: some cook; some eat; some store it ; some hoard it; some starve for it; some steal it..Our very survival depends on food.

That is what the two main characters of this play are trying to do; survive another day in their lives. Salim & Javed are two beggars; like any other; they meet on a street like any other; on a day like any other. But what results is hilarity like never before.

The two share their stories; their ‘areas’; and their modus operandi. As they go from street to street and house to house pleading to people’s sense of charity, they chance upon the home of Ismail Bhai & his wife Pasha Bi. Ismail Bhai is a well known cook who has been invited by a Nawaab to display his culinary skills. Eager to impress the nawaab, he prepares a special Biryani and instructs his wife to hand it over to the delivery boy he sends.

The plan is overheard by the two hungry friends, who decide to change the route of the Biryani to their hungry stomachs instead of the Nawaab’s.

What becomes of Salim, Javed & the Biryani?
Find out on:
Friday, 5th February 2016

at 7:00 PM and 8:30 PM

@ Lamakaan,
opp. GVK One,
Road No.1 Banjara Hills.

For tickets logon to: www.bookmyshow.com
You can also email: team@sutradharactors.com for tickets or other details.

A workshop for playwrights, directors and anyone interested in exploring the creative process and broadening their skills in storytelling. The workshop offers multi-week classes involving play writing techniques and tools, exercises and opportunities for the creative development of new scripts.

When: Saturday and Sunday (for three weeks beginning February) at Lamakaan.
Entry: 500/- per person (for 20 hours)
Age group: above 16 years (Limited seats of 15)

To apply, please send in any piece of fiction written by you. (If you haven’t written anything, please attempt a small scene, a small exchange of dialogue etc. and send it to us).

For details: 9849687318 or kryshgopal@gmail.com

The workshop is conducted by AB Gopala Krishna of Hyderabad Trails with some teaching experience in film and theatre writing.

Lamakaan hosts weekend classes in Tabla instrument for beginners as well as for advanced students on weekends. The classes are from 11am every Saturday and Sundays.

Having performed with Pandit Jasraj, Rajan & Sajan Mishra, Malini Rajurkar, Aarti Ankalikar, and many more artists in India, Suhasji is currently Vice Principal of Vasavi College of Music & dance.

He is a well known Guru to a whole new generation of tabla players of Hyderabad and his approach makes it all very easy to understand and enjoy this instrument.

For inquiries: 7702961452

This is a meetup from Alternate Depression Support Group. Here we are gathering to meet new joinees and have a friendly meet with all.

Aradhana Karhade, noted Hindustani classical singer, will be taking classes for beginners over the weekends - Saturday and Sunday afternoons from this month onward at Lamakaan. These classes are in addition to the two weekly classes she is already conducting successfully.

There are limited number of seats and interested people - elders, youngsters, boys or girls - kindly call her on 7842514789, 9440970326 to give your auditions.

Inviting all for an evening of "Songs of non- film, Folk, Environment, Awareness and Inspirational nature by Children of Rainbow Homes" at 4pm on Sat 6th Feb 2016.

Beginning with an dance invocation, the evening will witness children showcasing their singing talent in 'Balyamitra Super Singer Finals'.

Rainbow Homes Overview:
The Rainbow Home program secures the basic rights of the girl child through guaranteed education, nutrition, clothing, health care, recreation, love and support to ensure their reintegration into mainstream Indian society. The girls are enrolled in regular school programs and age appropriate classes, usually after a short period of remedial teaching as well as by a wide volunteer base and buddy programmes with children/students in more privileged schools.

The Rainbow Program also acts as a catalyst in the community, encouraging other school drop-outs and poor children from nearby slums and shanties to attend school without fear of stigma and reproachment.

All are welcome to this evening.
Entry - Free.

"Dil Toh Phisla Hai Ji" is a comic play that revolves around three men who are on the lookout for true love. Jay, Afaque and Shekhar are roommates and best friends. But when Shekhar finds his one true love, his two friends realize that it's high time to get settled as well. Will they succeed in finding their soul mates? Come Watch our play to know for yourself.

For passes: 8374734142

Inviting children and adults to a presentation on "Pottery for sustainability & environment".

The aim of this seminar/workshop is to strengthening of the role of civil society in preservation and enhancement of environment.

Pottery is a very delicate and precise craft that needs skilled fingers to define the shape you want. One wrong move can spoil the whole thing. In the age of nomadic period, the potter has become the first Engineer. Scientist and Civilized citizen, as he has invented the earthen ware pots and educated to prepare and eat cooked food in Earthen ware pots, and showed the ways and means of storage of food grains and water etc., Harrappan and Mohanjodaro cultures heralded the age of wheel-made pottery.

All are welcome.

This is an initiative by Rubaroo along with ComMutiny The Youth Collective to explore cross border friendships and engage young people on the issues of social inclusion in order to build vibrant eco-systems across India to understand each other.

India is witnessing a demographic transition. It is home to one of the largest and fastest-growing youth populations in the world. 65% of India’s population is under 35 years in age.

Have you ever thought about why intolerance is trending?

To dive into the roots of growing intolerance, Rubaroo in association with The Youth Collective invites you all to climb on to Samjho Toh Express. This initiative aims at cultivating cross border friendships through an experiential journey which will help the youth in reflecting and breaking stereotypes that they hold for other communities, gender, castes, religions, ethnic backgrounds etc.
A journey through this Campaign will help in internalizing the need to understand the ‘other’!!

All are welcome.

"Dil Toh Phisla Hai Ji" is a comic play that revolves around three men who are on the lookout for true love. Jay, Afaque and Shekhar are roommates and best friends. But when Shekhar finds his one true love, his two friends realize that it's high time to get settled as well. Will they succeed in finding their soul mates? Come Watch our play to know for yourself.

at 8:30pm on Sat & Sun 6,7 Feb
For passes: 8374734142

Sadaat Hasan Manto needs no introduction. Manto is one of the best story tellers that literature was ever blessed with. The macabre and irony in Manto's narratives, are timeless. Through his narratives, Manto immortalized the degradation of humanity in the face of communal tension. He showed us how humanity faltered and failed in the name of the greater 'God'. Our play is a series of three monologues, adapted from three of Manto's spine chilling short stories, namely, 'Khuda ki Kasam', 'Padhe Kalima' and 'Mozail'.This is not just another theater adaptation of Manto's literature. The world is moving towards another era of communal tension and the subsequent degradation of feelings, emotions, love, longing and everything that is beautiful, everything that is human. Our aim is to show where we are currently headed to, if we keep following the path of hatred that we are walking on right now. When 'Gods' become more important that humans, and history is witness to this, the outcome is not something desirable. We have chosen stories that show the diversity of human psyche in the face of communal violence. Stories that not only warn us about the impending doom, but also gives us hope and direction. On the 61st anniversary of Manto's death, we present to you an evening of Manto's mastery, 'Aaj ki Kahani, Manto ki Zubaani'.

As a part of Online French Film Festival across the globe, "My French Film Festival", from 18th Jan to 18 Feb with subtitles available in 9 languages,

Showing today Wed Feb 10th at 6:30pm is "Summertime" La belle Saison Directed by Catherine Corsini.

Synopsis:
1971, Delphine is twenty-three years old. A farmer's daughter, she comes to Paris so as to be financially independent; she dreams of running her own farm, something unthinkable for a woman to do at this time.
Carole is a Parisian. She's thirty-five years old and lives with Manuel. She's actively involved with the beginning of the feminist movement. When Delphine and Carole meet, their love affair turns their lives upside down.
But Delphine is obliged to return to the family farm. Carole follows her. Once there, they'll have to cope with another reality.

More info can be found at http://www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com/en/
Entry - Free.

What if you have the super power to solve all your problems?
The solutions to one's problems lies in one's own minds. That is exactly what Hypnotists or shrinks have been trying since time immemorial.

By giving one's brain a new blueprint by tapping into this phenomenally successful scientific approach to address the issues.

Presenting an evening of talk on Hypnotism, Magical Illusion and Mindbending with P.Nageswara Rao who talks about training people how to use their minds in an empowering way and to apply this revolutionary concept.

About the speaker:
NAGESHWAR RAO PATHAKOTI is a multi-faceted personality. He is a Trainer, Entertainer and
Entrepreneur.
He has worked as a Management Consultant and a Motivational speaker. His workshops –THE ULTIMATE CHAMPION, PEAK PERFORMANCE, BECOME A SOLOPRENEUR.

He is an entertainer – Magician, Hypnotist and Games Host has his tricks ready up the sleeve.

All are welcome.

Performing Classical Dance (Bharatnatyam)

Inviting for an evening of talk with Sanjay Joshi on "New Technology, new Cinema and it's connect with People's movements". This is the main thrust of 'Cinema of Resistance' initiative, for which Sanjay ji is the convener.

Topic: "New Cinema, New Technology and connect with the people".

Session 1:

Background and history of Indian Cinema

In this session I will try to explain the history of Indian Cinema with special reference to documentary cinema, a brief history of Indian film industries and role of Films Division.


Session 2:

New Cinema and technology

In this session I will speak in brief about the cost factor in film making. I will also discuss the entry of Anand Patwardhan in Indian documentary film making. Will elaborate what I mean by new cinema and new technology.


Session 3:

Cinema goes to the people

Will discuss in length how with the help of new technology New Cinema is making new roads. Will illustrate my point with numerous example from documentary cinema and people's struggle.

In all above mentioned sessions I will use film clipping or sometime full film for the better understanding of the connection of cinema with its people. Thus I will show not less than 20 films during the 3 sessions.

'Cinema of Resistance' Story:
In September 2005 while expending its activity Uttar Pradesh unit of Jan Sanskriti Manch decided to experiment with film screenings. In its natural progression in the year 2006 for the very first time in the history of Gorakhpur we made an attempt to organize a festival of films from peoples’ contribution. We showed almost 20 films including short films, animation, documentaries and full length feature films. After screening of Anand Patwardhan’s film “War and Peace” we conducted a discussion session anchored by a panel of 4 people. More than 100 people participated in the discussion which lasted for 45 minutes. Around 4000 people enjoyed the screenings in the festival. At least 500 people from surrounding small towns participated in the festival. First year we dedicated our festival to the theme of Resistance in Cinema and clubbed it with 75th year of Bhagat Singh’s martyrdom. Jan Sanskriti Manch, Expression- Gorakhpur Film Society, Peoples’ Forum and PUHR (Peoples Union for Human Rights) were the main organizers of the festival. It was solely financed by individual contributions. We also released a festival brochure.

From next year i.e. in 2007 the idea of organizing independent film festival picked up and we succeeded in repeating it for the first time in Bhilai (May 5-6, 2007) and second time in Gorakhpur. After that it became a continuous journey.

Sanjay Joshi has done his Masters in Hindi Literature from Jawaharlal Lal Nehru University, New Delhi and studied Mass Communication for AJK MCRC, Jamia Millia, New Delhi.

Mr. Joshi has made several documentaries for government and non governmental organizations. The Paal System, Amrkant Ka Katha Sansar, Takae Ser Bhaji Takae Ser Khaja (टके सेर भाजी टके सेर खाजा), Yug Shrashta Vishnu Prabhakar, Comrade Zia-ul-Haq, Sawal Ki Jarurat are few documentaries directed by him. He also made a 5 episode serial “Paharpur Ke Bachche” based on the life of Gond children for Doordarshan and a video documentary on Hindi short story writer Amarkant for Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi.

Mr Joshi has successfully conducted film appreciation course with students of Delhi University, Mohan Lal Sukhari University Udaipur, Lucknow University, Jamia Millia University and Bhartendu Natya Academy, Lucknow. He has also conducted various film making workshops with different media groups in India.

Sanjay Joshi is an independent filmmaker and film appreciation expert based in
Ghaziabad.

Presently he is busy completing a package of three documentaries titled Gorakhpur Diaries for Gorakhpur Film Society and writing a memoir on Allahabad of 1970s and 1980s.
He also runs a publishing house, Navarun.

Sanjay Joshi is the National Convener of Cinema of Resistance initiative.

All are welcome.
Entry - Free.

Let's add a little extra zing to this Sankranti with colourful Rangolis. We are conducting a workshop for the kids on making Rangolis. The material required will be provided by us.
Fees: 150/- for kids
200/- for adults
Contact: Dr.B.Kumudhini- 7093020256
Please register in advance for attending the workshop. Limited intake only.

Taking forward our previous discussions on spate of demolitions of heritage monuments, the seriousness of the threat and the urgency of the situation, this workshop shall equip us with tools and strategies to help us fight this battle.

Conducted by Biju Mathews, this workshop is for everyone who wants to take an active part in this battle for saving the citys heritage and are committed to take actiive steps and participate in this battle for our city.

Biju Mathew, our speaker tonight, is a Secretary of the National Taxi Workers Alliance in the USA, a Marxist researcher of labor process and migration and a Professor of Business. He is an associate professor of Information Systems and American studies at Rider University (New Jersey). Biju is also the co-Founder of Lamakaan.

Entry - Free.

About The Play - It's a socio-political satire which involves a conversation between three crazy men who are talking about different social aspects directly/indirectly and suddenly a stranger enters and that is when story begins, according to this forth person he is not an insane rather very educated even then also he is in mental asylum.
As they interact and talk further, they discuss every possible topic in very different and insane style to watch yourself giggling throughout the evening come and enjoy "Samajhdaar log".

Entry - 9032018357, 8886416111

"LAST WISH BABY"
A Multilingual play

"Hyderabad's best satire" Come watch...

An adaptation of William Seebring’s play
“The Original Last Wish Baby”

Directed by : Rathna Shekar Reddy

The Last Wish Baby is a satire which explores the lunacy that surrounds any media-driven issue today.The play begins with the birth of a baby without a heart, yet miraculously alive.The media of the entire country goes into a frenzy covering this new piece of sensational news.

A medical marvel turns into a media saga of the infant’s journey now known as the Last Wish Baby. Everyone uses this news for their own ends. However, the heart is found, a separate woman having given birth to it. A clash between the mothers, another media circus.

From "A laugh riot" to "A must-watch", this play is back on popular demand.

Donation Rs.100/
Available at in.bookmyshow.com
Tele bookings at 8341120303

An activity based fun-shop where children play a few games to understand the concepts of science!
This is for children of 8-14 years of age.

Entry - Free but prior registration needed. Contact: Swathi Pasumarti 9951135255 or swathi.raaga@gmail.com

Inviting Cinemaphiles for a presentation by Writer-Director Aparna malladi on the topic "WE ARE THE STORIES WE TELL".

Storytelling is an important part of human communication.

A good story can create emotions and feelings among an audience and can transmit complex messages and inspire people to take independent actions.

Being a filmmaker and screenplay writer Aparna studied storytelling intimately and have a simple formula of sorts that I share with Universities and Institutions. This helps cause a breakthrough and empowers students understand screenplay writing at it’s basic level. We never know where the next great screenwriter of our community is waiting to express our collective story to the world.

The value of a good story is priceless because if the story is compelling enough, it will do the work for you effortlessly as a living and breathing entity of it’s own and will make people remember you and your story.

Aparna Malladi is a Los Angeles based filmmaker. She learnt filmmaking at Film Arts Foundation in San Francisco where she was awarded the ‘STAND Grant’ for new directors to create the award winning short film ‘NUPUR (Ankle Bracelets)’, 2001. ‘NUPUR (Ankle Bracelets)’ screened at more than 25 international film festivals, won the Family Award at the USA Film Festival, Dallas and was invited to be included in ‘Best of the Fest’ at the Rochester International Film Festival. Aparna’s debut feature film ‘MITSEIN’, 2009 set in San Francisco and starring Smriti Mishra won the trophy for ‘Best Art Film’ at the Eugene International Film Festival, Oregon and had it’s international premiere at the Mumbai International Film Festival in the ‘Film India Worldwide’ section. Aparna Malladi’s second feature film ‘THE ANUSHREE EXPERIMENTS’ 2015 a light comedy starring UK based Telugu actor Ulrika Krishnamurti is due for release shortly. Aparna Malladi was invited to attend the prestigious Squaw Valley Writers Screenwriting program [founded by acclaimed screenwriter Gill Dennis]. She presently teaches Screenwriting and Cinematic Language at the Film Direction Department [founded by Dr. Gopalakrishna Paruchuri] at Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University.

Aparna Malladi is also a prolific painter [Water Color on Paper], has shown her work in Los Angeles, Frankfurt and Hyderabad and has done an art residency at Can Serrat in El Bruc, Spain. Aparna Malladi has a degree in Chemical Engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad and a Masters in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Tennessee.

The lecture is an hour long with about 15 minutes of Q & A. Entry - Free.

Inviting all for a talk by Chayanika Shah on the topic "Who of Science: Does it Matter?".

Dr. Shah is an optimist activist at heart, a Physicist by training and a teacher by choice. She has campaigned, researched, taught and written on politics of population control, communalism, feminist studies of science, and sexuality.

She has a doctorate in physics and taught Physics to graduate students at K. J. Somaiya College of Science and Commerce, Mumbai for two decades. She is presently visiting faculty at Tata Institute of Social Science, Mumbai where she co-teaches a course on “Science Education”. She has also designed and taught a course in Feminist Science Studies at TISS with Gita Chadha.
She has been an active member of two autonomous voluntary collectives in Mumbai -- Forum Against Oppression of Women and LABIA – A Queer Feminist LBT Collective. Recently she has been part of two research processes -- "Breaking the Binary: Understanding concerns and realities of queer persons assigned gender female at birth across a spectrum of lived gender realities" and "Making Sense: Familial journeys towards acceptance of gay and lesbian family members."

Her co-authored book “No Outlaws in the Gender Galaxy” has been published last month by Zubaan. Some of her other co-authored books are “Bharat ki Chaap” a companion book for the documentary of the same name and “We and Our Fertility: The politics of technological intervention”.

All are welcome.

"LAST WISH BABY" A Multilingual play

"Hyderabad's best satire" Come watch...

An adaptation of William Seebring’s play “The Original Last Wish Baby”

Directed by : Rathna Shekar Reddy

The Last Wish Baby is a satire which explores the lunacy that surrounds any media-driven issue today.The play begins with the birth of a baby without a heart, yet miraculously alive.The media of the entire country goes into a frenzy covering this new piece of sensational news.

A medical marvel turns into a media saga of the infant’s journey now known as the Last Wish Baby. Everyone uses this news for their own ends. However, the heart is found, a separate woman having given birth to it. A clash between the mothers, another media circus.

From "A laugh riot" to "A must-watch", this play is back on popular demand.

Donation Rs.100/ Available at in.bookmyshow.com Tele bookings at 8341120303

Sadaat Hasan Manto needs no introduction. Manto is one of the best story tellers that literature was ever blessed with. The macabre and irony in Manto's narratives, are timeless. Through his narratives, Manto immortalized the degradation of humanity in the face of communal tension. He showed us how humanity faltered and failed in the name of the greater 'God'.
Our play is a series of three monologues, adapted from three of Manto's spine chilling short stories, namely, 'Khuda ki Kasam', 'Padhe Kalima' and 'Mozail'.This is not just another theater adaptation of Manto's literature. The world is moving towards another era of communal tension and the subsequent degradation of feelings, emotions, love, longing and everything that is beautiful, everything that is human. Our aim is to show where we are currently headed to, if we keep following the path of hatred that we are walking on right now. When 'Gods' become more important that humans, and history is witness to this, the outcome is not something desirable.
We have chosen stories that show the diversity of human psyche in the face of communal violence. Stories that not only warn us about the impending doom, but also gives us hope and direction.
On the 61st anniversary of Manto's death, we present to you an evening of Manto's mastery, 'Aaj ki Kahani, Manto ki Zubaani'.

"Can India's 99% Survive the New, Global Economy?" - A talk by Dr. Partha Banerjee.

Dr.Partha Banerjee is a labor educator and human rights activist based in New York. He will speak about the neoliberal economic policies that are silently colonizing the world, in the name of development and prosperity.

A worldwide onslaught unleashed by multinational corporations, India's one percent, IMF, World Bank, as well as corporate media is driving the vast majority of Indian population up to the brink of disaster. Privatized health care, education and real estate have created an unprecedented gap between the elite and the poor and middle class.Violence is on the rise. Pollution and population and corruption are explosive. Can India survive it all? If so, how?

All are welcome to this talk.

Inviting all for an interactive evening with Abdul Gafoor Abdul Majeed Noorani, a lawyer, historian and an author.

Known popularly as A.G.Noorani, he has practised as an advocate in the Supreme Court of India and in the Bombay High Court. He is one of the few remaining experts on the Constitution of India.

Adv. Noorani's columns appear in various publications, dailies and Political Weeklies. He is the author of a number of books including: The Kashmir Question, Badruddin Tyabji Ministers' Misconduct, Brezhnev's Plan for Asian Security, The Presidential System, The Trial of Bhagat Singh, Constitutional Questions in India and The RSS and the BJP: A Division of Labour. He has also authored the biographies of Badruddin Tyabji and Dr Zakir Hussain.

All are welcome to this evening of talk on our current political state.

Inviting all for an evening of Protest Poems by Dr. Neal Hall with an occasional scattering of Romantic poems.

About Dr. Neal Hall:
An internationally acclaimed award winning poet, Neal Hall, M.D., has performed readings throughout the U.S. and around the world. His poetic writings and readings bear strong witness to his passionate belief in equality and our collective rights to think, live and make harmonious decision based on our common good.

Dr. Hall is an award-winning internationally acclaimed poet and author of four
books: Nigger For Life, Winter’s A’ Coming Still, Where Do I Sit. and Appalling Silence
(translated into Urdu and Telugu by poets Jameela Nishat and the Sahitya Akademi
award winner Volga respectively).
Dr. Hall has reached audiences across the world—from Philadelphia to France and from
Indonesia to Italy. His poetry speaks not just to the surface pain of injustice and
inhumanity but deep into that pain we label and package into genteel socio-politicaleconomic-religious
constructs to blur the common lines of cause, that is our shared
story.
The intellectual Cornel West, PhD remarked “ his poetry has the capacity to change
ordinary people’s philosophy on social and racial issues.”
Dr. Hall has been awarded a Visiting Scholar:
• Visiting Scholar the American Academy In Rome,
• Sangam House International Writer’s Residency
• Sangam House Dhwani Fellowship to translate his work in Kannada
• Poet/Scholar-In-Residence by Hyderabad’s Council For Social Development and a
• Resident (Poet)-In-Writing, Vermont Studio Center, U.S.
Dr. Hall was recently invited to a special reading of his poetry by the Sahitya Akademi
India’s Vasanth Kannabiran remarked: “ This is poetry that scalds you into waking up to
the possibility that you are perhaps one of those silent spectators. All in all he is a poet.
And unquestionably one of the most significant voices of the century. ”
All are welcome to this evening of enthralling poetry and verse.
Entry - Free.

Calling people from all walks of life to gather at 4:30pm on Jan 23rd Saturday at Lamakaan to pay a tribute to a departed activist Rohith Vemula, a PhD student of University of Hyderabad and his belief systems.

Joining us among hordes of friends and comrades are Anant Maringanti, Sujatha Surepally, Prashanth of ASA and other speakers.

This will be an evening of remembering Rohith and carrying forward his beliefs of "Educate, Agitate and Liberate".

Come one, come all.

One Stage, Mutiple Actors, Crazy Situations...Your Choices!!! Bole to Audience Choice!!!
'KUCH BHI...!!! - an IMPROV NIGHT' with Jay Jha, Faria Abdullah, Amit Sharma, Surender Sahil Serma, Munna , Rajnish songara, Nikhil Jadav, Mohammad Afaque, Pranati Goturi.

On 23rd January Saturday 8:30pm p.m @ Lamakaan
For more details contact: +918125628789 OR +919849170927

A workshop "Crafts and Bots" is being organized by for children of age group 7 to 12 years at Lamakaan on 24th January 2016 from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

The workshop fees will be Rs.500 per child and the last date of registration is 17th January 2016. The students will be trained on building simple robots by combining craft work and electronics. It a completely hands on session with a small take away model. Each student will build a robot body using cardboard, thermocol and give life to it using "Etch Bricks".
Its a 4 hour workshop where kids can basics of robotics, electronics and a ton of craft work. All the materials required for the workshop will be provided by the Etch Bricks team. Students are expected to make their own arrangement for lunch.

For more details and registration please visit our website http://etchbricks.com/ Checkout our YouTube channel to understand the kind of projects the students will be building: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4uAAWL_ew4ws8f35rUxKEw For any additional queries call Sachin @ 9949055227 or visit etchbricks.com

A docudrama screening on Girl Child Education brought to you by Girl Rising on January 24th,2016 on the occasion of National Girl Child Day.

What is Girl Rising?

Girl Rising is a global campaign for girls’ education. We use the power of storytelling to share the simple truth that educating girls can transform societies. Girl Rising unites girls, women, boys and men who believe every girl has the right to go to school and the right to reach her full potential. Our mission is to change the way the world values the girl. Everything we do is to ensure that girls’ education is part of the mainstream conversation.

January 24th is National Girl Child Day in our country. It creates a context, acts upon relevance of the topic and increases the impact.

Entry - Free

Are you looking to start your own Youtube channel?
Have every wondered how people make money on youtube?
Do you want to build you Brand online?

Do you want to use Youtube as medium to promote your Brand then this session would be eye opener. you will learning about all about Youtube Fundamentals and ways we can Promote our brand.
Anybody can attend this session who loves to make videos . or want to make this into profession. I will be sharing my experience on Youtube.Free event

WATCH THE UNCUT VERSION OF Gateway to Heaven at 7pm on Sun 24th Jan.

Gateway to heaven is a film based on a true life story of Rajeshwar Rao. Who has completed last rites of 12000 unknown and unclaimed dead bodies, the film narrates the story in 4 different arts.

Animation part narrates the story of international organ mafia, fiction part explains how national organ mafia is functioning, Pencil sketching and documentary part narrates the story of local organ mafia.

Story, Screenplay, Dialogues, Director, Producer:
Anshul Sinha.

Official Winner
"Best film- Frames film festival- Mumbai" 2015
"Best film-Cinevolution- Hyderabad 2015
"Special Mention-Mumbai International film festival 2015

Official Selections
MICIV- Venezuela- South America 2016
Jaipur International film festival 2016
4th Mumbai International film festival 2015
Sand dune International film festival 2015

Entry - Free.

Inviting all for an interactive Session on the Science of Life. By Dr. T.P. SasiKumar.

'' Vasudaiva kudumbakam '' and modified Hipocratic principles in the complex world; the self sukham (happiness) derived from the social mix. Draw logically and judiciously from the experience of improving human living conditions by different cultures of the world, basing itself also and importantly on the traditional regional national cultural heritage. How to take care of the physical, psychological and spiritual health.

Ayurveda is a perfect ancient science of life, the word AYUR literally means life and VEDA the science or knowledge. Ayurveda briefly explains the knowledge of the do's and don'ts one has to follow, which favours the well being of each individual to lead a healthy, happy, comfortable and advantageous life both physically, mentally & socially.

Art and Science of LIFE emphasizes that prevention is better than cure. These basic principle governs all the biological, physiological, physiopathological functions of the body, mind and conciousness.

This Session Science of Life will be an interative session.


Entry Free

All the users for quora Hyderabad are meeting up for discussing on all India quora meetup and a few quora related questions are answered. It is a free and open platform for everyone to get their questions.

The solidarity meeting for Rohit Vemula on January 23rd at Lamakaan was well attended. It was a diverse group with many different perspectives represented. The meeting lasted three hours. Many felt moved enough to want to speak and share the grief. At the end of the meeting it was clear that there were two distinct groups of voices. One that was convinced that casteism was the main enemy if not the only enemy, the other group of voices were unsure whether casteism was the main or even one of the enemies. It was clear too that this is an issue on which we need sustained engagement, debate and argument. It is important enough for many people to feel strongly about it. So for a start, we have convened another meeting on January 26th, the Republic Day the day 67 years ago, Independent India's constitution came into force having solemnly resolved to secure to all its citizens - Justice, Liberty, Equality and Fraternity.

It is open to all. We intend to take up a set of pertinent questions that were raised by participants on January 23rd about caste and how it shapes or does not shape our lives. The discussion will be led by Anant Maringanti, Director Hyderabad Urban Lab.

This is a freewheeling discussion on aging and ageism with in the LGBT community. The idea is to start the conversation on aging in our own minds and in our shared spaces.

Reflecting on and perspectivizing aging as a queer individual.

What is it like to experience aging in a hypersexualised and youth obsessed queer community? Do we think about our aging selves at all? Are we afraid of age or can we gracefully embrace it? Compared to the familial network of care of a typical heterosexual elderly wo/man, how different will ours be? How we would like to prepare ourselves for our silver years?

Why do we seem to disappear from the "scene" as we age? Are we as a community ageist?


for queries please contact:
7207400496: Abhishek
7306742335: Satya

Saiyyan Bhaye Kotwal ( A Slapstick Musical Comedy Drama )

About The Play - The famous Marathi folk play 'Vichha Majhi Puri Kara' was written by Vasant Sabnis, and was later translated in Hindi by Usha Banerjee as "Saiyyan Bhaye Kotwal".

The play has been designed for urban viewers while keeping the rural punches intact. The play follows the format of Maharashtrian Folk "Tamasha". The story is that of a king and his scheming prime minister. Following the death of the administrative head - the kotwal, the Prime Minister promptly fills the coveted post with his inept and undeserving brother-in-law. As per the hierarchy, the present Havaldar ought to have been promoted to that post. The wronged Havaldar along with his sweetheart Mainavati plans to frame the new Kotwal. Mainavati, who is a dancer, works her charms on the Kotwal and then beseeches him to fulfill her numerous wishes (hence the name, Vichha Majhi Puri Kara). She orders him to bring her the king's ring, chain and finally the king's four-poster bed (chhapri palang) - which he does. The play's slapstick comedy brings out the political undercurrents of nepotism.

Date - 26th January 2016 Time - 07:30 pm to 09:30 pm.
Donor Pass - Rs. 100/- Online booking on - in.bookmyshow.com
Cast & Crew
Krishna – Krishna Shukla Pendya – Avakash Mahanta Gwaline - Monica Rajendran, Sweekriti Goyal & Sharanjeet Kaur Mausi – Surendar Verma Raja – Suresh Kumar Pradhaan – Surendar Verma Hawldar – Sunjit Rao Sipahi – Avakash Mahanta Maina – Sharanjeet Kaur Kotwaal – Krishna Shukl Sankhya – Ashish Meagh Singers – Monica Rajendran, Sweekriti Goyal & Sharanjeet Kaur Lights - Pranav Gharipurikar. Music Composed by – Shri Vinay Patankar Tabla / Dholki / Dholak / Design & Direction by - Saurabh Gharipurikar

For more details contact Saurabh # 9290013166

Holding a two day Exhibition and sale of
- Candle holders
- Bath Salts
- Edible Salts
- Natural & Design Lamps
- Detoxers;
at 4pm-7pm on Wed 27th Jan and 10am-2pm on Sun 31st Jan.
The main stay of this exhibition is Internationally accepted and widely popular for it therapeutic healing properties, HIMALAYAN PINK ROCK SALT. Known as 'White Gold', it is claimed to be the purest form of salt available on planet earth.

Mostly exported, this salt is seldom known in the Indian markets, let alone being available for consumption.

All are welcome to this bazaar.

For more info, Contact:

+91 750 606 7645
hemalayanvibes@krafeteria.com

Screening selected films from the recent 'Online French Film Festival across the globe', Films with subtitles.

Showing today Wed Jan 27th at 6:30pm is:
"Caprice" - a RomCom film
Clément, a teacher, is overjoyed to the point of dizziness: Alicia, a famous actress who he admires totally, has become his girlfriend.
Everything becomes complicated when he meets Caprice, an excessive and exuberant young woman who falls in love with him. Meanwhile his best friend Thomas starts to draw closer to Alicia…

Le Parisien: "Although the two lead actresses contribute to making this film a pure delight, they are helped by a virtuoso screenplay about the mutinous equations of love when life has fun dealing the cards."
Details
Directed by: Emmanuel Mouret
Screenwriter: Emmanuel Mouret
With Virginie Efira, Anaïs Demoustier, Emmanuel Mouret, Laurent Stocker
Release Date in Cinemas: 2015
Genre: Fiction
Running Time: 100 min

More info can be found at http://www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com/en/

Entry - Free

'RANGEEN SAPNEY THEATRE' presents ‘Dulhaniya Mill Jaayegi’ A Family Drama in Hindi.

It’s a complete family drama which will throw light on each and every aspect of a Family in a comic way. Drama will revolve around a person name ‘Sunder’ who is actually ugliest of all and big fan of Bollywood. Sunder is also trying to get Hitched in a bollywood style but he is not that much lucky as Shahid Kapoor.
Best part of the play will come out through the guests/relatives who will come to see Sunder for their daughters.

Written and Directed by: Surender Sahil Varma.
Family Members:
Jay Jha, Faria Abddulha, Mohammed Afaque, Rajnish Songara, Surender Sahil Verma, Paranti Goturi and Kajol.

Donors Pass: Rs 100/-

For more details contact: +918125628789 OR +919849170927
Boook Your Tickets on BOOK MY SHOW and FILMYSPHERE

Sakharam Binder tells the story of Sakharam’s women. They are the castoff wives - homeless and destitute - taken in by the protagonist as domestic servants and sex partners.

Laxmi is shy, submissive and pious while Champa, her successor is brash, voluptuous and spoiled.

Written by Vijay Tendulkar, this play vividly captures the strange and complex pathology of Sakharam, who on one hand, wants to please his women but on the other hand bullies them as well. He is, in one moment, a freethinking crusader for women’s rights and the very next sees him as a philistine- scornful of their devotion to him.

He strongly believes in exploiting the corrupt system for his own gain but realizes too late the price of playing the game.

For passes: 8374734142, 9885338560

Inviting all StartUp entrepreneurs for a talk "How to kickStart your Business" by Dr. Nandita Sethi of The enTrepreneur Zone.

WHAT TO EXPECT:
• Knowledge and training in important aspects of
Entrepreneurship.
• Your idea may turn into a business venture / startup.
• You may get well equipped with the knowledge and skills
to join / succeed family business.
• You may succeed in getting funding for your startup.
• You may commercially prototype your products or
services.
• You may become part of a strong network of industrialists
and entrepreneurs.
• You may make a positive difference to society through
social entrepreneurship.

Open for All.

Introduction to the Art and Heart of Storytelling
(for adults)

How to tell stories

&

What stories can tell you

Story Arts India offers a workshop to get a peek into the art of storytelling and what it offers the teller and the listener

Deepa Kiran is the founder of Story Arts India, engaged in offering community storytelling, musical storytelling and other productions. Training is an integral part and many teachers and storytelling enthusiasts, across the country have been benefited from the workshops over the years.

Charges: Rs. 500/-
Time: 3pm - 5 pm

For registration:
Call - 9866437893, 9052910239
Email: storyartsindia@gmail.com

Introduction to the Art and Heart of Storytelling (for adults) How to tell stories & What stories can tell you Story Arts India offers a workshop to get a peek into the art of storytelling and what it offers the teller and the listener Deepa Kiran is the founder of Story Arts India, engaged in offering community storytelling, musical storytelling and other productions. Training is an integral part and many teachers and storytelling enthusiasts, across the country have been benefited from the workshops over the years. Charges: Rs. 500/- Time: 3pm - 5 pm For registration: Call - 9866437893, 9052910239 Email: storyartsindia@gmail.com

Mee Sammatham - A Telugu Play

మీ సమ్మతం - ఈ నాటకంలో , ఇండియన్ ఆర్మీ లో చాలా సార్లు రిజెక్ట్ అయిన తరువాత సెలెక్ట్ అయిన ఓకే వ్యక్తి తన జీవితం లో ఎంతో ఇష్టమైన పని చేయడానికి, ఎలా ఎదురీదుతాడు ? అని చూస్తారు. అంతే కాకుండా సమాజంలో చాల తేలికగా వదిలేసినా కొన్ని విషయాలపట్ల వాదనని చూస్తారు

Mee Sammatham is a Telugu Drama were a person who gets sellected for Military after lot of failed attemts, fights for his right to do things which make a difference not just to himself but to the Nation. This play throughs light on few easily ignored issues in our Society.


This Play is written by Srikanth Banala

Directed By Sai Krishna DNV

Enacted By Ravi Teja, Neelesh Ahankari, Phaneendhra, Sridevi Jella.

The Play Duration 7:00pm to 7:40pm.

Free Entry

Aakhri Khat -

Manch Theatre pays its tribute to all the martyrs of India with this play, whose brave sacrifices have given us hope for our lives. This play is a compact performance, which gives a theatrical experience with varied emotions through intense drama revolving around the lives of the fictional army officers. The performance is an integration of few art forms portraying emotional pressure that some army officers and their families might have gone through in the backdrop of the Kargil War. Come, feel the passion for the nation.


Written by: Chetan Gupta, Eipsa Aru

Directed By: Srikanth Banala

Performed by: Deepali Tiwari, Pranjal Priyadarshi, Rajendra Prasad Madamanchi, Shashank Srivastava, Smitali Das, Surya Dev Chandra, Krishna Kumar Mahto, Akash Tewari, Chetan Gupta, Eipsa Aru


The Play Duration 8:00pm to 9:00pm.

Tickets will be available in BookMyShow.com, FilmySphere.com and at the venue from 5pm.

An activity based fun-shop for children. Concepts covered: Light, Dispersion of light, reflection in multiple mirrors, periscope, kaleidoscope.

Date: 31 Jan 2016 - Time: 11:00 A.M
Rules:
For registration: 9951135255
We will be able to accommodate only 20 children. Pre-registrations will be given first preference, and only the drop outs of pre-registration will be opened to parents who do not pre-register their children and walk in.

This Workshop aims at making the attendees understand and learn why people talk the way they talk, when involved in a communication event; how to start a conversation; how to continue and how to end; and, how to use every single communication event one participates in for creating and continuing a better relationship between/among the parties involved in the given communication event. It is useful for people from all walks of life.

This is the third in a series of meetings in the wake of Rohith Vemula. If in the first meeting we had an outpouring of anger and anguish, in the second one we shared a number of issues around caste privilege and discrimination in everyday life. In this third meeting which will be more structured as a workshop, we will work through the key issues and invite participants to commit towards an action programme. It will be led by Anant Maringanti.
If you are a teacher, parent, student, professional - if you see yourself as a stakeholder in the university as a public resource, if you believe that caste and other forms of discrimination need to be taken head on, do show up.

Mee Sammatham - A Telugu Play

మీ సమ్మతం - ఈ నాటకంలో , ఇండియన్ ఆర్మీ లో చాలా సార్లు రిజెక్ట్ అయిన తరువాత సెలెక్ట్ అయిన ఓకే వ్యక్తి తన జీవితం లో ఎంతో ఇష్టమైన పని చేయడానికి, ఎలా ఎదురీదుతాడు ? అని చూస్తారు. అంతే కాకుండా సమాజంలో చాల తేలికగా వదిలేసినా కొన్ని విషయాలపట్ల వాదనని చూస్తారు

Mee Sammatham is a Telugu Drama were a person who gets sellected for Military after lot of failed attemts, fights for his right to do things which make a difference not just to himself but to the Nation. This play throughs light on few easily ignored issues in our Society.


This Play is written by Srikanth Banala

Directed By Sai Krishna DNV

Enacted By Ravi Teja, Neelesh Ahankari, Phaneendhra,
Sridevi Jella.

The Play Duration 7:10pm to 8:00pm.

Tickets will be available in BookMyShow.com, FilmySphere.com and at the venue from 5pm.

The Play is about a rich family in a small town which is starting their home production in order to make a movie. The movie features the family members themselves and the storyline is tweaked and twisted in order to suit the fancies of the family members. Ambitions are very high.. But only if the fancies are fulfilled!!

The play is written by Dinesh Bharti, Translated by Prateek Srivastava and Shailja Chaturvedi, Directed by Niteesh Pandey

Inviting all to an evening of poetry and rendering in all languages to the memory of Rohith Vemula.

It will be a tribute to the fallen heroes of our society. This evening is presided by SkyBaaba organised by 'Haryaali' Muslim Writers' Forum, 'Singidi' Telangana Writers Assn.

Venkatesh Chauhan, HCU Students JAC Leader will give the opening remarks.

All poets and singers welcome to participate and render their tributes.

రోహిత్ వేముల స్మృతిలో ఒక కవితా, పద ఆలకిoపు. ఇది మన సమాజం సృష్టిస్తున్న/కబళిస్తున్న అందరు రోహితులకు మన నివాళి. స్కైబాబా నిర్వహణలో చేస్తున్న ఈ సభలో ఎవ్వరైనా ఫై విషయానికి సంబంధించి అన్ని భాషలలోనూ తమ కవితలను, పాటలను చదవొచ్చు.

As a part of Online French Film Festival across the globe, from 18th Jan to 18 Feb with subtitles available in 9 languages,

Showing today Wed Feb 3rd at 6:30pm is "L’Affaire SK1" a Crime Thriller Directed by Frédéric Tellier.

Synopsis:
Paris, 1991. The true story of Franck Magne, a young inspector starting out in the Criminal Investigation Department at 36 quai des Orfèvres, in the Crime Squad. His first case deals with the murder of a young woman. His investigation leads him to study similar cases which he’s the only person to link together. He’s quickly confronted with the reality of police investigation work: the lack of equipment, bureaucracy... For eight years, obsessed by this investigation, he’ll hunt the serial killer who no one else believes exists.

More info can be found at http://www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com/en/

Entry - Free.

Friends from Media,

Rohith Vemula's mother Radhika has been under attack from the the powers that be. They are keen to demonstrate that Rohith did not face caste discrimination by claiming that she is not a Dalit. No less than Ms. Smriti Irani and Ms.Sushma Swaraj gave a statement declaring that Rohith was not a Dalit. This is an atrocious claim that would be laughable for its ignorance if not for the dangerous implications that it has. Radhika's life long struggle as a single mother, as an abandoned wife in an inter-caste marriage, her lived experience as a a Dalit woman are under question.

We believe that this attack is a violation of her fundamental right to equality under the Indian Constitution. By deligitimizing her struggle as a single parent it reinstates the rule of patriarchal caste hierarchy. It makes the cruel claim that a child belongs to the father even after abandonment. This irresponsible discourse is subjecting a grieving Dalit mother to immense harassment and strain.

We belive that Rohith Vemula's mother Radhika needs our support and solidarity at this critical moment. We invite democratic individuals and organizations that believe in challenging casteist patriarchy to extend such support and solidarity.

Come and join us in extending solidarity to Rohith's mother Radhika.


Gogu Shyamala, M.Vinodini, Sujatha Surepally, K.Sajaya, A.Suneetha

On behalf of
Solidarity Committee for Rohith Vemula's mother


Venue: Lamakaan
Date: 4th February
Time: 3.30 PM

http://www.huffingtonpost.in/sujatha-surepally/the-persecution-of-radhik_b_9087080.html

http://m.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/know/the-politics-over-rohith-vemulas-caste-is-meant-to-thwart-the-identity-he-chose-for-himself/article8163342.ece

Inviting all for an evening of talk by Nandita Haksar, a journalist, writer, Human Rights Lawyer as she addresses a topic titled "Muslims are coming", a subject she dealt in two of her books.

About the Topic:
There are several books called Muslims are coming; the tile reflects both the tragedy and irony of the growing Islamophobia and the so called War on Terror. There is also a 2012 documentary called Muslims are coming by Muslim American stand up comedians to counter growing number of attacks on Muslims. It begins with a montage of things politicians in the USA have said about Muslims. They could have been Indian politicians in the present government.

The arguments offered by Western writers about the root causes of terrorism range from blaming Islam as a religion; locating it in Muslim sexual frustration (Martin Amis) to tracing the root cause to the doctrine of fanaticism (Tony Blair) ; the criminalization of certain Muslim ideologies such as Salafi to an analysis based on dividing Muslims into moderate and extremists.

The political fact is, as one of the comedians pointed out: Muslims have become the new “enemy” after the collapse of the Soviet Union; and till the Americans discover another enemy they shall continue to be looked upon as such.

The strange thing is that Muslims, millions of them were members of the Communist party or communist sympathizers. The Indonesian Communist party was the biggest party outside of the Soviet Union; and the party had a strong presence in Kashmir. The West had a big hand in destroying these parties and also in supporting the Muslim radicals. In the usual narratives about Kashmir this part of the history does not get discussed very often.

Haksar Says "I have tried to trace the history of Kashmir from the time of the cold war to the American sponsored War on Terror with two questions in mind: what was the role of the communists in Kashmir? And can we learn something from knowing the history of the communist parties in the Valley? The concern behind the questions is the growing gap between Hindu and Muslim communities in Kashmir and within the rest of the country.
I have traced the tortured history of Kashmiri nationalism through the lives of two men: Sampat Prakash, a Kashmiri Pandit and Communist trade union leader who became active in politics during the Cold War years, and Mohammad Afzal Guru, a Kashmiri Muslim who became active in the early days of the Kashmir insurgency. The ideas and deeds of many other individuals and groups are woven into this twin account of how Kashmiri nationalists are caught in the web of international intrigue, as they negotiate the rivalries between the old and new superpowers and also the competing nationalisms of India and Pakistan, which invariably translate into Hindu-Muslim antagonism."

The predicament of Kashmirs was expressed by a poet in 1940s
“From all sides I am assaulted
The English, the Indians, the Afghans, the Pakistanis To whom should I complain, to whom should I tell my fate?
Capitalists, tyrants, oppressors, and friends, all want me To become their accomplices
With whom should I agree, with whom should I disagree?
To whom should I complain, to whom should I tell my fate?
These words have relevance far beyond the borders of Kashmir Valley….
~ extracts from the book.

GUEST's PROFILE
Nandita Haksar was a journalist before her involvement in the women's rights movement forced her to take to law. For the past three decades she has worked as a human rights lawyer, campaigner and writer. She has set many precedents in human rights and refugees law. She has taken up cases in the courts in India as well as appearing before international courts and committees. She has evolved and taught courses on human rights in various universities.

Haksar's publications include: Ego and other Poems (1972) Demystification of Law for Women (1986); the book has been translated into regional languages and extensively used by women's groups for spreading legal literacy; Nagaland File: A Question of Human Rights; (the co-edited book which first exposed the human rights violations being committed by the Indian security forces in the North East of India); Framing Geelani, Hanging Afzal: Patriotism in the Time of Terror (2007) in which she writes about her experience of defending two Kashmiri Muslims accused of attacking the Indian Parliament, and Rogue Agent: How India's Military Intelligence Betrayed the Burmese Resistance (2009) in which she exposed the RAW, Indian’s external intelligence agency ; The Judgement That Never Came: Army Rule in North East India (with Sebastian Hongray, 2011); ABC of Naga Culture and Civilization (2011) which has been taught in schools for Naga children and; Across the Chicken Neck: Travels in North East India (2013); The Many Faces of Kashmiri Nationalism: from Cold War to the present Times (2015) and Framed as a Terrorist (with Mohammad Aamir Khan) (2016).
She was awarded a Degree of LL.D. (Honoris Causa) from NALSAR in 2015 in recognition of her work in the field of human rights.

All are welcome.

Sutradhar presents "Biryani aur Haleem";
An adaptation of ‘The Pie & The Tart’

By Hugh Chesterman

Directed by

Mohit & Deepti

The press says :

Deccan Chronicle : “The laugh-a-minute play highly entertains the audience who are in splits throughout...”
The Times Of India : “The laughter it evoked from the audience stayed on till the end of the evening...”
The Hindu : “Their comic timing was impeccable, which was evident when the audience was in splits every few seconds...”

The world we live in is a very strange place. Some eat to live and some live to eat. In one way or another our lives revolve around food: some cook; some eat; some store it ; some hoard it; some starve for it; some steal it..Our very survival depends on food.

That is what the two main characters of this play are trying to do; survive another day in their lives. Salim & Javed are two beggars; like any other; they meet on a street like any other; on a day like any other. But what results is hilarity like never before.

The two share their stories; their ‘areas’; and their modus operandi. As they go from street to street and house to house pleading to people’s sense of charity, they chance upon the home of Ismail Bhai & his wife Pasha Bi. Ismail Bhai is a well known cook who has been invited by a Nawaab to display his culinary skills. Eager to impress the nawaab, he prepares a special Biryani and instructs his wife to hand it over to the delivery boy he sends.

The plan is overheard by the two hungry friends, who decide to change the route of the Biryani to their hungry stomachs instead of the Nawaab’s.

What becomes of Salim, Javed & the Biryani?
Find out on:
Friday, 5th February 2016

at 7:00 PM and 8:30 PM

@ Lamakaan,
opp. GVK One,
Road No.1 Banjara Hills.

For tickets logon to: www.bookmyshow.com
You can also email: team@sutradharactors.com for tickets or other details.

Sutradhar
presents
Biryani aur Haleem
An adaptation of ‘The Pie & The Tart’

By Hugh Chesterman

Directed by

Mohit & Deepti

The press says :

Deccan Chronicle : “The laugh-a-minute play highly entertains the audience who are in splits throughout...”
The Times Of India : “The laughter it evoked from the audience stayed on till the end of the evening...”
The Hindu : “Their comic timing was impeccable, which was evident when the audience was in splits every few seconds...”

The world we live in is a very strange place. Some eat to live and some live to eat. In one way or another our lives revolve around food: some cook; some eat; some store it ; some hoard it; some starve for it; some steal it..Our very survival depends on food.

That is what the two main characters of this play are trying to do; survive another day in their lives. Salim & Javed are two beggars; like any other; they meet on a street like any other; on a day like any other. But what results is hilarity like never before.

The two share their stories; their ‘areas’; and their modus operandi. As they go from street to street and house to house pleading to people’s sense of charity, they chance upon the home of Ismail Bhai & his wife Pasha Bi. Ismail Bhai is a well known cook who has been invited by a Nawaab to display his culinary skills. Eager to impress the nawaab, he prepares a special Biryani and instructs his wife to hand it over to the delivery boy he sends.

The plan is overheard by the two hungry friends, who decide to change the route of the Biryani to their hungry stomachs instead of the Nawaab’s.

What becomes of Salim, Javed & the Biryani?
Find out on:
Friday, 5th February 2016

at 7:00 PM and 8:30 PM

@ Lamakaan,
opp. GVK One,
Road No.1 Banjara Hills.

For tickets logon to: www.bookmyshow.com
You can also email: team@sutradharactors.com for tickets or other details.

A workshop for playwrights, directors and anyone interested in exploring the creative process and broadening their skills in storytelling. The workshop offers multi-week classes involving play writing techniques and tools, exercises and opportunities for the creative development of new scripts.

When: Saturday and Sunday (for three weeks beginning February) at Lamakaan.
Entry: 500/- per person (for 20 hours)
Age group: above 16 years (Limited seats of 15)

To apply, please send in any piece of fiction written by you. (If you haven’t written anything, please attempt a small scene, a small exchange of dialogue etc. and send it to us).

For details: 9849687318 or kryshgopal@gmail.com

The workshop is conducted by AB Gopala Krishna of Hyderabad Trails with some teaching experience in film and theatre writing.

Lamakaan hosts weekend classes in Tabla instrument for beginners as well as for advanced students on weekends. The classes are from 11am every Saturday and Sundays.

Having performed with Pandit Jasraj, Rajan & Sajan Mishra, Malini Rajurkar, Aarti Ankalikar, and many more artists in India, Suhasji is currently Vice Principal of Vasavi College of Music & dance.

He is a well known Guru to a whole new generation of tabla players of Hyderabad and his approach makes it all very easy to understand and enjoy this instrument.

For inquiries: 7702961452

This is a meetup from Alternate Depression Support Group. Here we are gathering to meet new joinees and have a friendly meet with all.

Aradhana Karhade, noted Hindustani classical singer, will be taking classes for beginners over the weekends - Saturday and Sunday afternoons from this month onward at Lamakaan. These classes are in addition to the two weekly classes she is already conducting successfully.

There are limited number of seats and interested people - elders, youngsters, boys or girls - kindly call her on 7842514789, 9440970326 to give your auditions.

Inviting all for an evening of "Songs of non- film, Folk, Environment, Awareness and Inspirational nature by Children of Rainbow Homes" at 4pm on Sat 6th Feb 2016.

Beginning with an dance invocation, the evening will witness children showcasing their singing talent in 'Balyamitra Super Singer Finals'.

Rainbow Homes Overview:
The Rainbow Home program secures the basic rights of the girl child through guaranteed education, nutrition, clothing, health care, recreation, love and support to ensure their reintegration into mainstream Indian society. The girls are enrolled in regular school programs and age appropriate classes, usually after a short period of remedial teaching as well as by a wide volunteer base and buddy programmes with children/students in more privileged schools.

The Rainbow Program also acts as a catalyst in the community, encouraging other school drop-outs and poor children from nearby slums and shanties to attend school without fear of stigma and reproachment.

All are welcome to this evening.
Entry - Free.

"Dil Toh Phisla Hai Ji" is a comic play that revolves around three men who are on the lookout for true love. Jay, Afaque and Shekhar are roommates and best friends. But when Shekhar finds his one true love, his two friends realize that it's high time to get settled as well. Will they succeed in finding their soul mates? Come Watch our play to know for yourself.

For passes: 8374734142

Inviting children and adults to a presentation on "Pottery for sustainability & environment".

The aim of this seminar/workshop is to strengthening of the role of civil society in preservation and enhancement of environment.

Pottery is a very delicate and precise craft that needs skilled fingers to define the shape you want. One wrong move can spoil the whole thing. In the age of nomadic period, the potter has become the first Engineer. Scientist and Civilized citizen, as he has invented the earthen ware pots and educated to prepare and eat cooked food in Earthen ware pots, and showed the ways and means of storage of food grains and water etc., Harrappan and Mohanjodaro cultures heralded the age of wheel-made pottery.

All are welcome.

This is an initiative by Rubaroo along with ComMutiny The Youth Collective to explore cross border friendships and engage young people on the issues of social inclusion in order to build vibrant eco-systems across India to understand each other.

India is witnessing a demographic transition. It is home to one of the largest and fastest-growing youth populations in the world. 65% of India’s population is under 35 years in age.

Have you ever thought about why intolerance is trending?

To dive into the roots of growing intolerance, Rubaroo in association with The Youth Collective invites you all to climb on to Samjho Toh Express. This initiative aims at cultivating cross border friendships through an experiential journey which will help the youth in reflecting and breaking stereotypes that they hold for other communities, gender, castes, religions, ethnic backgrounds etc.
A journey through this Campaign will help in internalizing the need to understand the ‘other’!!

All are welcome.

"Dil Toh Phisla Hai Ji" is a comic play that revolves around three men who are on the lookout for true love. Jay, Afaque and Shekhar are roommates and best friends. But when Shekhar finds his one true love, his two friends realize that it's high time to get settled as well. Will they succeed in finding their soul mates? Come Watch our play to know for yourself.

at 8:30pm on Sat & Sun 6,7 Feb
For passes: 8374734142

Sadaat Hasan Manto needs no introduction. Manto is one of the best story tellers that literature was ever blessed with. The macabre and irony in Manto's narratives, are timeless. Through his narratives, Manto immortalized the degradation of humanity in the face of communal tension. He showed us how humanity faltered and failed in the name of the greater 'God'. Our play is a series of three monologues, adapted from three of Manto's spine chilling short stories, namely, 'Khuda ki Kasam', 'Padhe Kalima' and 'Mozail'.This is not just another theater adaptation of Manto's literature. The world is moving towards another era of communal tension and the subsequent degradation of feelings, emotions, love, longing and everything that is beautiful, everything that is human. Our aim is to show where we are currently headed to, if we keep following the path of hatred that we are walking on right now. When 'Gods' become more important that humans, and history is witness to this, the outcome is not something desirable. We have chosen stories that show the diversity of human psyche in the face of communal violence. Stories that not only warn us about the impending doom, but also gives us hope and direction. On the 61st anniversary of Manto's death, we present to you an evening of Manto's mastery, 'Aaj ki Kahani, Manto ki Zubaani'.

As a part of Online French Film Festival across the globe, "My French Film Festival", from 18th Jan to 18 Feb with subtitles available in 9 languages,

Showing today Wed Feb 10th at 6:30pm is "Summertime" La belle Saison Directed by Catherine Corsini.

Synopsis:
1971, Delphine is twenty-three years old. A farmer's daughter, she comes to Paris so as to be financially independent; she dreams of running her own farm, something unthinkable for a woman to do at this time.
Carole is a Parisian. She's thirty-five years old and lives with Manuel. She's actively involved with the beginning of the feminist movement. When Delphine and Carole meet, their love affair turns their lives upside down.
But Delphine is obliged to return to the family farm. Carole follows her. Once there, they'll have to cope with another reality.

More info can be found at http://www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com/en/
Entry - Free.

What if you have the super power to solve all your problems?
The solutions to one's problems lies in one's own minds. That is exactly what Hypnotists or shrinks have been trying since time immemorial.

By giving one's brain a new blueprint by tapping into this phenomenally successful scientific approach to address the issues.

Presenting an evening of talk on Hypnotism, Magical Illusion and Mindbending with P.Nageswara Rao who talks about training people how to use their minds in an empowering way and to apply this revolutionary concept.

About the speaker:
NAGESHWAR RAO PATHAKOTI is a multi-faceted personality. He is a Trainer, Entertainer and
Entrepreneur.
He has worked as a Management Consultant and a Motivational speaker. His workshops –THE ULTIMATE CHAMPION, PEAK PERFORMANCE, BECOME A SOLOPRENEUR.

He is an entertainer – Magician, Hypnotist and Games Host has his tricks ready up the sleeve.

All are welcome.