Lamakaan

Mongryong marries the beautiful Chunhyang without telling his father, the Governor of Namwon. When his father is transferred to Seoul, Mongryong has to leave Chunhyang and finish his exams. Chunhyang, being the daughter of a courtesan, is also legally a courtesan.

Director: Kwon-taek Im
Writers: Sang-hyun Cho (story), Hye-yun Kang
Stars: Hyo-jeong Lee, Seung-woo Cho, Seong-nyeo Kim

Movies Intro : 7:00 PM
Movies Starts at 7:10 PM
Post-Screening Discussion - 15 mins

Write Club Hyderabad helps you pen your thoughts, spill your mind and finally make an appointment with the writer in your head. We conduct free, weekly events that foster writing. Our Meetups aim at helping writers reach their goals in a supportive, collaborative, social setting. Writing doesn't have to be all by oneself. We welcome anyone who writes, regardless of genre, language or age. We have members writing novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays, essays, school reports and more. What we do, basically: One of the members of Write Club (anyone with a participation count over 2 consecutive meetups) hosts a session. They bring forth a theme and writing exercises. We all then write to the host’s prompts and guidelines for about an hour. Once we're done writing, we read out our write-ups (optional). We also exchange feedback and constructively critique each other's works. Entry is free, anyone with an interest in writing can walk in. Bring your writing devices and we’re all set! We promise to provide you with good coffee and a super-creative conversation. We have Write Club sessions every Saturday afternoon – 3 to 6 PM

K-Circle is today India's oldest quiz club, formed in 1972, and is based in the twin cities of Hyderabad & Secunderabad. This Saturday would be the K-Circle Quiz of the Month at Lamakaan which would be a lively, engaging and informally informative quiz session that anybody is welcome to attend! This is a non-competetive event, where teams are formed on the spot

Most of us agree that childhood days were the best days of life. And we all carry memories of childhood across ages. One of the prominent memories to rekindle our childhood would be the song, "Taa naa naa tana naanaa naa..." of Malgudi days. XpressionZ brings to you, a piece of 3 short plays based on RK narayan's Malgudi days, which most of have witnessed and have enjoyed a lot. The beauty of these stories lies in the simplicity and unconventional endings with a small piece of message to the society, all in a humorous way. Well, then, let’s get back to our childhood for some time and enjoy the innocence.

Contact:- 7406027770

It's an engagement activity conducted by an NGO called U&I. We teach the underprivileged kids English during the weekends and also help them develop their life skills. This engagement activity helps us find new volunteers and better connect to the volunteers we already have.

Most of us agree that childhood days were the best days of life. And we all carry memories of childhood across ages. One of the prominent memories to rekindle our childhood would be the song, "Taa naa naa tana naanaa naa..." of Malgudi days. XpressionZ brings to you, a piece of 3 short plays based on RK narayan's Malgudi days, which most of have witnessed and have enjoyed a lot. The beauty of these stories lies in the simplicity and unconventional endings with a small piece of message to the society, all in a humorous way. Well, then, let’s get back to our childhood for some time and enjoy the innocence.

India is facing multiple challenges in terms of water use. Major river dams have been built in the 80s to secure the expected fast growing domestic demand. Those infrastructures are now outdated and nowadays Indian megacities have to face both severe domestic water shortages and a steady water demand growth expected for the next decades. This discussion aims to propose an involvment of all the citizens to monitor their water resource. It is crucial to sensibilize the water users.

Developped in collaboration with scientists, the ForEarth system demonstrates an easy access to monitoring and warning related to water supplies for irrigation and consumption around the city and Hyderabad in the state of Telangana in India. Using satellites images combined with machine learning, a precise monitoring of the water resource is possible via smartphone.

This service is in easy access, free and data responsable. With this service, we want to rise the involvment of all water users and share the experience of water consumptions at different level during an open discussion.

This event will combine presentations by Researchers specialize in water and remote sensing with a round table discussion with the users.
This event is not commercial.

Dandamudi Sree Charan is a philosophical poet.His experienced emotions reflect the life philosophy to the core.His two poetry collections are worth time taking to take listeners to a unique sphere of understanding human emotions.

the protection and improvement of the human environment is a major issue, which affects the well-being of peoples and economic development throughout the world, designated 5 June as World Environment Day.

Discovered.us, empowering global artisans to use business as a force for good. This is a workshop for artisans to promote handicrafts and how to sell them abroad. Our platform is a place which encourages hand crafted products from Developing countries. Mr. Rajesh from Center for sustainable design and a couple of my friends receding at Hyderabad recommended Lamakaan as its a apt venue for sustainable set ups.

Coastal Coalescence, a Mohiniyattam Odissi Duet performance by Dr Mythili Maratt Anoop and Gullapudi Raman Kumari.

Write Club Hyderabad helps you pen your thoughts, spill your mind and finally make an appointment with the writer in your head. We conduct free, weekly events that foster writing. Our Meetups aim at helping writers reach their goals in a supportive, collaborative, social setting. Writing doesn't have to be all by oneself. We welcome anyone who writes, regardless of genre, language or age. We have members writing novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays, essays, school reports and more. What we do, basically: One of the members of Write Club (anyone with a participation count over 2 consecutive meetups) hosts a session. They bring forth a theme and writing exercises. We all then write to the host’s prompts and guidelines for about an hour. Once we're done writing, we read out our write-ups (optional). We also exchange feedback and constructively critique each other's works. Entry is free, anyone with an interest in writing can walk in. Bring your writing devices and we’re all set! We promise to provide you with good coffee and a super-creative conversation. We have Write Club sessions every Saturday afternoon – 3 to 6 PM

Queer Fiesta is an event to remember the queer hero's who lost their life's and also to celebrate the global pride month "June".

This will include stalls, Paintings, singing, dancing, stand up, sharing coming out stories etc

Let's Discuss
"Casteism - Institutionalised Murders"

The suicide of Dr Payal Tadvi from Maharashtra has sparked the discussion of " caste discrimination" all over the nation. This incident particularly shows how a bold, brave girl can be broken through casteism. The three senior female doctors who harrased her don't even acknoeledge their mistake or recognise their caste privilege.
More recently a guy named Bakki Srinivas was beaten to death for eating a fallen mango from the mango plantagion of a savarna landlord. In Alwar, Rajasthan a heterosexual bahujan couple were stripped naked and girls were gang raped by a mob of sarvarna men.
Many such incidents of caste-based harassment have been surfacing from time to time. All these incidents are proof that even after 70 years of criminalising caste discrimination the urban and rural India suffers from everyday casteism which leads to institutionalised murders of people like Payal, Rohith Vemula etc.,
Rohit vemula student of UOH who committed suicide wrote " The value of a man was reduced to his immediate identity and nearest possibility. To a vote, to a number to a thing. Never was a man treated as a mind" in his letter. His death marked the uprising of a movement that asked for "ROHIT ACT" which would strain the present SC, ST atrocities act / POA ACT. Instead, the present savarna dominant Hindutva government has been trying to dilute the POA ACT.

At this juncture, it's important that all of us understand the effects and forms of casteism in these contemporary times and find ways to END CASTEISM.

Ambekar said " Educate- Agitate- Organise" Therefore let us all discuss and educate ourselves casteism, it's effects and the way ahead to end casteism.

ALL ARE WELCOME!!!

A fun fest where we showcase a French movie to the audience over food and drinks.

P.S. This would happen on a weekend for 2 weeks and free for all.

Ennio Morricone Month - Cinema Paradiso

A filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist.

Movie Starts @7PM
Post Screening Discussion - 15 mins

Girish Karnad, one of the versatile artistes of our times left this mortal world on 10th June 2019 after battling with illness for some time.

As a tribute to the doyen of cinema and theatre, Lamakaan is holding a remembrance meet and followed by the screening of 'Nishant (1975)."

Mr. Sajid Mehmood, a film enthusiast will talk about Karnad's art and contributions to the creative world and also introduce the film.

About Girish Karnad:
Girish Raghunath Karnad (19 May 1938 – 10 June 2019 was an Indian actor, film director, Kannada writer, playwright and a Rhodes Scholar, who predominantly worked in South Indian cinema and Bollywood. His rise as a playwright in the 1960s, marked the coming of age of modern Indian playwriting in Kannada, just as Badal Sarkar did in Bengali, Vijay Tendulkar in Marathi, and Mohan Rakesh in Hindi. He was a recipient of the 1998 Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honour conferred in India.

For four decades Karnad composed plays, often using history and mythology to tackle contemporary issues. He translated his plays into English and received acclaim. His plays have been translated into some Indian languages and directed by directors like Ebrahim Alkazi, B. V. Karanth, Alyque Padamsee, Prasanna, Arvind Gaur, Satyadev Dubey, Vijaya Mehta, Shyamanand Jalan, Amal Allana and Zafer Mohiuddin. He was active in the world of Indian cinema working as an actor, director and screenwriter, in Hindi and Kannada cinema, and has earned awards. He was conferred Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan by the Government of India and won four Filmfare Awards, of which three are Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada and the fourth a Filmfare Best Screenplay Award. His famous novel is "Yayathi". He was a presenter for a weekly science magazine programme called "Turning Point" that aired on Doordarshan in 1991.

After suffering from poor health, he was admitted to a hospital in Bengaluru, India, and ultimately died 10 June 2019

About Nishant film:
Nishant (English: Night's End) is a 1975 Hindi drama film directed by Shyam Benegal, based on an original screenplay by noted playwright Vijay Tendulkar, with dialogues by Satyadev Dubey.

The film features an ensemble of parallel cinema actors including Girish Karnad, Amrish Puri, Shabana Azmi, Anant Nag and Sadhu Meher with Smita Patil and Naseeruddin Shah (In his film debut). This film focuses on the power of the rural elite and the sexual exploitation of women, during the time of feudalism in India.

Duration: 143 Minutes

ALL ARE WELCOME. ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!

Today hand-written alphabets remain ever- popular for quotations, greeting cards, marriage invitations, art calligraphy and improving Handwriting style.

The goal of the workshop is to teach the basics of Italic calligraphy.
-Will start with the introduction of various Calligraphy tools.
-Next we will work with the parallel pen and will practice the basic strokes.
-Then we will learn how to write Italics lowercase and uppercase letters.
-Finally we'll write words and quotes in Italic calligraphy.

All the materials will be provided.

Take away:
1) 1 Artline parallel pen
2) Worksheet
3) Notepad for practice

Fees: Rs. 500 + Rs. 100 (for the takeaway material)


For further information contact: 8437185825

Please note prior registration for the workshop is a must. Seats will be confirmed on first come first served basis. Limited seats!

The Moms of Hyderabad(MoH) Meet & Greet Event is for all moms based out of Hyderabad from our online Facebook group - Moms of Hyderabad(MoH). This meet is an informal one, more an opportunity to know one another, share our respective parenting journeys with all its joys and challenges, conversations over chai and discussion about how we can better our online parenting community.

Write Club Hyderabad helps you pen your thoughts, spill your mind and finally make an appointment with the writer in your head. We conduct free, weekly events that foster writing. Our Meetups aim at helping writers reach their goals in a supportive, collaborative, social setting. Writing doesn't have to be all by oneself. We welcome anyone who writes, regardless of genre, language or age. We have members writing novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays, essays, school reports and more. What we do, basically: One of the members of Write Club (anyone with a participation count over 2 consecutive meetups) hosts a session. They bring forth a theme and writing exercises. We all then write to the host’s prompts and guidelines for about an hour. Once we're done writing, we read out our write-ups (optional). We also exchange feedback and constructively critique each other's works. Entry is free, anyone with an interest in writing can walk in. Bring your writing devices and we’re all set! We promise to provide you with good coffee and a super-creative conversation. We have Write Club sessions every Saturday afternoon – 3 to 6 PM

Art and literature can be seen as extensions of the human mind. Very often they can reveal what lies within, sometimes visibly, and, sometimes, not quite so visibly. The movie club is (we hope) a fun way of looking deeper into the emotions, perceptions and thoughts that weave human relationships together or tear them apart. A movie may be treated as a true story or, alternatively, can be used as a tool to try and figure out what went on in the directors head when the movie was made. Either way, it’s a different way of understanding human behavior and relationships. In the end, by looking deeper into another’s story, we hope, perchance, to understand ourselves better.

What happens when there is a fight and at that moment also, true love beckons from somewhere. From somewhere hidden in that heart which beats a rhythm speaking about the moments spent together. Describing feelings and emotions felt together. Love happens and so do fights. Join Safarnama Theatre in its journey to rediscover love amidst the chaos of life. “Sands of Time” is a contemporary, light hearted take on love , relationships et al. Witness , re-live & re-visit moments called “Love” with us.

Takita Takita Takita Taam
Takita Takita Takita Taam....
Story time, its story time.....
SaiNe Nrityalaya presents Story telling through Dance (Bharatanatyam)
Narrating stories and keeping the aesthetics of the dance form Bharatanatyam grounded to imbibe in each person the love and value towards the art form through the innovative way of story telling.

A lost cause may it be to save our roots,but a few still are trying to keep the old traditions alive .So we group together to bring about a page or two from our culture from fading away .This even is to recognize and honour those few people who are keeping the flame of Telugu literature from Burning out.

The Untouchables (1987)

During the era of Prohibition in the United States, Federal Agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone, and because of rampant corruption, assembles a small, hand-picked team to help him.
Director: Brian De Palma
Writers: Oscar Fraley (suggested by book), Eliot Ness (suggested by book)

Movie Screening - @7PM
Post Screening discussion - 15 mins

A lost cause may it be to save our roots,but a few still are trying to keep the old traditions alive .So we group together to bring about a page or two from our culture from fading away .This even is to recognize and honour those few people who are keeping the flame of Telugu literature from Burning out.

Salma Deewani is a light hearted take on a mundane life of a lonely Hyderabadi woman residing in the old city ; who also happens to be a Salman Khan fan. This performance is an attempt at bringing together the concept of absurdity and realism on stage through imagery, audience interaction and story telling.

Do you like defending your opinion with facts, perspectives and and are also willing to be intellectually challenged on your opinions?
Yes? Welcome to the Hyderabad Debating Meetup.
We will have a list of topics(general topics, philosophical topics, current affairs etc.), which each pair of people will pick from and debate on.

Write Club Hyderabad helps you pen your thoughts, spill your mind and finally make an appointment with the writer in your head. We conduct free, weekly events that foster writing. Our Meetups aim at helping writers reach their goals in a supportive, collaborative, social setting. Writing doesn't have to be all by oneself. We welcome anyone who writes, regardless of genre, language or age. We have members writing novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays, essays, school reports and more. What we do, basically: One of the members of Write Club (anyone with a participation count over 2 consecutive meetups) hosts a session. They bring forth a theme and writing exercises. We all then write to the host’s prompts and guidelines for about an hour. Once we're done writing, we read out our write-ups (optional). We also exchange feedback and constructively critique each other's works. Entry is free, anyone with an interest in writing can walk in. Bring your writing devices and we’re all set! We promise to provide you with good coffee and a super-creative conversation. We have Write Club sessions every Saturday afternoon – 3 to 6 PM

Samahaara Workshop Productions

presents

A Double Bill of
Badal Sircar's "SAARI RAAT" (Hindi)
&
N. Taraka Ramarao's "BAKASURA" (Telugu)

Performed by the participants of the Samahaara Production Oriented Theatre Workshop (April - June 2019)

Directed by Nagaraju Pejjai

SAARI RAAT
Who are you? Only the face you show this world, or something more? What lies in the deepest depths of your desires? Samahaara Workshop Productions presents a play based on Badal Sircar's SAARI RAAT, a psychological drama that revolves around 3 characters: a young couple and an old man, stuck to spend the night together. It talks about the possibilities we are afraid of considering and the lives we deny ourselves through the story of a woman trapped in a given world symbolized by her marriage to a man who will not see her for what she really is.

BAKASURA
An unfit and unworthy King rules a kingdom with the help of his cunning and selfish minister. An evil called ‘Bakasura’ attacks the
people in the kingdom. The King and his council of ministers are clueless as to how to handle Bakasura. Who will solve this problem ? Who will save the poor villagers?

In this workshop, we'll be using silk threads to make our simple glass bangles look beautiful and trendy.

All the material will be provided.

Takeaway the silk thread designed bangles done by you.

Fees: 500 rupees

For more information contact 8437185825

Join this workshop to learn the basics of acrylic painting and how to draw beach through acrylic colors. Also, takeaway the beautiful beach painting made by you.
All the materials will be provided.
Fees: Rs. 500+ Rs.100 (for the material)

As part of World Music Day being celebrated in Hyderabad at various venues/places, Lamakaan invites one and all to this year's WMD celebrations.

The Fête de la Musique, also known as Music Day, Make Music Day or World Music Day, is an annual music celebration that takes place on 21 June. On Music Day the citizens of a city or country are allowed and urged to play music outside in their neighborhoods or in public spaces and parks. Free concerts are also organized, where musicians play for fun and not for payment.

Ashrita DSouza and troupe will be performing Western Music Genres (Classical, Jazz, Broadway and Show tunes) on Singing, Piano and Guitar. We are a part of 'Strings &Tunes', an institute which nurtures and educates young musicians to develop their musicality in a worldwide spectrum.

About the Performing Artistes:
Ashrita D'souza - A Music Educator and artist will perform along with her students.
Kids Choir - Medhini, Angela, Riya, Simar, Yazhini
Khyathi
Khsiteissh
Joanna
Akhil
Siddharth
Sanjeev
Ashrita

ALL ARE WELCOME AND ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL.

Inglorious Basterds

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Writer: Quentin Tarantino

Movie Screening - @7PM
Post Screening discussion - 15 mins

SADHANA CAFE

Sapthagiri “Giri” Iyengar will give a presentation about the work of Sadhana: Coalition of Progressive Hindus to mobilize Hindu Americans to connect their faith to social justice values, engage in community seva, and speak out against all injustice, bigotry and violence.
Giri will then facilitate a discussion and brainstorming about how to create a platform like Sadhana in India, and what it’s priorities and activities might be.

Giri is from Mysore, and is a Masters in Social Work student at Hunter College, New York. Giri has been an active member of Sadhana, particularly in the “sanctuary” movement for immigrants’ rights.

ALL ARE WELCOME!!!

The hopes of defeating fascism through electoral maneuvering have been dashed; the fascist juggernaut continues to roll on spilling ever more blood and rupturing the social fabric of the country. There is a sense of hopelessness and dismay among the Left and progressive circles in the wake of the return of Narendra Modi led NDA government at the helm. The setback has sent such a fiery shock wave that many have started blaming the masses while some are putting the entire blame on the EVM scam. Those who blame the masses for such a sorry state of affairs can only be asked to follow Brecht’s advice to dissolve the electorates and choose a new one. As regards the EVM scam, while it could have been responsible for the increase in the margin of victory, it alone cannot explain this second coming of Modi government. The question arises: is fascism still resistible? On the face of it, the fascist rise in India looks invincible. But if we keep our faith in science and history intact even in this testing time, we would know that in order to cure a disease, it is very important to diagnose it properly. The strategy of defeating fascism through electoral means was based on the understanding that fascism comes into existence when a fascist party like BJP comes to power and gets defeated if it goes out of power. This understanding was fundamentally flawed in the first place because it failed to take account the reactionary social movement behind the rise of fascism and no wonder the strategy has backfired. If we really want to resist fascism at this dark hour in the history of our country, it is of utmost importance that we seek answer to the following questions: what lies at the root of fascism? What are the factors that are responsible for the rise of fascism in any society? What is the similarity and dissimilarity between the fascist rise of the decade of 1930s and the current fascist rise? What should be the correct strategy of resisting fascism and smashing it?

The speaker, Anand Singh, will try to answer these questions and will also provide the contours of the new round of struggle that needs to be waged to smash fascism from both long term and short term perspectives.

Performing Classical Dance (Bharatnatyam)

Mongryong marries the beautiful Chunhyang without telling his father, the Governor of Namwon. When his father is transferred to Seoul, Mongryong has to leave Chunhyang and finish his exams. Chunhyang, being the daughter of a courtesan, is also legally a courtesan.

Director: Kwon-taek Im
Writers: Sang-hyun Cho (story), Hye-yun Kang
Stars: Hyo-jeong Lee, Seung-woo Cho, Seong-nyeo Kim

Movies Intro : 7:00 PM
Movies Starts at 7:10 PM
Post-Screening Discussion - 15 mins

Write Club Hyderabad helps you pen your thoughts, spill your mind and finally make an appointment with the writer in your head. We conduct free, weekly events that foster writing. Our Meetups aim at helping writers reach their goals in a supportive, collaborative, social setting. Writing doesn't have to be all by oneself. We welcome anyone who writes, regardless of genre, language or age. We have members writing novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays, essays, school reports and more. What we do, basically: One of the members of Write Club (anyone with a participation count over 2 consecutive meetups) hosts a session. They bring forth a theme and writing exercises. We all then write to the host’s prompts and guidelines for about an hour. Once we're done writing, we read out our write-ups (optional). We also exchange feedback and constructively critique each other's works. Entry is free, anyone with an interest in writing can walk in. Bring your writing devices and we’re all set! We promise to provide you with good coffee and a super-creative conversation. We have Write Club sessions every Saturday afternoon – 3 to 6 PM

K-Circle is today India's oldest quiz club, formed in 1972, and is based in the twin cities of Hyderabad & Secunderabad. This Saturday would be the K-Circle Quiz of the Month at Lamakaan which would be a lively, engaging and informally informative quiz session that anybody is welcome to attend! This is a non-competetive event, where teams are formed on the spot

Most of us agree that childhood days were the best days of life. And we all carry memories of childhood across ages. One of the prominent memories to rekindle our childhood would be the song, "Taa naa naa tana naanaa naa..." of Malgudi days. XpressionZ brings to you, a piece of 3 short plays based on RK narayan's Malgudi days, which most of have witnessed and have enjoyed a lot. The beauty of these stories lies in the simplicity and unconventional endings with a small piece of message to the society, all in a humorous way. Well, then, let’s get back to our childhood for some time and enjoy the innocence.

Contact:- 7406027770

It's an engagement activity conducted by an NGO called U&I. We teach the underprivileged kids English during the weekends and also help them develop their life skills. This engagement activity helps us find new volunteers and better connect to the volunteers we already have.

Most of us agree that childhood days were the best days of life. And we all carry memories of childhood across ages. One of the prominent memories to rekindle our childhood would be the song, "Taa naa naa tana naanaa naa..." of Malgudi days. XpressionZ brings to you, a piece of 3 short plays based on RK narayan's Malgudi days, which most of have witnessed and have enjoyed a lot. The beauty of these stories lies in the simplicity and unconventional endings with a small piece of message to the society, all in a humorous way. Well, then, let’s get back to our childhood for some time and enjoy the innocence.

India is facing multiple challenges in terms of water use. Major river dams have been built in the 80s to secure the expected fast growing domestic demand. Those infrastructures are now outdated and nowadays Indian megacities have to face both severe domestic water shortages and a steady water demand growth expected for the next decades. This discussion aims to propose an involvment of all the citizens to monitor their water resource. It is crucial to sensibilize the water users.

Developped in collaboration with scientists, the ForEarth system demonstrates an easy access to monitoring and warning related to water supplies for irrigation and consumption around the city and Hyderabad in the state of Telangana in India. Using satellites images combined with machine learning, a precise monitoring of the water resource is possible via smartphone.

This service is in easy access, free and data responsable. With this service, we want to rise the involvment of all water users and share the experience of water consumptions at different level during an open discussion.

This event will combine presentations by Researchers specialize in water and remote sensing with a round table discussion with the users.
This event is not commercial.

Dandamudi Sree Charan is a philosophical poet.His experienced emotions reflect the life philosophy to the core.His two poetry collections are worth time taking to take listeners to a unique sphere of understanding human emotions.

the protection and improvement of the human environment is a major issue, which affects the well-being of peoples and economic development throughout the world, designated 5 June as World Environment Day.

Discovered.us, empowering global artisans to use business as a force for good. This is a workshop for artisans to promote handicrafts and how to sell them abroad. Our platform is a place which encourages hand crafted products from Developing countries. Mr. Rajesh from Center for sustainable design and a couple of my friends receding at Hyderabad recommended Lamakaan as its a apt venue for sustainable set ups.

Coastal Coalescence, a Mohiniyattam Odissi Duet performance by Dr Mythili Maratt Anoop and Gullapudi Raman Kumari.

Write Club Hyderabad helps you pen your thoughts, spill your mind and finally make an appointment with the writer in your head. We conduct free, weekly events that foster writing. Our Meetups aim at helping writers reach their goals in a supportive, collaborative, social setting. Writing doesn't have to be all by oneself. We welcome anyone who writes, regardless of genre, language or age. We have members writing novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays, essays, school reports and more. What we do, basically: One of the members of Write Club (anyone with a participation count over 2 consecutive meetups) hosts a session. They bring forth a theme and writing exercises. We all then write to the host’s prompts and guidelines for about an hour. Once we're done writing, we read out our write-ups (optional). We also exchange feedback and constructively critique each other's works. Entry is free, anyone with an interest in writing can walk in. Bring your writing devices and we’re all set! We promise to provide you with good coffee and a super-creative conversation. We have Write Club sessions every Saturday afternoon – 3 to 6 PM

Queer Fiesta is an event to remember the queer hero's who lost their life's and also to celebrate the global pride month "June".

This will include stalls, Paintings, singing, dancing, stand up, sharing coming out stories etc

Let's Discuss
"Casteism - Institutionalised Murders"

The suicide of Dr Payal Tadvi from Maharashtra has sparked the discussion of " caste discrimination" all over the nation. This incident particularly shows how a bold, brave girl can be broken through casteism. The three senior female doctors who harrased her don't even acknoeledge their mistake or recognise their caste privilege.
More recently a guy named Bakki Srinivas was beaten to death for eating a fallen mango from the mango plantagion of a savarna landlord. In Alwar, Rajasthan a heterosexual bahujan couple were stripped naked and girls were gang raped by a mob of sarvarna men.
Many such incidents of caste-based harassment have been surfacing from time to time. All these incidents are proof that even after 70 years of criminalising caste discrimination the urban and rural India suffers from everyday casteism which leads to institutionalised murders of people like Payal, Rohith Vemula etc.,
Rohit vemula student of UOH who committed suicide wrote " The value of a man was reduced to his immediate identity and nearest possibility. To a vote, to a number to a thing. Never was a man treated as a mind" in his letter. His death marked the uprising of a movement that asked for "ROHIT ACT" which would strain the present SC, ST atrocities act / POA ACT. Instead, the present savarna dominant Hindutva government has been trying to dilute the POA ACT.

At this juncture, it's important that all of us understand the effects and forms of casteism in these contemporary times and find ways to END CASTEISM.

Ambekar said " Educate- Agitate- Organise" Therefore let us all discuss and educate ourselves casteism, it's effects and the way ahead to end casteism.

ALL ARE WELCOME!!!

A fun fest where we showcase a French movie to the audience over food and drinks.

P.S. This would happen on a weekend for 2 weeks and free for all.

Ennio Morricone Month - Cinema Paradiso

A filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist.

Movie Starts @7PM
Post Screening Discussion - 15 mins

Girish Karnad, one of the versatile artistes of our times left this mortal world on 10th June 2019 after battling with illness for some time.

As a tribute to the doyen of cinema and theatre, Lamakaan is holding a remembrance meet and followed by the screening of 'Nishant (1975)."

Mr. Sajid Mehmood, a film enthusiast will talk about Karnad's art and contributions to the creative world and also introduce the film.

About Girish Karnad:
Girish Raghunath Karnad (19 May 1938 – 10 June 2019 was an Indian actor, film director, Kannada writer, playwright and a Rhodes Scholar, who predominantly worked in South Indian cinema and Bollywood. His rise as a playwright in the 1960s, marked the coming of age of modern Indian playwriting in Kannada, just as Badal Sarkar did in Bengali, Vijay Tendulkar in Marathi, and Mohan Rakesh in Hindi. He was a recipient of the 1998 Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honour conferred in India.

For four decades Karnad composed plays, often using history and mythology to tackle contemporary issues. He translated his plays into English and received acclaim. His plays have been translated into some Indian languages and directed by directors like Ebrahim Alkazi, B. V. Karanth, Alyque Padamsee, Prasanna, Arvind Gaur, Satyadev Dubey, Vijaya Mehta, Shyamanand Jalan, Amal Allana and Zafer Mohiuddin. He was active in the world of Indian cinema working as an actor, director and screenwriter, in Hindi and Kannada cinema, and has earned awards. He was conferred Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan by the Government of India and won four Filmfare Awards, of which three are Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada and the fourth a Filmfare Best Screenplay Award. His famous novel is "Yayathi". He was a presenter for a weekly science magazine programme called "Turning Point" that aired on Doordarshan in 1991.

After suffering from poor health, he was admitted to a hospital in Bengaluru, India, and ultimately died 10 June 2019

About Nishant film:
Nishant (English: Night's End) is a 1975 Hindi drama film directed by Shyam Benegal, based on an original screenplay by noted playwright Vijay Tendulkar, with dialogues by Satyadev Dubey.

The film features an ensemble of parallel cinema actors including Girish Karnad, Amrish Puri, Shabana Azmi, Anant Nag and Sadhu Meher with Smita Patil and Naseeruddin Shah (In his film debut). This film focuses on the power of the rural elite and the sexual exploitation of women, during the time of feudalism in India.

Duration: 143 Minutes

ALL ARE WELCOME. ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!

Today hand-written alphabets remain ever- popular for quotations, greeting cards, marriage invitations, art calligraphy and improving Handwriting style.

The goal of the workshop is to teach the basics of Italic calligraphy.
-Will start with the introduction of various Calligraphy tools.
-Next we will work with the parallel pen and will practice the basic strokes.
-Then we will learn how to write Italics lowercase and uppercase letters.
-Finally we'll write words and quotes in Italic calligraphy.

All the materials will be provided.

Take away:
1) 1 Artline parallel pen
2) Worksheet
3) Notepad for practice

Fees: Rs. 500 + Rs. 100 (for the takeaway material)


For further information contact: 8437185825

Please note prior registration for the workshop is a must. Seats will be confirmed on first come first served basis. Limited seats!

The Moms of Hyderabad(MoH) Meet & Greet Event is for all moms based out of Hyderabad from our online Facebook group - Moms of Hyderabad(MoH). This meet is an informal one, more an opportunity to know one another, share our respective parenting journeys with all its joys and challenges, conversations over chai and discussion about how we can better our online parenting community.

Write Club Hyderabad helps you pen your thoughts, spill your mind and finally make an appointment with the writer in your head. We conduct free, weekly events that foster writing. Our Meetups aim at helping writers reach their goals in a supportive, collaborative, social setting. Writing doesn't have to be all by oneself. We welcome anyone who writes, regardless of genre, language or age. We have members writing novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays, essays, school reports and more. What we do, basically: One of the members of Write Club (anyone with a participation count over 2 consecutive meetups) hosts a session. They bring forth a theme and writing exercises. We all then write to the host’s prompts and guidelines for about an hour. Once we're done writing, we read out our write-ups (optional). We also exchange feedback and constructively critique each other's works. Entry is free, anyone with an interest in writing can walk in. Bring your writing devices and we’re all set! We promise to provide you with good coffee and a super-creative conversation. We have Write Club sessions every Saturday afternoon – 3 to 6 PM

Art and literature can be seen as extensions of the human mind. Very often they can reveal what lies within, sometimes visibly, and, sometimes, not quite so visibly. The movie club is (we hope) a fun way of looking deeper into the emotions, perceptions and thoughts that weave human relationships together or tear them apart. A movie may be treated as a true story or, alternatively, can be used as a tool to try and figure out what went on in the directors head when the movie was made. Either way, it’s a different way of understanding human behavior and relationships. In the end, by looking deeper into another’s story, we hope, perchance, to understand ourselves better.

What happens when there is a fight and at that moment also, true love beckons from somewhere. From somewhere hidden in that heart which beats a rhythm speaking about the moments spent together. Describing feelings and emotions felt together. Love happens and so do fights. Join Safarnama Theatre in its journey to rediscover love amidst the chaos of life. “Sands of Time” is a contemporary, light hearted take on love , relationships et al. Witness , re-live & re-visit moments called “Love” with us.

Takita Takita Takita Taam
Takita Takita Takita Taam....
Story time, its story time.....
SaiNe Nrityalaya presents Story telling through Dance (Bharatanatyam)
Narrating stories and keeping the aesthetics of the dance form Bharatanatyam grounded to imbibe in each person the love and value towards the art form through the innovative way of story telling.

A lost cause may it be to save our roots,but a few still are trying to keep the old traditions alive .So we group together to bring about a page or two from our culture from fading away .This even is to recognize and honour those few people who are keeping the flame of Telugu literature from Burning out.

The Untouchables (1987)

During the era of Prohibition in the United States, Federal Agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone, and because of rampant corruption, assembles a small, hand-picked team to help him.
Director: Brian De Palma
Writers: Oscar Fraley (suggested by book), Eliot Ness (suggested by book)

Movie Screening - @7PM
Post Screening discussion - 15 mins

A lost cause may it be to save our roots,but a few still are trying to keep the old traditions alive .So we group together to bring about a page or two from our culture from fading away .This even is to recognize and honour those few people who are keeping the flame of Telugu literature from Burning out.

Salma Deewani is a light hearted take on a mundane life of a lonely Hyderabadi woman residing in the old city ; who also happens to be a Salman Khan fan. This performance is an attempt at bringing together the concept of absurdity and realism on stage through imagery, audience interaction and story telling.

Do you like defending your opinion with facts, perspectives and and are also willing to be intellectually challenged on your opinions?
Yes? Welcome to the Hyderabad Debating Meetup.
We will have a list of topics(general topics, philosophical topics, current affairs etc.), which each pair of people will pick from and debate on.

Write Club Hyderabad helps you pen your thoughts, spill your mind and finally make an appointment with the writer in your head. We conduct free, weekly events that foster writing. Our Meetups aim at helping writers reach their goals in a supportive, collaborative, social setting. Writing doesn't have to be all by oneself. We welcome anyone who writes, regardless of genre, language or age. We have members writing novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays, essays, school reports and more. What we do, basically: One of the members of Write Club (anyone with a participation count over 2 consecutive meetups) hosts a session. They bring forth a theme and writing exercises. We all then write to the host’s prompts and guidelines for about an hour. Once we're done writing, we read out our write-ups (optional). We also exchange feedback and constructively critique each other's works. Entry is free, anyone with an interest in writing can walk in. Bring your writing devices and we’re all set! We promise to provide you with good coffee and a super-creative conversation. We have Write Club sessions every Saturday afternoon – 3 to 6 PM

Samahaara Workshop Productions

presents

A Double Bill of
Badal Sircar's "SAARI RAAT" (Hindi)
&
N. Taraka Ramarao's "BAKASURA" (Telugu)

Performed by the participants of the Samahaara Production Oriented Theatre Workshop (April - June 2019)

Directed by Nagaraju Pejjai

SAARI RAAT
Who are you? Only the face you show this world, or something more? What lies in the deepest depths of your desires? Samahaara Workshop Productions presents a play based on Badal Sircar's SAARI RAAT, a psychological drama that revolves around 3 characters: a young couple and an old man, stuck to spend the night together. It talks about the possibilities we are afraid of considering and the lives we deny ourselves through the story of a woman trapped in a given world symbolized by her marriage to a man who will not see her for what she really is.

BAKASURA
An unfit and unworthy King rules a kingdom with the help of his cunning and selfish minister. An evil called ‘Bakasura’ attacks the
people in the kingdom. The King and his council of ministers are clueless as to how to handle Bakasura. Who will solve this problem ? Who will save the poor villagers?

In this workshop, we'll be using silk threads to make our simple glass bangles look beautiful and trendy.

All the material will be provided.

Takeaway the silk thread designed bangles done by you.

Fees: 500 rupees

For more information contact 8437185825

Join this workshop to learn the basics of acrylic painting and how to draw beach through acrylic colors. Also, takeaway the beautiful beach painting made by you.
All the materials will be provided.
Fees: Rs. 500+ Rs.100 (for the material)

As part of World Music Day being celebrated in Hyderabad at various venues/places, Lamakaan invites one and all to this year's WMD celebrations.

The Fête de la Musique, also known as Music Day, Make Music Day or World Music Day, is an annual music celebration that takes place on 21 June. On Music Day the citizens of a city or country are allowed and urged to play music outside in their neighborhoods or in public spaces and parks. Free concerts are also organized, where musicians play for fun and not for payment.

Ashrita DSouza and troupe will be performing Western Music Genres (Classical, Jazz, Broadway and Show tunes) on Singing, Piano and Guitar. We are a part of 'Strings &Tunes', an institute which nurtures and educates young musicians to develop their musicality in a worldwide spectrum.

About the Performing Artistes:
Ashrita D'souza - A Music Educator and artist will perform along with her students.
Kids Choir - Medhini, Angela, Riya, Simar, Yazhini
Khyathi
Khsiteissh
Joanna
Akhil
Siddharth
Sanjeev
Ashrita

ALL ARE WELCOME AND ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL.

Inglorious Basterds

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Writer: Quentin Tarantino

Movie Screening - @7PM
Post Screening discussion - 15 mins

SADHANA CAFE

Sapthagiri “Giri” Iyengar will give a presentation about the work of Sadhana: Coalition of Progressive Hindus to mobilize Hindu Americans to connect their faith to social justice values, engage in community seva, and speak out against all injustice, bigotry and violence.
Giri will then facilitate a discussion and brainstorming about how to create a platform like Sadhana in India, and what it’s priorities and activities might be.

Giri is from Mysore, and is a Masters in Social Work student at Hunter College, New York. Giri has been an active member of Sadhana, particularly in the “sanctuary” movement for immigrants’ rights.

ALL ARE WELCOME!!!

The hopes of defeating fascism through electoral maneuvering have been dashed; the fascist juggernaut continues to roll on spilling ever more blood and rupturing the social fabric of the country. There is a sense of hopelessness and dismay among the Left and progressive circles in the wake of the return of Narendra Modi led NDA government at the helm. The setback has sent such a fiery shock wave that many have started blaming the masses while some are putting the entire blame on the EVM scam. Those who blame the masses for such a sorry state of affairs can only be asked to follow Brecht’s advice to dissolve the electorates and choose a new one. As regards the EVM scam, while it could have been responsible for the increase in the margin of victory, it alone cannot explain this second coming of Modi government. The question arises: is fascism still resistible? On the face of it, the fascist rise in India looks invincible. But if we keep our faith in science and history intact even in this testing time, we would know that in order to cure a disease, it is very important to diagnose it properly. The strategy of defeating fascism through electoral means was based on the understanding that fascism comes into existence when a fascist party like BJP comes to power and gets defeated if it goes out of power. This understanding was fundamentally flawed in the first place because it failed to take account the reactionary social movement behind the rise of fascism and no wonder the strategy has backfired. If we really want to resist fascism at this dark hour in the history of our country, it is of utmost importance that we seek answer to the following questions: what lies at the root of fascism? What are the factors that are responsible for the rise of fascism in any society? What is the similarity and dissimilarity between the fascist rise of the decade of 1930s and the current fascist rise? What should be the correct strategy of resisting fascism and smashing it?

The speaker, Anand Singh, will try to answer these questions and will also provide the contours of the new round of struggle that needs to be waged to smash fascism from both long term and short term perspectives.