Lamakaan

Celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi an eco-friendly ganesh murti. To support Eco-friendly behavior and citizens have to be more environmental conscious.
It is our responsibility to save our environment and soil for our survival on this planet.
We are looking forward to your enthusiastic participation in the event.

International lawyer Kaveti Srinivas Rao garu wants to share his wisdom on Immigration, International Divorce, Company formation in foreign Countries and Women & Transgender Rights (LGBT Community)

The Wednesdays screenings at Lamakaan in August celebrate Roman Polanski's films.

Raymond Roman Thierry Polánski 18 August 1933) is a Polish and French film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. During his career Polanski has received five Oscar nominations, winning the Best Director in 2003 for The Pianist. He has also received two Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTAs, a Palme d'Or of the 2002 Cannes Film Festival in France, as well as multiple Césars.

His Polish–Jewish parents moved the family from his birthplace in Paris back to Kraków in 1937. Two years later, the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany started World War II, and the family found themselves trapped in the Kraków Ghetto. After his mother and father were taken in raids, Polanski spent his formative years in foster homes, surviving the Holocaust by adopting a false identity and concealing his Jewish heritage. Polanski's first feature-length film, Knife in the Water (1962), was made in Poland and was nominated for the United States Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. After living in France for a few years, he moved to the United Kingdom, where he directed his first three feature-length films: Repulsion (1965), Cul-de-sac (1966), and The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967). In 1968, he moved to the United States and cemented his status in the film industry by directing the horror film Rosemary's Baby (1968).

Polanski's life turned in 1969 when his pregnant wife, actress Sharon Tate, and four friends were murdered by members of the Manson Family. He made Macbeth (1971) in England and Chinatown (1974) back in Hollywood. In 1977, Polanski was arrested and charged with drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl. As a result of a plea bargain, he pleaded guilty to the lesser offence of unlawful sex with a minor. In 1978, upon learning that the judge planned to reject his plea deal and impose a prison term instead of probation, he fled to Paris. As a result, Polanski is a fugitive from the U.S. criminal justice system. In addition to his conviction, multiple other women have accused Polanski of sexually assaulting them as children. After fleeing to Europe, Polanski continued directing. His other critically acclaimed films include Tess (1979), The Ghost Writer (2010), Venus in Fur (2013), and An Officer and a Spy (2019).

Film Title: The Pianist | 2002 | 150 Minutes


The Pianist is a 2002 biographical war drama film produced and directed by Roman Polanski, with a script by Ronald Harwood, and starring Adrien Brody. It is based on the autobiographical book The Pianist (1946), a Holocaust memoir by the Polish-Jewish pianist and composer Władysław Szpilman, a Holocaust survivor. The film was a co-production by France, the United Kingdom, Germany and Poland.

The Pianist premiered at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival on 24 May 2002, where it won the Palme d'Or, and went into wide release that September; the film received widespread critical acclaim, with critics lauding Polanski's direction, Brody's performance and Harwood's screenplay. At the 75th Academy Awards, the film won for Best Director (Polanski), Best Adapted Screenplay (Harwood), and Best Actor (Brody), and was nominated for four others, including Best Picture (it would lose out to Chicago). It also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film and BAFTA Award for Best Direction in 2003, and seven French Césars, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Brody. It was included in BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century in 2016.

SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION!

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

Screening of Globally acclaimed 30 microfilms Written and Directed by filmmaker Anshul Sinha

www.dobara.org. FB@dobaraonline. IG@dobaraonline Team@dobara.org
Phone 7331129065

DOBARA hosts an event on 3rd September each year in memory of
Begum Khadija Ansari
Mother of Mrs Farida Hussain

The event is planned, organised & executed for Mrs Farida Hussain & her family by DOBARA

It’s an intergerationsl event where all ages express their thoughts on the word Maa ( Mother) and what it means to them.

Language is not an issue
Age is no bar
Gender no bar
Poetry must be self written

Synopsis: 'Borderlands' brings together six characters whose lives are defined by personal and political
borders, from across the Indian subcontinent. Through conversations and observations, the characters reveal their efforts to find meaning in a world beyond their control. Divided families meet, love blossoms across borders, traffickers get caught – in this slice of life documentary.


Year: 2021 | Duration: 67 mins | Language: Bengali, Hindi, Nepali, Manipuri, Punjabi (w/ English subs)


Director’s Bio: Samarth Mahajan is a non-fiction filmmaker, passionate about telling human stories
from India that remain invisible to the mainstream. ‘The Unreserved’, his national award-winning debut feature about passengers of the third class in Indian Railways premiered at Film Southasia 2017
and received broadcast & theatrical releases in India. ‘Kazwa’, his short documentary on sustainable
rural tourism through fireflies, won awards at multiple international film festivals.


Filmography:
i) Borderlands / 2021 / 67 mins; ii) The Unreserved / 2017 / 60 mins; iii) Kazwa / 2016 / 9 mins
Festival History
- DOK.fest München (Germany), in competition ‘Dok.Horizonte’, 2021
- EBS International Documentary Festival (South Korea), in competition ‘Festival Choice: Asia’, 2021
- Tasveer South Asian Film Festival (USA), in competition ‘Best Documentary’, 2021
- Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival (India), 2022
- Dharamshala International Film Festival (India), 2021
- Kolkata People’s Film Festival (India), 2022
- Africa International Film Festival (Nigeria), 2021
- Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Salerno (Italy), in competition ‘Grand Prix’, 2021
- Asian Film Festival Barcelona (Spain), 2021
- Central Scotland Documentary Festival (UK), in competition, 2021
- Athens Ethnographic Film Festival (Greece), 2021
- Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (Australia), in competition ‘Best Documentary’, 2021
- New York Indian Film Festival (USA), 2021
- Indian Film Festival Stuttgart (Germany), in competition ‘German Star of India’, 2021
- ImagineIndia International Film Festival (Spain), in competition ‘Best Documentary’, 2021
- Chicago South Asian Film Festival (USA), in competition ‘Best Documentary’, 2021
- PAME Film and Music Festival (Nepal), 2021
- DC South Asian Film Festival (USA), in competition ‘Best Documentary’, 2022
- Jaffna International Cinema Festival (Sri Lanka), 2022
- London International Documentary Festival (UK), 2022
- FESCISA - San Antonio Independent Film Festival (Ecuador), 2022
- Ismailia International Film Festival (Egypt), 2022
- SiGNS Film Festival (India), 2022
- Censurados Film Festival (Peru), 2022
- Film Southasia (Nepal), 2022
- Austin Asian American Film Festival (USA), 2022


Awards
- “Best Editing” in the Non-Feature category at the 68th National Film Awards 2022
- “Jury Award for Best Documentary”, at the DC South Asian Film Festival 2022
- “Special Mention” in the category documentary, at the Indian Film Festival Stuttgart 2021


List of Key Reviews
• "A sharply observant, illuminating cinematic essay"

- Saibal Chatterjee, The Tribune, https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/features/samarth-
mahajans-documentary-looks-at-lives-shaped-by-indias-borders-267763

• "Tells a living story of our time, in an indelibly soulful manner."
- Tanushree Ghosh, Indian Express,

https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/borderlands-is-a-
sincere-tale-of-how-borders-upend-ordinary-lives-7375802/



ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!
PRE & POST-SCREENING DISCUSSION WITH THE DIRECTOR.

On the occasion of Shohei Imamura's 97th birth anniversary in September, Lamakaan remembers one of the finest Japanese film directors of his time.

About Shohei Imamura: Shōhei Imamura (15 September 1926 – 30 May 2006) was a Japanese film director. His main interest as a filmmaker lay in depicting the lower strata of Japanese society. A key figure in the Japanese New Wave, who continued working into the 21st century, Imamura is the only director from Japan to win two Palme d'Or awards.


Film Title: The Insect Woman | 1963 | 123 minutes | Japanese subtitled in English


The Insect Woman is a 1963 Japanese drama film directed by Shōhei Imamura. It was entered into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival, where Sachiko Hidari won the Silver Bear for Best Actress award. It was also awarded numerous national film prizes.


The film follows Tome, a young woman born to a rural lower-class family in the Tōhoku region in 1918, who, after a long series of mishaps, rises to the status of a madam in the post-war era. When she is sentenced to jail, her daughter Nobuko becomes her patron's lover but later steals his money to use it for building up a farming commune.

SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION!

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

We are members of Rotaract club of secunderabad medicos, comprised of students from Gandhi medical College. We are hosting an event to assign new board members for the club in the new term year.

Dr. Nazia Akhtar, author of Bibi's room: Hyderabadi women and 20 th century Urdu prose in conversation with Purnima Tammireddy, writer, translator and publisher.
This book is published by Orient Blackswan

Mobbera Foundation Quarterly meeting

A CELEBRATION OF URDU POETRY

on Wednesday, the 14 September 2022 at 06:30 pm
at Lamakaan, Near GVK One, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.

SATYA PRABHAKAR
CEO, Sulekha & ProManage

ELAHE HIPTOOLA
Indian Film Producer
The event shall have a recitation of select Urdu poetry by Elahe Hipatoola followed by translations by Satya Prabhakar from his work Alfaaz Ki Mehfil.

You can also join in through Zoom
ZOOM
Meeting ID : 835 2103 6627
Passcode : 951492

Hosted by CDPP, ACODE and Lamakaan

A condolence meeting in memory of Farah Rahman (1968-2022) is being organized at Lamakaan.

Farah died on 11.09.2022 due to cancer in Hyderabad.

She worked as a freelance journalist with the Mint and as an independent documentary filmmaker.


Farah inspired us to live life to the fullest and never lose hope. Her warm presence and easy laughter will be deeply missed.

All are invited to the condolence meeting to share memories and commemorate the departed soul.

On the occasion of Shohei Imamura's 97th birth anniversary in September, Lamakaan remembers one of the finest Japanese film directors of his time.

About Shohei Imamura: Shōhei Imamura (15 September 1926 – 30 May 2006) was a Japanese film director. His primary interest as a filmmaker lay in depicting the lower strata of Japanese society. A key figure in the Japanese New Wave, who continued working into the 21st century, Imamura is the only director from Japan to win two Palme d'Or awards.

Film Title: The Ballad of Narayama | 1983 | 130 minutes | Japanese subtitled in English

The Ballad of Narayama is a 1983 Japanese film by director Shōhei Imamura. It stars Sumiko Sakamoto as Orin, Ken Ogata, and Shoichi Ozawa. It is an adaptation of the book Narayama bushikō by Shichirō Fukazawa and is slightly inspired by the 1958 film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita. Both films explore the legendary practice of ubasute, in which elderly people were carried to a mountain and abandoned to die. Imamura's film won the Palme d'Or at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.

The film is set in a small rural village in Japan in the 19th century. According to tradition, once a person reaches the age of 70 he or she must travel to a remote mountain to die of starvation, a practice known as ubasute. The story concerns Orin, who is 69 and of sound health, but notes that a neighbor had to drag his father to the mountain, so she resolves to avoid clinging to life beyond her term. She spends a year arranging all the affairs of her family and village: she severely punishes a family who are hoarding food, and helps her younger son lose his virginity.

The film has some harsh scenes that show how brutal the conditions could be for the villagers. Interspersed between episodes in the film are brief vignettes of nature – birds, snakes, and other animals hunting, watching, singing, copulating, or giving birth.

SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION!

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

The film is based on the Telangana peasant armed struggle of the 1940s, against the despotic rule of the Nizams and the razaakars. It also depicts how this armed struggle was brutally suppressed by the indian army, after which, the Nizam has surrendered and the Hyderabad State was annexed to the indian union.

Hyderabad Liberation Day: Annexation or merger? How the erstwhile state of Hyderabad was annexed to India in 1948.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-run central government announced that it would organize a year-long ‘celebration’ marking ‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’ starting from September 17, the day in 1948 when the erstwhile state of Hyderabad, run by its Nizam, Osman Ali Khan, was annexed to India.

The Indian army was sent by the Centre on September 13, 1948, after negotiations with the last Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan fell through after independence. The state was formally annexed to India on September 17, and the event was preceded by political unrest and violence inflicted by the Razakar militia.

More importantly, the annexation is also a painful memory for many Muslims in the Hyderabad state, given that there was a massacre of thousands from the community after the Indian army took over the state. The atrocities against Muslims are well documented in the Sunderlal Committee (set up by India’s first PM Jawaharlal Nehru) to look into the atrocities of Muslims) report.


But what is the truth of Operation Polo? To understand that, Lamakaan will organize a talk on September 17 detailing the incident. BK Gupta, a teenager in 1948 in Karimnagar district, will be the chief guest and speaker. A memorial will also be held for the late Burgula Narsing Rao, a former CPI member who was one of the core student leaders of his time in 1948.

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

comedy and message oriented skits

A festival of Bisexual, pansexual and Polygamy community with art

Internationally acclaimed poet, editor, Sudeep Sen will be in conversation with Hyderabad based poet Jhilam Chattaraj. A lively talk on poetry, the craft of writing and some soulful rendition of his works both in English and Bengali. The talk will begin with a dance video on Sen's poetry by Aditi Mangaldas, followed by Reading and interaction with audience. The event is open to anybody interested in literature and culture.

Would like to launch a book "Machine That Runs the World". It is a book that tones down economics, business and financial management for mass consumption.

“All the world’s a stage” – busker tribe is making an effort to create a symphony of all our unheard street side soundscape. Two folk artists joining their hands to author a blissful busking session.


Parvindar Singh is bringing his nature inspired meditative music to the event. His soulful journey is expressed in a calm-mystic melody accompanied with notes from Handpan. His music seeks to introspect and heal the inner self through diffusion of music beyond boundaries.


Soham Pal draws his influence from the ‘Baul’ culture, the spiritual notes from nomadic pastoral land of 'Radh Bengal'; an age-old busking practice. His dotara picking skills and soulful composition have landed him in the in the voyage of self-discovery by embracing the traditional and native music forms of India.

On the occasion of Shohei Imamura's 97th birth anniversary in September, Lamakaan remembers one of the finest Japanese film directors of his time.

About Shohei Imamura: Shōhei Imamura (15 September 1926 – 30 May 2006) was a Japanese film director. His primary interest as a filmmaker lay in depicting the lower strata of Japanese society. A key figure in the Japanese New Wave, who continued working into the 21st century, Imamura is the only director from Japan to win two Palme d'Or awards.

Film Title: Black Rain | 1989 | 123 minutes | Japanese subtitled in English

Black Rain is a 1989 Japanese drama film by director Shōhei Imamura, based on the novel of the same name by Masuji Ibuse. The story centers on the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and its effect on a surviving family.


SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION!

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

Other Kohinoors, The Rocks of Hyderabad,” a documentary film showcasing various enchanting rock structures in and around the city.

The film is a fun, interesting, and entertaining one with a message to balance the growth of this vibrant city with millennia-old landscape and related culture that makes it a unique city in the world.

The film is directed and produced by Uma Magal and co-produced by Mahnoor Yar Khan.

Entry is free & open to all!!!

Let’s talk NFTs
by Amarnath Sandipamu

Non Fungible Tokens.
Or simply NFTs.

You must have heard these words buzzing through the covid lockdowns. Couple of other words too: Crypto and Bitcoin?

What’s common between all of these? And most importantly, how’s it going to change the field of art, art practices, artistic expressions and the world at large. That’s where NFTs come into picture.

As someone who’s entire artistic journey has been centered around the sense of being independent, seeking maximum control on his works, Amar stumbled upon blockchain technology that gradually made him understand NFTs and the power of web3 ecosystem. He sees a great potential in it for artists, curators and any independent professional or group. Through his talk he aims to kindle a discussion and build a community by sharing his knowledge and making others connect.

Come let’s ponder over the possibilities of decentralisation that promises to revoutionalise the way humans are going to interact with each other in the near future.

For a focussed engagement the number of participants will be limited to 20-25. Interested ones would be required to fill in a google form: https://forms.gle/pjNdm98pezT9gWrWA. Upon shortlisting, you will be sent an invite.

Come, let’s talk about NFTs.

PS: The talk is not about crypto markets or aimed at investment enthusiasts.

3 hours duration - Entry by google forms
Participants limited to 25 - Entry free

Organiser details:
Amar is an independent documentary filmmaker from Hyderabad who has been actively engaging with Lamakaan giving talks, curating screenings and showing his films since its inception. More about him can be found at www.amars.in.

The 3rd week of September is celebrated as ‘International Deaf Awareness’ week across the world. Sign Medium - A platform that provides skilling courses for the Indian deaf community Is organizing a ‘Talent Show’ to celebrate the week on 25th September 2022. We are inviting young talented deaf people to perform their skills and win prizes.

On Bhagat Singh's 115th birth anniversary, we will be screening Anand Patwardhan's documentary film 'In Memory of Friends' which shows how Bhagat Singh's revolutionary ideas helped the Sikh and Hindu communities to maintain communal harmony at the peak of Khalistan movement in the decade of 1980s. The screening will be followed by a discussion on 'the relevance of Bhagat Singh's ideas today'.

On the occasion of Shohei Imamura's 97th birth anniversary in September, Lamakaan remembers one of the finest Japanese film directors of his time.

About Shohei Imamura: Shōhei Imamura (15 September 1926 – 30 May 2006) was a Japanese film director. His primary interest as a filmmaker lay in depicting the lower strata of Japanese society. A key figure in the Japanese New Wave, who continued working into the 21st century, Imamura is the only director from Japan to win two Palme d'Or awards.

Film Title: Unagi (The Eel) | 1997 | 117 minutes | Japanese subtitled in English

The Eel is a 1997 film directed by Shohei Imamura and starring Kōji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baisho, and Akira Emoto. The film is loosely based on the novel On Parole by celebrated author Akira Yoshimura, combined with elements from the director's 1966 film The Pornographers. It shared the Palme d'Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival with Taste of Cherry. It also won the 1998 Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film of the Year.

SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION!

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

Performing Classical Dance (Bharatnatyam)

Celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi an eco-friendly ganesh murti. To support Eco-friendly behavior and citizens have to be more environmental conscious.
It is our responsibility to save our environment and soil for our survival on this planet.
We are looking forward to your enthusiastic participation in the event.

International lawyer Kaveti Srinivas Rao garu wants to share his wisdom on Immigration, International Divorce, Company formation in foreign Countries and Women & Transgender Rights (LGBT Community)

The Wednesdays screenings at Lamakaan in August celebrate Roman Polanski's films.

Raymond Roman Thierry Polánski 18 August 1933) is a Polish and French film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. During his career Polanski has received five Oscar nominations, winning the Best Director in 2003 for The Pianist. He has also received two Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTAs, a Palme d'Or of the 2002 Cannes Film Festival in France, as well as multiple Césars.

His Polish–Jewish parents moved the family from his birthplace in Paris back to Kraków in 1937. Two years later, the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany started World War II, and the family found themselves trapped in the Kraków Ghetto. After his mother and father were taken in raids, Polanski spent his formative years in foster homes, surviving the Holocaust by adopting a false identity and concealing his Jewish heritage. Polanski's first feature-length film, Knife in the Water (1962), was made in Poland and was nominated for the United States Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. After living in France for a few years, he moved to the United Kingdom, where he directed his first three feature-length films: Repulsion (1965), Cul-de-sac (1966), and The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967). In 1968, he moved to the United States and cemented his status in the film industry by directing the horror film Rosemary's Baby (1968).

Polanski's life turned in 1969 when his pregnant wife, actress Sharon Tate, and four friends were murdered by members of the Manson Family. He made Macbeth (1971) in England and Chinatown (1974) back in Hollywood. In 1977, Polanski was arrested and charged with drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl. As a result of a plea bargain, he pleaded guilty to the lesser offence of unlawful sex with a minor. In 1978, upon learning that the judge planned to reject his plea deal and impose a prison term instead of probation, he fled to Paris. As a result, Polanski is a fugitive from the U.S. criminal justice system. In addition to his conviction, multiple other women have accused Polanski of sexually assaulting them as children. After fleeing to Europe, Polanski continued directing. His other critically acclaimed films include Tess (1979), The Ghost Writer (2010), Venus in Fur (2013), and An Officer and a Spy (2019).

Film Title: The Pianist | 2002 | 150 Minutes


The Pianist is a 2002 biographical war drama film produced and directed by Roman Polanski, with a script by Ronald Harwood, and starring Adrien Brody. It is based on the autobiographical book The Pianist (1946), a Holocaust memoir by the Polish-Jewish pianist and composer Władysław Szpilman, a Holocaust survivor. The film was a co-production by France, the United Kingdom, Germany and Poland.

The Pianist premiered at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival on 24 May 2002, where it won the Palme d'Or, and went into wide release that September; the film received widespread critical acclaim, with critics lauding Polanski's direction, Brody's performance and Harwood's screenplay. At the 75th Academy Awards, the film won for Best Director (Polanski), Best Adapted Screenplay (Harwood), and Best Actor (Brody), and was nominated for four others, including Best Picture (it would lose out to Chicago). It also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film and BAFTA Award for Best Direction in 2003, and seven French Césars, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Brody. It was included in BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century in 2016.

SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION!

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

Screening of Globally acclaimed 30 microfilms Written and Directed by filmmaker Anshul Sinha

www.dobara.org. FB@dobaraonline. IG@dobaraonline Team@dobara.org
Phone 7331129065

DOBARA hosts an event on 3rd September each year in memory of
Begum Khadija Ansari
Mother of Mrs Farida Hussain

The event is planned, organised & executed for Mrs Farida Hussain & her family by DOBARA

It’s an intergerationsl event where all ages express their thoughts on the word Maa ( Mother) and what it means to them.

Language is not an issue
Age is no bar
Gender no bar
Poetry must be self written

Synopsis: 'Borderlands' brings together six characters whose lives are defined by personal and political
borders, from across the Indian subcontinent. Through conversations and observations, the characters reveal their efforts to find meaning in a world beyond their control. Divided families meet, love blossoms across borders, traffickers get caught – in this slice of life documentary.


Year: 2021 | Duration: 67 mins | Language: Bengali, Hindi, Nepali, Manipuri, Punjabi (w/ English subs)


Director’s Bio: Samarth Mahajan is a non-fiction filmmaker, passionate about telling human stories
from India that remain invisible to the mainstream. ‘The Unreserved’, his national award-winning debut feature about passengers of the third class in Indian Railways premiered at Film Southasia 2017
and received broadcast & theatrical releases in India. ‘Kazwa’, his short documentary on sustainable
rural tourism through fireflies, won awards at multiple international film festivals.


Filmography:
i) Borderlands / 2021 / 67 mins; ii) The Unreserved / 2017 / 60 mins; iii) Kazwa / 2016 / 9 mins
Festival History
- DOK.fest München (Germany), in competition ‘Dok.Horizonte’, 2021
- EBS International Documentary Festival (South Korea), in competition ‘Festival Choice: Asia’, 2021
- Tasveer South Asian Film Festival (USA), in competition ‘Best Documentary’, 2021
- Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival (India), 2022
- Dharamshala International Film Festival (India), 2021
- Kolkata People’s Film Festival (India), 2022
- Africa International Film Festival (Nigeria), 2021
- Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Salerno (Italy), in competition ‘Grand Prix’, 2021
- Asian Film Festival Barcelona (Spain), 2021
- Central Scotland Documentary Festival (UK), in competition, 2021
- Athens Ethnographic Film Festival (Greece), 2021
- Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (Australia), in competition ‘Best Documentary’, 2021
- New York Indian Film Festival (USA), 2021
- Indian Film Festival Stuttgart (Germany), in competition ‘German Star of India’, 2021
- ImagineIndia International Film Festival (Spain), in competition ‘Best Documentary’, 2021
- Chicago South Asian Film Festival (USA), in competition ‘Best Documentary’, 2021
- PAME Film and Music Festival (Nepal), 2021
- DC South Asian Film Festival (USA), in competition ‘Best Documentary’, 2022
- Jaffna International Cinema Festival (Sri Lanka), 2022
- London International Documentary Festival (UK), 2022
- FESCISA - San Antonio Independent Film Festival (Ecuador), 2022
- Ismailia International Film Festival (Egypt), 2022
- SiGNS Film Festival (India), 2022
- Censurados Film Festival (Peru), 2022
- Film Southasia (Nepal), 2022
- Austin Asian American Film Festival (USA), 2022


Awards
- “Best Editing” in the Non-Feature category at the 68th National Film Awards 2022
- “Jury Award for Best Documentary”, at the DC South Asian Film Festival 2022
- “Special Mention” in the category documentary, at the Indian Film Festival Stuttgart 2021


List of Key Reviews
• "A sharply observant, illuminating cinematic essay"

- Saibal Chatterjee, The Tribune, https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/features/samarth-
mahajans-documentary-looks-at-lives-shaped-by-indias-borders-267763

• "Tells a living story of our time, in an indelibly soulful manner."
- Tanushree Ghosh, Indian Express,

https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/borderlands-is-a-
sincere-tale-of-how-borders-upend-ordinary-lives-7375802/



ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!
PRE & POST-SCREENING DISCUSSION WITH THE DIRECTOR.

On the occasion of Shohei Imamura's 97th birth anniversary in September, Lamakaan remembers one of the finest Japanese film directors of his time.

About Shohei Imamura: Shōhei Imamura (15 September 1926 – 30 May 2006) was a Japanese film director. His main interest as a filmmaker lay in depicting the lower strata of Japanese society. A key figure in the Japanese New Wave, who continued working into the 21st century, Imamura is the only director from Japan to win two Palme d'Or awards.


Film Title: The Insect Woman | 1963 | 123 minutes | Japanese subtitled in English


The Insect Woman is a 1963 Japanese drama film directed by Shōhei Imamura. It was entered into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival, where Sachiko Hidari won the Silver Bear for Best Actress award. It was also awarded numerous national film prizes.


The film follows Tome, a young woman born to a rural lower-class family in the Tōhoku region in 1918, who, after a long series of mishaps, rises to the status of a madam in the post-war era. When she is sentenced to jail, her daughter Nobuko becomes her patron's lover but later steals his money to use it for building up a farming commune.

SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION!

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

We are members of Rotaract club of secunderabad medicos, comprised of students from Gandhi medical College. We are hosting an event to assign new board members for the club in the new term year.

Dr. Nazia Akhtar, author of Bibi's room: Hyderabadi women and 20 th century Urdu prose in conversation with Purnima Tammireddy, writer, translator and publisher.
This book is published by Orient Blackswan

Mobbera Foundation Quarterly meeting

A CELEBRATION OF URDU POETRY

on Wednesday, the 14 September 2022 at 06:30 pm
at Lamakaan, Near GVK One, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.

SATYA PRABHAKAR
CEO, Sulekha & ProManage

ELAHE HIPTOOLA
Indian Film Producer
The event shall have a recitation of select Urdu poetry by Elahe Hipatoola followed by translations by Satya Prabhakar from his work Alfaaz Ki Mehfil.

You can also join in through Zoom
ZOOM
Meeting ID : 835 2103 6627
Passcode : 951492

Hosted by CDPP, ACODE and Lamakaan

A condolence meeting in memory of Farah Rahman (1968-2022) is being organized at Lamakaan.

Farah died on 11.09.2022 due to cancer in Hyderabad.

She worked as a freelance journalist with the Mint and as an independent documentary filmmaker.


Farah inspired us to live life to the fullest and never lose hope. Her warm presence and easy laughter will be deeply missed.

All are invited to the condolence meeting to share memories and commemorate the departed soul.

On the occasion of Shohei Imamura's 97th birth anniversary in September, Lamakaan remembers one of the finest Japanese film directors of his time.

About Shohei Imamura: Shōhei Imamura (15 September 1926 – 30 May 2006) was a Japanese film director. His primary interest as a filmmaker lay in depicting the lower strata of Japanese society. A key figure in the Japanese New Wave, who continued working into the 21st century, Imamura is the only director from Japan to win two Palme d'Or awards.

Film Title: The Ballad of Narayama | 1983 | 130 minutes | Japanese subtitled in English

The Ballad of Narayama is a 1983 Japanese film by director Shōhei Imamura. It stars Sumiko Sakamoto as Orin, Ken Ogata, and Shoichi Ozawa. It is an adaptation of the book Narayama bushikō by Shichirō Fukazawa and is slightly inspired by the 1958 film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita. Both films explore the legendary practice of ubasute, in which elderly people were carried to a mountain and abandoned to die. Imamura's film won the Palme d'Or at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.

The film is set in a small rural village in Japan in the 19th century. According to tradition, once a person reaches the age of 70 he or she must travel to a remote mountain to die of starvation, a practice known as ubasute. The story concerns Orin, who is 69 and of sound health, but notes that a neighbor had to drag his father to the mountain, so she resolves to avoid clinging to life beyond her term. She spends a year arranging all the affairs of her family and village: she severely punishes a family who are hoarding food, and helps her younger son lose his virginity.

The film has some harsh scenes that show how brutal the conditions could be for the villagers. Interspersed between episodes in the film are brief vignettes of nature – birds, snakes, and other animals hunting, watching, singing, copulating, or giving birth.

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The film is based on the Telangana peasant armed struggle of the 1940s, against the despotic rule of the Nizams and the razaakars. It also depicts how this armed struggle was brutally suppressed by the indian army, after which, the Nizam has surrendered and the Hyderabad State was annexed to the indian union.

Hyderabad Liberation Day: Annexation or merger? How the erstwhile state of Hyderabad was annexed to India in 1948.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-run central government announced that it would organize a year-long ‘celebration’ marking ‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’ starting from September 17, the day in 1948 when the erstwhile state of Hyderabad, run by its Nizam, Osman Ali Khan, was annexed to India.

The Indian army was sent by the Centre on September 13, 1948, after negotiations with the last Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan fell through after independence. The state was formally annexed to India on September 17, and the event was preceded by political unrest and violence inflicted by the Razakar militia.

More importantly, the annexation is also a painful memory for many Muslims in the Hyderabad state, given that there was a massacre of thousands from the community after the Indian army took over the state. The atrocities against Muslims are well documented in the Sunderlal Committee (set up by India’s first PM Jawaharlal Nehru) to look into the atrocities of Muslims) report.


But what is the truth of Operation Polo? To understand that, Lamakaan will organize a talk on September 17 detailing the incident. BK Gupta, a teenager in 1948 in Karimnagar district, will be the chief guest and speaker. A memorial will also be held for the late Burgula Narsing Rao, a former CPI member who was one of the core student leaders of his time in 1948.

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comedy and message oriented skits

A festival of Bisexual, pansexual and Polygamy community with art

Internationally acclaimed poet, editor, Sudeep Sen will be in conversation with Hyderabad based poet Jhilam Chattaraj. A lively talk on poetry, the craft of writing and some soulful rendition of his works both in English and Bengali. The talk will begin with a dance video on Sen's poetry by Aditi Mangaldas, followed by Reading and interaction with audience. The event is open to anybody interested in literature and culture.

Would like to launch a book "Machine That Runs the World". It is a book that tones down economics, business and financial management for mass consumption.

“All the world’s a stage” – busker tribe is making an effort to create a symphony of all our unheard street side soundscape. Two folk artists joining their hands to author a blissful busking session.


Parvindar Singh is bringing his nature inspired meditative music to the event. His soulful journey is expressed in a calm-mystic melody accompanied with notes from Handpan. His music seeks to introspect and heal the inner self through diffusion of music beyond boundaries.


Soham Pal draws his influence from the ‘Baul’ culture, the spiritual notes from nomadic pastoral land of 'Radh Bengal'; an age-old busking practice. His dotara picking skills and soulful composition have landed him in the in the voyage of self-discovery by embracing the traditional and native music forms of India.

On the occasion of Shohei Imamura's 97th birth anniversary in September, Lamakaan remembers one of the finest Japanese film directors of his time.

About Shohei Imamura: Shōhei Imamura (15 September 1926 – 30 May 2006) was a Japanese film director. His primary interest as a filmmaker lay in depicting the lower strata of Japanese society. A key figure in the Japanese New Wave, who continued working into the 21st century, Imamura is the only director from Japan to win two Palme d'Or awards.

Film Title: Black Rain | 1989 | 123 minutes | Japanese subtitled in English

Black Rain is a 1989 Japanese drama film by director Shōhei Imamura, based on the novel of the same name by Masuji Ibuse. The story centers on the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and its effect on a surviving family.


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Other Kohinoors, The Rocks of Hyderabad,” a documentary film showcasing various enchanting rock structures in and around the city.

The film is a fun, interesting, and entertaining one with a message to balance the growth of this vibrant city with millennia-old landscape and related culture that makes it a unique city in the world.

The film is directed and produced by Uma Magal and co-produced by Mahnoor Yar Khan.

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Let’s talk NFTs
by Amarnath Sandipamu

Non Fungible Tokens.
Or simply NFTs.

You must have heard these words buzzing through the covid lockdowns. Couple of other words too: Crypto and Bitcoin?

What’s common between all of these? And most importantly, how’s it going to change the field of art, art practices, artistic expressions and the world at large. That’s where NFTs come into picture.

As someone who’s entire artistic journey has been centered around the sense of being independent, seeking maximum control on his works, Amar stumbled upon blockchain technology that gradually made him understand NFTs and the power of web3 ecosystem. He sees a great potential in it for artists, curators and any independent professional or group. Through his talk he aims to kindle a discussion and build a community by sharing his knowledge and making others connect.

Come let’s ponder over the possibilities of decentralisation that promises to revoutionalise the way humans are going to interact with each other in the near future.

For a focussed engagement the number of participants will be limited to 20-25. Interested ones would be required to fill in a google form: https://forms.gle/pjNdm98pezT9gWrWA. Upon shortlisting, you will be sent an invite.

Come, let’s talk about NFTs.

PS: The talk is not about crypto markets or aimed at investment enthusiasts.

3 hours duration - Entry by google forms
Participants limited to 25 - Entry free

Organiser details:
Amar is an independent documentary filmmaker from Hyderabad who has been actively engaging with Lamakaan giving talks, curating screenings and showing his films since its inception. More about him can be found at www.amars.in.

The 3rd week of September is celebrated as ‘International Deaf Awareness’ week across the world. Sign Medium - A platform that provides skilling courses for the Indian deaf community Is organizing a ‘Talent Show’ to celebrate the week on 25th September 2022. We are inviting young talented deaf people to perform their skills and win prizes.

On Bhagat Singh's 115th birth anniversary, we will be screening Anand Patwardhan's documentary film 'In Memory of Friends' which shows how Bhagat Singh's revolutionary ideas helped the Sikh and Hindu communities to maintain communal harmony at the peak of Khalistan movement in the decade of 1980s. The screening will be followed by a discussion on 'the relevance of Bhagat Singh's ideas today'.

On the occasion of Shohei Imamura's 97th birth anniversary in September, Lamakaan remembers one of the finest Japanese film directors of his time.

About Shohei Imamura: Shōhei Imamura (15 September 1926 – 30 May 2006) was a Japanese film director. His primary interest as a filmmaker lay in depicting the lower strata of Japanese society. A key figure in the Japanese New Wave, who continued working into the 21st century, Imamura is the only director from Japan to win two Palme d'Or awards.

Film Title: Unagi (The Eel) | 1997 | 117 minutes | Japanese subtitled in English

The Eel is a 1997 film directed by Shohei Imamura and starring Kōji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baisho, and Akira Emoto. The film is loosely based on the novel On Parole by celebrated author Akira Yoshimura, combined with elements from the director's 1966 film The Pornographers. It shared the Palme d'Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival with Taste of Cherry. It also won the 1998 Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film of the Year.

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