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Performing Classical Dance (Bharatnatyam)

Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid made headlines in India for criticizing Vivek Agnihotri's film The Kashmir Files, calling it “vulgar” and “propaganda”. Lapid, a jury chief at the 53rd edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), made the comments while addressing the closing ceremony of the festival in Goa.

In the last month of the year 2022, December, Lamakaan brings to you 3-4 the best films of Lapid.

About Nadav Lapid: Lapid born on 8 April 1975 is an Israeli screenwriter and film director. Film critics consider him to be among the most acclaimed filmmakers from Israel.

Lapid was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. He is the son of writer Haim Lapid and film editor Era Lapid, he studied philosophy at Tel Aviv University, moving to Paris after his military service in the Israel Defense Forces. He returned to Israel to pursue a degree at the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School in Jerusalem.

Lapid is married to Naama Preis, an Israeli actress; they reside in Tel Aviv.
Lapid’s background in Philosophy is reflected in the films he makes. He handles weighty themes in his own way: sometimes with subtlety and sometimes with jarring bluntness. With the rare ability to philosophize while entertaining at the same time, Lapid’s films have picked up some serious issues but always managed to weave in dark humor and absurdist situational comedy.


Film Title: The Kindergarten Teacher |2014| 119 minutes | Hebrew Language subtitled in English

About the film: The Kindergarten Teacher (Hebrew: הגננת) is a 2014 film by Israeli writer and film director Nadav Lapid.

The Kindergarten Teacher won the $20,000 prize for new talent at the Taipei Film Festival. Lead actress Sarit Larry received the IFFI Best Actor Award (Female): Silver Peacock Award at the 45th International Film Festival of India.

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12 inches is a comedy based on the objectification of men. For centuries it has been believed that only women are objects of desire and the physical qualities of women depicts where they stand in society. But this play is going to debunk that myth. 12 inches portrays how Siddhart is victimized all because of his 12 inches and how the 12 inches affects relationships around him and how instead of being a blessing, it turns out to be a curse.

‘Rubaroo with Gender’, a self facilitated
event open to the public in Hyderabad, where participants would showcase their
campaign efforts, or/and run sessions here as 10th of December is the culmination of 16 Days of Activism to End Violence Against Women and also considered as Human Rights Day.

this is a film screening event about hyderabad drag club organized by Dragvanti. a documentary about they hyderabad drag scene shot in 2021.

Film:
In a urban Metro city of South India, Hyderabad, which is yet picking pace to modern day thinking, there is a Drag scene taking birth in the cylose. With hardships and individual paths, these members from lgbtqia+ community choose drag as a way to present there art. they traverse through the pain to be the glint.

The question of identity, its relationship with class and politics has long remained an issue of controversy. The debate has seen the progressive circles divide into several camps. There are people who believe that Marxism is inherently economic deterministic and therefore is unable to understand the question of identity. There are also people who believe that Marxism is capable of solving the question of class exploitation but we need 'other ideologies' for resolution of the problem of myriad forms of social oppression. The latter approach can be called a 'two systems approach', in other words, exploitation and social oppression constitute two different systems and therefore require two different ideologies for understanding them and eliminating them. Then there are people who maintain that Marxism is indeed capable of understanding the question of identity and identity-based social oppressions as they do not exist in a vacuum but in a society structured by class and exploitation.

The essential question boils down as to what is identity? What is its relationship with class? Is each and every identity always-already a site of social oppression, or, does it become a site of oppression in a historical process? How is social oppression related to class exploitation? Is it a relation of complete independence, or, is it a relation of relative autonomy?

In the wake of the rise of various forms of identity politics which are dangerously undermining various mass struggles in India and elsewhere and in view of how identity politics almost everywhere is giving impetus to right-wing politics, it is imperative to ask the above questions afresh and respond to these questions from a revolutionary perspective.

It is precisely this concern due to which we have invited Abhinav Sinha to give a talk on 'Marxism and the Question of Identity. He has written on the issue extensively, especially regarding caste and gender, and has delivered lectures on this issue in India and elsewhere. We hope that we will be able to engage in a fruitful discussion on the question.

Speed Friendship is an event which will help folks from the LGBTQIA+ community to make friends quickly and connect with everyone who attends the event.

12 inches is a comedy based on the objectification of men. For centuries it has been believed that only women are objects of desire and the physical qualities of women depicts where they stand in society. But this play is going to debunk that myth. 12 inches portrays how Siddhart is victimized all because of his 12 inches and how the 12 inches affects relationships around him and how instead of being a blessing, it turns out to be a curse.

Qeemat is an intense drama based on a true story. It deals with cyber-crime and how the young generation of today's world that are addicted to social media, what dangers they are prone to.
Qeemat is a story of a young school going girl "Poorvi" who is excellent in her studies. She is the only daughter to her parents who work in IT world.
Most of the time Poorvi spends time studying and being home alone. Poorvi gets a gift from her parents after she tops her class and that gift is what every teenager craves for - a phone!
The story unfolds to unimaginable truth that the young minds are dealing with. We often give gifts to our dear ones and do not think of the price, but the price they come with is beyond imagination. Is it worth it? Come and see the show with your family and friends and spread the awareness. Maybe it's not too late!

Ticketed event at Rs 150/- per person

Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid made headlines in India for criticizing Vivek Agnihotri's film The Kashmir Files, calling it “vulgar” and “propaganda”. Lapid, a jury chief at the 53rd edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), made the comments while addressing the closing ceremony of the festival in Goa.

In the last month of the year 2022, December, Lamakaan brings to you 3-4 the best films of Lapid.

About Nadav Lapid: Lapid born on 8 April 1975 is an Israeli screenwriter and film director. Film critics consider him to be among the most acclaimed filmmakers from Israel.

Lapid was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. He is the son of writer Haim Lapid and film editor Era Lapid, he studied philosophy at Tel Aviv University, moving to Paris after his military service in the Israel Defense Forces. He returned to Israel to pursue a degree at the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School in Jerusalem.

Lapid is married to Naama Preis, an Israeli actress; they reside in Tel Aviv. Lapid’s background in Philosophy is reflected in the films he makes. He handles weighty themes in his own way: sometimes with subtlety and sometimes with jarring bluntness. With the rare ability to philosophize while entertaining at the same time, Lapid’s films have picked up some serious issues but always managed to weave in dark humor and absurdist situational comedy.

Film Title: Synonyms | 2019 | 123 minutes | Hebrew & French Languages subtitled in English

About the film: Synonyms is a 2019 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Nadav Lapid, from a screenplay by Lapid and Haim Lapid. It stars Tom Mercier, Quentin Dolmaire and Louise Chevillotte. It had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival on 13 February 2019, where it won the Golden Bear, and the FIPRESCI Award (Competition). It was released in Israel on 28 February 2019, in France on 27 March 2019, by SBS Distribution, and in Germany on 5 September 2019, by Grand Film. The film received positive reviews from critics.

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Two documentary films screening.

1. My Caste
Dir: Amudhan R.P.; 78 min; Tamil with English subtitles; 2019

Synopsis :
When did I experience caste for the first time in my life?
What have I gained or lost because of my caste identity?
How do I handle my caste? Do I hide? Do I celebrate? Do I reject it? How aware am I?
Can I introspect? How true can I be?

As various opinions of unconnected people are juxtaposed against the historical localities in which the manifestation of caste can be seen and felt, audiences to are encouraged to take an inward journey.

Director's Statement :
'My Caste' is the second film of my trilogy on Hegemony and Consensus. The series of films attempt to discuss the presence or absence of the expected checks and balances in a society that can potentially enable or neutralize the shackles of hegemony. Who dominates? Who facilitates? Who creates the consensus? And how is it sustained?

The first film of the trilogy, which was made in the year 2016, was 'Dollar City' which focused on the garment industry in Tiruppur in Tamilnadu, where millions of workers toil in thousands of hosiery units that manufacture export materials for distant markets of Europe and North America.

The idea is to take the argument beyond oppressor and victim discourse and to problematize the concept of consensus.

2. Being the Other
Dir : Amudhan R.P.; 22 min; Hindi, English; 2022; Documentary

Synopsis: When your identity is questioned suddenly, where do you find solace?


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TIGER IN THE TWILIGHT: Eco-Poetry on Wildlife for Children and Ever-Green Adults

By

Fatima Shahnaz


An animated spectacle, and reading of her new collection of ‘Eco-Poetry’by Dr. Fatima Shahnaz, an actor from the Institut des Arts Dramatiques Rene Simon in Paris, actor/theatre director from New York, writer, journalist, professor (emerita), an advocate of international human rights.

About the book: From the tiger jungles of Jim Corbett in royal India, the tribal forays of the anthropologist Verrier Elvin, to the great American prairies of North America … A visionary sweep in ‘eco-poetry’ combining anthropomorphic animals in the range of Aesop’s fables, Lafontaine’s satirical poems and the bio-diversity and splendors of our eco-sphere. Grave current environmental issues are addressed In lyrical verse through language accessible to young and old regarding the degradation of India’s environment and vanishing green spaces, and vegetal and animal species; the depletion of the world’s forest cover; the extinction of wildlife through the man-animal conflict, global warming and climate change – all in dazzling imagery.

Fatima Shahnaz, a new generation of international Indian writers, an alumna with a B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. from the Sorbonne University in Paris, was awarded the citation by the Government of France as ‘Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres,’(Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) gives an inspirational window into her love-story with India. Making the multicultural crossover through poetry between her adopted homes in the United States and France, her British schooling, she writes in the lineage of a gallery of stellar literary luminaries from the ancient Indian Panchatantra to Lewis Carroll, Herman Melville Gerald Durrell, Rainier Maria Rilke, Beatrix Potter, and innumerable others. A breathtaking journey into William Blake’s burning forests of the night!

The Book will soon be released for sale on Amazon.com. Early copies are available at reading.

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Celebrating 5 years of Katha&Krafts with our student family. Children's Storytellers and authors will be invited to engage kids. This event is free and NOT open for outsiders. We might display some books for sale.
Kindly let us know the further process.

Hyderabad Cinephiles is screening master filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak's debut film, "Nagarik" or "The Citizen" on Tuesday, 20 December at 7:00 pm. The film follows a family in post-partition Calcutta, carrying the scars of their migration from erstwhile East Bengal. The screening will be followed by a discussion of the film and Ghatak's work and legacy.

Celebrating 4th anniversary- Bazm e sukhan

Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid made headlines in India for criticizing Vivek Agnihotri's film The Kashmir Files, calling it “vulgar” and “propaganda”. Lapid, a jury chief at the 53rd edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), made the comments while addressing the closing ceremony of the festival in Goa.

In the last month of the year 2022, December, Lamakaan brings to you 3-4 the best films of Lapid.

About Nadav Lapid: Lapid born on 8 April 1975 is an Israeli screenwriter and film director. Film critics consider him to be among the most acclaimed filmmakers from Israel.

Lapid was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. He is the son of writer Haim Lapid and film editor Era Lapid, he studied philosophy at Tel Aviv University, moving to Paris after his military service in the Israel Defense Forces. He returned to Israel to pursue a degree at the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School in Jerusalem.

Lapid is married to Naama Preis, an Israeli actress; they reside in Tel Aviv. Lapid’s background in Philosophy is reflected in the films he makes. He handles weighty themes in his own way: sometimes with subtlety and sometimes with jarring bluntness. With the rare ability to philosophize while entertaining at the same time, Lapid’s films have picked up some serious issues but always managed to weave in dark humor and absurdist situational comedy.

Film Title: Ahed's Knee |2021| 119 minutes | Hebrew Language subtitled in English

About the film: Ahed's Knee (Hebrew: הַבֶּרֶךְ‎, romanized: Habereḵ, lit. 'The Knee') is a 2021 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Nadav Lapid. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. At Cannes, the film shared the Jury Prize with Memoria by Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

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Penned by Dr Surinder Sharma, Samajdaar Log is a story of three inmates of a mental asylum and their views on the country’s social, political and economic affairs. The three unnamed crazy men kept themselves occupied by discussing everything there was under the sun and role-playing as different characters from the outside world. Things, however, take an interesting turn when the authorities dump a fourth inmate in their cell. Admittedly, an educated man, the new inmate starts interacting with the three, as a self-proclaimed triple Master of Arts. Soon their topics of discussion start meandering around a number of burning issues, such as, the role of religion in Indian politics, poverty, oppression of the working class in the hands of those in power, and lack of employment among others. What happens when they organise a mock election to choose a leader, forms the crux of this socio-political satire.

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Samahaara Workshop Productions
presents

A double bill of Telugu comedies

Shankaramanchi Parthasarathi's
"ABBEY EMLEDU"
&
K Balarama Murthy's
"KAAGITAM PADAVA"

Directed by Rathna Shekar

ABBEY EMLEDU
Shankar Rao’s wife Rani informs him that her ring is missing, and that little issue leads to an unexpected series of events. Rani leaves the house to visit her relatives. Her absence in the house creates an opportunity for a bunch of misfits including the domestic worker Sattibabu, Shankar Rao’s boss Ganga Raju, random passers-by Ramabrahmam and his nephew Vasu, to utilise the freedom to suit their own purposes. This leads to hilarious interactions between these people who are absolute strangers to each other.


KAAGITAM PADAVA
The editors of a newly established magazine 'ideal illustrated weekly' have advertised for writers to contribute to their columns. However, It was asked to demonstrate their talent at their office and not to send the writings by post. Then a song writer, serial writer, culinary writer and a film reviewer walk into the office one after the other to showcase their talent. Will they succeed in impressing the editor?

Lamakaan proudly announces the felicitation ceremony of Mangala & Raghav Raj Bhatt, prominent Kathak dancers, choreographers and gurus, for their immense contribution to the Kathak dance.


About the couple:
Mangala & Raghav Raj Bhatt (disciples of Pt Durga Lal Ji and Pt Birju Maharaj Ji respectively) are a dance duo synonymous with Kathak. Fine exponents of the art form, they bring together the confluence of two distinct styles of Kathak, representing Jaipur Gharana and Lucknow Gharana. Going beyond the precincts of Kathak Kendra, they have performed in productions under the guidance of their gurus in major programs in a traditional Guru Shishya parampara. After this, they made it their life’s mission to take Kathak to all the possible corners of the world, maintaining its true essence and classical form. They have been running one of the most premier learning centres of Kathak in Hyderabad for more than 3 decades.


About Aakruti Kathak Kendra:
The duo established Aakruti Kathak Kendra, one of the premier Kathak learning centres of India has been nurturing young talent in Hyderabad since 1990. With the corner stone of learning at Aakruti being the values, devotion and discipline of our beloved Gurus, Raghav Raj Bhatt, prime disciple of Padma Vibhushan Pandit Birju Maharaj ji and Mangala Bhatt, senior disciple of Pandit Durga Lal ji, students learn the external aspects of Kathak while internalising the philosophy behind the art form, leading to learning that lasts for a life time. The students of Aakruti are carefully guided in their journey and are moulded to be exquisite dancers.


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Steven Allan Spielberg, born (December 18, 1946), is an American director, writer, and producer. He is the most commercially successful director of all time, a significant figure of the New Hollywood era, and a pioneer of the modern blockbuster. Spielberg receives various accolades, including three Academy Awards, a Kennedy Center honor, a Cecil B. DeMille Award, and an AFI Life Achievement Award. Seven of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.


Film Title: Schindler's List |1993| 195 minutes | English


About the film: Schindler's List is a 1993 American epic historical drama directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian. It is based on the 1982 novel Schindler's Ark by Australian novelist Thomas Keneally. The film follows Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist who saved more than a thousand, mostly Polish-Jewish refugees, from the Holocaust by employing them in his factories during World War II. It stars Liam Neeson as Schindler, Ralph Fiennes as SS officer Amon Göth, and Ben Kingsley as Schindler's Jewish accountant Itzhak Stern.


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At the beginning of December, Hyderabad Urban Lab invited ideas / proposals from the public for well designed, low cost urban community infrastructure projects. These proposals ranging from neighborhood regeneration to community toilet provision will be evaluated and ranked by a jury for possible funding. On Thursday, Association of Designers of India, Hyderabad chapter and Hyderabad Urban Lab host these these teams before the evaluation by the jury, as they share these ideas with the public.

Tejo Tungabhadra tells the story of two rivers on different continents whose souls are bound together by history. On the banks of the river Tejo in Lisbon, Bella, a young Jewish refugee, and her family face daily threats to their lives and dignity from the deeply antisemitic society around them. Gabriel, her lover, sails to India with General Albuquerque’s fleet seeking wealth and a secure future for themselves. Meanwhile, on the banks of the Tungabhadra in the Vijayanagara Empire, the young couple Hampamma and Keshava find themselves caught in the storm of religious violence and the cruel rigmarole of tradition. The two stories converge in Goa with all the thunder and gush of meeting rivers. Set in the late 15th and early 16th century, Tejo Tungabhadra is a grand saga of love, ambition, greed, and a deep zest for life through the tossing waves of history.

THE WORLD HAD SEEN TALES OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND TRAGIC LOVER STORIES WHICH CREATED REVOLUTION ACROSS THE WORLD AND INSPIRED SEVERAL WRITERS ACROSS THE GLOBE. WE ARE EXCITED TO BRING YOU SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR LOVE STORIES WHICH SHOW THE POWER AND DEPTH OF LOVE.

THE WORLD HAD SEEN TALES OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND TRAGIC LOVER STORIES WHICH CREATED REVOLUTION ACROSS THE WORLD AND INSPIRED SEVERAL WRITERS ACROSS THE GLOBE. WE ARE EXCITED TO BRING YOU SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR LOVE STORIES WHICH SHOW THE POWER AND DEPTH OF LOVE.

With New Year 2023, Lamakaan brings to you some of the finest films of Hayao Miyazaki, whose birthday also falls in January.

About Hayao Miyazaki: Hayao Miyazaki, born January 5, 1941) is a Japanese animator, director, producer, screenwriter, author, and manga artist. A co-founder of Studio Ghibli, he has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and creator of Japanese animated feature films. He is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished filmmakers in animation history.

Miyazaki co-founded Studio Ghibli in 1985. He directed numerous films with Ghibli, including Castle in the Sky (1986), My Neighbor Totoro (1988), Kiki's Delivery Service (1989), and Porco Rosso (1992). The films were met with critical and commercial success in Japan. Miyazaki's film Princess Mononoke was the first animated film ever to win the Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year. It briefly became the highest-grossing film in Japan following its release in 1997; its distribution to the Western world significantly increased Ghibli's popularity and influence outside Japan. His 2001 film Spirited Away became the highest-grossing film in Japanese history, winning the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 75th Academy Awards. He is frequently ranked among the greatest films of the 2000s. Miyazaki's later films—Howl's Moving Castle (2004), Ponyo (2008), and The Wind Rises (2013)—also enjoyed critical and commercial success. Following the release of The Wind Rises, Miyazaki announced his retirement from feature films, though he returned in 2016 to work on the upcoming feature film How Do You Live? (2023).


Film Title: My Neighbor Totoro | 1988 | 88 minutes | Japanese language subtitled in English |

About the film: My Neighbor Totoro is a 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten. The film—which stars the voice actors Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, and Hitoshi Takagi—tells the story of a professor's two young daughters (Satsuki and Mei) and their interactions with friendly wood spirits in postwar rural Japan.

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