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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.

SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION!

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

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.

Hi there, we from Earthen Gold specialize in all kind of India pottery designs and seek to exhibit our work through Lamakan. Request you to allot us some space to exhibit our work.

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.


ALL ARE WELCOME!!!

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.


SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION!
ALL ARE WELCOME!!! ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!

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.

SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION! ALL ARE WELCOME!!! ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!

I'm Raghav here want to premiere the music video called thadim thim thanana, and along with it a live performance of our singer arviz

BARIBATHALA RAJU
A Comedy Telugu Play Performed by Bhoomika Theatre Group, Hyderabad. Adapted into Telugu from Hindi play ‘Nanga Raja’ by Alakanandan, Directed by Rajeev Ranjan

About the play

Baribathala Raju (బరిబత్తల రాజు) is a farce comedy adapted from ‘Nanga Raja’ a Hindi play written by writer Alakanandan. It is originally an Uzbek Folk Tale. Due to its satirical tone, the play repeatedly bursts with laughter.

A King is so obsessed with his clothes that he neglects his people and their problems in his own kingdom.

Nature is bountiful and 100 odd years ago, we farmed naturally and derived health. Now, we douse the produce with chemicals and pay the price with our deteriorating health. Let's see how we can get it back.

Team Natyaved in collaboration with Unmasked productions presents an evening of 'Comedy Threesome', a collage of three short plays in different genres of Comedy.
Join us on 7th & 8th January, 2023, 8:00 p.m at Lamakaan, Banjara Hills.
Start your New year with triple dose of Comedy, fun and laughter.

Team Natyaved in collaboration with Unmasked productions presents an evening of 'Comedy Threesome', a collage of three short plays in different genres of Comedy.
Join us on 7th & 8th January, 2023, 8:00 p.m at Lamakaan, Banjara Hills.
Start your New year with triple dose of Comedy, fun and laughter.

Dastaan-E-Ghalib
Prof. Ashraf Rafi
Former Head of Dept, Urdu, Osmania University
Will discuss Ghalib's life, the letters he wrote and his inimitable sense of Humor.Accompanying her Smt. Raheeman Begum, Dr. Humera Sayeed and Mr. Syed Zaheeruddin.

Smt. Lakshmi Devi Raj - Will preside over the event. She is a promoter of Art and Culture particularly Theatre, Music and Dance.

Smt. Poorva Guru
Will sing selected Ghazals from Ghalib's Deewan. A popular singer, who has an "A" grade in Doordarshan and AIR.

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: Kiki's Delivery Service | 1989 | 103 minutes | Japanese language subtitled in English |

About the film: Kiki's Delivery Service, lit. 'Witch's Express Home Delivery') is a 1989 Japanese animated fantasy film written, produced, and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, adapted from the 1985 novel by Eiko Kadono. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Yamato Transport (which licensed the trademark Takkyūbin for the film), and the Nippon Television Network. It stars the voices of Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma, and Kappei Yamaguchi. The story follows Kiki (Takayama), a young witch who moves to a new town and uses her flying ability to earn a living. According to Miyazaki, the movie portrays the gulf between independence and reliance among teenage Japanese girls.

SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION! ALL ARE WELCOME!!! ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!

Welcome to meet Dr. Mohammad Jameel on 12th January 2023 @Lamakaan from 5-7 pm.

Dr. Mohammad Jameel is a practicing physician in Chicago IL, and a Founder member of the Indian Americans Forum, which believes in secularism and Democracy. IAF virtually organizes global discussions on discrimination, injustice, and inequalities in building public opinion. He was very active in the Telangana statehood movement through TDF. He is a native of Warangal, graduated in Medicine from Deccan Medical College, Hyderabad, and did his masters in the USA. He is active in US politics, ran for Civic elections, and was recently appointed by the Governor of Illinois to the state medical Board.

-Telangana for Peace and Unity

Hyderabad Cinephiles is screening Satyajit Ray's Mahanagar (1963) at 7pm, on Saturday, 21 January at Lamakaan, Banjara Hills. Mahanagar was Ray's answer to the questions of his time, as he inspects the fabric of the family amid changing economic conditions. Based on a short story by Narendranath Mitra, the film follows Aarti, a young wife's entry into the workforce and the changes created in her personal and new professional life. The screening will be followed by a discussion.

A Hindustani Vocal Recital by Rishita Biswas
Accompanied by Manoj Biswas and Rahul Deshpande

Author Naseem Sen will introduce her Non-fiction Memoir

The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don't go to sleep, come & watch how the author's eloquent and kind stature breaks all negative chains.

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: Princess Mononoke | 1997 | 133 minutes | Japanese language subtitled in English |

About the film: Princess Mononoke is a 1997 Japanese animated epic historical fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network, and Dentsu. The film stars the voices of Yōji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yūko Tanaka, Kaoru Kobayashi, Masahiko Nishimura, Tsunehiko Kamijo, Akihiro Miwa, Mitsuko Mori, and Hisaya Morishige.

Film Title: Howl's Moving Castle | 2004 | 119 minutes | Japanese language subtitled in English |

About the film: Howl's Moving Castle is a 2004 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It is loosely based on the 1986 novel of the same name by British author Diana Wynne Jones. The film was produced by Toshio Suzuki, animated by Studio Ghibli, and distributed by Toho. The Japanese voice cast featured Chieko Baisho and Takuya Kimura, while the English dub version starred Jean Simmons, Emily Mortimer, Lauren Bacall, Christian Bale, Josh Hutcherson, and Billy Crystal.


SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION! ALL ARE WELCOME!!! ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!

Topic: “Bidding Adieu to the Homeland: Greener Pastures Amidst ‘Acche Din’" A Discussion

In a Lok Sabha session in early December, Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan himself informed the Parliament that over 1 lakh Indians renounced their citizenship between January 2022 to October 2022 (Source: https://www.livemint.com/news/india/over-1-lakh-indian-gave-up-citizenship-between-january-to-october-2022-government-informs-lok-sabha-11670589857164.html).

He also further broke down the numbers by year from 2015.

“131,489 people gave up their Indian citizenship in 2015, 141,603 in 2016, 133,049 in 2017, 134,561 in 2018, 144,017 in 2019, 85,256 in 2020, 163,370 in 2021 and 1,83,741 till October 31 this year.”

Migration to the US, UK, and Canada from India isn’t anything new, from Punjab to Toronto or Tamil Nadu to California. But by elaborating upon these numbers after being asked by a lawmaker from the opposition as to how many renounced their Indian, the MoS—External Affairs may have scored a self-goal.

Since 2014, more than 9 lakh Indians no longer have the three-header tiger on their passports. That has been replaced by the bald eagle or a coat of arms of another country.

To try and make sense of this, join us at Lamakaan for an open-ended discussion about a trend that seems to be gaining more steam.

ALL ARE WELCOME

Performing Classical Dance (Bharatnatyam)

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.

SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION!

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

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.

Hi there, we from Earthen Gold specialize in all kind of India pottery designs and seek to exhibit our work through Lamakan. Request you to allot us some space to exhibit our work.

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.


ALL ARE WELCOME!!!

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.


SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION!
ALL ARE WELCOME!!! ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!

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.

SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION! ALL ARE WELCOME!!! ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!

I'm Raghav here want to premiere the music video called thadim thim thanana, and along with it a live performance of our singer arviz

BARIBATHALA RAJU
A Comedy Telugu Play Performed by Bhoomika Theatre Group, Hyderabad. Adapted into Telugu from Hindi play ‘Nanga Raja’ by Alakanandan, Directed by Rajeev Ranjan

About the play

Baribathala Raju (బరిబత్తల రాజు) is a farce comedy adapted from ‘Nanga Raja’ a Hindi play written by writer Alakanandan. It is originally an Uzbek Folk Tale. Due to its satirical tone, the play repeatedly bursts with laughter.

A King is so obsessed with his clothes that he neglects his people and their problems in his own kingdom.

Nature is bountiful and 100 odd years ago, we farmed naturally and derived health. Now, we douse the produce with chemicals and pay the price with our deteriorating health. Let's see how we can get it back.

Team Natyaved in collaboration with Unmasked productions presents an evening of 'Comedy Threesome', a collage of three short plays in different genres of Comedy.
Join us on 7th & 8th January, 2023, 8:00 p.m at Lamakaan, Banjara Hills.
Start your New year with triple dose of Comedy, fun and laughter.

Team Natyaved in collaboration with Unmasked productions presents an evening of 'Comedy Threesome', a collage of three short plays in different genres of Comedy.
Join us on 7th & 8th January, 2023, 8:00 p.m at Lamakaan, Banjara Hills.
Start your New year with triple dose of Comedy, fun and laughter.

Dastaan-E-Ghalib
Prof. Ashraf Rafi
Former Head of Dept, Urdu, Osmania University
Will discuss Ghalib's life, the letters he wrote and his inimitable sense of Humor.Accompanying her Smt. Raheeman Begum, Dr. Humera Sayeed and Mr. Syed Zaheeruddin.

Smt. Lakshmi Devi Raj - Will preside over the event. She is a promoter of Art and Culture particularly Theatre, Music and Dance.

Smt. Poorva Guru
Will sing selected Ghazals from Ghalib's Deewan. A popular singer, who has an "A" grade in Doordarshan and AIR.

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: Kiki's Delivery Service | 1989 | 103 minutes | Japanese language subtitled in English |

About the film: Kiki's Delivery Service, lit. 'Witch's Express Home Delivery') is a 1989 Japanese animated fantasy film written, produced, and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, adapted from the 1985 novel by Eiko Kadono. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Yamato Transport (which licensed the trademark Takkyūbin for the film), and the Nippon Television Network. It stars the voices of Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma, and Kappei Yamaguchi. The story follows Kiki (Takayama), a young witch who moves to a new town and uses her flying ability to earn a living. According to Miyazaki, the movie portrays the gulf between independence and reliance among teenage Japanese girls.

SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION! ALL ARE WELCOME!!! ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!

Welcome to meet Dr. Mohammad Jameel on 12th January 2023 @Lamakaan from 5-7 pm.

Dr. Mohammad Jameel is a practicing physician in Chicago IL, and a Founder member of the Indian Americans Forum, which believes in secularism and Democracy. IAF virtually organizes global discussions on discrimination, injustice, and inequalities in building public opinion. He was very active in the Telangana statehood movement through TDF. He is a native of Warangal, graduated in Medicine from Deccan Medical College, Hyderabad, and did his masters in the USA. He is active in US politics, ran for Civic elections, and was recently appointed by the Governor of Illinois to the state medical Board.

-Telangana for Peace and Unity

Hyderabad Cinephiles is screening Satyajit Ray's Mahanagar (1963) at 7pm, on Saturday, 21 January at Lamakaan, Banjara Hills. Mahanagar was Ray's answer to the questions of his time, as he inspects the fabric of the family amid changing economic conditions. Based on a short story by Narendranath Mitra, the film follows Aarti, a young wife's entry into the workforce and the changes created in her personal and new professional life. The screening will be followed by a discussion.

A Hindustani Vocal Recital by Rishita Biswas
Accompanied by Manoj Biswas and Rahul Deshpande

Author Naseem Sen will introduce her Non-fiction Memoir

The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don't go to sleep, come & watch how the author's eloquent and kind stature breaks all negative chains.

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: Princess Mononoke | 1997 | 133 minutes | Japanese language subtitled in English |

About the film: Princess Mononoke is a 1997 Japanese animated epic historical fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network, and Dentsu. The film stars the voices of Yōji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yūko Tanaka, Kaoru Kobayashi, Masahiko Nishimura, Tsunehiko Kamijo, Akihiro Miwa, Mitsuko Mori, and Hisaya Morishige.

Film Title: Howl's Moving Castle | 2004 | 119 minutes | Japanese language subtitled in English |

About the film: Howl's Moving Castle is a 2004 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It is loosely based on the 1986 novel of the same name by British author Diana Wynne Jones. The film was produced by Toshio Suzuki, animated by Studio Ghibli, and distributed by Toho. The Japanese voice cast featured Chieko Baisho and Takuya Kimura, while the English dub version starred Jean Simmons, Emily Mortimer, Lauren Bacall, Christian Bale, Josh Hutcherson, and Billy Crystal.


SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION! ALL ARE WELCOME!!! ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!

Topic: “Bidding Adieu to the Homeland: Greener Pastures Amidst ‘Acche Din’" A Discussion

In a Lok Sabha session in early December, Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan himself informed the Parliament that over 1 lakh Indians renounced their citizenship between January 2022 to October 2022 (Source: https://www.livemint.com/news/india/over-1-lakh-indian-gave-up-citizenship-between-january-to-october-2022-government-informs-lok-sabha-11670589857164.html).

He also further broke down the numbers by year from 2015.

“131,489 people gave up their Indian citizenship in 2015, 141,603 in 2016, 133,049 in 2017, 134,561 in 2018, 144,017 in 2019, 85,256 in 2020, 163,370 in 2021 and 1,83,741 till October 31 this year.”

Migration to the US, UK, and Canada from India isn’t anything new, from Punjab to Toronto or Tamil Nadu to California. But by elaborating upon these numbers after being asked by a lawmaker from the opposition as to how many renounced their Indian, the MoS—External Affairs may have scored a self-goal.

Since 2014, more than 9 lakh Indians no longer have the three-header tiger on their passports. That has been replaced by the bald eagle or a coat of arms of another country.

To try and make sense of this, join us at Lamakaan for an open-ended discussion about a trend that seems to be gaining more steam.

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