HOLLYWOOD BONANZA: A MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR –  FESTIVAL OF FILMS

Films Schedule

11:00 am    The Iron Horse (USA)
(150 min; 1924; silent; b/w; English inter-titles)
Director: John Ford

With George O’Brien, Madge Bellamy, Charles Edward Bull

Winner of the National Film Registry, National Film Preservation Board, USA 2011

2.30 pm    Ninotchka (USA)
(110 min; 1939; b/w; English)
Director: Ernst Lubitsch

With Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire

Winner of the National Film Registry, National Film Preservation Board, USA 1990; and NBR Award for Top Ten Films, National Board of Review, USA 1939

8:30 pm    Modern Times (USA)
(87 min; 1936; silent; b/w)
Director: Charles Chaplin

With Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman

Recipient of the NBR Award for Top Ten Films, National Board of Review, USA 1936; Jussi Award 1974 for Best Foreign Filmmaker; National Film Registry, National Film Preservation Board, USA 1989

HOLLYWOOD BONANZA: A MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR –  FESTIVAL OF FILMS
Curated by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, award-winning filmmaker, archivist and Director, Film Heritage Foundation

Films Schedule

 The General (USA)
(78 min; 1926; silent with inter-titles; b/w)
Directors: Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton

With Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavendar

Winner of OFTA Film Hall of Fame, Online Film & Television Association 2009; and National Film Registry, National Film Preservation Board, USA 1989
 

Jammu & Kashmir: The Wounded Paradise 
by Jawaharlal Kaul 
  

Speakers: Justice Permod Kohli, Former Chief Justice, Sikkim High Court; Shri Ram Bahadur Rai, President, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts; Prof Sushma Yadav, Pro Vice Chancellor, Central University Haryana & Former Member of UGC ; Shri Jawaharlal Kaul, Author of the Book

Chair: Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (I/C) for S & T; Minister of State for PMO; Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space, GoI
 

Coordinated by Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Ashok K. Mehta
 
The Maldives Regime Change: Advantage China – Implications for India

Panelists: Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha, former CnC Western Naval Command; Ms Jyoti Malhotra, senior journalist, Foreign Affairs, The Print; and Dr. Gulbin Sultana, Associate Fellow, MP-Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
 
Chair: Maj. Gen. Ashok K. Mehta

Welcome Address: Shri Suresh K. Goel, former Director General, Indian Council for Cultural Relations

Introductory Remarks: Shri Prabhat Kumar, President, IC Centre for Governance
 
Keynote Address: Prof. Sachin Chaturvedi, Director General, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS)
 
(Collaboration: IC Centre for Governance)

Discussion on Public Mental Health: from stigma to positive acceptance - way forward

Lead Speakers: Prof Ashis Nandy, Well known author, sociologist and clinical psychologist; Prof Nimesh G. Desai, Independent consultant mental health and former Director, Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences 

Panelists: Shri P. K. Tripathi, former Chief Secretary of Delhi; Dr Lavlin Thadani, Writer and filmmaker; Ms Rita Panicker, Child Rights Activist and Director, Butterflies India; and Dr Vishal Chhabra, Consultant Psychiatrist and President, Delhi Psychiatric Society
   
Moderator: Suhas Borker, Mediaperson and Trustee, IIC 

(Collaboration: Delhi Psychiatric Society)

Release of the IIC Quarterly: Autumn 2023

Edited by Omita Goyal, Chief Editor IIC

To be released by Dr. Karan Singh

 Daklakatha Devikavya

An experimental play drawing from the epic poetry and stories of K.B. Siddaiah’s selected writings
Devised and Directed by Lakshman K.P.

Presented by Jangama Collective, Bengaluru with Bindu Raxidi (Dakla Devi, Kadiramma); Santhosh Dindgur (Dakla, Cheluvaiah)l; Bharath Dingri (K.B. Siddiah & narrator); Narasimharaju B.K. (Narasappa); and Ramika Chaithra (Gangavva, Munivenkatamma)

Accompanists: Poorvi Kalyani & Skanda Ghate (vocal); Bharath Dingri (tamate); and Narasimharaju B.K. (areye)

Chief Guest: Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC