Mahanadi: The Tale of a River 
By Anita Agnihotri, translated from the original Bengali by Nivedita Sen (Niyogi Books Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi: 2021)

Moderator: Dr. Uttam Kumar Sinha, Fellow, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis, Managing Editor, Strategic Analysis

Discussants: Dr. Debjani Sengupta, Associate Professor of English, Indraprastha College, University of Delhi, translator and author; Prof. Sumanyu Sathpathy, Professor & Head, Dept. of English, University of Delhi; Ms Anita Agnihotri, former civil servant and author of the book; and Dr. Nivedita Sen, Associate Professor, Dept. of English, Hansraj College, University of Delhi

 

The Stranger in the Mirror

By Rakesh Omprakash Mehra (Rupa Publications India: 2021)

Discussants: Shri Pankaj Saxena, filmmaker, Broadcast Consultant, and film academic; and Shri Rakesh Omprakash Mehra, filmmaker and author of the book

Moderator: Shri Amit Khanna, filmmaker, writer, poet and media veteran

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Revisiting IIC Classics
With Chef Vijay Thukral

Venue: Rose Garden
 

From the Land of the Magyars: A Hungarian Dinner
With Chef Sonia Taank, Embassy of Hungary

Venue: Rose Garden

(Collaboration: Liszt Institute – Hungarian Cultural Centre, Delhi)
 

Kaeshur Khyen: Cuisine of Kashmiri Pandits 
Prepared by Chefs of Samavar Restaurant

Venue: Rose Garden
 

Tok, Jhal, Mishti: A Bengali Dinner
With Chef Chitra Ghose

Venue: Rose Garden

From the Land of the Five Rivers: Traditional Punjabi Cuisine

With Chef Manjit Gill and Chef Priteeka Gill Malik  

Venue: Rose Garden

Screening of films from Germany; Hungary; and Spain

At 11:00 am    Relativity (Mein Ende. Dein Anfang/Germany)
(111 mins; 2019; blu ray; German with English Subtitles)
Director: Mariko Minoguchi

Recipient of German Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay,  Best Feature Film Debut, German Film Critics Association Awards 2020; and Jury Prize for  Best Film, Riviera International Film Festival 2020

At 2:00 pm   The Innocence (La inocencia/Spain)
(92 min; 2019; blu ray; Spanish with English subtitles)
Director: Lucia Alemany

Multiple award winner including Gaudí Award for Best Supporting Actor, Gaudí Awards 2020; Consentino Award for Best Director, and FICAL Awards for Best First Film & Best Actress, Almeria International Short Film Festival 2019; Awards for Best Actress and Best Director, Toulouse Cinespaña 2020; among others

 At 4:00 pm   Whiskey Bandit (A viszkis/Hungary)
(126 min; 2017; dvd; Hungarian with English subtitles)
Director: Nimród Antal

Recipient of the Award for Best Editor and Best Sound, Hungarian Film Week 2018

 For film screenings, entry passes will be issued 30 minutes before each screening. 
 

Screening of films from Germany; Hungary; and Spain

At 11:00 am    Budapest Noir (Hungary)
(95 mins; 2017; dvd; Hungarian with English Subtitles)
Director: Éva Gárdos

Recipient of the Best Mask Award, Hungarian Film Week 2018; and Award for Best Original Score -  Independent Film (Foreign Language) Film, Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2017

At 2:00 pm    A Thief’s Daughter (La hija de un ladrón/Spain)
(102 min; 2019; Blu ray; Spanish with English subtitles)
Director: Belén Funes

Multiple award winner including Gaudí Awards for Best Director, Best Screenplay & Best Non-Catalan Language Film, Gaudí Awards 2020; Goya for Best New Director, Goya Awards 2020; Best Actress Award, Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2019; among others

At 8:30 pm    Transit (Tranzit/Germany)
(101 mins; 2018; blu ray; German/French with English Subtitles)
Director: Christian Petzold

Multiple award winner including Bavarian Film Award for Best Screenplay, Bavarian Film Awards 2019; Dublin Film Critics Award, Dublin International Film Festival 2019; NBR Award for Top Five Foreign Language Films, National Board of Review, USA 2019; among others

 For film screenings, entry passes will be issued 30 minutes before each screening. 

FILM FESTIVAL 

To celebrate the centenary year of Satyajit Ray, legendary filmmaker, writer, illustrator and music composer, a festival of classic black and white feature films; films from the Calcutta Trilogy; period pieces; a children’s film; and Ray’s all-time favourite film 

   
At 11:00 am    Sonar Kella (The Golden Fortress/India)
(136 min; 1974; dvd; Bengali with English subtitles)
Director: Satyajit Ray

With Soumitra Chatterjee, Santosh Dutta, Siddharth Chatterjee

Recipient of the Golden Lotus Award for Best Direction; Regional Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali; & Silver Lotus Award for Best Screenplay, National Film Awards, India 1975

At 1:30 pm  Jana Aranya (The Middleman/India)
(131 min; 1976; b/w; dvd; Bengali with English subtitles)
Director: Satyajit Ray

With Pradip Mukherjee, Satya Banerjee, Deepanker De

Recipient of the Golden Lotus Award for Best Direction, National Film Awards, India 1976

At 4:00 pm    Ghare Baire (The Home and the World/India)
(140 min; 1985; dvd; Bengali with English subtitles)
Director: Satyajit Ray

With Swatilekha Chatterjee, Victor Banerjee, Jennifer Kendal, Soumitra Chatterjee

Recipient of the NBR Award for Top Foreign Films, National Board of Review, USA 1985; Regional Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali, Best Supporting Actor & Best Costume Design, National Film Awards, India 1985; and BFJA Award for Best Actor, Bengal Film Journalists’ Awards 1986

At 8:30 pm    Shatranj ke Khilari (The Chess Players/India)
(129 min; 1977; dvd; Hindi/Urdu/English & with English subtitles)
Director: Satyajit Ray

With Sanjeev Kumar, Saeed Jaffrey, Shabana Azmi, Richard Attenborough

Recipient of the Regional Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi, National Film Awards, India 1978; Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actor; Best Director; and Best Film – Critics, Filmfare Awards 1978

Re-scheduling of the film “Shatranj Ke Khilari” (The Chess Players)

Due to technical reasons, the film “Shatranj Ke Khilari” could not be screened as scheduled on 24 October 2021 at 8.30pm.

Kindly please make a note, we have now re-scheduled a screening of the film Shatranj Ke Khilari (The Chess Players) directed by Satyajit Ray on Tuesday, 26 October 2021 at 8.30 pm in the Centre’s C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium.

Inconvenience caused is regretted

 For film screenings, entry passes will be issued 30 minutes before each screening.