With Agra gharana vocalist Janab Waseem Ahmed Khan (Khayal)

 

Initiated into ta'lim by his maternal grandfather Ustad Ata Hussain Khan, Janab Waseem Ahmed Khan has had the good fortune of learning with his father Ustad Naseem Ahmed Khan & uncle Ustad Shafi Ahmed Khan of the Agra gharana. In keeping with the rich repertoire of the gharana, he will present rarely heard ragas and bandish-es

 

Humayun's Tomb Conservation: A Scientific Approach

Speaker: Shri Ratish Nanda, Project Director, Aga Khan Trust For Culture

 

Chair: Dr. Janhwij Sharma, Director, Conservation, Archaeological Survey of India

 

From traditional scientific knowledge in preparation of lime mortar to state of art use of laser scanners - Humayun's tomb has benefited from a host of scientific conservation practices 

 

FRIDAY 13

 

Dr.  Rathin Roy, Director, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy; Dr. Surajit Mitra, Director, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and Shri Sunil Jain, Managing Editor, Financial Express will discuss Getting India Back on Track: An Action Agenda for Reform by Bibek Debroy (Gurgaon: Random House; 2014)

 

Chair: Dr. Subramanian Swamy

Acrylic on canvas – an exhibition of paintings

By Virendra Kumar from Delhi

 

Inauguration by Shri Ram V. Sutar on Tuesday, 10 March 2015 at 18:30

Vocal Recital

By Vidushi Kankana Bannerji

 

Rajasthani Folk Music

By Ustad Anwar Khan Manganiar and Group

 

Vocal Recital

By Vidushi Bindu Chawla

 

Qawwali

By Warsi Brothers and Group

Stories and art, music and dance and everything else that makes Vasant special

Presented by Deepa Agarwal and Sunita Baveja

Screenings will be followed by discussions with directors present

 

Death and the Maiden (Israel/Germany; 30 min; 2014) Dir: Yael Lotem

Shortly after WWII, over 1000 paintings were found in a Cellar in southern France… 

 

I Have Only One Language; It is Not Mine (India; 30 min; 2014) Dir: Mithu Sen

Originally an installation, explores the process the limitations of language and the possibility of dialogue outside it

 

11:45 – 13:30

The Last Adieu (India; 90 min; 2013) Dir: Shabnam Sukhdev

The personal quest of a filmmaker’s daughter to unravel the past and make a connection with her father, S. Sukhdev

 

14:30 – 16:00

Raah (India;19 min; 2014) Dir: Radhika Fatania

The director explores her own indecisiveness about her life and career

 

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker

 

Pava (India; 10 min; 2014) Dir: Vaishnavi Sundararajan

A young, budding sportsperson, her barber, and their casual chit-chat 

 

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker

 

Fragments of Peace (Experimental; UK;16 min; 2014) Dir: Lin Li

Using interviews the film considers the questions of what constitutes peace and whether peace is attainable

 

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker

 

16:30 – 18:20

Chhatrabhang (Imageography Cine Art Film Poem; India; 84 min; 1975) Dir: Nina Sugati S R Shivdasani Rovshen

An unusual poetic docu-drama with a socio-eco-political analysis of hierarchy and caste relations in rural India

 

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker

 

18:30 – 20:30 

Maine Dilli Nahin Dekha (Bangladesh/India; 19 min; 2014) Dir: Humaira Bilkis

The filmmaker discovers the soul of the city not in its museums, mausoleums and architecture but in her relationship with its people

 

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker

 

Self Portrait: Building the Bridge at 47km (China; 76 min; 2014) Dir: Zhang Mengqi

Through the act of making the film, she tries to build a bridge between the older generation and the children

Screenings will be followed by discussions with directors present

 

Driving Test (Afghanistan/France; 25 min; 2011) Dir: Mahbooba Ibrahimi

A young woman struggles to get her driver’s license to join a company of taxi drivers where there are only men

 

April 21 (Animation; USA/Hong Kong; 4 min; 2014) Dir: Jessica Poon

An extended geographical metaphor that compares geometries and cubical shapes to anxiety

 

Doppelganger (Taiwan; 26 min; 2013) Dir: Hsieh Ting-hang

Dai-De is a young mortician who has been stealing gold teeth from his dead “customers

 

12:00 – 13:30

Beyond the Wave (Germany/Japan; 83 min; 2013) Dir: Kyoko Miyake

Having lived outside of Japan for more than a decade, Kyoko Miyake feels compelled to revisit Fukushima after the nuclear disaster

 

14:30 – 16:10

Journey (Hong Kong; 28 min; 2013) Dir: Wong Chin-Yan Doris

Dreaming is a luxury in Hong Kong, and Rachel and Ronald struggle between pursuing their dreams and facing reality

 

The Bag (Myanmar; 9 min; 2011) Dir: Thet Su Hlaing

Daw Nar Ku quietly creates a strikingly patterned traditional Lahu bag

 

Potter’s Song (Myanmar; 23 min; 2013) Dir: Hnin Ei Hlaing

Portrait of a community of potters in the town of Twante west of Yangon

 

Last Kiss (Myanmar; 22 min; 2014) Dir: Seng Mai Kinraw

Every day since civil war resumed between the Myanmar military and the Kachin Independence Organisation, Jaing Chying has written and recited a poem

 

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker, Thet Su Hlaing, Yangon Film School

 

 

16:30 – 18:00

COMPILATION OF EXPERIMENTAL FILMS - II

 

Noon Day Dispensary  (India; 26 min; 2014) Dir: Priya Sen

Noon Day Dispensary produces the ?unsettlinggaze?

 

Lost in Home (China; 29 min; 2013) Dir: Tan Tan

The record of a 100 year old community through thousands of pictures, poetic plots and a live performance

 

Night Noon (India/USA ; 11 min; 2014) Dir: Shambhavi Kaul

Geology’s ‘thrust and fold’ becomes the unlikely habitat for two actors’ shadowy encounters 

 

Let Go Aviary (Singapore; 3 min; 2004) Dir: Ang Sookoon

Solitary without solitude...

 

Fish Love (India; 12 min; 2014) Dir: Gayatri Kodikal

“I am the kind of fish who lives in sludge, the slimy undergrowth below this pond. I am madly in love with a fisherwoman, who visits the pond.”

 

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker

Screenings will be followed by discussions with directors present

 

For the Love of A Cat (Animation; India; 4 min; 2013) Dir: Students of Ecole Mondiale World School

Cut-out animation film based on a Buddha Story by Rosalind Wilson, created by a team of young Grade VII animators using the aboriginal and Bhil art style

 

Followed by a discussion with the resource person Tehzeeb Khurana

 

Kaphal (India; 91 min; 2013) Dir: Batul Mukhtiar

Life changes for Makar and Kamru when their father returns to their village after five years

 

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker

 

12:30 – 13:40

Devil in the Black Stone (India; 21 min; 2013) Dir: Ananya Kasaravalli

The film revolves around three women in a small tenement atop a hill 

 

Followed by a discussion with the cinematographer Udit Khurana

 

Koi Dekhne Wala Hai? (India; 19 min; 2014) Dir: Shilpi Saluja

Exploring the sense of touch and music in the lives of special children in a residential school

 

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker

 

14:30 – 16:00

Dragonfly and Snake (India;17 min; 2013) Dir: Lipika Singh Darai

A conversation between a girl and her grand aunt whom she calls ‘Aai’

 

I for Iran (Belgium/Iran; 50 min; 2014) Dir: Sanaz Azari

Brussels, behind the closed doors of a classroom. Using a textbook dating from the Islamic revolution, Sanaz Azari, the director, learns how to read and write in Persian, her mother tongue, the lessons becoming a gateway to the history and culture of Iran

 

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker

 

16:30 – 18:00

Keli (Animation; India; 7 min; 2014) Dir: Ranjitha Rajeevan

Little Ponnu is fascinated by PottanTheyyam, an ancient rebel who stood for equality

 

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker

 

Dancing Zempukuji (Japan; 50 min; 2013) Dir: Yumiko Hayakawa

The song and dance of those who live in Zempukuji 

 

18:30 – 20:10

Oh! Stargazer (Animation; Hong Kong-USA; 6 min; 2013) Dir: Jessica Poon

The stargazer, sleeping offshore, is woken up by the fish zodiacs from across the ocean and navigates back home

 

My Name is Salt (Switzerland/India; 92 min; 2013) Dir: Farida Pacha

Year after year, thousands of families move to the desert in Kutch to extract salt from the burning earth