The Unseen Sequence (98 min; 2013; dvd; English)
Director: Sumantra Ghosal who will introduce the film
Screening will be followed by a discussion
The film explores Bharatanatyam through the art of Malavika Sarukkai. The film deliberates the valuable connections and departures that the artist makes from a hallowed and, often, unforgiving tradition. Today, even as she impresses her footprint on the world stage as a celebrated Bharatanatyam dancer, Malavika finds herself making increasingly personal choice about how she wishes to lead that life
Golda Slept Here
Speaker: Suad Amiry, well-known Palestinian author who will speak about her new book of the same title
In this literary-historical tour-de-force, Suad Amiry traces the lives of individual members of a Palestinian family and through the, the histories of both Palestine and the émigré Palestinian community in the other countries of the Middle-East. Through poetry and prose, monologue and dialogue, we glimpse the lost Palestinian landscape caught in the silent battle between remembering and forgetting
Carnatic Classical Music - Veena and Violin Recital
Concert by young upcoming artists - Priya Parvathy, Ganga Bhagirathi and U Ashwin on veena; S. Vignesh, Vaishavi Nathan, Siddhesh and Gangothri on violin
Accompanied on the mridangam by students of Kumbakonam N. Padmanabhan
Carnatic and Hindustani Jugalbandhi - Vocal and Instrumental
Presented by Avinash Kumar and Sowmya Gurucaran (vocal); Sowmitra Thakur (sitar); Rajeeva Prasanna (flute); Mahavir Chandravat (tabla); Manohar Balatchindirane (mridangam)
Concert in honour of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
Mehfil Series
A mehfil with Delhi gharana maestro, Ustad Saeed Zafar Khan (star)
As a representative of a unique tradition that represents both vocal as well as instrumental streams, Ustad Saeed Zafar Khan will regale audiences with a unique repertoire of ragas that have roots in Persian maqam-s
Silent Screams, India's Fight Against Rape (45 min; 2013; dvd; English & with subtitles))
Director: Pria Somiah Alva
Script: Manira Alva Pinto
Produced by Miditech (P) Ltd. For Channel News Asia
Journalist/presenter: Namita Bhandare will introduce the film
Screening will be followed by a discussion
Film on the Nirbhaya rape and the fight against rape that followed in its brutal aftermath