A Festival of Films

08 September 2012, 05:30 am
A Festival of Films
Programme Type
Festivals

Screenings of award-winning documentaries followed by discussion with directors, and film-appreciation workshops Film synopses at www.psbt.org

The State of Surveillance and the Contested Self
10:00 Tales from a Place Less Travelled: Azamgarh (52 min; 2011)
Director: Shakeb Ahmed
11:30 This or that Particular Person (27 min; 2012)
Director: Subasri Krishnan
12:30 The Right to Live (52 min; 2002)
Director: M.S. Sathyu
Discussion with Usha Ramanathan and filmmakers moderated by Iram Ghufran

14:30 Rough 'Em Up (40 min; 2012)
Director: Sanjay Barnela
15:30 Fragments of a Past (54 min; 2012)
Director: Uma Chakravarti
17:00 The Women in Blue Berets (48 min; 2012)
Director: Farida Pacha
18:00 The Saroj Khan Story (57 min; 2012)
Director: Nidhi Tuli
19:45  Cancer Katha (26 min; 2012)
Director: Vasudha Joshi
Discussion moderated by Anupama Srinivasan

Open Frame 2012: A Festival of Films

07 September 2012, 05:30 am
Open Frame 2012: A Festival of Films
Programme Type
Festivals

Screenings of award-winning documentaries followed by discussion with directors, and film-appreciation workshops Film synopses at www.psbt.org

The Politics of Freedom


10:00 Whistles and Bullets (54 min; 2012)
Director: Devi Prasad Mishra
11:30 Freedom Song (52 min; 2012)
Directors: Paranjoy Guha Thakurta & Subi Chaturvedi
Discussion moderated by Subasri Krishnan

14:00 Gaur in my Garden (26 min; 2012)
Director: Rita Banerji
14:45 Light on the Dark Side (26 min; 2012)
Directors: Geeta & Avinash Kumar Singh    
15:30 Nirnay (Decision) (56 min; 2012)
Directors: Pushpa Rawat & Anupama Srinivasan
17:00 Much Ado about Knotting (52 min; 2012)
Directors: Geetika Narang Abbasi & Anandana Kapur
18:30 A Farmer from Kuttanad (52 min; 2012)
Director: Santosh Sivan
Discussion moderated by Akanksha Joshi      

Poetry Readings

06 September 2012, 05:30 am
Poetry Readings
Programme Type
Cultural

By Virginia Jealous from Australia

A freelance travel writer and former emergency relief worker, Virginia Jealous' writing is informed by a sense of "place""”as an outsider looking in or an insider looking out. Her collection, Things Turned Upside Down, was published by Picaro Press in 2011

Chair: Dr H.K. Kaul

The Room (60 min)

06 September 2012, 05:30 am
The Room (60 min)
Programme Type
Cultural

Director: Vikramjit Sinha
Presented by Kalasmriti Productions, with Farhad Colabavala, Zain Khan, Dhruv Raj Gupta, Panchali Dutta, Anasuya Agarwala, Anuradha Khera and Arjun Khera

This contemporary adaptation of Patrick Hamilton's The Rope (1929) is set in a Delhi farmhouse, where two upper-middle-class youths who commit murder brazenly throw a dinner party to which they invite the victim's relatives and close friends

Ritu ke Rang

05 September 2012, 05:30 am
Ritu ke Rang
Programme Type
Cultural

 

Presented by Ustad Aslam Hussain Khan, senior artiste, with Ustad Vajahat Hussain Khan

A programme of rare ragas to mark the birth centenary of Gayan Samrat Ustad Azmat Hussain Khan

Odissi Recital

04 September 2012, 05:30 am
Odissi Recital
Programme Type
Cultural

 

By Rajnita Banerjee from Kolkata, disciple of Guru Ratikant Mohapatra and Smt. Sujata Mohapatra

TAANA BAANA: The Warp and Weft of India

30 July 2012, 05:30 am
TAANA BAANA: The Warp and Weft of India

(22 min, 2012, India; English subtitles)

A film by Q

 

 

Set as a musical, Taana Baana: The warp and weft of India weaves together the metaphoric act of weaving with the musical traditions of north India to reflect on diverse facets of the Constitution that holds the nation together. The film uses the prism of a poem by the 14th century poet, Kabir. This poem continues to be sung by a wide range of traditional and contemporary musicians and has been used as a metaphor for the multi-hued fabric that constitutes the IndianRepublic.

 

 

Golden Jubilee Lecturs on Governance

21 August 2012, 05:30 am
Golden Jubilee Lecturs on Governance
Programme Type
Talks

Governing Diversity

Speaker: Dr. Amitabh Kundu, Professor of Economics, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, JNU

Chair: Dr. Ajay K. Mehra, Director (Honorary), Centre for Public Affairs

Belabahar Recital

31 August 2012, 05:30 am
Belabahar Recital
Programme Type
Cultural

 

By Naviin Gandharv from Mumbai, disciple of Pt Babulal Gandharva