10:00 AM Arth (India)

(138 mins; Hindi; 1982)

Director: Mahesh Bhatt

1:00 PM All About Eve (US) 

(1950; 138 min; English)

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Recipient of 6 Academy Awards including Best Picture.

4:00 PM Erin Brockovich (US) 

(2000; 130 min; English)

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Recipient of Academy Award for Best Actress (Julia Roberts)

8:30 PM Rudali

(128 mins;1993; Hindi)

Director: Kalpana Lajmi

12:30 PM Mary Poppins (US) 

(1964; 139 min; English)

Director: Robert Stevenson

Recipient of 5 Academy Awards including Best Actress (Julie Andrews).

3:00 PM The Nun’s Story (US) 

(1959; 152 min; English)

Director: Fred Zinnemann

Nominated for 8 Academy Awards including Best Actress (Audrey Hepburn).

8:30 PM Meghe Dhaka Tara

Director: Ritwik Ghatak

A tribute on his 100th birth anniversary

Film Screening and Conversation 
 

‘The Last Migration – Wild Elephant Capture in Sarguja’ 
(49 mins, 1994, English)
Directed by Mike Pandey
A Conversation with Mike Pandey, Indian film maker and conservationist

Moderator: Madhur Nangia, wildlife and landscape photographer
 

Stree Ratnas – Women Composters of Bharat\
 

Presented by Kalaimamani Smt. Vishakha Hari, renowned Carnatic vocalist and Harikatha exponent, with Violin by Idappally Ajith Kumar and Mridangam by Arjun Ganesh. 
 

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

Depth Sounding Our Unseen Histories
 

Keynote Address 
By Smt Mrinal Pande, Eminent Writer, Journalist and Ex-Chairperson of Prasar Bharati
The lecture explores how women’s identities have been reduced to motherhood, and how social structures often bind individuals to biology.

Chair: Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC
 

2:00 PM Kshudhita Pashan (The Hungry Stones)

(109 mins;1960; Bengali with English Subtitles)

Director: Tapan Sinha

National Film Award for 2nd best feature film,1960.

8: 30 PM Pride and Prejudice (UK) 

(127 min; 2005; English)

Director: Joe Wright

Nominated for 4 Academy Awards including Best Actress (Keira Knightley). Won BAFTA for Best Costume Design.

Curator: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, award-wining filmmaker and Archivist, Director, Film Heritage Foundation

Bhumika(India)

(142 mins; 1977; Hindi)

Director: Shyam Benegal

(Remembering Smita Patil on her 70th Birthday)

Annual Sardar Patel Lecture on Governance

(Collaboration: IC Centre for Governance) 

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

Nepal 2043: The Road to Prosperity
 

By Sujeev Shakya (Penguin, 2025)
 

The Dirty Sky
(73 min;2025; English)
Director: O.P. Srivastava 
 

A powerful documentary exposing the growing crisis of orbital pollution. Through striking visuals and expert voices, it reveals the dangers of space debris, legal gaps, and militarization, while spotlighting global clean-up efforts. Urgent and thought-provoking, it calls for responsible stewardship of Earth’s fragile orbital commons.
O.P. Srivastava, award-winning filmmaker and author, uses cinema to spotlight urgent cultural and environmental issues.