Sitar Recital

By Dr. Renuka Gambhir from Hissar, disciple of Pt. Harvinder Kumar

At 19:00
Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Shweta Dubey from Gurugram, disciple of Late Vidushi Savita Devi and Pt. Bholanath Mishra

6.30pm - 7.30pm

Rabindra Sangeet 
Presented by Rabigeetika: Jayati Ghosh & Group

7.30pm - 8.15pm
 

Dhaaki Drummers from Bengal
 

8.15pm - 9 pm
 

Purulia Chhau  

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

A Drop of Sunshine (India)
(40 min; 2011; English)
A film by Aparna Sanyal

Screening will be followed by a discussion with the filmmaker

Through the powerful story of young Reshma Valiappan, the film takes a contrarian stance on schizophrenia. Positing that the only treatment method is one where the ‘patient’ is an equal partner in the healing process, it crafts a new vocabulary to address the stigmatized mental illness

(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness The Dalai Lama)
 

Bharatanatyam Recital

By Megha Mohan Das from Delhi, disciple of Guru Smt. S. Kanaka

Accompanists: Guru Kanaka Srinivasan (nattuvangam); Sudha Raghuraman (vocal); Chandrashekhar (mridangam) & G. Raghuraman (flute)

At 19:00
Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Kanakshree Bhatt from Mumbai, disciple of Guru Smt. Kalpana Zokarkar
 

Radhey-Shyam
Screening of a film Shree Radha produced by Dr. Uma Sharma

Followed by
Radhey-Shyam
In Kathak and Brij-Raas by Uma Sharma and group
Music: Late Pt. Jwala Prasad

Choreographed by Dr. Uma Sharma, the programme is based on the poetry of Saint-Poets – Swami Haridas, Surdas, Meera, Jaydev and will include some poems from the Raskhan, Vidyapati etc.

(Collaboration: Uma Sharma School of Dance and Music – Bharatiya Sangeet Sadan)
 

Mohiniattam Recital

By Divya Warrier from Mumbai, disciple of Guru Dr. Neena Prasad and recipient of the Sanskriti-Madhobi Chatterji Memorial Fellowship 

Bharatanatyam Recital

By Veena Kumar, disciple of Guru Justin McCarthy and recipient of the Sanskriti-Madhobi Chatterji Memorial Fellowship 

(Collaboration: Sanskriti Foundation)
 

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Arvind Virmani, Member, Niti Aayog and Founder Chairman, EGROW Foundation

Chair: Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC

Speakers: Prof. Ramesh Chand, Member, Niti Aayog; Shri Sanjeev Sanyal, Member, EAC-PM; Dr. Surjit Bhalla, former ED, IMF; Shri Ajay Shankar, former Secretary, DIPP; Prof. B.N. Goldar, Institute of Economic Growth; Prof. Amitabh Kundu, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Dr. Charan Singh, CEO, EGROW Foundation

The Conference is based on the upcoming book co-authored by Dr. Virmani which focuses on India’s growth model which has sustained nearly 5000 years

(Collaboration: EGROW Foundation)

Presented by Ved Prakash and party from Jind, Haryana

Ved Prakash Alipuriya is a well-known folk singer and musician from Jind region of Haryana. He is accompanied by artists on traditional folk instruments – matka,dholak,harmonium and manjiras.

Ragini is a popular folk form of Haryana with multiple performers gathering together to sing and dance. A rigorous and lively performance, full of colour and rhythm, tone and expressions, the songs are sung in the local dialect. The Ragini performance is divided into three parts- a slow verse; followed by a hyped-up chorus and bridge; and closing with a slow chorus. Raginis are performed on special occasions to mark the cycle of birth and death, harvest, weddings, etc. 

(Collaboration: North Central Zone Cultural Centre, Ministry of Culture, Govt of India)

Screening Details

At 11 am   

HEARTS AND BONES (Australia)
(111 min; 2019; English)
Director: Ben Lawrence

Multiple award winner including the awards for Best Narrative Feature & Best Actor, Fargo Film Festival 2020; ADG Award for Best Direction in a Feature Film, Australian Directors Guild Awards 2020; Awgie Award for Feature Film – Original, Australian Writers’ Guild 2020; among others

Daniel Fisher (Hugo Weaving) is an acclaimed war photographer. His work means he leaves his long-term partner, Josie Avril (Haley McElhinney), a ballet teacher, for long stretches. In the past she had been pregnant but lost that baby. When Daniel returns from his latest assignment, Josie drops the news that she is with child again, although he’s less than enamoured with the idea. Daniel is preparing for an upcoming exhibition of his work when he’s approached by Sebastian Aman (Andrew Luri), a South Sudanese refugee. Sebastian wants Fisher to photograph members of a community choir – all survivors of war. Daniel isn’t interested, but then matters take a turn. As Fisher gets to know Sebastian and his pregnant wife, Anishka Ahmed (Bolude Watson), he can see how drawn Sebastian is to owning a patch of land he can call his own. But he’s also hiding a dark secret.

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At 1:30 pm
HAPPY AS LAZZARO (Lazzaro felice/Italy) 
(128 min; 2018; Italian with English subtitles)
Director: Alice Rohrwacher

Multiple award winning film including Best Screenplay Award, Cannes Film Festival 2018; Spirit for Freedom Award for Best Feature, Jerusalem Film Festival 2018; Gold Hugo Award for Best Feature, Chicago International Film Festival, 2018; Winner ICS Cannes Award for Best Director, International Cinephile Society Cannes Award 2018; among others

The story of Lazzaro, a peasant still shy of 20 and so good he appears stupid, and Tancredi, a young man of the same age but spoilt by his own imagination, is the story of a friendship. It’s a friendship that begins genuinely amid a flurry of secret schemes and lies. Full of light and youthful enthusiasm, it’s the first friendship Lazzaro has ever had. And it subsequently survives the passing of time and the disruptive consequences of a Big Swindle to bring the one, Lazzaro, to a huge, empty city in search of the other, Tancredi.
 

At 4 pm  

THE CATHEDRAL (USA)
(88 min; 2021; English)
Director: Ricky D’Ambrose

Recipient of the HFPA Special Prize, Venice Film Festival 2021; and John Cassavetes Award, Film Independent Spirit Award 2023 

An only child's meditative, impressionistic account of an American family's rise and fall over two decades.

An unseen narrator unfolds the constellation of familial relationships of Jesse Damrosh, born in 1987, chronicling the dissolution of his parents’ marriage and the feuds, money concerns, and deaths that define a typical middle-class American existence. Yet in this impressionistic account of one life, what penetrates the most are not events but incidents. The beautiful yet quotidian moments of the shoulder-padded jacket of an aunt, the certain print of a rug, an ad for Kodak film, or the light in a room one afternoon from years before.

At 6.30 pm  

 FOOTPRINTS ON WATER (UK)
(108 min; 2023; English)
Director: Nathalia Syam

Recipient of the Best Actor Award & Best Director Award, UK Asian Film Festival 2023; Best Debut Film & Best Actor Award, Indo-German Film Week 2023; and Special Jury Award for Best Debut Film & Best Actor Award, Ottawa Indian Film Festival 2023

The director, Nathalia Syam and the lead actor, Adil Hussain will be present to introduce the film and lead a discussion after

Away from the glitz and glam of Birmingham resides an illegal immigrant community who are always in hiding, leaving no proof of their existence, not even their footprints.

Raghu, an illegal immigrant in Birmingham - UK, believes that he has finally struck gold as his daughter, Meera, is all set to marry a wealthy groom, a legal resident in the UK.

Raghu was a small-scale business owner in India who fled to the UK with his wife and daughter after being mired in a financial scam. The life that awaited them in the UK was far from perfect – they were dumped into shared accommodation, they did not have legit visas, and they were all expected to work for a meagre wage. Raghu regrets this move, but he is left with no choice but to stay on in the UK, make enough money to pay off his debts, and return home with dignity.

 Screening Details

At 11 am   

 ROBE OF GEMS (Manto de gemas/Mexico/Argentina/USA)
(117 min; 2022; Spanish with English subtitles)
Director: Natalia López

Recipient of the Silver Berlin Bear Jury Prize, Berlin International Film Festival 2022; and Winner Feature Film Competition Award for Best Director, Morelia International Film Festival 2022

In the countryside of Mexico, the fates of three women collide when the case of a missing person leads them on a path of pain and redemption. The tale of three women - the wealthy and emotionally unstable Isabel (Nailea Norvind), her housekeeper Maria (Antonia Olivares), and a defeated police chief, Roberta (Aida Roa) - whose paths connect and unfold within a rural Mexican community that is passive in the face of crime, violence, and systemic corruption.

At 2 pm
MY NIGHT (Ma nuit/France)
(87 min; 2021; French with English subtitles)
Director: Antoinette Boulat 

Recipient of the FIPRESCI Prize for Best Film, Athens Panorama of European Cinema, 2021

Marion is 18 years old. Filled with grief since the loss of her sister, she has reached an age where she feels a vital need for freedom. One night, she embarks on a ride through the streets of Paris. What follows is an evening of encounters until Marion meets the impulsive and free-spirited Alex. Like a reunion of two lonely souls, their path will evolve into a rhythm of wandering in a city that youth no longer relates to, like a journey into the night.
 

At 4 pm    

NOAH LAND (Nuh Tepesi/Turkey)
(109 min; 2019; Turkish with English subtitle)
Director: Cenk Ertürk 

Multiple award winner including awards for Best Actor & Best Screenplay - International Narrative Competition, Tribeca Film Festival 2019; SIYAD Award for Best Actor, Turkish Film Critics Association Awards 2020; Golden Boll in National Feature Film Awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Film & FILMYON Best Director, Adana Film Festival 2019; among others

Writer-director Cenk Ertürk’s début film, Noah Land, follows Ömer (Ali Atay), a recently-divorced man who takes his estranged father, Ibrahim (Haluk Bilginer), back to the remote, Turkish town that expelled him 45 years earlier. Dying of cancer, Ibrahim returns to arrange to be buried under a tree he planted as a child.

However, it turns out the tree has since become a religious landmark called the “Noah Tree,” which the locals believe the biblical figure planted after The Flood. As Ömer and Ibrahim fight to have the latter’s deed on the land recognized, they begin to fix their troubled relationship. 

 At 6.30 pm  

 DECISION TO LEAVE (Heojil kyolshim/South Korea)
(139 min; 2022; Korean with English subtitles)
Director: Park Chan-wook
 
Multiple award winner including Best Director Award, Cannes Film Festival 2022; NBR Award for Top Five International Films, National Board of Film Review, USA 2022; ALFS Award for Best Foreign Language Film, London Critics Circle Film Awards 2023; Grand Bell Awards for Best Film, Best Actor & Best Screenplay, Grand Bell Awards, South Korea 2022; among others

In Busan, Jang Hae-Joon (Park Hae-il), an insomniac but cool police detective is investigating the death of a man who apparently fell from a mountain top. He becomes increasingly suspicious of Song Seo-rae (Tang Wei), the deceased’s wife. His suspicion goes side by side with his attraction for her, which begins to cloud his vision as another murder case and the distant relationship with his wife (who due to work, lives elsewhere) occupy his mind.

One of 2022's best films is full of mystery and longing. The film's ending is just as enigmatic as its plot. The film guards its secrets with extreme care, and slowly reveals them in moments where they are the least expected. Its slow-burning plot has echoes of Alfred Hitchcock’s storylines, making whichever notion of what's going to happen useless…