FILM FESTIVAL: WOMEN AT THE CENTRE

12:30 pm Mary Poppins (US) 

(139 min;1964; English)

Director: Robert Stevenson

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

3:00 pm The Nun’s Story (US) 

(152 min; 1959; English)

Director: Fred Zinnemann

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

8:30 pm Meghe Dhaka Tara

Director: Ritwik Ghatak

(135min; 1960; Bengali with English subtitles)

A tribute on his 100th birth anniversary

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Stree Ratnas- Women Composers of Bharat 

Traditional storytelling form from South India, a composite art form including storytelling; poetry; music; drama; and dance

Presented by Vishakha Hari who will focus on women composers. 

Accompanists: Idappally Ajith Kumar (violin); S.J. Arjun Ganesh (mridangam)

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

FILM FESTIVAL: WOMEN AT THE CENTRE

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.

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Film Screening and Conversation

‘The Last Migration – Wild Elephant Capture in Sarguja’ (49 mins)

Directed by Mike Pandey

A Conversation with Mike Pandey, Indian film maker and conservationist

Moderator: Madhur Nangia, wildlife photographer

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

FILM FESTIVAL: WOMEN AT THE CENTRE

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)

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Keynote Speaker: Shri Ajit Doval, National Security Advisor, India

Presidential Address by Dr Harivansh, Hon’ble Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha

Vote of thanks by Shri Shanti Narain, former member Traffic Railway and Secretary General, IC Centre for Governance

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(Collaboration: IC Centre for Governance)

Nepal 2043: The Road to Prosperity

By Sujeev Shakya (Penguin, 2025)

Speakers: Amb. Juan Antonio March Pujol, Ambassador of Spain to India; Amb. Shankar Sharma, Ambassador of Nepal to India; Shamika Ravi, Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister and Secretary to the GoI; Suhasini Haidar, Diplomatic Affairs Editor, The Hindu; Sujeev Shakya, Author of the Book

(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.

130 mins; 1964; Bengali with English subtitles

Directed by Tapan Sinha

Satadal (Uttam Kumar) is a civil engineer with a successful career and a loving wife Madhuri (Arundhati Devi). However, their relationship runs into rough weather from the emotional stress and strain of childlessness.

This is a part of the Exhibition ‘A Star named Arundhati’ in the Art Gallery, Kamaladevi Complex from 11 October to 25 October, 2025