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Pt. Kumar Gandharva Centenary Celebrations

Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Pt. Satyasheel Deshpande
 

Followed by
Phool ka Chhand (86 min; 2024)
A film on Kumar Gandharva by Amit Dutta
Produced by Raza Foundation and Takshila Sansthan
 
Organised in collaboration with The Raza Foundation and Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, the programmes mark the concluding event of the year-long centenary celebrations
 

Rang Habib


A commemorative festival of theatre as a tribute to Habib Tanvir
 
Katha Sukavi Suryamalla ki

Written and Directed by Rajendra Panchal
Presented by Ashram Perafin, Kota

Rang Habib

A commemorative festival of theatre as a tribute to Habib Tanvir
 
Mohabbat ke Phool

Director: Vinod Kumar
Script: Poorva Bharadwaj
Presented by Raschakra, New Delhi
 

THE IIC DOUBLE BILL:  MUSIC AND DANCE RECITALS

Sitar Recital
By Aniket Ghivalikar from Mumbai, disciple of Pandit Shankarrao Abhyankar  
 
At 19:00 
Kathak Recital

By Richa Jain from Delhi, daughter and disciple of  Guru Ravi Jain and  Nalini Malhotra Jain 
 

THEATRE FESTIVAL IN BENGALI

Dharma Ubach
Director: Souvik Sen Gupta, Drama Society Aakriti

Followed by 
Sadhonbabur Sondyeho

Director: Rabishankar Kar, Prarambh
 

THEATRE FESTIVAL IN BENGALI

Organised in collaboration with Impresario India

Surjer Antim Kiran Theke Surjer Prothom Kiran Porjonto

Director: Purnendu Bhattacharya, Theatre Platform

 

Followed by
Mahamaya

Director: Suhan Basu, Japonchitro theatre group

Ebrahim Alkazi: Holding Time Captive

Ebrahim Alkazi: Holding Time Captive

By Amal Allana (Penguin Random House: 2024)

In Conversation with the Author
Amal Allana in conversation with Dr. Naman P. Ahuja, Cultural Historian

Followed by Readings from the book
By Sonam Kalra, Singer/Actress and Rehaan Engineer, Director/Actor

(Collaboration: Penguin Random House)

Champions (Campeones/Spain)

Champions (Campeones/Spain)
(124 min; 2018; Spanish with English subtitles)
Director: Javier Fesser

Multiple award winner including CEC Award for Best New Actor, Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain 2019; Audience Award for Best Spanish Film, Fotogramas de Plata 2019; Award for Best Spanish Film, Sant Jordi Awards 2019; among others

Screening will be followed by a discussion

Campeones is a comedy-drama about a basketball team featuring actors with developmental disabilities. The movie explores the theme of prejudices in a hilariously heart-warming fashion. Marco is an assistant basketball coach for a major Spanish league team with attitude issues that have affected both his personal and professional life. After drunk driving into the back of a police car, Marco is ordered to do community service, by coaching a team of individuals with disabilities. 

(Collaboration: Action for Autism; and Embassy of Spain)
 

India’s Roots and Routes

Illustrated lecture by Raghvendra Singh, former Secretary, Ministry of Textiles and the Ministry of Culture; former Director General, National Archives of India, National Library and the National Museum and the CEO, Development of Museums and Cultural Spaces, Govt. of India and curator of the exhibition “India’s Roots and Routes” currently on display at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi

Chair: Dr. William Dalrymple, Visiting Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford
 

Carnatic Classical Music – Vocal and Instrumental Recital

Carnatic Classical Music – Vocal  Recital

 

By Elangovan Govidnarajan and party

 

(Collaboration: Gayathri Fine Arts)
 

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