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FILMS ON ARTISTS – DANCE ENGAGEMENTS

Two films on dance by Sandhya Kumar
The films will be introduced by Justin McCarthy, well-known Bharatanatyam dancer and Guru

The filmmaker Sandhya Kumar and  dancer-musician Justin McCarthy will initiate a discussion after the screenings

Light Falling on White Flowers (India)
(14 min; 2009; English)

Many years ago, a young girl was born with one dream – to trace back the sacred root of dance and restore it to the highest place in the arts. Isadora Duncan came to invent the ‘Modern Dance’. Where dwells this poetic spirit today.

O Friend, This Waiting! (India)
(32 min; 2012; Telugu & English with subtitles)

Could a song be full of love, and yet banal and trifling? Such were the padams of Kshetrayya. A wandering poet-musicians, Kshetrayya wrote for devadasis, the dancing courtesans at the courts of the 17th century Nayaka kings. His padams became the most cherished of her songs of love. O Friend, This Waiting! Reflects on the entwined fortunes of the padams and the women they were written for, from the 17th to the 20th century, while dwelling in the performance spaces of temples and courts of the Nayaka period.

Screening will be followed by a discussion with Justin McCarthy and Sandhya Kumar 
 

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Tales of an Explorer – Five Decades of Adventure Travel, Expeditions and Environmental Concerns Across 7 Continents
Illustrated lecture by Shri Mandip Singh Soin

Chair: Amb. Manjeev Singh Puri, former Indian Ambassador to Nepal and Distinguished Fellow, Earth Science and Climate Change, The Energy Resources Institute (TERI) 

Mandip Singh Soin, well-known explorer, mountaineer, environmentalist and adventure travel professional will reflect back on five decades of adventure, expeditions and eco concerns across 7 continents.  His journeys range from climbs and treks in the Himalayas to the Arctic, camels across the Thar to mapping ecotourism in the Andamans, from Madagascar, Peru, Costa Rica, Antarctica and beyond. 
 

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Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

Dhun Mein Dhyan: Meditations in Music, in the Guru Granth Saheb | (51 min; 2017; English)

A film by Meera Dewan who will introduce the film

A weaver, a barber, a cobbler, a butcher, a blind writer, a king, Sufis, 6 Gurus…these are some of the 36 visionary poets of the anthology, Guru Granth Sahib. Living centuries and geographies apart, their verses - a shared message –

“The Creator created many forms from the same clay
Flawless is the clay pot; flawless, the Potter.” 
 
The film attempts to unravel the birth, lineage, ancestors and life message of this Living Guru. When the believers bow to the Granth, set to 31 raagas, it is to knowledge they bow. When they sing to it, it sings right back to them.  

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

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Madhavi Mudgal, renowned dancer, choreographer, teacher and prime disciple of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatr presents her students, trained at the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, in a traditional Odissi repertoire. The evening features rare pieces of choreographed by her Guru more than half a century ago, to highlight the continuity of the Guru-Shishya Parampara even in today’s world.

Dancers: Shalakha Rai, Shobha Bisht, Deepika Bisht, Chikirsha Mohanty, Ishita Mohanty, Akankshya Padhi, Ketaki Pasricha, and Arnaaz Zaman

First programme in a new series focusing on the Guru-Shishya Parampara in different Indian classical dance forms   
 

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Introduction: Samina Mishra and Shikha Jhingan

Hopefully! (34 min)
Curated by Nina Sabnani and Anitha Balachandran

The films will be introduced by Nina Sabnani

A bundle of animated shorts by students and recent graduates, A rich and beguiling collection of little gems, reflecting on the pleasures, dreams, desires and reflections of young women animators from across India. Created during the pandemic, these works embody the spirit and artistry of filmmakers who found original, creative ways to rise to the challenges of working from home.

Screening will be followed by a discussion with Nina Sabnani, Shaibani Azam and Atul Sinha moderated by Aaradhana Kohli

Aruna Vasudev – Mother of Asian Cinema (65 min)
Director: Supriya Suri
The film will be introduced by Shikha Jhingan

Aruna Vasudev, Founder of Netpac, Cinemaya and Cinefan Film festival has touched the lives of many in the world of cinema. This documentary traces her roots from her humble origins in an undivided British India, to corridors of cinematic universe. It brings together her journey as a film critic, cinema activist and an impresario, weaving a tapestry that connects the dots that make the large canvas that we know as Asian Cinema Renaissance

Screening will be followed by a discussion with Supriya Suri and Aruna Vasudev moderated by Paromita Vohra

(Collaboration: International Association of Women in Radio and Television, India Chapter)
 

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Sarod Recital

By Aayush Mohan from Delhi, disciple of Pt. Balwant Rai Verma, Smt Sharan Rani, Pt. Tejendra Narayan Majumdar
Accompanied by Pt. Ramkumar Mishra on tabla

AT 19:00
 

Odissi Recital
By Sasmita Panda from Odisha, disciple of Smt. Meera Das
 

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Kathak Recital

By Arti Shrivastava Gedam from Delhi, disciple of Gurus Prerna Shrimali, Samiksha Sharma and Anjali Babar
Accompanists: Santosh Sinha (vocal); Parminder Singh (tabla); Lavinya (sitar); and Shahnawaaz (sarangi)

AT 19:00
 

Bharatanatyam Recital

By Tanya Saxena from Delhi, disciple of Grus A. Lakshmanaswamy and Kamalini Dutt
Accompanists: K. Venkateswaran (vocal); Radhika Kathal (natuvangam); Manohar Balatchandirane (mridangam); and K.P.Nandini (violin)

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Presentation of the award to an Outstanding Woman Mediaperson

Followed by
 

B.G. Verghese Memorial Lecture 2022
Health Beyond Covid – An Agenda Awaits
Speaker: Prof. K. Srinath Reddy, President, Public Health Foundation of India

Chair: Shri Harish Khare, President, The Media Foundation)

How the learnings from Covid-19 should push us to build a health system that serves all Indians

(Collaboration: The Media Foundation)

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Speakers: Qurban Ali, journalist and son of the late Capt. Abbas Ali; Ms Subhashini Ali, daughter of Col. Prem and Capt. Lakshmi Sahgal, former Member of the Loka Sabha and President, All India Democratic Women’s Association; and Shri Satish Jacob, formerly Deputy Bureau Chief, BBC and author of Amritsar: Mrs Gandhi’s Last Battle and Hotel Palestine Baghdad

(Collaboration: Business & Community Foundation)

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Hindustani Music – Hawaiian Guitar Recital
By Neel Ranjan Mukherjee from Delhi, disciple of  Gurus late Pt. Debu Chaudhuri and Shri Anup Jalota
Accompanists: Pt. Pradip Kumar Sarkar (tabla); and Amiya Haldar (tanpura)

At 19:00
Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Lalit Deshpande from Pune, disciple of Pt. Anand Bhate
Accompanists: Lalit Sisodiya (harmonium); and Ujith Uday Kumar (tabla)