Odissi Recital
By Namrata Mehta from Delhi, disciple of Guru Smt Daksha Mashruwala 
 

At 19:00 
Kathak Recital
By Swati Sinha from Delhi, disciple of Pt. Rajendra Gangani 
 

Presented by Katsura Sunshine, well-known traditional Japanese rakugo artist from Canada

Rakugo storytelling is a 400-year-old Japanese comedic art form. Dating back to the 17th century and originating from Buddhist tradition, rakugo experienced its heyday in the Meiji era (1868-1912) when it adopted its current form and left the streets and private apartments for performance venues. The storyteller, rakugoka, alone on stage, kneels on a cushion and does not move from this position throughout the performance. With no backdrop or music, the rakugo artist uses only his facial expressions, changes in intonation and props to bring humourous stories to life

Katsura Sunshine studied this traditional and unique form of verbal entertainment in Japan as an apprentice to rakugo master Katsura Bunshi VI, then Katsura Sanshi for another three years. He is the only the second Westerner to become a rakugo master in Japan’s history.

(Collaboration: The Japan Foundation, New Delhi)

(92 min; 2021; Kannada with English subtitles)
Written & Directed by Babu Eshwar Prasad who will introduce the film

Screening will be followed by a discussion

The film is a meditation on the act of walking through the lives of three principal characters: Kumar, a photojournalist disenchanted with his regular job; Neelu, a salesgirl in a shoe shop with a set routine; and Amaresha, an elderly prisoner. Moving between dream and reality, the film is an exploration of the inner and outer landscapes they encounter

Violin Recital
By Uma Arun from Delhi, disciple of Guru Kalaimamani Shri V.S.K.Chakrapani and Guru R. Sridhar
 

At 19:00 
Bharatanatyam Recital
By Sudhana Sankar from Delhi, disciple of Guru Saroja Vaidyanathan and Rama Vaidyanathan 

By Pallavi Seth, a young-upcoming opera singer who received training in opera and vocal performance at Mannes School of Music, New York

Accompanied by Svetlana Radashkevich on the piano. Svetlana Radashkevich is a highly accomplished concert pianist based in Delhi. Serving as Curriculum leader at the British School, Svetlana is a prominent figure among Russian pianists based in India

Pallavi Seth will present an evening of opera arias and lieder

Film Director and Screenwriter, Sudhir Mishra in conversation with Sujata Prasad and Oroon Das

This is the first in a new series of monthly conversations staged in collaboration with Ahad Anhad—a forum for creative instigations—which manifested its first edition at the Bihar Museum recently, bringing together words, ideas, performances and the liveliest voices in contemporary writing in Hindi, English, Urdu and the regional dialects of Bihar.

FILMS OF THE SPIRIT

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

Kundun (Monaco/Morocco/USA)
(134 min; 1997; English)
A film by Martin Scorsese

The boy monk’s story comes alive in this epic biographical film. It traces the extraordinary journey of the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyaltso from his discovery as a reincarnation of the Great 13th, the Buddha of Compassion, to take over the reins of a nation at a young age and his escape to India, following the tragedy of the Chinese invasion of Tibet

(Collaboration: Foundation for His Holiness The Dalai Lama)

Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Khushal Sharma from Delhi, disciple of Guru Madhup Mudgal
 

At 19:00 
Sitar Recital

By Chandrashekhar Phanse from Mumbai, disciple of Pt. V. R. Athawale Dinkar Kaikaini and Ustad Amjad Ali Khan 
 

(110 min/2018/b/w & colour/Bengali/Spanish/English)
Director: Pablo César

With Victor Banerjee, Elenora Wexler, Héctor Bordani

Screening will be followed by a discussion with Suraj Kumar, Producer of the film

Thinking of Him are two stories intertwined over the time. In the present, Felix, a pessimistic and lazy teacher encounters a book that dazzles him, while teaching geography at a detention centre for minors. In the past Rabindranath Tagore, Bengali poet, author of the book that has come to Felix arrives in Argentina and is hosted by Victoria Ocampo, Argentinian writer, critic and public intellectual. Felix becomes more and more obsessed with the story of the poet and writer…

Sitar Recital

By Pt. Shubhendra Rao
Accompanied by Babar Latif on tabla

AT 20:00
Dhrupad Recital
By Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar
Accompanied by Pt. Mohan Shyam Sharma on pakhawaj

(Collaboration: Dagar Brothers Memorial Trust)