Lamakaan

The Binayak Sen Imprisonment
The End of Dissent? or a New Beginning?

6:30 pm on 2nd January 2011 (Sunday) @ Lamakaan

…Necropolis a 50 minutes solo performance by P. Mukherjee
followed by a open discussion on Binayak Sen’s imprisonment

Necropolis : Two men meet on a street. By the time they have finished they have transacted a series of images: Nellie-Morichjhaanpi, Malom, Mokokchung, Arrest of Binayak Sen in Chattisgarh. What are they selling? Or rather who is buying? Are technology, displacement, memories of a genocide the new road-map of the new universe. Profiling, exclusion, stereotypes, Cliches, globalised companies, suppressed local needs, building dams and more dams …

P. Mukherjee, a well known authority on badal sircar. His plays have dealt with gujarat genocide, Armed Forces Special Powers Act, Anti Uranium Projects and HIV. Four of his major workshop modules: Freedomspeak, The Otherness of the Body, Conflict as a Text and The Elastic Body have been conducted with major theatre groups and campuses all over the country.

The Discussion will be open format with civil rights and legal activists (TBA) present to anchor it.

On the 30th of Dec, 2010, the band “Paper Mache” is staging its debut concert at Lamakaan.

The band comprises of :-
1. Aneesh (lead guitar)
2. James (bass guitar)
3. Ritu (violin)
4. Aditya (drums/piano)
5. Suhit (piano/guitar)

They shall indulge in a wide assortment of musical genres. But concentrate primarily on British rock, soft rock and western classical.

The tickets are at Rs.50 per head.

This event is being presented by My Theatre Cafe.

Samahaara Workshop Production

The Last Wish Baby

An adaptation of William Seebring’s play “The Original Last Wish Baby”

Directed by : Rathna Shekar Reddy

Play:

The Last Wish Baby is a satire which explores the lunacy that surrounds any media-driven issue today.

The play begins with the birth of a baby without a heart, yet miraculously alive.

The media of the entire country goes into a frenzy covering this new piece of sensational news.

A medical marvel turns into a media saga of the infant’s journey now known as The Last Wish Baby.

Everyone uses this news for their own ends. However, the heart is found, a separate woman having given birth to it.

A clash between the mothers, another media circus and several new products, songs, movies being launched on this baby’s name.

With a number of actors playing many roles, the play is spontaneous, hilarious and energetic.

When: 31st December, 2010

Time: 7 PM

Entry by Donation: Rs.100/-

Venue: Lamakaan, Next Lane to CBay Bldg, Opposite GVK One Mall, Banjara Hills.

To round off 2010, we are having a festival of Sifar’s plays in the last week of December with a final staging of all our productions this year.

Friday, 24th December 2010 | 7:30 pm | at LAMAKAAN:
…
MANORANJAN Tax-Free
A comedy in Hin-glish

Based on Chandrashekhar Phansalkar’s Marathi play TAX-FREE

Directed by Junaid & Feroze

Donor Pass: Rs.100/-
http://in.bookmyshow.com/plays/Manoranjan-Tax-Free-(Sifar-Fest)/ET00005832

Saturday, 25th December | 7:30 pm | at LAMAKAAN:
Two short monologues back to back

Round & Round & Round…
A monologue in Hindi

Based on Nirmal Varma’s Dedh Inch Upar

Directed by Junaid

S E N S E
An abstract monologue based on a real incident

Written & Directed by Bhavani & Feroze

Donor Pass: Rs.100/-
http://in.bookmyshow.com/plays/Round–Round-RoundS-E-N-S-E-(Sifar-Fest)/ET00005833

Sunday, 26th December 2010 | 7:30 pm | at LAMAKAAN:

Zoo ki Story
A play in Hindi where reality meets absurdity

Based on Edward Albee’s Zoo Story

Written & Directed by Bhavani & Feroze

Donor Pass: Rs.100/-
http://in.bookmyshow.com/plays/Zoo-ki-Story–(Sifar-Fest)/ET00005834

Donor passes available at the venue on the sceduled days

Online booking: www.bookmyshow.com

For more details contact: 98493 31347 / 98498 81242 | email: sifar.theatre@gmail.com

Cheers
Team Sifar.

On Thursday 16th December at 7:30pm at Lamakaan, we have Screening of the movie: Shakti Pirakkudhu

Sundari is young mother of two in a small village outside Madurai. She has joined a women’s self help group and wants to use the microfinance loan she will get through it to start a business. Most people fail at their businesses and her husband is scornful of her ambitions – she has never been more than a housewife. As she struggles to find her feet in a trade, the village erupts into a flurry of politics with the coming of a… woman from the city looking to start a garment factory in the area. This is a story of a village woman trying to define what success means to her in the context of an expanding world view, and of a family struggling to find their equation at the crossroads of what is and what could be.

Shakti Pirakkudhu was evolved out of numerous conversations with self help group women in the villages around Madurai and is intended to create a role model that inspires the rural poor to look to the larger world to raise their aspirations and take charge of their own progress. It has received critical acclaim from various quarters and has been screened in many cities in India.

Join us to see this story of determination and desire to succeed. This event is free and open to all.

An Evening of Hindustani Classical Music with Aradhana Karhade and Suhas Shastry

19th December, 7:30 pm – ticket Rs. 50/-

An evening of khayal, raag mala and thumri by Hyderabad’s renown Aradhana Karahade and her husband Suhas Shastry on tabla.

Aradhana Karhade

A Khayal singer and music teacher based in Hyderabad is also a student of Vasantrao Rajurkar. She studied under from mother the Late Smt. Usha Karhade then from from her father the Late Dr. N. K. Karhade. She has given many memorable performances in Hyderabad, Maharashtra, Delhi, Belgaum and Mumbai. A student of Akhil Bharatiya Gandharava Maha Vidhyalaya, she stood 1st in the All India Sangeet Alankar Exam. She’s a B-High Grade Artists of All India Radio.

Suhas Shastry

Tabla player and Music teacher, Suhasji has performed with Malini Rajurkar, Aarti Ankalikar, Pandit Jasrag, Rajan and Sajan Mishra and many more. He’s a guru to a whole new generation of tabla players of Hyderabad. He has been awarded Sangeet Alankar M-Music from Akhila Bharatiya Gandharva Maha-Vidyalaya Mandal – Mumbai and Sangeet Prabhakar from Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Allahabad.

Khayal

The khayal is the most elaborate form of presention of the raag. It has three distinct parts: The first part consists of Alaap, where the singer introduces the raag one note at a time until the entire octave is presented. You must savor three things : the notes of special significance (Tonic) that the singer keeps stressing and returning to, the certain combination of notes that give it the distinctive aura and the exploration of these in the build up to where the tabla joins in on the sam (the note that falls along with the tabla’s starting bar). The second part consists of exploring the raag’s nuances through the sthayi (the single main couplet that is repeatedly sung) and the antra (the other couplet that stresses on the higher notes of the octave). The sthayi and antra are interspersed with alaaps of the raag that unfolds the subtleness of the raag. The third part of the khayal quickens the pace to a cresendo of taans (rapidly running notes) that displays the virtuosity of the singer, her control and mastery over the raag.

Raag Maala

Raag Maala is a garland of raags. It is a presentation that presents the essence of a number of raags in a single melodic composition. Raag Maala is a complex and masterly performance as it involves switching between raags. It is highly enlightening as it introduces a number of raags to the audience.

Thumri

Thumri is a light classical composition where the lyrics and it’s meaning is given prominence (as opposed to the Khayal where the raag’s own essence and aura dominate). It rose to prominence in Lucknow at Wajid Ali Shah’s court and later in Varanasi.

So, we think of a topic, a requirement, an Idea. We think it is cool. We talk and discuss with a few friends. All of them say its cool and should definitely get started on it! Thus a ‘Startup’ journey starts! After 6 months, after a lot of work including design, implementation, prototype and a whole lot – reality kicks in and in the real world, the idea is not really taken in as the expectations!
How should an idea be validated? What are the steps involved? Lets hear it from the experts and experienced! Join us on December 11th for ‘Idea Validation’.

Schedule
10:00: Opening comments

Expert Speak
10:15 Hyderabad Angels, Mohan Krishna/ChandraKiran M.
10:45 CSN Murthy, Founder, Ozonetel (& a serial Entrepreneur)
11:15 Licensing Considerations, Irene Kafeza (PhD at NALSAR, consulting with CIE @ IIIT-H)
11:45 Tea

Startup experiences
12:00 Fortuity Infotech (Online Gaming startup)- OVL Kiran Kumar
12:20 Startup 2 – TBD
12:40 Startup 3- BD
1:00 Wrapup

(If you are interested in a startup pitch, pls do contact one of the below)

Please contact Priyanka (pgontla@eveninghour.com), Ajay (ajyrds@gmail.com) and Ramesh (rameshl@progress.com) for any details.
To register:
http://startupsaturday.headstart.in/event/87/

This is ‘Andaaz-e-bayaaN aur’

Selected Readings from Mirza Ghalib

Ghalib-e-naamavaram naam-o-nishaanam  mapurs

(I am the renowned Ghalib; ask no more)

Mirza Ghalib (1797-1859) is widely acknowledged to be the greatest and the most influential Urdu poet. Ghalib, who wrote in Persian and Urdu expanded the scope of the conventional Urdu Ghazal, lending a new dimension to the form of the classical Ghazal. His complex style, unorthodox views and approaches, and the multi-layered connotations of his verse have inspired a host of commentaries and interpretative texts by some of the most reputed poets and men of letters in Urdu. It can safely be stated that no major poet in Urdu has remained untouched by Ghalib’s pervasive influence.

Mirza Ghalib’s birth anniversary falls on December 27 and as a humble tribute to the great master, Lamakaan proposes to host an evening that would showcase selected pieces from his work—Ghazals and a few of his  celebrated letters.

Venue: Lamakaan

Date and time: Saturday, December 18, 2010, 6.30 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.

Rang De presents An Evening with Nagesh Kukunoor at Lamakaan on 10th December at 7 pm

Program Schedule:

Screening of Aashayein.

Followed by an introduuction to Rang De by Nagesh Kukunoor.

The event ends with the Rang De animation film.

The event is free and open for all. Tell your friends about it.

Visit http://rangde.org/ to know more about Rang De