Lamakaan

Lamakaan will host a special evening dedicated to the works of acclaimed Kurdish-Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi this February. Scheduled for Wednesday evening, the festival brings together cinephiles, students, and lovers of world cinema to experience Ghobadi’s powerful storytelling that blends poetic realism with the struggles and resilience of Kurdish life.

About the Director: Bahman Ghobadi, born on February 1, 1969, in Baneh, Kurdistan Province, Iran, is a Kurdish-Iranian filmmaker celebrated for his poignant storytelling that blends poetic realism with the lived struggles of Kurdish communities. Educated in film directing at Iran Broadcasting College, Ghobadi rose to international prominence with his debut feature A Time for Drunken Horses (2000), which won the Caméra d'Or at Cannes. His subsequent films, including Turtles Can Fly (2004), Half Moon (2006), and No One Knows About Persian Cats (2009), further cemented his reputation as a filmmaker who captures resilience, identity, and the human spirit against the backdrop of political and social upheaval.

Film Title: MAROONED IN IRAQ | 2002 | 108 Mins | Iran | Kurdish/Persian with English Subtitles.

About the film: "Marooned in Iraq" is a 2002 Iranian film directed by Bahman Ghobadi, set during the Iran-Iraq war. The movie follows Mirza, a famous Kurdish musician, and his two sons as they embark on a journey to find Mirza's ex-wife, Hanareh, who is in trouble in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Screening followed by Discussion. All are Welcome. Entry is free and open to all!

Join us for the introduction of Kadadaaka Neeventee, an independent film crafted without external backing, fueled only by the support of friends. Set against the backdrop of 1980–2002, this rural romance explores and questions the social disparities of the time.

My goal is to introduce this project to the artistic community at Lamakaan before its official release. We seek your presence and support!

Sign Language Workship to be conducted by the Rotaract Club of Secunderabad Medicos, along with a deaf enabled foundation to teach the basics of sign language to students currently studying in medical college in Hyderabad, to held aid future doctors know basics of sign language to communicate with specially abled people.

Does is matter any more? BUDGET 2026-27

Given the changes in development strategy and economic planning, what role does the Annual budget play? A weak exchange rate, growing trade deficits, poor export growth within the fastest growing major economy in the world. What does all this mean for India today?

By:- Amir Ullah Khan, he is a professional economist and professor who works on development issues primarily in the health, education, and agriculture sectors. Prof. Khan has worked for the Ministry of Finance, Government of India and the UNDP at Project LARGE (Legal Adjustments and Reforms for Globalising the Economy)

Create Your Vision

Vision Board Making and Relaxation Event

Step into a slow creative space designed for reflection clarity and calm
This session invites you to pause dream and visually express your goals through vision board making and journaling

We will be providing all the materials you need including a blank canvas stickers decorative elements and art supplies so you can freely bring your visions to life
You will have access to unlimited materials to create without limits

Whether you want to map out your goals intentions or simply create something that feels like you this space is yours

If you are a junk journal lover feel free to bring your own journal and personalize it using the materials provided
Soft music mindful creativity and a relaxed atmosphere will guide the experience

Prior booking fee is 599
On the spot registration fee is 699

Cute goodies will be awarded for the best vision board

Come as you are
Create at your own pace
Leave with clarity inspiration and something meaningful made by you

No prior art experience needed
All materials provided
A calm and creative space to unwind

For registrations please contact or whatsapp - 9177300699

Hyderabad Bookworms' Movie of the Month meetup. Meet your fellow bookworms, as we enjoy a movie adapted from a book or a play, share thoughts, compare with source material, and discuss its cultural relevance. This event is organised once a month, movie is chosen based on poll on our discord server. (dm for the link to the server!) movies can be in any language, as long as supplied with subtitles, preferably under two hours, so that there is enough time for some sweet discussion! instagram: @hyderabadbookworms

My name is Rakesh Rootsman Rak, and I am a UK Citizen and have been a living in multiple countries for 30 years.

For many years, I was defined by what I was against, which eventually led to a wall of total burnout. I realised that while I knew exactly what organisations were doing wrong, I had not yet mastered how to do things right within a community. Since then, I have shifted my focus to building a life and projects that are "for" something, creating systems that are right for humans, animals and Mother Nature.

How I can support you
I specialize in practical self reliance and, more importantly, collaborative working. I can help your community with:

Governance and Harmony: I have helped several eco villages and networks move from the brink of collapse and shouting matches to becoming thriving, loving associations that make good decisions together.

Food Growing: Teaching how to grow food in a way that encourages animals and insects to come and go of their own free will without exploitation.

Self Reliance for Free: Making fermented foods and essentials from scratch, such as creating apple cider vinegar from apple scraps, as well as making soaps, toothpastes and cleaning powders.

Eco Infrastructure: Designing and building houses, stoves and off grid energy systems like solar, wind and pedal power.

My goal is to build a model of governance that feels sustainable. We can achieve our mission without losing ourselves to frustration and burnout.

Description:- PARK a powerful play by Manav Kaul
Directed by - Sriram Vader
PARK - is set in a quiet public park where two strangers begin an unremarkable conversation. What starts as casual, almost mundane talk gradually reveals subtle layers of curiosity, hesitation, and guarded honesty. The characters move between light humor and thoughtful pauses, suggesting that even ordinary encounters carry unspoken questions. The open setting feels familiar, yet there’s a gentle sense that more is being exchanged than just words. As the conversation unfolds, small details begin to matter in unexpected ways. Without dramatic twists, the play quietly invites the audience to notice how people reveal themselves - slowly, carefully, and sometimes unintentionally. In its simplicity, Park lingers as a reflection on chance meetings and the quiet complexity of human interaction.

Lamakaan will host a special evening dedicated to the works of acclaimed Kurdish-Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi this February. Scheduled for Wednesday evening, the festival brings together cinephiles, students, and lovers of world cinema to experience Ghobadi’s powerful storytelling that blends poetic realism with the struggles and resilience of Kurdish life.

About the Director: Bahman Ghobadi, born on February 1, 1969, in Baneh, Kurdistan Province, Iran, is a Kurdish-Iranian filmmaker celebrated for his poignant storytelling that blends poetic realism with the lived struggles of Kurdish communities. Educated in film directing at Iran Broadcasting College, Ghobadi rose to international prominence with his debut feature A Time for Drunken Horses (2000), which won the Caméra d'Or at Cannes. His subsequent films, including Turtles Can Fly (2004), Half Moon (2006), and No One Knows About Persian Cats (2009), further cemented his reputation as a filmmaker who captures resilience, identity, and the human spirit against the backdrop of political and social upheaval.

Film Title: HALF MOON | 2006 | 114 Mins | Iran, France, Austria, and Iraq | Kurdish with English Subtitles.

About the film: Half Moon (Sorani Kurdish: نیوەمانگ, romanized: Nîwemaň) is a 2006 internationally co-produced Kurdish comedy-drama film directed by Bahman Ghobadi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Behnam Behzadi, partly inspired by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem. The film stars Ismail Ghaffari as Mamo, an old legendary musician, who sets to trespass the borders of Iranian Kurdistan to give one final concert in Iraqi Kurdistan with his 10 sons.

Half Moon is a part of the New Crowned Hope film series, a celebration of the 250th birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The film is an international co-production of Iran, Austria, France and Iraq.

Screening followed by Discussion. All are Welcome. Entry is free and open to all!

Bridging the Gap: Analogue and AI is a 4 hours, dialogue-driven workshop that brings together people from traditionally analogue disciplines such as arts, humanities, social sciences, craft, activism, and education with practitioners working in AI and digital systems.

Through a fireside conversation, structured small-group networking, lightning perspectives, and an open floor discussion, the event explores how human intuition, lived experience, and cultural knowledge intersect with artificial intelligence.

This is not a technical training session. It is a space for reflection, exchange, and collaborative sense-making on how analogue and AI worlds meet and influence one another.

Tejas Academy of Arts, founded in 2022 by Guru Tejaswi Prasad, presents a Kuchipudi recital performed by its students. With over 15 years of national and international performance experience, Guru Tejaswi Prasad brings tradition and grace to the stage.

Maruvan Discussion Forum in association with Lamakaan invites you to a Book discussion

on ‘ VAANGMAYA CHARITRALO VYAASA GHATTAALU’,
eminent Telugu and Sanskrit scholar Dr. Elchuri Muralidhara Rao’s magnum opus (essays) on certain problematic and complex issues/themes in the history of Telugu and Sanskrit literatures pertaining mainly to authorship, authorial historicity, authentic text etc., and his considered solutions to them.

The book also has a number of his other accomplished prose writings : introductions, reviews, elucidations/commentaries, memoirs etc.

Organiser: ‘Maruvam’ Discussion Forum/Convenor: Sumanaspati Reddy. m:96761 80802

All are Welcome!

Performing Classical Dance (Bharatnatyam)

Lamakaan will host a special evening dedicated to the works of acclaimed Kurdish-Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi this February. Scheduled for Wednesday evening, the festival brings together cinephiles, students, and lovers of world cinema to experience Ghobadi’s powerful storytelling that blends poetic realism with the struggles and resilience of Kurdish life.

About the Director: Bahman Ghobadi, born on February 1, 1969, in Baneh, Kurdistan Province, Iran, is a Kurdish-Iranian filmmaker celebrated for his poignant storytelling that blends poetic realism with the lived struggles of Kurdish communities. Educated in film directing at Iran Broadcasting College, Ghobadi rose to international prominence with his debut feature A Time for Drunken Horses (2000), which won the Caméra d'Or at Cannes. His subsequent films, including Turtles Can Fly (2004), Half Moon (2006), and No One Knows About Persian Cats (2009), further cemented his reputation as a filmmaker who captures resilience, identity, and the human spirit against the backdrop of political and social upheaval.

Film Title: MAROONED IN IRAQ | 2002 | 108 Mins | Iran | Kurdish/Persian with English Subtitles.

About the film: "Marooned in Iraq" is a 2002 Iranian film directed by Bahman Ghobadi, set during the Iran-Iraq war. The movie follows Mirza, a famous Kurdish musician, and his two sons as they embark on a journey to find Mirza's ex-wife, Hanareh, who is in trouble in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Screening followed by Discussion. All are Welcome. Entry is free and open to all!

Join us for the introduction of Kadadaaka Neeventee, an independent film crafted without external backing, fueled only by the support of friends. Set against the backdrop of 1980–2002, this rural romance explores and questions the social disparities of the time.

My goal is to introduce this project to the artistic community at Lamakaan before its official release. We seek your presence and support!

Sign Language Workship to be conducted by the Rotaract Club of Secunderabad Medicos, along with a deaf enabled foundation to teach the basics of sign language to students currently studying in medical college in Hyderabad, to held aid future doctors know basics of sign language to communicate with specially abled people.

Does is matter any more? BUDGET 2026-27

Given the changes in development strategy and economic planning, what role does the Annual budget play? A weak exchange rate, growing trade deficits, poor export growth within the fastest growing major economy in the world. What does all this mean for India today?

By:- Amir Ullah Khan, he is a professional economist and professor who works on development issues primarily in the health, education, and agriculture sectors. Prof. Khan has worked for the Ministry of Finance, Government of India and the UNDP at Project LARGE (Legal Adjustments and Reforms for Globalising the Economy)

Create Your Vision

Vision Board Making and Relaxation Event

Step into a slow creative space designed for reflection clarity and calm
This session invites you to pause dream and visually express your goals through vision board making and journaling

We will be providing all the materials you need including a blank canvas stickers decorative elements and art supplies so you can freely bring your visions to life
You will have access to unlimited materials to create without limits

Whether you want to map out your goals intentions or simply create something that feels like you this space is yours

If you are a junk journal lover feel free to bring your own journal and personalize it using the materials provided
Soft music mindful creativity and a relaxed atmosphere will guide the experience

Prior booking fee is 599
On the spot registration fee is 699

Cute goodies will be awarded for the best vision board

Come as you are
Create at your own pace
Leave with clarity inspiration and something meaningful made by you

No prior art experience needed
All materials provided
A calm and creative space to unwind

For registrations please contact or whatsapp - 9177300699

Hyderabad Bookworms' Movie of the Month meetup. Meet your fellow bookworms, as we enjoy a movie adapted from a book or a play, share thoughts, compare with source material, and discuss its cultural relevance. This event is organised once a month, movie is chosen based on poll on our discord server. (dm for the link to the server!) movies can be in any language, as long as supplied with subtitles, preferably under two hours, so that there is enough time for some sweet discussion! instagram: @hyderabadbookworms

My name is Rakesh Rootsman Rak, and I am a UK Citizen and have been a living in multiple countries for 30 years.

For many years, I was defined by what I was against, which eventually led to a wall of total burnout. I realised that while I knew exactly what organisations were doing wrong, I had not yet mastered how to do things right within a community. Since then, I have shifted my focus to building a life and projects that are "for" something, creating systems that are right for humans, animals and Mother Nature.

How I can support you
I specialize in practical self reliance and, more importantly, collaborative working. I can help your community with:

Governance and Harmony: I have helped several eco villages and networks move from the brink of collapse and shouting matches to becoming thriving, loving associations that make good decisions together.

Food Growing: Teaching how to grow food in a way that encourages animals and insects to come and go of their own free will without exploitation.

Self Reliance for Free: Making fermented foods and essentials from scratch, such as creating apple cider vinegar from apple scraps, as well as making soaps, toothpastes and cleaning powders.

Eco Infrastructure: Designing and building houses, stoves and off grid energy systems like solar, wind and pedal power.

My goal is to build a model of governance that feels sustainable. We can achieve our mission without losing ourselves to frustration and burnout.

Description:- PARK a powerful play by Manav Kaul
Directed by - Sriram Vader
PARK - is set in a quiet public park where two strangers begin an unremarkable conversation. What starts as casual, almost mundane talk gradually reveals subtle layers of curiosity, hesitation, and guarded honesty. The characters move between light humor and thoughtful pauses, suggesting that even ordinary encounters carry unspoken questions. The open setting feels familiar, yet there’s a gentle sense that more is being exchanged than just words. As the conversation unfolds, small details begin to matter in unexpected ways. Without dramatic twists, the play quietly invites the audience to notice how people reveal themselves - slowly, carefully, and sometimes unintentionally. In its simplicity, Park lingers as a reflection on chance meetings and the quiet complexity of human interaction.

Lamakaan will host a special evening dedicated to the works of acclaimed Kurdish-Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi this February. Scheduled for Wednesday evening, the festival brings together cinephiles, students, and lovers of world cinema to experience Ghobadi’s powerful storytelling that blends poetic realism with the struggles and resilience of Kurdish life.

About the Director: Bahman Ghobadi, born on February 1, 1969, in Baneh, Kurdistan Province, Iran, is a Kurdish-Iranian filmmaker celebrated for his poignant storytelling that blends poetic realism with the lived struggles of Kurdish communities. Educated in film directing at Iran Broadcasting College, Ghobadi rose to international prominence with his debut feature A Time for Drunken Horses (2000), which won the Caméra d'Or at Cannes. His subsequent films, including Turtles Can Fly (2004), Half Moon (2006), and No One Knows About Persian Cats (2009), further cemented his reputation as a filmmaker who captures resilience, identity, and the human spirit against the backdrop of political and social upheaval.

Film Title: HALF MOON | 2006 | 114 Mins | Iran, France, Austria, and Iraq | Kurdish with English Subtitles.

About the film: Half Moon (Sorani Kurdish: نیوەمانگ, romanized: Nîwemaň) is a 2006 internationally co-produced Kurdish comedy-drama film directed by Bahman Ghobadi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Behnam Behzadi, partly inspired by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem. The film stars Ismail Ghaffari as Mamo, an old legendary musician, who sets to trespass the borders of Iranian Kurdistan to give one final concert in Iraqi Kurdistan with his 10 sons.

Half Moon is a part of the New Crowned Hope film series, a celebration of the 250th birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The film is an international co-production of Iran, Austria, France and Iraq.

Screening followed by Discussion. All are Welcome. Entry is free and open to all!

Bridging the Gap: Analogue and AI is a 4 hours, dialogue-driven workshop that brings together people from traditionally analogue disciplines such as arts, humanities, social sciences, craft, activism, and education with practitioners working in AI and digital systems.

Through a fireside conversation, structured small-group networking, lightning perspectives, and an open floor discussion, the event explores how human intuition, lived experience, and cultural knowledge intersect with artificial intelligence.

This is not a technical training session. It is a space for reflection, exchange, and collaborative sense-making on how analogue and AI worlds meet and influence one another.

Tejas Academy of Arts, founded in 2022 by Guru Tejaswi Prasad, presents a Kuchipudi recital performed by its students. With over 15 years of national and international performance experience, Guru Tejaswi Prasad brings tradition and grace to the stage.

Maruvan Discussion Forum in association with Lamakaan invites you to a Book discussion

on ‘ VAANGMAYA CHARITRALO VYAASA GHATTAALU’,
eminent Telugu and Sanskrit scholar Dr. Elchuri Muralidhara Rao’s magnum opus (essays) on certain problematic and complex issues/themes in the history of Telugu and Sanskrit literatures pertaining mainly to authorship, authorial historicity, authentic text etc., and his considered solutions to them.

The book also has a number of his other accomplished prose writings : introductions, reviews, elucidations/commentaries, memoirs etc.

Organiser: ‘Maruvam’ Discussion Forum/Convenor: Sumanaspati Reddy. m:96761 80802

All are Welcome!