Lamakaan

'One Night of Irony'-

Genre: Comedy

Philadelphia - An intense sketch on how a state of mind can mess or make your day. Al advices Mark on how to handle being in a Philadelphia, but when the student is bright even the best teachers fail to shine. You're sure to question your state of mind after this... So watch out!

Quick Stop - If you thought it's really easy to simply order a coffee to go, think again... There's much more to it than the whole universe comprehends... Is what Leslie learns when she's being attended to by a really witty waiter. Now will she, can she, turn the tables... and if yes, then how?

Sure Thing - When you truly want something, believe in it and no matter what it'll be yours... This is just what Betty and Bill are out to achieving at their chance meeting in a coffee shop, when their conversation is continually reset by the ringing of a bell, every time either one goofs up. A hilarious romantic comedy.

(Sure Thing was directed performed by Suzanne at Dramanon's SKiTS 2012 and it won Best Play, Best Director and Best Actor.)

Cast: Karan Madon, Faiz Al Haq, Suzanne Patel.

Show Date: 30th Dec 2014
Show Time: 8pm
duration: 45mins

ticket cost 100

Title: Saste Jahaj Ka Sapna


Synopsis: Current traffic problems has often led to many new discoveries. One such being an affordable
aeroplane with cheap fuel. Now, when this news hits the local market there are many who would
dream of owning it. Genda Singh is no different. Come along and witness Genda singh’s adventures in Hyderabadi Hindi

Duration: 1hr
Genre: Comedy (Hyderabadi)
Time: 8:00 p.m - 9:00 p.m

for entry passes: 7702364217, 9296153233

UDAAN Performing Arts, presents its workshop production "Anhdon Ka Haathi" written by Sharad Joshi and directed by Saurabh Gharipurikar.

About The Play - The play though written many years ago has a concept that is quite contemporary. It unfolds the political and social scenario of the country. Based on a famous wisdom tale “The Elephant of Blinds” the play is a hard-hitting satire on politicians and their approach in handling the affairs of the country.

The plot revolves around five blinds and an elephant. Sutradhar, the presenter of the play brings an elephant before five blinds and requests them to identify, recognize and gave their own interpretations of it. He also tells them to find out the possible threats from it. In the process, the blinds catch hold of different parts of the elephant’s body like trunk, ear, leg, tale and the stomach.

Here starts a fight between five blinds over their difference of opinion about the elephant. The conflict symbolizes the fight between different political ideologies and religious beliefs. The blinds represent the establishment and its handling of the National issue. In a highly intellectual manner the whole theatrical events draws the true picture of our country. When the narrator of the play tries to expose them, the blinds kill him. The play shows how the system never wants to be questioned. Anybody dares to do so has to suffer the narrator’s fate.

Written By - Sharad Joshi
Design & Direction - Saurabh Gharipurikar
Actors - Sunjit Rao, Vinayak Raikhelkar, Pranav Chausalkar, Saurabh Joshi, Jonnalagadda Radhika, Nayeem Khan.

Date - 01st & 2nd January 2015
Venue - Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Rd No 01
Time - 08:00 pm
Donor Pass - Rs. 100/ -

UDAAN Performing Arts, presents its workshop production "Anhdon Ka Haathi" written by Sharad Joshi and directed by Saurabh Gharipurikar.

About The Play - The play though written many years ago has a concept that is quite contemporary. It unfolds the political and social scenario of the country. Based on a famous wisdom tale “The Elephant of Blinds” the play is a hard-hitting satire on politicians and their approach in handling the affairs of the country.

The plot revolves around five blinds and an elephant. Sutradhar, the presenter of the play brings an elephant before five blinds and requests them to identify, recognize and gave their own interpretations of it. He also tells them to find out the possible threats from it. In the process, the blinds catch hold of different parts of the elephant’s body like trunk, ear, leg, tale and the stomach.

Here starts a fight between five blinds over their difference of opinion about the elephant. The conflict symbolizes the fight between different political ideologies and religious beliefs. The blinds represent the establishment and its handling of the National issue. In a highly intellectual manner the whole theatrical events draws the true picture of our country. When the narrator of the play tries to expose them, the blinds kill him. The play shows how the system never wants to be questioned. Anybody dares to do so has to suffer the narrator’s fate.

Written By - Sharad Joshi
Design & Direction - Saurabh Gharipurikar
Actors - Sunjit Rao, Vinayak Raikhelkar, Pranav Chausalkar, Saurabh Joshi, Jonnalagadda Radhika, Nayeem Khan.

Date - 01st & 2nd January 2015
Venue - Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Rd No 01
Time - 08:00 pm
Donor Pass - Rs. 100/ -

For more details contact Saurabh @ 9290013166

A one day talk on 'Cinema authorship'.

'Who is the cinema author? Sound? Camera? Action? or Money?' Film writer and critic Upender Apparasu will be talking seriously the four aspects of film making to arrive at a conclusion of how cinema, the 20th century art form - is a byproduct of Industrial Revolution.

An interactive session with technicians will be following the screening of "Megha Dhaka Tara" of Ritwik Ghatak and "Antuleni Katha" of K Balachandar both based on a published novel to validate the point.

All are welcome. Entry - Free

A faculty at The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), a musician, a composer, a poet, and a social activist, Negi's music fits into the genre of urban folk engaging the audience into social and political issues plaguing our society and our times. These renditions, written, composed and sung by him are simple in form yet profound in essence.

The compositions are a melange of personal and social issues encouraging the audience to ponder over some fundamental, stereotypical and preconceived societal concerns. Through this music he strikes conversations with the masses on questions whether it is worth spending the entire life trying to find God,the "eternal" or "divine" without lending attention to the issues that we face in our daily life.

A mixed bag of songs that touch upon a variety of social predicaments, be it the very relevant issue of illegal and unjust land acquisition from a farmer whose life is but synonymous to drudgery, to the quest of a newly married innocent young girl to find a sojourn for herself as she embarks upon an endless journey of responsibilities and expectations. The hopelessness and despair that is so marked of today’s common man and his experiences owing to a variety of issues is something that genuinely concerns him. It is in this wake of despondency that the listeners are egged to rethink if the efforts to find an “external” source of peace or power are worthwhile at all. Recognizing the need to restore communal harmony in a society with disintegrating values, he seeks to challenge the motives of the perpetrators of communal hatred who still exist among us, more so as they are positioned in the power centre now.

Along this journey he uses the “traditional”, but yes, only to question the “traditional” and employ the “typical” to disengage from it and look at the “atypical”, sharing his thoughts through his music in Hindi, English and Spanish.

Entry - 100/- (includes Chai Samosa) call 9640789689 for info

Verba Maximus, the annual Literary Fest of BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus is back with its fourth edition on 31st January and 1st February, 2015.
nviting students of all ages from 13 years onwards of all schools and colleges for the Hyderabad regional round of Verba Maximus 2014 - the annual literary festival of BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus.
The event will take place at Lamakaan on Sunday,4th January at 4th January, featuring a Debate - which will be held for teams of two - and a Spell Bee. Winners get prizes and a direct entry to the finals of the respective events at Verba Maximus. There is no entry fee. Do turn up and spread the word!

You can know more about us www.bitsvm.in.

Natasha Roy, a Forensic data analyst with an audit firm, finds her perfect life crumbling to pieces when the love of her life, Neil, is brutally murdered right after an ugly separation. It is then that she discovers that Neil’s friend, Ranveer, an ex-army Intelligence Bureau officer who is embittered by a heinous act during a classified mission that left him physically unfit for a field job, is the investigator on the case, with a personal vendetta to incarcerate her.
It is then that she decides to take matters in her own hand instead of watching her life fall apart like a mute spectator, by putting to use the particular set of skills that she had acquired while investigating the major financial institutions of the world. She launches a crusade that leads her to find out that the man she loved was not whom she thought he was and with every stone she turns, she finds a buried secret darker than the one before.
Exploring their unconventional ways for finding answers, they cross paths and stumble upon the truth that neither of them could have ever imagined to be the reason behind the murder.

Entry - Free

Lamakaan and Hyderabad Urban Lab invite you to a lecture/ Open discussion with Prof. Prashant Kidambi on 'Crisis' and the Making of the Modern Indian City on Sunday the 4th Jan at 4pm.


'Crisis' and the Making of the Modern Indian City
Recent years have seen an upsurge of interest in the contemporary Indian city. This ‘urban turn’ provokes a new engagement between contemporary urban research and Historical research on Indian cities. Using the key concept of 'crisis' in the making of urban India, this talk seeks to build a productive interdisciplinary dialogue on the future of Indian cities. Dr. Kidambi graduated from Nizam college, Hyderabad, JNU, Delhi and Cambridge University, UK and is currently at Director, Centre for Urban History at the University of Leicester, UK. His two main areas of research are - Indian Urban history and Social History of cricket.

Entry - Free

The Last Laugh - 4th Jan 2015, 7PM

Funny Side Up presents a theme-based comedy about the year 2014. There is a lot which happened in 2014 - life-changing events like Big Boss, small incidents like general elections, Salman Khans sister got married, Sachin scripted a book, Virat scripted a love story.
So, come and relive a few moments of the year 2014, but this time in a
funny way!
There is nothing we cannot make fun of about 2014!

Written & Performed by Funny Side Up - FSU is Hyderabad's first & foremost comedy collective feat Rajasekhar Mamidanna, Avinash Agarwal, SaiKiran, Umesh Somani & Rohit Swain. They have performed over 100 shows(Corporate, Auditorium, Private gigs, birthday parties 😛 )across Hyderabad.

for passes: 9177854713

Inviting all for a talk on youth economics by Prof. Nora Ann Colton.

A D Phil from Oxford, Prof. Nora Ann Colton is the Vice Chancellor UEL (London).

International Youth Economic Meet is one of its kind meet focused on developing better economic growth for youth by promoting affordable and quality education, entrepreneurial skills with access to venture capitalism and financial institutional support, knowledge exchange and international exposure and Girl-empowerment.

The meet will have one of the finest minds from academia, research and corporate world and youth leaders from over 7 countries.

All are welcome.

Tribute to an outstanding social scientist and Marxist.
As a tribute to Javeed Alam and his exemplary life, some of his close friends and admirers have come together in this volume with reflections on the range of themes that he pursued in his work with such intelligence and relish for some four decades: the nature of capitalism and the various angles of a Marxist response to it, the nature of secularism and liberalism and the forms of modernity which they usher in, and Gandhi’s political ideas in the context of Indian society and India’s own unfolding modernity.

The Book of Padmashree Dr. K. Ullas Karanth, The way of the Tiger was translated in Telugu. This books talks about the ecology, life cycle and conservation issues of tigers. This book is translated to spread awareness among Telugu speakers about Tiger and its conservation

The festival would be a touring festival of International Film Festival of ViBGYOR Collective(www.vibgyorfilm.org), which is conducted every year at Thrissur, Kerala.

As a forerunner, Lamakaan is holding a 2 day screenings on Sat 10th (10am 10pm) & Sun 11th (10am to 5pm) January of acclaimed documentaries.The topics the films cover are: Humanity, Livelihood, Environment, Culture, Development, Biography, Democracy, Identity, Governance, Gender, Health, Human Rights, secularism.

The schedule is:
DAY 1 (10-01-15)

10.00 am: Inauguration

Let the Butterflies Fly Gopal Menon 10.30 am, 74min. Gender
Tamam Gol (Iranian) Payam Zinalabedini 12.00 am, 30min. Gender

3D Stereo Caste Ajith Kumar AS
12.30 pm, 23min. Identity
BREAK 1:00 - 1:30
My Body My Weapon 1:30 pm, 11min. Democracy
A Struggle for Survival Vishy Teki 1:50 pm, 12min. Development
Out of Site, Out of Mine David Bradburry 2.10 pm, 14min. Environment
In the Forest Hangs a Bridge Sanjay Kak
2.35 pm, 39min. Culture/Devlopment
Saving Face (Pakistan) Daniel Jung /Sharmeen 3.25pm, 40min. Gender
Feminine Masculine (Iran) Sadaf Foroughi 4.15pm, 9min. Gender
Firdous Tushar More 4.25pm, 10min. Democracy
Jharu Katha Navroz Contractor 4.45 pm, 64min. Livelihood
Break (Shifting screening to open area) 5:55 to 6:25pm
Atom Bomb Manila C. Mohan 6.25pm, 48min. Environment
Forbidden(Egypt) Amal Ramsis 7.25pm, 67min. Democracy

Interference (Italy) Zoe D’Amaro 8.45 pm, 12min. Rights
Burma VJ: Reporting from Closed Country
Anders Ostergard 9.00pm, 90min. Democracy

DAY 2 (11/01/15)

Accsex Shweta Gosh 10.00am, 52min. Identity
Occupy Amsterdam(Netherlands) Sara Blom 11.10am, 65min. Rights
Framing the other (Ethiopia) Willliam Timmers/
Ilja Kok 12.20, 25min. Culture/Livelihood
Miss Democracy(Spain) Virginia Romera 12.45, 10min. Democracy
BREAK 1.00pm – 2.00pm
Kandhamal Unresolved
(Screening is followed by a talk and discussion by Prof. Kancha Ilaiah) Shailendra Boora 2.00pm, 70min. Secularism


In a world where differences are tolerated lesser and lesser, we celebrate the diversity of life and culture, by showcasing the beauty of the small, diverse and distinct experiences of millions of people across the globe, witnessed and retold in the form of documentary and short fiction films, by hundreds of skilled and committed filmmakers. ViBGYOR expresses the significance of each colour in the rainbow, saying it boldly that beauty comes from diversity rather than uniformity. Celebrating Identities and Diversities is the central theme of ViBGYOR International Film Festival.

Entry - Free.

The festival would be a touring festival of International Film Festival of ViBGYOR Collective(www.vibgyorfilm.org), which is conducted every year at Thrissur, Kerala.
As a forerunner, Lamakaan is holding a 2 day screenings on Sat 10th (10am 10pm) & Sun 11th (10am to 5pm) January of acclaimed documentaries.The topics the films cover are: Humanity, Livelihood, Environment, Culture, Development, Biography, Democracy, Identity, Governance, Gender, Health, Human Rights, secularism.
The films that will be shown are among; 01. Let the Butter Flies Fly, 02. Tamam Gol, 03. In the Forest Hangs a Bridge, 04. Jharu Katha, 05. Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country, 06. Saving Face, 07. 3D Stereo Caste, 08. Please Vote For me, 09. My Body My Weapon, 11. Atom Bomb, 12. Framing the Other, 13. Out of Site, Out of Mine, 15. Miss Democracy, 16. A Struggle for Survival, 17. Firdous, 18. Kaveri, 19. Accsex, 20. Anna Saru, 21. Kandhamal Unresolved.
Please check back for actual schedule.
In a world where differences are tolerated lesser and lesser, we celebrate the diversity of life and culture, by showcasing the beauty of the small, diverse and distinct experiences of millions of people across the globe, witnessed and retold in the form of documentary and short fiction films, by hundreds of skilled and committed filmmakers. ViBGYOR expresses the significance of each colour in the rainbow, saying it boldly that beauty comes from diversity rather than uniformity. Celebrating Identities and Diversities is the central theme of ViBGYOR International Film Festival.
Entry - Free.

The festival would be a touring festival of International Film Festival of ViBGYOR Collective(www.vibgyorfilm.org), which is conducted every year at Thrissur, Kerala.
As a forerunner, Lamakaan is holding a 2 day screenings on Sat 10th (10am 10pm) & Sun 11th (10am to 5pm) January of acclaimed documentaries.The topics the films cover are: Humanity, Livelihood, Environment, Culture, Development, Biography, Democracy, Identity, Governance, Gender, Health, Human Rights, secularism.
The films that will be shown are among; 01. Let the Butter Flies Fly, 02. Tamam Gol, 03. In the Forest Hangs a Bridge, 04. Jharu Katha, 05. Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country, 06. Saving Face, 07. 3D Stereo Caste, 08. Please Vote For me, 09. My Body My Weapon, 11. Atom Bomb, 12. Framing the Other, 13. Out of Site, Out of Mine, 15. Miss Democracy, 16. A Struggle for Survival, 17. Firdous, 18. Kaveri, 19. Accsex, 20. Anna Saru, 21. Kandhamal Unresolved.
Please check back for actual schedule.
In a world where differences are tolerated lesser and lesser, we celebrate the diversity of life and culture, by showcasing the beauty of the small, diverse and distinct experiences of millions of people across the globe, witnessed and retold in the form of documentary and short fiction films, by hundreds of skilled and committed filmmakers. ViBGYOR expresses the significance of each colour in the rainbow, saying it boldly that beauty comes from diversity rather than uniformity. Celebrating Identities and Diversities is the central theme of ViBGYOR International Film Festival.
Entry - Free.

Vaishali Bisht’s Theatre Workshop presents an evening of Shakespeare at its simplest: spoken and performed by children aged 11 to 16 years. Excerpts from 4 Shakespeare plays staged as the culmination of a 4 weekend workshop bringing Shakespeare’s world alive for youngsters.
Date: January 11th, 2015
Time: 7 p.m.
Entry : Free
Contact number: 9490440986

Queer Campus Hyderabad (an informal group) QueerCampus Hyderabad is an agglomeration of queer youth in Hyderabad. The focus group that we like to concentrate on is students though we entertain no age biases. This group was started, and is run by students. The main aim remains to create a safe space for students to come out and talk, express and be themselves. The basic problems such as bullying, coming out, acceptance, awareness, career guidance etc., are taken up by us. We conduct meetings every weekend on a specific pre-decided agenda though there is no compulsion to stick only to the topic. QCH is more of a support group that works as shoulder to cry on, a hand to hold you up, a hug to keep you warm and a smile to make your day. We started off recently on July 21st 2013, we conduct meeting every week and do an event every month. Till date, we've had 3 events like Queer art meet, Queer Film screening, Queer sensitization stall at Seva Mela (joy of giving week), Queer Carnival at Lamakaan, Trans Monologue by Pritham Chakravarthy at Lamakaan and Queer Film Fest at Annapurna Studios. We want to conduct an event, which is open for all (not only Queer people). Carnival is a festival marked by merriment and procession". This holds true to some extent for our event too. This is the first shot at our annual carnival. The most basic aim is to create an ice breaker for burgeoning diversity of humanity to interact.. Well, the few events that we have planned for the carnival are as below: Flea market Cultural events: • singing and dance • Drama and Theatre • Art gallery We abide to rules and regulations of Lamakaan, Please kindly do offer us space so that we can conduct our event. Thanking you Queer Campus Hyderabad

Bare Naked Poetry calls all loving listeners to Lamakaan for a night of poetry, pictures and sound. Based on the original work of Australian writer Kat Hummel--accompanied by local musician Ujjal Kumar Saha--and performed in the spirit of free expression and full disclosure, Bare Naked Poetry promises to be a night of no meter, no rhyme and no worries. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.

Samahaara Weekend Theatre Workshop

"Bring out the Actor in You"

Date: 24th Jan to 15th March, 2015
Duration: 8 Weekends
Time: 10.00am to 12.00pm, Saturday & Sunday
Venue: Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.
Ages : 14 Yrs and Above

Workshop Director: Rathna Shekar Reddy

Samahaara Weekend Theatre Workshop is for everybody from professionals to students, serious actors and acting students.

If you can find time on the weekends and want to learn the basics of stagecraft and acting, our Weekend Workshop is ideal for you. Refresh yourself from your daily grind, learn something new and unique you can use in any aspect of your life, meet likeminded people and bring out the creative side of you.

Spread over 8 weekends (16 sessions), start from essentials of story-development, playwriting, stage-management, design and direction and move on to focus on the Actor in you. Apart from acting, the workshop offers a rich mix of outdoor theatre activities, readings, analysis, discussions, & performances.

Learn about theatre’s evolution to contemporary craft, develop imagination, evaluate material and together bring out a workshop performance at the end of the program.

Contact us at 8341120303

Email info@samahaara.org

Online registrations at
https://www.payumoney.com/events/#/buyTickets/january

http://in.bookmyshow.com/events/samahaara-weekend-theatre-workshop/ET00027353

The Kalap Story - where Anand Shankar talks to people about the village and living and working in the Himalayas. Along with it we exhibit photographs and art of the place taken during the course of work.

It is a talk at 6pm and day long exhibition on Sat 24th Jan.The Kalap Story has been about a bunch of people who set out to help a remote himalayan community and the community in return left a deep imprint on them.

About Kalap:

Kalap is a village ~200 kms from Dehradun in the Tons River Valley. The community of about 450 people ranks high among the 'most remote places' in India. It is 11 kms from the nearest roadhead and at an altitude of 7,800 ft. The village is a gram panchayat and comprises the main village Kalap and the four settlements - Karba, Unani, Jhai and Dhawla.

About Kalap Trust:

Kalap Trust, is a non-profit organisation working with the people of Kalap, a remote village in the Garhwal himalayan region of Uttarakhand, India. Kalap Trust is an initiative by people who are familiar with the village and its problems. The basic idea is very simple -- 'to make Kalap a better place to live'

These are the following areas where the trust has been involved in:

1. Developing the village as a responsible tourism destination.
2. Addressing Public Health
3. Creating more livelihood options
4. Environment conservation
5. Cultural preservation.

The entry to the event is free and there is no obligation on anyone to support us. It is purely voluntary for the people to support us by buying the work.

Can India produce Mark Zuckerberg?

*What are the pre-requisites to become an entrepreneur?
*The challenges one face as an entrepreneur?
*What's the scope for youngsters & women?
*How can one continue this journey of entrepreneurship in spite of facing several challenges?

If you're also thinking on similar lines, want to know from others or have vast experience to share, pl join with us.

Anyone can attend, ENTRY FREE

Register: http://www.meetup.com/passionandlife/events/219590472/

The annual eyeball meeting of Lamakaan Amateur Radio Club.

‘Chena Kintu Ajana – Known Strangers’: A synopsis.

The history of jatra, a popular folk theatre form of Eastern India, dates back to nearly 400 years being one of the oldest performing arts of India. One of the most vibrant chapters in the history of this art form is that of female impersonators. For decades, female impersonators held centre stage across suburban and even urban Bengal when the idea of woman playing themselves on stage, was not accepted by society.
‘Chena Kintu Ajana – Known Strangers’ captures the lives and times of 15 female impersonators representing the last generation of such actors in jatra. The history of female impersonation in the art form has also been weaved in through reference to Chaitanya (15th century) and Gopal Ure (19th century). The 96 minutes film tries to showcase the acting nuances of each Rani (as impersonators were popularly referred to), reasons why they took up acting in female characters as a profession, characters portrayed by them and its significance, the popularity they enjoyed among the masses, changes in their fortune once women started appearing on stage and also their life off stage marked by extreme financial hardship and mental turmoil.

The film includes performances by the two surviving Ranis and also a new age impersonator. Six songs have also been included to give viewers a feel of the time. The content of the film also includes interviews of surviving Ranis, family members of actors who are no longer among us, jatra experts and jatra company owners.

Profiles of director and writers:

Dipankar Dutta
Director, Chena Kintu Ajana

Dipankar started his career in a film production house as an assistant cinematographer and was later took on the responsibility of a cinematographer. For s brief stint he also freelanced as a cinematographer and editor.

Dipankar also spent more than a decade with a reputed advertising agency working in their audio visual as well as creative department.

He subsequently setup his own advertising agency D3 and over the last five years have worked for reputed corporate brands strategizing and executing effective campaigns.

Chena Kintu Ajana is Dipankar’s first directorial venture in Bengali documentary.

Debojit Majumder
Researcher and Producer, Chena Kintu Ajana

Debojit has been in the communication profession for nearly a decade. Though an MBA in HR, he has never been a practicing HR professional because of his penchant for communication.

Debojit started his career in a public relations agency and spent almost five years working with reputed agencies servicing a gamut of clients belonging to different industries. It is while working on such assignments that he learnt how to plan effective media and public relation campaigns.

He has also worked in the corporate communication team of a reputed multinational corporation in the manufacturing industry. This exposure helped him develop his media network across Eastern India.

Chena Kintu Ajana is Debojit’s first documentary venture as a researcher, script writer and producer.

Entry - Free

Performing Classical Dance (Bharatnatyam)

'One Night of Irony'-

Genre: Comedy

Philadelphia - An intense sketch on how a state of mind can mess or make your day. Al advices Mark on how to handle being in a Philadelphia, but when the student is bright even the best teachers fail to shine. You're sure to question your state of mind after this... So watch out!

Quick Stop - If you thought it's really easy to simply order a coffee to go, think again... There's much more to it than the whole universe comprehends... Is what Leslie learns when she's being attended to by a really witty waiter. Now will she, can she, turn the tables... and if yes, then how?

Sure Thing - When you truly want something, believe in it and no matter what it'll be yours... This is just what Betty and Bill are out to achieving at their chance meeting in a coffee shop, when their conversation is continually reset by the ringing of a bell, every time either one goofs up. A hilarious romantic comedy.

(Sure Thing was directed performed by Suzanne at Dramanon's SKiTS 2012 and it won Best Play, Best Director and Best Actor.)

Cast: Karan Madon, Faiz Al Haq, Suzanne Patel.

Show Date: 30th Dec 2014
Show Time: 8pm
duration: 45mins

ticket cost 100

Title: Saste Jahaj Ka Sapna


Synopsis: Current traffic problems has often led to many new discoveries. One such being an affordable
aeroplane with cheap fuel. Now, when this news hits the local market there are many who would
dream of owning it. Genda Singh is no different. Come along and witness Genda singh’s adventures in Hyderabadi Hindi

Duration: 1hr
Genre: Comedy (Hyderabadi)
Time: 8:00 p.m - 9:00 p.m

for entry passes: 7702364217, 9296153233

UDAAN Performing Arts, presents its workshop production "Anhdon Ka Haathi" written by Sharad Joshi and directed by Saurabh Gharipurikar.

About The Play - The play though written many years ago has a concept that is quite contemporary. It unfolds the political and social scenario of the country. Based on a famous wisdom tale “The Elephant of Blinds” the play is a hard-hitting satire on politicians and their approach in handling the affairs of the country.

The plot revolves around five blinds and an elephant. Sutradhar, the presenter of the play brings an elephant before five blinds and requests them to identify, recognize and gave their own interpretations of it. He also tells them to find out the possible threats from it. In the process, the blinds catch hold of different parts of the elephant’s body like trunk, ear, leg, tale and the stomach.

Here starts a fight between five blinds over their difference of opinion about the elephant. The conflict symbolizes the fight between different political ideologies and religious beliefs. The blinds represent the establishment and its handling of the National issue. In a highly intellectual manner the whole theatrical events draws the true picture of our country. When the narrator of the play tries to expose them, the blinds kill him. The play shows how the system never wants to be questioned. Anybody dares to do so has to suffer the narrator’s fate.

Written By - Sharad Joshi
Design & Direction - Saurabh Gharipurikar
Actors - Sunjit Rao, Vinayak Raikhelkar, Pranav Chausalkar, Saurabh Joshi, Jonnalagadda Radhika, Nayeem Khan.

Date - 01st & 2nd January 2015
Venue - Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Rd No 01
Time - 08:00 pm
Donor Pass - Rs. 100/ -

UDAAN Performing Arts, presents its workshop production "Anhdon Ka Haathi" written by Sharad Joshi and directed by Saurabh Gharipurikar.

About The Play - The play though written many years ago has a concept that is quite contemporary. It unfolds the political and social scenario of the country. Based on a famous wisdom tale “The Elephant of Blinds” the play is a hard-hitting satire on politicians and their approach in handling the affairs of the country.

The plot revolves around five blinds and an elephant. Sutradhar, the presenter of the play brings an elephant before five blinds and requests them to identify, recognize and gave their own interpretations of it. He also tells them to find out the possible threats from it. In the process, the blinds catch hold of different parts of the elephant’s body like trunk, ear, leg, tale and the stomach.

Here starts a fight between five blinds over their difference of opinion about the elephant. The conflict symbolizes the fight between different political ideologies and religious beliefs. The blinds represent the establishment and its handling of the National issue. In a highly intellectual manner the whole theatrical events draws the true picture of our country. When the narrator of the play tries to expose them, the blinds kill him. The play shows how the system never wants to be questioned. Anybody dares to do so has to suffer the narrator’s fate.

Written By - Sharad Joshi
Design & Direction - Saurabh Gharipurikar
Actors - Sunjit Rao, Vinayak Raikhelkar, Pranav Chausalkar, Saurabh Joshi, Jonnalagadda Radhika, Nayeem Khan.

Date - 01st & 2nd January 2015
Venue - Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Rd No 01
Time - 08:00 pm
Donor Pass - Rs. 100/ -

For more details contact Saurabh @ 9290013166

A one day talk on 'Cinema authorship'.

'Who is the cinema author? Sound? Camera? Action? or Money?' Film writer and critic Upender Apparasu will be talking seriously the four aspects of film making to arrive at a conclusion of how cinema, the 20th century art form - is a byproduct of Industrial Revolution.

An interactive session with technicians will be following the screening of "Megha Dhaka Tara" of Ritwik Ghatak and "Antuleni Katha" of K Balachandar both based on a published novel to validate the point.

All are welcome. Entry - Free

A faculty at The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), a musician, a composer, a poet, and a social activist, Negi's music fits into the genre of urban folk engaging the audience into social and political issues plaguing our society and our times. These renditions, written, composed and sung by him are simple in form yet profound in essence.

The compositions are a melange of personal and social issues encouraging the audience to ponder over some fundamental, stereotypical and preconceived societal concerns. Through this music he strikes conversations with the masses on questions whether it is worth spending the entire life trying to find God,the "eternal" or "divine" without lending attention to the issues that we face in our daily life.

A mixed bag of songs that touch upon a variety of social predicaments, be it the very relevant issue of illegal and unjust land acquisition from a farmer whose life is but synonymous to drudgery, to the quest of a newly married innocent young girl to find a sojourn for herself as she embarks upon an endless journey of responsibilities and expectations. The hopelessness and despair that is so marked of today’s common man and his experiences owing to a variety of issues is something that genuinely concerns him. It is in this wake of despondency that the listeners are egged to rethink if the efforts to find an “external” source of peace or power are worthwhile at all. Recognizing the need to restore communal harmony in a society with disintegrating values, he seeks to challenge the motives of the perpetrators of communal hatred who still exist among us, more so as they are positioned in the power centre now.

Along this journey he uses the “traditional”, but yes, only to question the “traditional” and employ the “typical” to disengage from it and look at the “atypical”, sharing his thoughts through his music in Hindi, English and Spanish.

Entry - 100/- (includes Chai Samosa) call 9640789689 for info

Verba Maximus, the annual Literary Fest of BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus is back with its fourth edition on 31st January and 1st February, 2015.
nviting students of all ages from 13 years onwards of all schools and colleges for the Hyderabad regional round of Verba Maximus 2014 - the annual literary festival of BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus.
The event will take place at Lamakaan on Sunday,4th January at 4th January, featuring a Debate - which will be held for teams of two - and a Spell Bee. Winners get prizes and a direct entry to the finals of the respective events at Verba Maximus. There is no entry fee. Do turn up and spread the word!

You can know more about us www.bitsvm.in.

Natasha Roy, a Forensic data analyst with an audit firm, finds her perfect life crumbling to pieces when the love of her life, Neil, is brutally murdered right after an ugly separation. It is then that she discovers that Neil’s friend, Ranveer, an ex-army Intelligence Bureau officer who is embittered by a heinous act during a classified mission that left him physically unfit for a field job, is the investigator on the case, with a personal vendetta to incarcerate her.
It is then that she decides to take matters in her own hand instead of watching her life fall apart like a mute spectator, by putting to use the particular set of skills that she had acquired while investigating the major financial institutions of the world. She launches a crusade that leads her to find out that the man she loved was not whom she thought he was and with every stone she turns, she finds a buried secret darker than the one before.
Exploring their unconventional ways for finding answers, they cross paths and stumble upon the truth that neither of them could have ever imagined to be the reason behind the murder.

Entry - Free

Lamakaan and Hyderabad Urban Lab invite you to a lecture/ Open discussion with Prof. Prashant Kidambi on 'Crisis' and the Making of the Modern Indian City on Sunday the 4th Jan at 4pm.


'Crisis' and the Making of the Modern Indian City
Recent years have seen an upsurge of interest in the contemporary Indian city. This ‘urban turn’ provokes a new engagement between contemporary urban research and Historical research on Indian cities. Using the key concept of 'crisis' in the making of urban India, this talk seeks to build a productive interdisciplinary dialogue on the future of Indian cities. Dr. Kidambi graduated from Nizam college, Hyderabad, JNU, Delhi and Cambridge University, UK and is currently at Director, Centre for Urban History at the University of Leicester, UK. His two main areas of research are - Indian Urban history and Social History of cricket.

Entry - Free

The Last Laugh - 4th Jan 2015, 7PM

Funny Side Up presents a theme-based comedy about the year 2014. There is a lot which happened in 2014 - life-changing events like Big Boss, small incidents like general elections, Salman Khans sister got married, Sachin scripted a book, Virat scripted a love story.
So, come and relive a few moments of the year 2014, but this time in a
funny way!
There is nothing we cannot make fun of about 2014!

Written & Performed by Funny Side Up - FSU is Hyderabad's first & foremost comedy collective feat Rajasekhar Mamidanna, Avinash Agarwal, SaiKiran, Umesh Somani & Rohit Swain. They have performed over 100 shows(Corporate, Auditorium, Private gigs, birthday parties 😛 )across Hyderabad.

for passes: 9177854713

Inviting all for a talk on youth economics by Prof. Nora Ann Colton.

A D Phil from Oxford, Prof. Nora Ann Colton is the Vice Chancellor UEL (London).

International Youth Economic Meet is one of its kind meet focused on developing better economic growth for youth by promoting affordable and quality education, entrepreneurial skills with access to venture capitalism and financial institutional support, knowledge exchange and international exposure and Girl-empowerment.

The meet will have one of the finest minds from academia, research and corporate world and youth leaders from over 7 countries.

All are welcome.

Tribute to an outstanding social scientist and Marxist.
As a tribute to Javeed Alam and his exemplary life, some of his close friends and admirers have come together in this volume with reflections on the range of themes that he pursued in his work with such intelligence and relish for some four decades: the nature of capitalism and the various angles of a Marxist response to it, the nature of secularism and liberalism and the forms of modernity which they usher in, and Gandhi’s political ideas in the context of Indian society and India’s own unfolding modernity.

The Book of Padmashree Dr. K. Ullas Karanth, The way of the Tiger was translated in Telugu. This books talks about the ecology, life cycle and conservation issues of tigers. This book is translated to spread awareness among Telugu speakers about Tiger and its conservation

The festival would be a touring festival of International Film Festival of ViBGYOR Collective(www.vibgyorfilm.org), which is conducted every year at Thrissur, Kerala.

As a forerunner, Lamakaan is holding a 2 day screenings on Sat 10th (10am 10pm) & Sun 11th (10am to 5pm) January of acclaimed documentaries.The topics the films cover are: Humanity, Livelihood, Environment, Culture, Development, Biography, Democracy, Identity, Governance, Gender, Health, Human Rights, secularism.

The schedule is:
DAY 1 (10-01-15)

10.00 am: Inauguration

Let the Butterflies Fly Gopal Menon 10.30 am, 74min. Gender
Tamam Gol (Iranian) Payam Zinalabedini 12.00 am, 30min. Gender

3D Stereo Caste Ajith Kumar AS
12.30 pm, 23min. Identity
BREAK 1:00 - 1:30
My Body My Weapon 1:30 pm, 11min. Democracy
A Struggle for Survival Vishy Teki 1:50 pm, 12min. Development
Out of Site, Out of Mine David Bradburry 2.10 pm, 14min. Environment
In the Forest Hangs a Bridge Sanjay Kak
2.35 pm, 39min. Culture/Devlopment
Saving Face (Pakistan) Daniel Jung /Sharmeen 3.25pm, 40min. Gender
Feminine Masculine (Iran) Sadaf Foroughi 4.15pm, 9min. Gender
Firdous Tushar More 4.25pm, 10min. Democracy
Jharu Katha Navroz Contractor 4.45 pm, 64min. Livelihood
Break (Shifting screening to open area) 5:55 to 6:25pm
Atom Bomb Manila C. Mohan 6.25pm, 48min. Environment
Forbidden(Egypt) Amal Ramsis 7.25pm, 67min. Democracy

Interference (Italy) Zoe D’Amaro 8.45 pm, 12min. Rights
Burma VJ: Reporting from Closed Country
Anders Ostergard 9.00pm, 90min. Democracy

DAY 2 (11/01/15)

Accsex Shweta Gosh 10.00am, 52min. Identity
Occupy Amsterdam(Netherlands) Sara Blom 11.10am, 65min. Rights
Framing the other (Ethiopia) Willliam Timmers/
Ilja Kok 12.20, 25min. Culture/Livelihood
Miss Democracy(Spain) Virginia Romera 12.45, 10min. Democracy
BREAK 1.00pm – 2.00pm
Kandhamal Unresolved
(Screening is followed by a talk and discussion by Prof. Kancha Ilaiah) Shailendra Boora 2.00pm, 70min. Secularism


In a world where differences are tolerated lesser and lesser, we celebrate the diversity of life and culture, by showcasing the beauty of the small, diverse and distinct experiences of millions of people across the globe, witnessed and retold in the form of documentary and short fiction films, by hundreds of skilled and committed filmmakers. ViBGYOR expresses the significance of each colour in the rainbow, saying it boldly that beauty comes from diversity rather than uniformity. Celebrating Identities and Diversities is the central theme of ViBGYOR International Film Festival.

Entry - Free.

The festival would be a touring festival of International Film Festival of ViBGYOR Collective(www.vibgyorfilm.org), which is conducted every year at Thrissur, Kerala.
As a forerunner, Lamakaan is holding a 2 day screenings on Sat 10th (10am 10pm) & Sun 11th (10am to 5pm) January of acclaimed documentaries.The topics the films cover are: Humanity, Livelihood, Environment, Culture, Development, Biography, Democracy, Identity, Governance, Gender, Health, Human Rights, secularism.
The films that will be shown are among; 01. Let the Butter Flies Fly, 02. Tamam Gol, 03. In the Forest Hangs a Bridge, 04. Jharu Katha, 05. Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country, 06. Saving Face, 07. 3D Stereo Caste, 08. Please Vote For me, 09. My Body My Weapon, 11. Atom Bomb, 12. Framing the Other, 13. Out of Site, Out of Mine, 15. Miss Democracy, 16. A Struggle for Survival, 17. Firdous, 18. Kaveri, 19. Accsex, 20. Anna Saru, 21. Kandhamal Unresolved.
Please check back for actual schedule.
In a world where differences are tolerated lesser and lesser, we celebrate the diversity of life and culture, by showcasing the beauty of the small, diverse and distinct experiences of millions of people across the globe, witnessed and retold in the form of documentary and short fiction films, by hundreds of skilled and committed filmmakers. ViBGYOR expresses the significance of each colour in the rainbow, saying it boldly that beauty comes from diversity rather than uniformity. Celebrating Identities and Diversities is the central theme of ViBGYOR International Film Festival.
Entry - Free.

The festival would be a touring festival of International Film Festival of ViBGYOR Collective(www.vibgyorfilm.org), which is conducted every year at Thrissur, Kerala.
As a forerunner, Lamakaan is holding a 2 day screenings on Sat 10th (10am 10pm) & Sun 11th (10am to 5pm) January of acclaimed documentaries.The topics the films cover are: Humanity, Livelihood, Environment, Culture, Development, Biography, Democracy, Identity, Governance, Gender, Health, Human Rights, secularism.
The films that will be shown are among; 01. Let the Butter Flies Fly, 02. Tamam Gol, 03. In the Forest Hangs a Bridge, 04. Jharu Katha, 05. Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country, 06. Saving Face, 07. 3D Stereo Caste, 08. Please Vote For me, 09. My Body My Weapon, 11. Atom Bomb, 12. Framing the Other, 13. Out of Site, Out of Mine, 15. Miss Democracy, 16. A Struggle for Survival, 17. Firdous, 18. Kaveri, 19. Accsex, 20. Anna Saru, 21. Kandhamal Unresolved.
Please check back for actual schedule.
In a world where differences are tolerated lesser and lesser, we celebrate the diversity of life and culture, by showcasing the beauty of the small, diverse and distinct experiences of millions of people across the globe, witnessed and retold in the form of documentary and short fiction films, by hundreds of skilled and committed filmmakers. ViBGYOR expresses the significance of each colour in the rainbow, saying it boldly that beauty comes from diversity rather than uniformity. Celebrating Identities and Diversities is the central theme of ViBGYOR International Film Festival.
Entry - Free.

Vaishali Bisht’s Theatre Workshop presents an evening of Shakespeare at its simplest: spoken and performed by children aged 11 to 16 years. Excerpts from 4 Shakespeare plays staged as the culmination of a 4 weekend workshop bringing Shakespeare’s world alive for youngsters.
Date: January 11th, 2015
Time: 7 p.m.
Entry : Free
Contact number: 9490440986

Queer Campus Hyderabad (an informal group) QueerCampus Hyderabad is an agglomeration of queer youth in Hyderabad. The focus group that we like to concentrate on is students though we entertain no age biases. This group was started, and is run by students. The main aim remains to create a safe space for students to come out and talk, express and be themselves. The basic problems such as bullying, coming out, acceptance, awareness, career guidance etc., are taken up by us. We conduct meetings every weekend on a specific pre-decided agenda though there is no compulsion to stick only to the topic. QCH is more of a support group that works as shoulder to cry on, a hand to hold you up, a hug to keep you warm and a smile to make your day. We started off recently on July 21st 2013, we conduct meeting every week and do an event every month. Till date, we've had 3 events like Queer art meet, Queer Film screening, Queer sensitization stall at Seva Mela (joy of giving week), Queer Carnival at Lamakaan, Trans Monologue by Pritham Chakravarthy at Lamakaan and Queer Film Fest at Annapurna Studios. We want to conduct an event, which is open for all (not only Queer people). Carnival is a festival marked by merriment and procession". This holds true to some extent for our event too. This is the first shot at our annual carnival. The most basic aim is to create an ice breaker for burgeoning diversity of humanity to interact.. Well, the few events that we have planned for the carnival are as below: Flea market Cultural events: • singing and dance • Drama and Theatre • Art gallery We abide to rules and regulations of Lamakaan, Please kindly do offer us space so that we can conduct our event. Thanking you Queer Campus Hyderabad

Bare Naked Poetry calls all loving listeners to Lamakaan for a night of poetry, pictures and sound. Based on the original work of Australian writer Kat Hummel--accompanied by local musician Ujjal Kumar Saha--and performed in the spirit of free expression and full disclosure, Bare Naked Poetry promises to be a night of no meter, no rhyme and no worries. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.

Samahaara Weekend Theatre Workshop

"Bring out the Actor in You"

Date: 24th Jan to 15th March, 2015
Duration: 8 Weekends
Time: 10.00am to 12.00pm, Saturday & Sunday
Venue: Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.
Ages : 14 Yrs and Above

Workshop Director: Rathna Shekar Reddy

Samahaara Weekend Theatre Workshop is for everybody from professionals to students, serious actors and acting students.

If you can find time on the weekends and want to learn the basics of stagecraft and acting, our Weekend Workshop is ideal for you. Refresh yourself from your daily grind, learn something new and unique you can use in any aspect of your life, meet likeminded people and bring out the creative side of you.

Spread over 8 weekends (16 sessions), start from essentials of story-development, playwriting, stage-management, design and direction and move on to focus on the Actor in you. Apart from acting, the workshop offers a rich mix of outdoor theatre activities, readings, analysis, discussions, & performances.

Learn about theatre’s evolution to contemporary craft, develop imagination, evaluate material and together bring out a workshop performance at the end of the program.

Contact us at 8341120303

Email info@samahaara.org

Online registrations at
https://www.payumoney.com/events/#/buyTickets/january

http://in.bookmyshow.com/events/samahaara-weekend-theatre-workshop/ET00027353

The Kalap Story - where Anand Shankar talks to people about the village and living and working in the Himalayas. Along with it we exhibit photographs and art of the place taken during the course of work.

It is a talk at 6pm and day long exhibition on Sat 24th Jan.The Kalap Story has been about a bunch of people who set out to help a remote himalayan community and the community in return left a deep imprint on them.

About Kalap:

Kalap is a village ~200 kms from Dehradun in the Tons River Valley. The community of about 450 people ranks high among the 'most remote places' in India. It is 11 kms from the nearest roadhead and at an altitude of 7,800 ft. The village is a gram panchayat and comprises the main village Kalap and the four settlements - Karba, Unani, Jhai and Dhawla.

About Kalap Trust:

Kalap Trust, is a non-profit organisation working with the people of Kalap, a remote village in the Garhwal himalayan region of Uttarakhand, India. Kalap Trust is an initiative by people who are familiar with the village and its problems. The basic idea is very simple -- 'to make Kalap a better place to live'

These are the following areas where the trust has been involved in:

1. Developing the village as a responsible tourism destination.
2. Addressing Public Health
3. Creating more livelihood options
4. Environment conservation
5. Cultural preservation.

The entry to the event is free and there is no obligation on anyone to support us. It is purely voluntary for the people to support us by buying the work.

Can India produce Mark Zuckerberg?

*What are the pre-requisites to become an entrepreneur?
*The challenges one face as an entrepreneur?
*What's the scope for youngsters & women?
*How can one continue this journey of entrepreneurship in spite of facing several challenges?

If you're also thinking on similar lines, want to know from others or have vast experience to share, pl join with us.

Anyone can attend, ENTRY FREE

Register: http://www.meetup.com/passionandlife/events/219590472/

The annual eyeball meeting of Lamakaan Amateur Radio Club.

‘Chena Kintu Ajana – Known Strangers’: A synopsis.

The history of jatra, a popular folk theatre form of Eastern India, dates back to nearly 400 years being one of the oldest performing arts of India. One of the most vibrant chapters in the history of this art form is that of female impersonators. For decades, female impersonators held centre stage across suburban and even urban Bengal when the idea of woman playing themselves on stage, was not accepted by society.
‘Chena Kintu Ajana – Known Strangers’ captures the lives and times of 15 female impersonators representing the last generation of such actors in jatra. The history of female impersonation in the art form has also been weaved in through reference to Chaitanya (15th century) and Gopal Ure (19th century). The 96 minutes film tries to showcase the acting nuances of each Rani (as impersonators were popularly referred to), reasons why they took up acting in female characters as a profession, characters portrayed by them and its significance, the popularity they enjoyed among the masses, changes in their fortune once women started appearing on stage and also their life off stage marked by extreme financial hardship and mental turmoil.

The film includes performances by the two surviving Ranis and also a new age impersonator. Six songs have also been included to give viewers a feel of the time. The content of the film also includes interviews of surviving Ranis, family members of actors who are no longer among us, jatra experts and jatra company owners.

Profiles of director and writers:

Dipankar Dutta
Director, Chena Kintu Ajana

Dipankar started his career in a film production house as an assistant cinematographer and was later took on the responsibility of a cinematographer. For s brief stint he also freelanced as a cinematographer and editor.

Dipankar also spent more than a decade with a reputed advertising agency working in their audio visual as well as creative department.

He subsequently setup his own advertising agency D3 and over the last five years have worked for reputed corporate brands strategizing and executing effective campaigns.

Chena Kintu Ajana is Dipankar’s first directorial venture in Bengali documentary.

Debojit Majumder
Researcher and Producer, Chena Kintu Ajana

Debojit has been in the communication profession for nearly a decade. Though an MBA in HR, he has never been a practicing HR professional because of his penchant for communication.

Debojit started his career in a public relations agency and spent almost five years working with reputed agencies servicing a gamut of clients belonging to different industries. It is while working on such assignments that he learnt how to plan effective media and public relation campaigns.

He has also worked in the corporate communication team of a reputed multinational corporation in the manufacturing industry. This exposure helped him develop his media network across Eastern India.

Chena Kintu Ajana is Debojit’s first documentary venture as a researcher, script writer and producer.

Entry - Free