Lamakaan

Write Club Hyderabad helps you pen your thoughts, spill your mind and finally make an appointment with the writer in your head. We conduct free, weekly events that foster writing. Our Meetups aim at helping writers reach their goals in a supportive, collaborative, social setting. Writing doesn't have to be all by oneself. We welcome anyone who writes, regardless of genre, language or age. We have members writing novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays, essays, school reports and more. What we do, basically: One of the members of Write Club (anyone with a participation count over 2 consecutive meetups) hosts a session. They bring forth a theme and writing exercises. We all then write to the host’s prompts and guidelines for about an hour. Once we're done writing, we read out our write-ups (optional). We also exchange feedback and constructively critique each other's works. Entry is free, anyone with an interest in writing can walk in. Bring your writing devices and we’re all set! We promise to provide you with good coffee and a super-creative conversation. We have Write Club sessions every Saturday afternoon – 3 to 6 PM

the workshop on

Self-care and the Collective: Queer lives, Queer spaces

Hindustani classical music is a heritage that has evolved through the centuries. It is a blend of ritualistic, folk and cultural expression of the sub-continent and represents music of different genres. The two singers, namely, Barnali and Anindita, will explore the integration of native and folk traditions with Hindustani classical music. This type of collaborative performance, stepping outside of the traditional bounds of Indian classical music, will be an experimental endeavour.

A Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) session to come together and dwell deeper into the self.

DMT is the organic use of free movements to connect with our inner selves in the presence of facilitators and an intimate community.

Eleanor's Secret (original French title Kérity, la maison des contes) is a 2009 Franco-Italian animated feature film directed by Dominique Monféry. It won the special distinction prize at the 2010 Annecy International Animated Film Festival

Bitter Chocolate is a book written by journalist and author Pinki Virani, published in 2000.

We have adapted several case studies from the book and constructed a narrative-based
show with subtle performances.
Bitter Chocolate provides an unapologetic and honest look at the rampant problem of child
sexual abuse in our country. Both the book and the author Pinki Virani have won the National
Award. This book is the first of its kind in the Indian sub-continent not only on the subject of child
sexual abuse, but also including previously unrevealed case studies and long term side effects.
It has broken Indian publishing records in non-fiction by recently celebrating its silver jubilee
edition. Pinki Virani has also been lauded internationally for being the first person, and woman,
in the Indian sub-continent to stand up publicly and bravely talk about the sexual abuse in her
childhood which included incest and rape. She has worked with three central governments
and bureaucrats to ensure a set of strict laws against child sexual abuse. The law Protection of
Children from Sexual Offenses Act passed in 2012, includes four of her suggestions.

nenu na camera short film

An evening with full of the music from North Indian Classical genre to mesmerise the audience for the first time with a Sarod by Shri Srinjoy Mukherjee(Kolkata)and Tabla by Sri Nilimesh Chakraborty(Kolkata).

Details- Srinjoy Mukherjee(Sarod)- Srinjoy Mukherjee has recieve many accolades in his musical career through several performances all over India and abroad.The training started firstly with Late. Pt Kamal Mallick and then after with the very famous Ustad Amaan Ali Khan of the Senia-Bangash Gharana.The distinct implementation of the Sarod from Rabab has emerged into his play. He also had the rare opportunity to learn and perform with his dada-guru Padmavibhushan Ustad Amjad Ali Khan. He is a graduated with the First class 1st in M.A from the Rabindra Bharti University(kolkata) Nilimesh Chakraborty(Tabla)- Nilimesh was born in a musical family.He began his training under his uncle Shri Ajay Chakraborty of Lucknow Gharana, then with Sri Debasish Majumdar of Farukkabad Gharana and then after he is currently under the training of the legendary guru Pt.Swapan Siva of Farukkabad Gharana. The distinct style of his Tabla solo and accompaniment has made him perform at several prestigious concerts in India and abroad. He has the rare opportunity to perform with his guru on stage and mesmerise the audiences. He has the rarest opportunity to accompany many legends like Late Pt.Kamal Mallick,Pt. Parthosarothy,Pt.Joydeep Ghosh,Pt,Kushal Das,Ustad Amaan Ali khan,Ustad Rashid khan to name a few. He is the first and youngest tabla player to accompany the doyen of sarod Padmavibhushan Ustad Amjad Ali khan. He is also an empaneled artist of the government of India under the I.C.C.R and S.P.I.C.M.A.C.A.Y. In educational field he is graduated in English honours from the Calcutta University

This november, as part of the japanese film retrospective we(cinephiles film club) are planning to screen FIVE critically acclaimed films from japan, this is the FOURTH movie from the list, expected to be screened on fourth wednesday of this novemeber.

movie title : Intentions of murder (1964)
country : Japan
synopsis:
A housewife living under her tyrannical husband has her life stressfully turned upside down after getting raped by a burglar.
Genre: Drama
Plan for the event:
1. Introduction to the film (10 minutes)
2. Screening @7:40 pm sharp (Runtime: 150 mins)
3. Post screening discussion (15 minutes)

In dystopia, we intend to explore the impact that radical technologies will have on our lives. From the advent of AI, cryptocurrencies, decentralised and distributed digital ledgers, internet of things, immersive virtual reality/augmented reality, 3D printing and powered exoskeleton in mainstream markets to extensive research being made in areas such as nanotech, brain-computer interface, synthetic biology to endeavours in speculative tech such as cryonics, artificial uterus and radical life extension.

From Desh-Prem to Rashtra-vaad: Rise of the Assertive and Insecure Indian

Talk by Vipul Rikhi
followed by songs of Kabir

How do we understand or relate to the current climate of aggressive 'nationalism', and are there different models for expressing and sharing a love of the country? This talk by Vipul Rikhi touches on aspects of insecurity and identity crisis which may lie at the root of streaks of assertion and aggression by which the 'nation' is sought to be defined. Drawing upon local wisdom traditions and figures such as Kabir and Tagore, the talk aims to offer a broader understanding of self as well as country, and how the two may be related.

The talk will be followed by some songs of Kabir, performed by Vipul Rikhi.

We are a group of people wants to meet and discuss on projects and plans.

Write Club Hyderabad helps you pen your thoughts, spill your mind and finally make an appointment with the writer in your head. We conduct free, weekly events that foster writing. Our Meetups aim at helping writers reach their goals in a supportive, collaborative, social setting. Writing doesn't have to be all by oneself. We welcome anyone who writes, regardless of genre, language or age. We have members writing novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays, essays, school reports and more. What we do, basically: One of the members of Write Club (anyone with a participation count over 2 consecutive meetups) hosts a session. They bring forth a theme and writing exercises. We all then write to the host’s prompts and guidelines for about an hour. Once we're done writing, we read out our write-ups (optional). We also exchange feedback and constructively critique each other's works. Entry is free, anyone with an interest in writing can walk in. Bring your writing devices and we’re all set! We promise to provide you with good coffee and a super-creative conversation. We have Write Club sessions every Saturday afternoon – 3 to 6 PM

The purpose of meeting is to inform the members about the activities of "Institute of Happiness" an NGO committed to the objective of HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS. It would introduce the members to its aims, objectives, philosophy and action plans.

This is my first book, which has poems written in Hindi about my life experiences. By education I am an Engineer and currently working as a Manager in a MNC. I am from a small village in Telangana, who has experienced various forms of life. This book has all emotions and my reflections on various situation I've seen in my life.

I'm looking for Nov25th,6.30 pm to 7.30 pm.
Could you please block this slot. Because this slot is shown as available in the scheduler but I'm unable to book.

Raindrops Chasing Raindrops is a book of haibun and hybrid poetry by Paresh Tiwari a poet, writer and cartoonist in the body of a Naval Officer renowned for his impressive hold on the sub-genre of Japanese poetry. His book Raindrops Chasing Raindrops published by "i write imprint" that came out this October rose to number 16 on the most read books of poetry on amazon.in afterspending only one week on the shelf. His poignant and precise writing is the envy of many and this programme will invlove him reading his works from this new collection and interacting with the members of the audience with his genuine interest in sharing the form of the haibun.

A screening and a talk on a documentary film "on any Sunday".
On Any Sunday is a 1971 American documentary film about motorcycle sport, directed by Bruce Brown.

kafan by munshi premchand

A lower caste father and his son are poor labourers in a village. An emergency occurs when the son's wife dies while giving birth to a child and the family has no money to cremate the body of the dead woman. The lazy duo ask for money from the village zamindar and other members of the society. However, they use the money they get on liquor and food instead.

Gauri Lankesh (1962–2017) was the editor of Gauri Lankesh Patrike. Starting her career as an English language print journa-list, she worked for the Times of India and Sunday magazine, and was chief of bureau, ETV News, New Delhi. After her father died, she took over the editorship of Lankesh Patrike, the weekly tabloid that he had founded in 1980. She joined the Karnataka Communal Harmony Forum in 2003 to counter the Sangh Parivar’s campaign to take over the syncretic dargah at Bababudangiri in Chikmagalur district. As an activist and journalist, she stood at the forefront of several struggles for justice, equality and love. She was shot dead outside her home in Bengaluru on 5 September 2017 by unidentified gunmen.
Chandan Gowda, editor of the English book, teaches at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru. He has translated U.R. Ananthamurthy’s Bara (OUP, 2016) and editedTheatres of Democracy: Selected Essays of Shiv Visvananthan (HarperCollins, 2016).
Kavita Lankesh, Gauri's sister, is a director, screenplay writer and a lyricist who predominantly works in the Kannada cinema industry.
The Gauri Lankesh reader is a collection of Gauri's articles translated into Telugu (24 articles from English, 21 from Kannada) and one interview, coupled with 6 tributes to Gauri. This is the book that will be released at the meet where Chandan and Kavita will speak, there will be readings from the book in both Telugu and English and plenty of time for a discussion.

A film on Gauri will be screened before/after the meet.

There will be a press meet from 4 pm to 5 pm at Lamakaan where Kavita and Chandan will speak and respond. Reporters and photographers are invited.

Man Fakiri – Sufiana Concert Series

Man Fakiri – Sufiana Concert Series is a week long music festival which will take place in Hyderabad from 25 to 29th November 2017 at three different venues, viz. Shilparamam, Lamakaan and Alliance Française. The festival has been conceptualized keeping in mind the traditions of Sufism, Bhakti movement and other similar oral traditions of India. S. S. Negi from Hyderbad and Vipul Rikhi from Bangalore will collaborate with other accompanying artists to explore the traditions of Bhakti movement, Sufism, Baul, etc. through poetry and music. The festival will travel to Delhi in December and later to other parts of the country. Following is the brief profile of the artists participating in the festival.

S. S. Negi

S. S. Negi teaches at the Department of Hispanic Studies, The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad. A self-trained singer-songwriter and poet, he is deeply influenced by the folk, Sufism, Bhakti traditions and classical music of India and various other musical expressions. He founded the band Indian Folks in 2012 and worked with the band as vocalist-cum-rhythm guitarist fusing the Indian folk music with Indian classical and western soft rock. Over the last few years, Negi has performed in different parts of the country and abroad as well. He released a studio album Safar in October 2016 (with seven original numbers in Hindi and Spanish). The album was received quite warmly on the leading music portals like www.gaana.com, www.itunes.com www.saavn.com, etc.

Vipul Rikhi

Vipul Rikhi lives in Bangalore and writes, translates, sings, plays and performs. A poet, fiction writer, translator and singer, his current work with Kabir Project includes extensive writings on and translations of a wide range of mystic poetry, as well as the creation of a vast digital archive of Bhakti, Sufi and Baul music called Ajab Shahar. In the course of these journeys, he developed a deep love for singing mystic poetry in the folk music traditions. In his performances, he likes to bring equal emphasis to the poetry and its insights as to the sheer beauty of the folk tunes. He was a Fellow for Literature at the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Germany in 2010-11, and is the author of a novel, 2012 Nights, and collections of poetry and short stories. He has released a studio album Man Fakiri, a collection of songs by various Sufi and Bhakti poets like Kabir, Sattar Das, Gorakhnath, etc.

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Man Fakiri – Sufiana Concert Series

Man Fakiri – Sufiana Concert Series is a week long music festival which will take place in Hyderabad from 25 to 29th November 2017 at three different venues, viz. Shilparamam, Lamakaan and Alliance Française. The festival has been conceptualized keeping in mind the traditions of Sufism, Bhakti movement and other similar oral traditions of India. S. S. Negi from Hyderbad and Vipul Rikhi from Bangalore will collaborate with other accompanying artists to explore the traditions of Bhakti movement, Sufism, Baul, etc. through poetry and music. The festival will travel to Delhi in December and later to other parts of the country.

This november, as part of the japanese film retrospective we(cinephiles film club) are planning to screen 5 critically acclaimed films from japan, this is the final movie from the list, expected to be screened on fifth wednesday of this novemeber.

movie title : Audition (1999)
country : Japan
synopsis:
A widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all.

Genre: Horror,Drama , Mystery
Plan for the event:
1. Introduction to the film (10 minutes)
2. Screening @7:40 pm sharp (Runtime: 115 mins)
3. Post screening discussion (15 minutes)

Democracy behind bars - A case study of Prof GN Saibaba
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The recent heart wrenching letter written by Professor GN Saibaba to his partner Vasantha haven't received any mainstream media's attention. The 'callous' attitude of the state and civil society on this issue not only questions the democratic values but also humanity in general. Constitution guarantees that every citizen has right to have political beliefs of their nature. Convicting a 90% disabled person based on the political beliefs that he possesses is extremely undemocratic and unconstitutional.

Professor GN Saibaba, along with 5 others were convinced for allegedly having links with and possessing Maoist literature. Recent letter written by him underlines the denial of basic facilities in the Nagpur jail for his survival. This also questions the inhumane correctional and rehabilitation facilities and direness of prisoner's rights.

Therefore it becomes important to discuss these incidents in the light of how modern democratic states suppress the people for just possessing dissenting political beliefs .

Azad mann in collaboration with Lamaakan is inviting you to the panel discussion on "Democracy behind bars___ A case study of Prof GN Saibaba". Panelists include Committee for the Defence and Release of GN Saibaba chairman Professor Haragopal, Professor Padmaja Shaw, CRPP general Secretary Balla Ravindranath. We look forward to have an intensive discussion.

Organized by
Azad mann
'Azad-mann' is a democratic students' club for those who are against casteist, classist, homophobic, patriarchal and elitist ideas.

ALL ARE WELCOME!!!

In dystopia, we intend to explore the impact that radical technologies will have on our lives. From the advent of AI, cryptocurrencies, decentralised and distributed digital ledgers, internet of things, immersive virtual reality/augmented reality, 3D printing and powered exoskeleton in mainstream markets to extensive research being made in areas such as nanotech, brain-computer interface, synthetic biology to endeavours in speculative tech such as cryonics, artificial uterus and radical life extension.

Write Club Hyderabad helps you pen your thoughts, spill your mind and finally make an appointment with the writer in your head. We conduct free, weekly events that foster writing. Our Meetups aim at helping writers reach their goals in a supportive, collaborative, social setting. Writing doesn't have to be all by oneself. We welcome anyone who writes, regardless of genre, language or age. We have members writing novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays, essays, school reports and more. What we do, basically: One of the members of Write Club (anyone with a participation count over 2 consecutive meetups) hosts a session. They bring forth a theme and writing exercises. We all then write to the host’s prompts and guidelines for about an hour. Once we're done writing, we read out our write-ups (optional). We also exchange feedback and constructively critique each other's works. Entry is free, anyone with an interest in writing can walk in. Bring your writing devices and we’re all set! We promise to provide you with good coffee and a super-creative conversation. We have Write Club sessions every Saturday afternoon – 3 to 6 PM

We are a meet up group discussing “basic managing skills “

K-Circle, India's Oldest Quizzing Organisation, will be conducting a Non-Competitive quiz at LaMakaan. The event will be packed with a great amount of trivia and will be a great place to start for those who wish to begin indulging in quizzes.

Adapted from Arnold Bennett's "Question of sex", it is an act which displays buffoonery at its best. The story revolves around a ridiculous promise made by Gopal's uncle to him and how he tries to trick his uncle into keeping up with his promise by tweaking the most important condition on which it was based! Absurd yet hilarious to see how this family plays with words and emotions and finally come to a conclusion. Or wait, maybe not!

Lance is here from Sydney for a very short time and will be giving a dynamic talk on how he has applied permaculture to run the Transition Sydney group. He works with community, business and local government to bring a positive change in order to create a vibrant community to share.

Here are some of his current groups:
WWW.responsiblerunners.org
Transitionsydney.org.au
Transitionbondi.org

Dippam is Manch Theatre's Telugu Comedy play written and Directed by Harsha Chakilam.

The play revolves around the life a normal middle class man who struggles to manage his life from the difficulties he face with an unexpected twist.

BEST OF CINEPHILES
This december, as part of cinephiles film club screenings retrospective we(cinephiles film club) are planning to screen 4 of much loved films that were screened by us , this is the first movie from the list, expected to be screened on first wednesday of this December.

movie name :Amour
synopsis :
Plan for the event:
1. Introduction to the film (10 minutes)
2. Screening @7:40 pm sharp (Runtime: 128 mins)
3. Post screening discussion (15 minutes)

Tribtue to Shashi Kapoor - Screening of the film 'In Custody' followed by discussion on his films and legacy.

Shashi Kapoor the embodiment and icon of romance who mesmerized millions of audience died on 4th December, 2017. He was 79.

A pioneer of Hindi Cinema and theater and appeared in more than 150 films.

Lamakaan wants to pay a rich tribute to the legendary actor for his immense contribution to the Indian Cinema.

About the film: In Custody
One of India's renowned poets, Nur, now leads a comfortable life, surrounded by well-wishers, fellow-poets, several wives, and relatives. This is what struggling writer, Deven, expected to write about Nur when he was assigned to write about him. What he found was a grossly overweight male, surrounded by greedy friends and relatives, and three wives - one a bitter older woman, Safiya; second a neglected but talented one named Imtiaz, and the third, Sarla, a shrewd and calculating woman, who was selling Nur's poems as her own. Will Deven's presence initiate some change in Nur's lifestyle, or will Deven himself become one of Nur's lazy followers.

Directed by: Ismail Merchant
Duration: 126 minutes

This an exhibition of Sai Manish's Art works

Bring out the talent in you by showcasing it to the people. If you have interests in music, poetry, mimicry and stand ups, then this show isnfor you guys.!

SRIKRISHNANJANEYA YUDDAM POURANIKA NATAKAM
on 2017 december 8th evening 6.30 to 9.00 pm
MUSIC, LYRIC AND DIRCTION - VARAKAVULA NARAHARI RAJU
ORGANISED BY- JANATHA SEVA SAMITHI
for this play free entry to the audions
thi show is free

WORKSHOP ON MURAL PAINTING - KERALA STYLE SATURDAY, 09TH DEC'17. 10.300 AM TO 01.30 PM
ORGANISED BY PAPPINI P C

Write Club Hyderabad helps you pen your thoughts, spill your mind and finally make an appointment with the writer in your head. We conduct free, weekly events that foster writing. Our Meetups aim at helping writers reach their goals in a supportive, collaborative, social setting. Writing doesn't have to be all by oneself. We welcome anyone who writes, regardless of genre, language or age. We have members writing novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays, essays, school reports and more. What we do, basically: One of the members of Write Club (anyone with a participation count over 2 consecutive meetups) hosts a session. They bring forth a theme and writing exercises. We all then write to the host’s prompts and guidelines for about an hour. Once we're done writing, we read out our write-ups (optional). We also exchange feedback and constructively critique each other's works. Entry is free, anyone with an interest in writing can walk in. Bring your writing devices and we’re all set! We promise to provide you with good coffee and a super-creative conversation. We have Write Club sessions every Saturday afternoon – 3 to 6 PM

Safarnama Theatre presents Ulat Pher - Set of 2 Plays - A Tribute to Sh. Munshi Premchand

Play 1: Moteram Ji Shastri
A well versed, astute & flamboyant school master is married to a very demotivated woman who keeps cribbing about their middle class status. Be it the art of poetry, content writing or grammatical intellect, this man posseses it all. But at times knowledge & talent is not all that matters. Wealth does, and it does big time. Knowing this, our pauperous teacher couple aspires to make it big in some way or the 'other'.

Safarnama Theatre brings to you a rib tickling play 'Moteram Ji Shastri' adapted from the original short story by none other than Munshi Premchand. The laugh riot, adapted & directed by Eipsa Aru promises you a fun-filled evening with Safarnama.
Cast: Amir Ali Khan, Prity Kumari, Chetan Gupta, Deepali Tiwari, Eipsa Aru, Shashank Srivastava, Naitik Maniar
Adapted and Directed by: Eipsa Aru

Play 2: Hazaar Rupaiye Hongey Kya
An IT Professional with an unstable job takes life at its best, without caring about the future & forgetting the basic tenets his parents had taught him – “Stitch your coat according to your cloth”. Credit Cards, EMIs and many other gimmicks of the financial world lure him into an never ending paradox of Debt ; without his realization, reason being the fact that he wants to have that lifestyle which is beyond his means, wants to prove to the people that he is not a bore. Events after events, this debts pile up, ultimately breaking havoc on the day he is fired like many others, without any proper reasoning. Caught amidst various tensions pilling up in life, he chooses the worst option – to give up his life! Who was responsible? Why does it happen?
Cast: Naitik Maniar, Deepali Tiwari, Amir Ali Khan, Abhishek Mishra, Kunal Anand, Dev Debabrata
Written and Directed by: Dev Debabrata

For more details, Contact:
Chetan Gupta (+91 9515125320)
Srishti Mathur (+91 9811281793)

Rooftop Solar Workshop in Hyderabad. We will also help you understand how you can save up to 100% of your electricity bill at your residential/commercial/industrial complex with the help of solar. This workshop covers: Types of solar systems, Solar system design and functioning, policy related to solar power, financial analysis, etc.

Bun, Baatey aur Badlav- Rubaroo's Annual event to support #16DaysofActivisim #HumanRightsday and voice out Gender Based Violence. The event will have games, reflections, film screening and an opportunity meet people to know their notion about Gender. Let's become Rubaroo with Gender! Something which we keep hearing everyday. To know more about our Organisation, look us up on facebook - @RubarooHyd, For more Details about the event, contact: Nishanth (9493403572)

The Jagmagi Theatre (5 Short Comic plays by the 'DCH Newbies')

A Workshop production by the 'DCH Newbies', consisting of five hilarious contemporary short plays, an evening dedicated to audience fun as the newest DCH Actors cut their teeth on stage !
* The Jagmagi Theatre
*The Midnight Biryani Murder
*Jaded Cop,Newbie Cop
*The Weinstein Effect
*One For The Road
Directed by Aarti Phatarphekar & Vishnu Vimal
Admission : Free; Passes at Lamakaan

'Donald Trump's latest announcement to move the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is a provocative and belligerent move, paving way for further displacement of Palestinians, demolition of homes, expansion of illegal settlements and ethnic cleansing of Jerusalem. Around the world this move has been denounced. There are protests on going in occupied territories where thousands are injured but continuing to resist. People everywhere are showing solidarity in different ways.

What is the way forward in our solidarity to the Palestinian struggle for freedom? More than 170 Palestinian popular movements, trade unions, women's groups, political parties- the largest Palestinian civil society coalition- gave the call in 2005 for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. Since then this Palestinian-led movement has been growing from strength to strength.

Israel has a huge range of interests and investments in India from defence to water management to agriculture. These help Israel put forth its PR machinery to whitewash its violations and sustain its settler colonialism, apartheid and occupation. With this latest aggression with respect to Jerusalem, it is time we redouble our efforts and build the BDS movement in India. Israel's trade relations with India and its accompanying propaganda must be dismantled. We must make Israel pay for its violations and oppression. This could be the beginning of sustained and concrete solidarity to the Palestinian struggle for justice and freedom.'

ALL ARE WELCOME!

BEST OF CINEPHILES
This december, as part of cinephiles film club screenings retrospective we(cinephiles film club) are planning to screen 4 of much loved films that were screened by us , this is the first movie from the list, expected to be screened on first wednesday of this December.

movie name :4 months 3 weeks 2 days
synopsis :
Plan for the event:
1. Introduction to the film (10 minutes)
2. Screening @7:40 pm sharp (Runtime: 128 mins)
3. Post screening discussion (15 minutes)

In the run up to the DO DIN 2017, we are organizing a panel discussion titled Invisible Cities. We bring to you stories from many different kinds of cities that are held within the national capital of Delhi. Dr. Sushmita Pati, political scientist who spent years tracing the transformations of urban villages in Delhi and Dr. Diya Mehra who traced the transformations of neighborhoods through resident welfare associations. Both begin their investigations from the decade of the 50s when Delhi began to undergo dramatic changes as refugees from Pakistan began to settle down into distinct localities and farmers in dozens of villages within Delhi gave up their farmlands to Delhi Development Authority. In a little over half a century since then, regulatory and planning authorities made occasional attempts to come to terms with the spatial transformations of Delhi. Yet, the capillary processes of change through which money, power and people, and the macro and micro infrastructures and channels through which material resources of life - water, electricity and other services kept morphing in ways that have largely remained invisible to researchers and policymakers. In this panel discussion, Dr. Pati and Dr. Mehra will share stories of places to demonstrate how real and breathing cities actually work. The panel will also reflect on the methodological challenges and ethical questions that arise in the course of uncovering lifeworlds that have hitherto remained hidden. We hope to use this as a launching point to reflect on a singular question: what is at stake in making the visible the invisible. Why must we, if at all, pry open stories that have been hitherto private possibly for good reason.

Raithu Bidda Movie Screening & Discussion

ALL ARE WELCOME - ENTRY FREE!!!
రైతుబిడ్డ - గూడవల్లి రామబ్రహ్మం …..

కొడవటిగంటి కుటుంబరావుగారు చెప్పినట్టు … కొంత జాతీయోద్యమ ప్రభావం, సాహిత్య ప్రభావం, సినిమాల ద్వారా సాంస్కృతికంగా ప్రజలకు ఏదో చేయాలనే అభిలాషా పుష్కలంగా ఉన్న దర్శకుడు. సంస్కార హృదయుడు. గూడవల్లి రామబ్రహ్మం.
ప్రతిభ ఎక్కడ ఉన్నా గౌరవించేవాడు. బెజవాడ గుడివాడ మార్గంలో మానికొండ దాటగానే నందమూరు వస్తుంది. కవిసామ్రాట్టు విశ్వనాథ సత్యనారాయణగారిదీ ఆ ఊరే. గూడవల్లి రామబ్రహ్మానిదీ ఆ ఊరే.
నందమూరు నుంచీ వచ్చి బెజవాడ సామారంగం చౌక్ సెంటర్ లో వ్యాపారం ప్రారంభించారు. ఆ తర్వాత ప్రజామిత్ర పత్రికతో కాలు కదిపారు. ఆయన అభ్యుదయ వాదే గానీ కమ్యునిస్టు కాదు. వారితోనూ స్నేహంగానే ఉండేవారు. కళల మీద అభిరుచి ఉండేది. సినిమాల్లోకి రాకపూర్వమే సముద్రాల రాఘవాచార్యులు లాంటి వాళ్లతో సన్నిహిత సంబంధాలుండేవి.
గూడవల్లి రామబ్రహ్మం సినిమాలు తీయడం ప్రారంభించాలనుకున్నప్పుడు తెలుగు తెర మీద పౌరాణిక కథల హవా సాగుతోంది. వాటిని కాదని తొలిసారి సినిమాను అభ్యుదయ అభిప్రాయాల ప్రచారానికి వేదికగా సినిమాను వాడుకోవాలని భావించిన వాడు గూడవల్లి రామబ్రహ్మం.
ఈ ఆలోచనతోనే ఆయన మాలపిల్ల తీశారు. మాలపిల్లకు మొదట రచయితగా చలం పనిచేశారు. అయితే సినిమా వాతావరణం నచ్చకపోవడం వల్ల తప్పుకున్నారు.
మాలపిల్ల తర్వాత గూడవల్లి తీసిన సినిమా రైతుబిడ్డ. 1939 అగస్టు నెల్లో విడుదలైన రైతుబిడ్డ విశేషాలు ఇప్పుడు చూద్దాం.
ఒక వైపు కరువు...మరో వైపు ముక్కుపిండి మరీ పన్నులు వసూలు చేస్తున్న జమీందార్లు. 1939నాటి తెలుగు రైతుల పరిస్ధితులు ఇవే. సరిగ్గా అప్పుడే జమీందారీ వ్యతిరేక రైతు ఉద్యమం ఊపందుకుంది. తిరుపతి ఎస్టేట్ తిరుత్తణి తాలూకాలో బొల్లిని మునిస్వామి నాయుడు లాంటివారు జమీన్రైతు ఉద్యమంతో ప్రజా విజయం సాధించారు. ఆ పరిస్థితులను నేపథ్యంగా తీసుకొని గూడవల్లి రామబ్రహ్మం అల్లిన కథే ‘రైతుబిడ్డ’.
గూడవల్లి వారు తయారు చేసుకున్న కథకు తాపీధర్మారావు, విశ్వనాథ కవిరాజులు సహకారం అందించారు. డైలాగులు మాత్రం త్రిపురనేని గోపీచంద్ రాశారు.
ఒక పెద్ద జమీ... దాన్ని పాలించే జమీందారు.... ఆయన తాబేదార్లుగా వ్యవహరించే మునసబు, కరణం... శిస్తు వసూలు లాంటి వ్యవహారాల్లో జమీలో జరుగుతున్న అన్యాయాలతో రైతులు విలవిలలాడడం... వయసులో, అనుభవంలో పెద్దవాడైన ఒక మధ్యతరగతి మంచి రైతు నర్సిరెడ్డి, అతని కుటుంబం అందరి పక్షాన గళం విప్పడం...ఇలా కథ ప్రారంభం అవుతుంది. నర్సిరెడ్డి పాత్రలో బళ్లారి రాఘవ నటించడం విశేషం.
1935 వచ్చిన ఇండియన్ యాక్ట్ ప్రకారం జరిగిన ఎన్నికల్లో ఓటు హక్కును సక్రమంగా వినియోగించుకోమని చెప్పే ప్రబోధం కూడా సినిమాలో ఉంటుంది. ఊళ్ళో ఎన్నికల హంగామా... జమీందారు అభ్యర్థికీ, మరో యువ రైతు ఉద్యమనేత రామిరెడ్డికీ మధ్య ఎన్నికల పోటీ...ఈ పోటీ సందర్భంగా రైతుకే ఓటివ్వవలెనన్నా లాంటి పాటలు ఆ తర్వాత జరిగిన ఎన్నికల్లో కూడా వినిపించాయి.
జమీందారు ఎన్ని ప్రలోభాలు పెట్టినా, దౌర్జన్యాలు చేసినా ప్రజా ఉద్యమానిదే విజయం...దేశానికి స్వతంత్రం రాకపూర్వం నాటి కథ ఇది. అప్పటికీ ఇప్పటికీ రైతుల కష్టాలు ఒకే తీరున ఉండడం ఈ సినిమా చూస్తే అర్ధమౌతుంది. రైతుబిడ్డ చూస్తుంటే ఆ మధ్య వచ్చిన ఆర్.నారాయణ మూర్తి సినిమాలు గుర్తు వచ్చి తీరుతాయి. రైతుబిడ్డ విడుదలైన ఎనభై సంవత్సరాల తర్వాత కూడా పరిస్థితిలో మార్పు లేకపోవడం విషాదం.
జమిందారు అభ్యర్ధికి ఓటు వేయమని రైతు నర్సిరెడ్డి మీద ఒత్తిడి తీసుకువస్తారు ఊళ్లోని పెద్దలు. నేను రైతును...రైతు ప్రతినిధిగా నిలబడ్డ రామిరెడ్డికే ఓటు వేస్తానని చెప్తాడు నర్సిరెడ్డి. దాంతో అతనిపై పగపట్టి...అప్పు తీసుకున్న సొమ్ము తక్షణం చెల్లించమని ఒత్తిడి తీసుకువస్తారు వడ్డీ వ్యాపారులు. చివరకు కూతుకు పెళ్లి చేయదలిస్తే ఆ పెళ్లి కూడా జరగకుండా చూడాలనుకుంటారు.
రైతుబిడ్డ సినిమా సారధీ బ్యానర్ లో వచ్చింది. ఆ ప్రొడక్షన్ కంపెనీ చల్లపల్లి జమీందారు రామకృష్ణ ప్రసాద్ ది. ఆయన్ని ఒప్పించి రెండు సంచలనాత్మక చిత్రాలు తీశారు గూడవల్లి రామబ్రహ్మం. రంగస్థలం మీద రాజ్యం చేస్తున్న పౌరాణిక జానపద గాధల్ని సినిమాలుగా తీసేస్తున్న రోజుల్లో...సామాజిక అంశాలపై కొత్త రచయితలతో కథలు తయారు చేసి వాస్తవిక పద్దతిలో సినిమాలు తీసి సెన్సేషన్ క్రియేట్ చేశారాయన.
తెలుగునాట సంఘ సంస్కరణకు నాంది పలికిన త్రిపురనేని రామస్వామి కుమారుడు రచయిత... త్రిపురనేని గోపీచంద్ రైతుబిడ్డ సినిమాకు డైలాగ్స్ రాయడంతో పాటు సహాయ దర్శకుడుగా పనిచేశారు. బసవరాజు అప్పారావు గీతాలతో పాటు కొసరాజు రాఘవయ్య చౌదరి కడగండ్లు పుస్తకంలోని రైతు గీతాలను కూడా సినిమాలో వినియోగించుకున్నారు.
సినిమాల్లోకి రాకపూర్వం రామబ్రహ్మం విజయవాడలో వ్యాపారం చేశారు. మద్రాసు వెళ్లి సమదర్శిని, ప్రజామిత్ర లాంటి పత్రికలకు సారధ్యం వహించారు. అలా జాతీయ భావాలు...ప్రయోగ శీలత...సామాజిక దృక్పథం కలగలిగి మాలపిల్ల, రైతుబిడ్డ లాంటి సినిమాల రూపశిల్పిగా నిల్చారు. తను తీసే సామాజిక చిత్రాలకు ఆనాటి జాతీయ వాద రాజకీయాల నేపధ్యంలో వచ్చిన సాహిత్యాన్ని కూడా వినియోగించుకోవడం విశేషం.
రైతుబిడ్డకు సంబంధించి మరో ప్రత్యేకత ఏమిటంటే..జమీందారు కోటలో రైతుల్ని బంధించే ఘట్టంలో కూచిపూడి భాగవతుల ‘దశావతార’ నృత్యాన్ని వేదాంతం రాఘవయ్య అద్భుతంగా నర్తించారు. ఆ తరువాత కాలంలో ఆయన దర్శకుడై...దేవదాసు, అనార్కలి, సువర్ణ సుందరి లాంటి సూపర్ డూపర్ హిట్స్ తీయడం విశేషం. నర్తకుడుగా వేదాంతం వారు రహస్యం చిత్రంలోనూ దర్శనమిస్తారు. అయితే రైతుబిడ్డే ఆయనకు పాపులార్టీ తెచ్చింది.
రైతుబిడ్డ సినిమాకు సంబంధించి మరో విశేషం... తెలుగునాట తొలి సారి నిషేదాన్ని ఎదుర్కొన్న చిత్రం కూడా ఇదే. సెన్సార్ బోర్డు సర్టిఫికెట్ ఇచ్చినా, ‘రైతుబిడ్డ’ నిషేదించాలని కొందరు జమీందారులు గొడవకు దిగారు. ఈ వివాదం వెనుక రాజకీయ కారణాలు ఉన్నాయి. గొడవకు దిగిన వారిలో చల్లపల్లి జమీందారుతో రాజకీయ విబేదాలున్న వారు కొందరైతే చిత్రంలో చూపిన జమీందారు పాత్ర తమలా ఉందనుకున్న వారు మరికొందరు ఉన్నారు.
చల్లపల్లి జమీందార్, మీర్జాపురం జమీందార్ల మధ్య రాజకీయ వైరం ఉండేది. మొదట్లో ఇద్దరూ ‘జస్టిస్ పార్టీ’లోనే ఉన్నా, తర్వాత చల్లపల్లి రాజా బయటకొచ్చి, ‘ప్రజామిత్ర పక్షము’ అనే పార్టీ పెట్టుకున్నారు. ‘ప్రజామిత్ర’ పత్రికకూ అండ అయ్యారు. మీర్జాపురం జమీందారును దృష్టిలో ఉంచుకొనే ‘రైతుబిడ్డ’లోని జమీందారు పాత్రను అల్లుకున్నానే మాటా వినిపించేది. దీంతో ఆయన నిషేదం కోసం గొడవకు దిగారు.
మరో వైపు రైతుబిడ్డ లో చూపించిన జమీందారు జరీ టోపీ పెట్టుకుంటాడు. వెంకటగిరి, బొబ్బిలి, పిఠాపురం జమీందార్లు కూడా జరీ టోపీలు పెట్టుకొనేవారు. అలాగే కుక్కల్ని పెంచుకుంటూ, ముద్దు చేసేవారు. ఈ సీన్లు కూడా సినిమాలో ఉన్నాయి. దీంతో తమను గురించే సినిమాలో చెడుగా చెప్పారని వారిద్దరూ వాదానికి దిగారు.
రైతుబిడ్డ విడుదల విషయం రగడ సాగుతుండగానే రెండో ప్రపంచయుద్దం ముంచుకొచ్చింది. దీంతో మద్రాసు స్టేట్ లో రాజాజీ నేతృత్వంలో ఉన్న కాంగ్రెస్ సర్కార్ రాజీనామా చేసింది. అదే అదనుగా జమీందార్లు మళ్ళీ రెచ్చిపోయారు. రైతుబిడ్డ రిలీజైన ధియేటర్ల యాజమాన్యాలను బెదిరించారు. వినకపోయే సరికి...నిప్పుపెట్టే ప్రయత్నాలు కూడా చేశారు.
సినిమాను మద్రాసు ప్రావిన్స్ లో నిషేదించలేదు. కేవలం కొన్ని జిల్లాల్లో మాత్రమే నిషేదించారు. నిజానికి సినిమాలో జమిందారు మంచివాడే...పక్కనున్న కొందరు దుర్మార్గులు ఆయన్ని పక్కదారి పట్టించారు లాంటి అభిప్రాయం కలిగేలా తీశారనే విమర్శా వినిపించింది. అయితే రైతుబిడ్డ ప్రభావంతోనే కావచ్చు...రామబ్రహ్మం కన్నుమూసిన తర్వాత కూడా రోజులు మారాయి లాంటి రైతు పక్షపాత సినిమా తీశారు సారధీ వారు.
మాలపిల్ల, రైతుబిడ్డ చిత్రాల సంగీత దర్శకుడు భీమవరపు నరసింహారావు, పాటల రచయిత కొసరాజు కూడా ఈ సినిమాలో నటించడం విశేషం. ఎనభై సంవత్సరాల క్రితమే ఇంత అడ్వాన్స్ గా సినిమా తీశారా అనిపించేలా రైతుబిడ్డ సృజించిన గూడవల్లి రామబ్రహ్మానికి ఘనంగా నివాళులు అర్పిద్దాం.
రైతుబిడ్డ చిత్రాన్ని డిసెంబరు నెల 14 సాయంత్రం ఐదు గంటలకు స్క్రీన్ చేస్తున్నాం. లామకాన్, లైకిట్ మీడియా వారి సహకారంతో ఓల్డ్ మూవీ లవర్స్ నిర్వహిస్తున్న ఈ స్క్రీనింగ్ కార్యక్రమానికి ముందు చిన్న సమావేశం ఉంటుంది.

We are from the organisation named DO, here DO stands for "DONATE ORGANS".
We are Social enterprise who are willing to work for the betterment of the society.
We evoke the citizens to pledge their organs.
We conduct campaigns to create awareness and let the citizens know the importance of organ donation.
Here in this campaign we are going to conduct few activities.

Lamakaan hosts a week-long (15th-21st Dec 2017) film Festival of B.Narasing Rao's classical films. Narsing Rao is one of the pioneers of Art Film Movement in Indian cinema in general and Telugu cinema in particular. His movies have created a special sensation with their sensible thoughts and story. He had made sincere efforts to take Telugu Cinema to the world.

RANGULA KALA
Rangula Kala (A Colorful Dream), is about a painter whose life and work are in contradiction. Its only when he begins to paint his own experience and surroundings that he evolves into a genuine artist. Rao played the lead role himself and the film won a National Award.
(COLOURFUL DREAM) (1983)
Story, Co-Script Writer, Music Director, Played the lead role and
Director.
AWARDS:
National Award for Best Regional Film in Telugu, 1984 India
Best Supporting Actress, 1984 Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, India
PARTICIPATION
Indian Panorama, International Film Festival of India, 1984 Bombay

Open to All and entry is Free.

A lot can happen over a cup of tea! Masala Chai by 'KissaGo' revolves around the concept tea being a form of social network. People get together for tea and build long term friendships with tea being the binding factor in many relationships. Masala Chai will be a presentation of Divya Prakash Dubey's Hindi Monologues - Jeevanshaadi.com, Hum Do Humara Ek and Love You Forever and Fill in the blanks. Cast - Sunjit Akkinepally, Shailja Chaturvedi, Jay Jha Directed By - Krishna Shukla Passes - 200 Contact # 9700074079

We want to screen the movie Man from Earth and hold a live session with the director himself at Lamakaan.

Write Club Hyderabad helps you pen your thoughts, spill your mind and finally make an appointment with the writer in your head. We conduct free, weekly events that foster writing. Our Meetups aim at helping writers reach their goals in a supportive, collaborative, social setting. Writing doesn't have to be all by oneself. We welcome anyone who writes, regardless of genre, language or age. We have members writing novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays, essays, school reports and more. What we do, basically: One of the members of Write Club (anyone with a participation count over 2 consecutive meetups) hosts a session. They bring forth a theme and writing exercises. We all then write to the host’s prompts and guidelines for about an hour. Once we're done writing, we read out our write-ups (optional). We also exchange feedback and constructively critique each other's works. Entry is free, anyone with an interest in writing can walk in. Bring your writing devices and we’re all set! We promise to provide you with good coffee and a super-creative conversation. We have Write Club sessions every Saturday afternoon – 3 to 6 PM

Lamakaan hosts a week-long (15th to 21st Dec 2017) film Festival of B.Narasing Rao's classical films. Narsing Rao is one of the pioneers of Art Film Movement in Indian cinema in general and Telugu cinema in particular. His movies have created a special sensation with their sensible thoughts and story. He had made sincere efforts to take Telugu Cinema to the world.

DAASI
(Bonded Women) (1988)
The film that won Rao critical respect is Daasi(Bonded Woman 1988). Set in 20's, it chronicles the unenviable life of a housemaid, who was in custom then, came as a part of dowry to a richZamindar's house. She goes through the back breaking routine of household chores as well as being expected to entertain zamindar and his male guests. When she gets pregnant, she is forced to abort. Narsing Rao, with the help of his cameraman AK Bir, recreates the graceful lifestyle of the privileged in limpid, sensuous images, as when the wife of the zamindaris bathed and coiffeured by her maids, and contrasts it effectively with his bleak suffocating world of the housemaid, whose world is not her own. This film won five National Awards, including the one for Best Actress, won by Archana who played her role with consummate skill.
'Dasi' bagged the Diploma of Merit award at the Moscow International Film Festival in 1989. Due to its meticulous technicality and superior artistic sense, 'Dasi' was considered a milestone not only in Telugu but also in Indian cinema.

AWARDS
Five National Awards
Best Actress
Best Cinematographer
Best Art Director
Best Costume Designer
Best Regional Film
Diploma of Merit, Moscow International Film Festival 1989
PARTICIPATION
Munich Film Fest 1989, Germany
International Mathamatics Conference, Hyderbad -1989
Karlovivary International Film Festival 1990, Czechoslovakia.
Nates International Film Festival 1990, France.
Cairo International Film Festival 1990, Egypt.
International Film Festival of India 1990, Calcutta.
Lincoln Centre 1991, New York, USA.
Museum of Modern Art -1991, New York.
Festival of India 1991-92,Germany.
Hicomind Film Festival 1992, Srilanka.
Asian Film Centre, 1992, Colombo, Srilanka.
Dublin International Film Festival 1994, Ireland.
Bergamo Film Meet ,1994, Italy.
Festival of India 1995, Warsaw, Italy & Berlin.
National Centre for Performing Arts, Bombay 1997.
Fifty years of Indian Independence Celebrations - Switzerland, Sweden,
France, Italy, 97
Focus on Telugu Cinema - International Film Festival of India 1999,
Hyderabad.
Movie Mela, International Movie Fare 1999, Hyderabad.

The Cmplt Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged) is three actors effort to stage the entire works of William Shakespeare on Stage. Their effort include an abridged version of Romeo and Juliet, Titus Andronicus as a cookery show, Othello as a rap song, rest of the comedies in one convoluted reading, all the histories through a football game, reduced versions of Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra and Macbeth, and to end Hamlet multiple times, speeding it up every time and backwards.

Set on Christmas night, the film tells a story about Santa Claus's clumsy son Arthur Claus who discovers that the Santa's high-tech ship has failed to deliver one girl's present. In response, he goes on a mission to save her Christmas, accompanied only by his ageing grandfather, a rebellious yet enthusiastic young Christmas Elf obsessed with wrapping gifts for children, and a team of eight strong, magical yet untrained reindeer.

Citizen Cafe: Make Hyderabad great again!

Venue: Lamakaan, Banjara Hills Time: 12:30PM on the 17th of December

Citizen Cafe:We’re convening enthusiastic (and not so enthusiastic) contributors to Hyderabad’s local landscape to talk through Hyderabad’s most pressing issues.

Over the course of 90 minutes we’re looking to structure (and find you a place to vent) about Hyderabad’s most pressing issues- while also laying down the first steps to solve them.

Join us to talk about -

What would it take to get my friendly neighborhood corporator to lay a road that won’t get damaged?
Wait, who is my corporator again?
Why does every monsoon in Hyderabad feel like you are on the sinking Titanic?
Will Ivanka Trump ever come back to visit all parts of Hyderabad to incentivize swift fixing?
Now that the Hussain Sagar is foaming, what can we do to prevent Bangalore-levels of jhaag?
And what are the odds that our air will turn into the benevolent and healthy air (not!) of Delhi?

Insights from this will feed into a plan for us, the citizens of Hyderabad, to take more ownership and act now to make our city livable for everyone.

We at 'Tale Tellers Troupe India' want to make 'India without Stage fear'. This event is an attempt to make people conquer their stage fear by telling stories. So, come and share the stories and listen to others tell their stories. We provide feedback and tips at the end for effective storytelling. Please keep your story to less than 10 minutes in length, so we all have time to participate. Don't bother censoring it -Because we aren't the moral police. The aim is to make people confident orators. Entry fee: ₹50
FB page: https://www.facebook.com/TaleTellersTroupeIndia/ Blog: www.taletellerstroupe.com

Lamakaan hosts a week-long (15th to 21st Dec 2017) film Festival of B.Narasing Rao's classical films. Narsing Rao is one of the pioneers of Art Film Movement in Indian cinema in general and Telugu cinema in particular. His movies have created a special sensation with their sensible thoughts and story. He had made sincere efforts to take Telugu Cinema to the world.

MATTI MANUSHULU
(MUD PEOPLE) (1990)
is based on the lives of construction labourers and their interaction with cosmopolitan life.
It received the Diploma in Merit award in the Moscow International Film Festival in 1991. Earlier in 1990, it won the National Award for best regional film in Telugu.

AWARDS
Diploma of Merit, Moscow International Film Festival 1991
National Award for Best regional Film in Telugu, 1990, India
PARTICIPATION
International Film Festival of India, Madras 1991
Screening Days 1991, Sweden.
Cinematheque Film Festival 1992, Montreal, Canada.
American Film Institute 1992, California, USA.
(The film was screened at all Major Universities in USA)
Jerusalem Film Festival, 1993 Israel.

Open to all and entry is free

The Cmplt Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged) is three actors effort to stage the entire works of William Shakespeare on Stage. Their effort include an abridged version of Romeo and Juliet, Titus Andronicus as a cookery show, Othello as a rap song, rest of the comedies in one convoluted reading, all the histories through a football game, reduced versions of Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra and Macbeth, and to end Hamlet multiple times, speeding it up every time and backwards.

Performing Classical Dance (Bharatnatyam)

Write Club Hyderabad helps you pen your thoughts, spill your mind and finally make an appointment with the writer in your head. We conduct free, weekly events that foster writing. Our Meetups aim at helping writers reach their goals in a supportive, collaborative, social setting. Writing doesn't have to be all by oneself. We welcome anyone who writes, regardless of genre, language or age. We have members writing novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays, essays, school reports and more. What we do, basically: One of the members of Write Club (anyone with a participation count over 2 consecutive meetups) hosts a session. They bring forth a theme and writing exercises. We all then write to the host’s prompts and guidelines for about an hour. Once we're done writing, we read out our write-ups (optional). We also exchange feedback and constructively critique each other's works. Entry is free, anyone with an interest in writing can walk in. Bring your writing devices and we’re all set! We promise to provide you with good coffee and a super-creative conversation. We have Write Club sessions every Saturday afternoon – 3 to 6 PM

the workshop on

Self-care and the Collective: Queer lives, Queer spaces

Hindustani classical music is a heritage that has evolved through the centuries. It is a blend of ritualistic, folk and cultural expression of the sub-continent and represents music of different genres. The two singers, namely, Barnali and Anindita, will explore the integration of native and folk traditions with Hindustani classical music. This type of collaborative performance, stepping outside of the traditional bounds of Indian classical music, will be an experimental endeavour.

A Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) session to come together and dwell deeper into the self.

DMT is the organic use of free movements to connect with our inner selves in the presence of facilitators and an intimate community.

Eleanor's Secret (original French title Kérity, la maison des contes) is a 2009 Franco-Italian animated feature film directed by Dominique Monféry. It won the special distinction prize at the 2010 Annecy International Animated Film Festival

Bitter Chocolate is a book written by journalist and author Pinki Virani, published in 2000.

We have adapted several case studies from the book and constructed a narrative-based
show with subtle performances.
Bitter Chocolate provides an unapologetic and honest look at the rampant problem of child
sexual abuse in our country. Both the book and the author Pinki Virani have won the National
Award. This book is the first of its kind in the Indian sub-continent not only on the subject of child
sexual abuse, but also including previously unrevealed case studies and long term side effects.
It has broken Indian publishing records in non-fiction by recently celebrating its silver jubilee
edition. Pinki Virani has also been lauded internationally for being the first person, and woman,
in the Indian sub-continent to stand up publicly and bravely talk about the sexual abuse in her
childhood which included incest and rape. She has worked with three central governments
and bureaucrats to ensure a set of strict laws against child sexual abuse. The law Protection of
Children from Sexual Offenses Act passed in 2012, includes four of her suggestions.

nenu na camera short film

An evening with full of the music from North Indian Classical genre to mesmerise the audience for the first time with a Sarod by Shri Srinjoy Mukherjee(Kolkata)and Tabla by Sri Nilimesh Chakraborty(Kolkata).

Details- Srinjoy Mukherjee(Sarod)- Srinjoy Mukherjee has recieve many accolades in his musical career through several performances all over India and abroad.The training started firstly with Late. Pt Kamal Mallick and then after with the very famous Ustad Amaan Ali Khan of the Senia-Bangash Gharana.The distinct implementation of the Sarod from Rabab has emerged into his play. He also had the rare opportunity to learn and perform with his dada-guru Padmavibhushan Ustad Amjad Ali Khan. He is a graduated with the First class 1st in M.A from the Rabindra Bharti University(kolkata) Nilimesh Chakraborty(Tabla)- Nilimesh was born in a musical family.He began his training under his uncle Shri Ajay Chakraborty of Lucknow Gharana, then with Sri Debasish Majumdar of Farukkabad Gharana and then after he is currently under the training of the legendary guru Pt.Swapan Siva of Farukkabad Gharana. The distinct style of his Tabla solo and accompaniment has made him perform at several prestigious concerts in India and abroad. He has the rare opportunity to perform with his guru on stage and mesmerise the audiences. He has the rarest opportunity to accompany many legends like Late Pt.Kamal Mallick,Pt. Parthosarothy,Pt.Joydeep Ghosh,Pt,Kushal Das,Ustad Amaan Ali khan,Ustad Rashid khan to name a few. He is the first and youngest tabla player to accompany the doyen of sarod Padmavibhushan Ustad Amjad Ali khan. He is also an empaneled artist of the government of India under the I.C.C.R and S.P.I.C.M.A.C.A.Y. In educational field he is graduated in English honours from the Calcutta University

This november, as part of the japanese film retrospective we(cinephiles film club) are planning to screen FIVE critically acclaimed films from japan, this is the FOURTH movie from the list, expected to be screened on fourth wednesday of this novemeber.

movie title : Intentions of murder (1964)
country : Japan
synopsis:
A housewife living under her tyrannical husband has her life stressfully turned upside down after getting raped by a burglar.
Genre: Drama
Plan for the event:
1. Introduction to the film (10 minutes)
2. Screening @7:40 pm sharp (Runtime: 150 mins)
3. Post screening discussion (15 minutes)

In dystopia, we intend to explore the impact that radical technologies will have on our lives. From the advent of AI, cryptocurrencies, decentralised and distributed digital ledgers, internet of things, immersive virtual reality/augmented reality, 3D printing and powered exoskeleton in mainstream markets to extensive research being made in areas such as nanotech, brain-computer interface, synthetic biology to endeavours in speculative tech such as cryonics, artificial uterus and radical life extension.

From Desh-Prem to Rashtra-vaad: Rise of the Assertive and Insecure Indian

Talk by Vipul Rikhi
followed by songs of Kabir

How do we understand or relate to the current climate of aggressive 'nationalism', and are there different models for expressing and sharing a love of the country? This talk by Vipul Rikhi touches on aspects of insecurity and identity crisis which may lie at the root of streaks of assertion and aggression by which the 'nation' is sought to be defined. Drawing upon local wisdom traditions and figures such as Kabir and Tagore, the talk aims to offer a broader understanding of self as well as country, and how the two may be related.

The talk will be followed by some songs of Kabir, performed by Vipul Rikhi.

We are a group of people wants to meet and discuss on projects and plans.

Write Club Hyderabad helps you pen your thoughts, spill your mind and finally make an appointment with the writer in your head. We conduct free, weekly events that foster writing. Our Meetups aim at helping writers reach their goals in a supportive, collaborative, social setting. Writing doesn't have to be all by oneself. We welcome anyone who writes, regardless of genre, language or age. We have members writing novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays, essays, school reports and more. What we do, basically: One of the members of Write Club (anyone with a participation count over 2 consecutive meetups) hosts a session. They bring forth a theme and writing exercises. We all then write to the host’s prompts and guidelines for about an hour. Once we're done writing, we read out our write-ups (optional). We also exchange feedback and constructively critique each other's works. Entry is free, anyone with an interest in writing can walk in. Bring your writing devices and we’re all set! We promise to provide you with good coffee and a super-creative conversation. We have Write Club sessions every Saturday afternoon – 3 to 6 PM

The purpose of meeting is to inform the members about the activities of "Institute of Happiness" an NGO committed to the objective of HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS. It would introduce the members to its aims, objectives, philosophy and action plans.

This is my first book, which has poems written in Hindi about my life experiences. By education I am an Engineer and currently working as a Manager in a MNC. I am from a small village in Telangana, who has experienced various forms of life. This book has all emotions and my reflections on various situation I've seen in my life.

I'm looking for Nov25th,6.30 pm to 7.30 pm.
Could you please block this slot. Because this slot is shown as available in the scheduler but I'm unable to book.

Raindrops Chasing Raindrops is a book of haibun and hybrid poetry by Paresh Tiwari a poet, writer and cartoonist in the body of a Naval Officer renowned for his impressive hold on the sub-genre of Japanese poetry. His book Raindrops Chasing Raindrops published by "i write imprint" that came out this October rose to number 16 on the most read books of poetry on amazon.in afterspending only one week on the shelf. His poignant and precise writing is the envy of many and this programme will invlove him reading his works from this new collection and interacting with the members of the audience with his genuine interest in sharing the form of the haibun.

A screening and a talk on a documentary film "on any Sunday".
On Any Sunday is a 1971 American documentary film about motorcycle sport, directed by Bruce Brown.

kafan by munshi premchand

A lower caste father and his son are poor labourers in a village. An emergency occurs when the son's wife dies while giving birth to a child and the family has no money to cremate the body of the dead woman. The lazy duo ask for money from the village zamindar and other members of the society. However, they use the money they get on liquor and food instead.

Gauri Lankesh (1962–2017) was the editor of Gauri Lankesh Patrike. Starting her career as an English language print journa-list, she worked for the Times of India and Sunday magazine, and was chief of bureau, ETV News, New Delhi. After her father died, she took over the editorship of Lankesh Patrike, the weekly tabloid that he had founded in 1980. She joined the Karnataka Communal Harmony Forum in 2003 to counter the Sangh Parivar’s campaign to take over the syncretic dargah at Bababudangiri in Chikmagalur district. As an activist and journalist, she stood at the forefront of several struggles for justice, equality and love. She was shot dead outside her home in Bengaluru on 5 September 2017 by unidentified gunmen.
Chandan Gowda, editor of the English book, teaches at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru. He has translated U.R. Ananthamurthy’s Bara (OUP, 2016) and editedTheatres of Democracy: Selected Essays of Shiv Visvananthan (HarperCollins, 2016).
Kavita Lankesh, Gauri's sister, is a director, screenplay writer and a lyricist who predominantly works in the Kannada cinema industry.
The Gauri Lankesh reader is a collection of Gauri's articles translated into Telugu (24 articles from English, 21 from Kannada) and one interview, coupled with 6 tributes to Gauri. This is the book that will be released at the meet where Chandan and Kavita will speak, there will be readings from the book in both Telugu and English and plenty of time for a discussion.

A film on Gauri will be screened before/after the meet.

There will be a press meet from 4 pm to 5 pm at Lamakaan where Kavita and Chandan will speak and respond. Reporters and photographers are invited.

Man Fakiri – Sufiana Concert Series

Man Fakiri – Sufiana Concert Series is a week long music festival which will take place in Hyderabad from 25 to 29th November 2017 at three different venues, viz. Shilparamam, Lamakaan and Alliance Française. The festival has been conceptualized keeping in mind the traditions of Sufism, Bhakti movement and other similar oral traditions of India. S. S. Negi from Hyderbad and Vipul Rikhi from Bangalore will collaborate with other accompanying artists to explore the traditions of Bhakti movement, Sufism, Baul, etc. through poetry and music. The festival will travel to Delhi in December and later to other parts of the country. Following is the brief profile of the artists participating in the festival.

S. S. Negi

S. S. Negi teaches at the Department of Hispanic Studies, The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad. A self-trained singer-songwriter and poet, he is deeply influenced by the folk, Sufism, Bhakti traditions and classical music of India and various other musical expressions. He founded the band Indian Folks in 2012 and worked with the band as vocalist-cum-rhythm guitarist fusing the Indian folk music with Indian classical and western soft rock. Over the last few years, Negi has performed in different parts of the country and abroad as well. He released a studio album Safar in October 2016 (with seven original numbers in Hindi and Spanish). The album was received quite warmly on the leading music portals like www.gaana.com, www.itunes.com www.saavn.com, etc.

Vipul Rikhi

Vipul Rikhi lives in Bangalore and writes, translates, sings, plays and performs. A poet, fiction writer, translator and singer, his current work with Kabir Project includes extensive writings on and translations of a wide range of mystic poetry, as well as the creation of a vast digital archive of Bhakti, Sufi and Baul music called Ajab Shahar. In the course of these journeys, he developed a deep love for singing mystic poetry in the folk music traditions. In his performances, he likes to bring equal emphasis to the poetry and its insights as to the sheer beauty of the folk tunes. He was a Fellow for Literature at the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Germany in 2010-11, and is the author of a novel, 2012 Nights, and collections of poetry and short stories. He has released a studio album Man Fakiri, a collection of songs by various Sufi and Bhakti poets like Kabir, Sattar Das, Gorakhnath, etc.

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Man Fakiri – Sufiana Concert Series

Man Fakiri – Sufiana Concert Series is a week long music festival which will take place in Hyderabad from 25 to 29th November 2017 at three different venues, viz. Shilparamam, Lamakaan and Alliance Française. The festival has been conceptualized keeping in mind the traditions of Sufism, Bhakti movement and other similar oral traditions of India. S. S. Negi from Hyderbad and Vipul Rikhi from Bangalore will collaborate with other accompanying artists to explore the traditions of Bhakti movement, Sufism, Baul, etc. through poetry and music. The festival will travel to Delhi in December and later to other parts of the country.

This november, as part of the japanese film retrospective we(cinephiles film club) are planning to screen 5 critically acclaimed films from japan, this is the final movie from the list, expected to be screened on fifth wednesday of this novemeber.

movie title : Audition (1999)
country : Japan
synopsis:
A widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all.

Genre: Horror,Drama , Mystery
Plan for the event:
1. Introduction to the film (10 minutes)
2. Screening @7:40 pm sharp (Runtime: 115 mins)
3. Post screening discussion (15 minutes)

Democracy behind bars - A case study of Prof GN Saibaba
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The recent heart wrenching letter written by Professor GN Saibaba to his partner Vasantha haven't received any mainstream media's attention. The 'callous' attitude of the state and civil society on this issue not only questions the democratic values but also humanity in general. Constitution guarantees that every citizen has right to have political beliefs of their nature. Convicting a 90% disabled person based on the political beliefs that he possesses is extremely undemocratic and unconstitutional.

Professor GN Saibaba, along with 5 others were convinced for allegedly having links with and possessing Maoist literature. Recent letter written by him underlines the denial of basic facilities in the Nagpur jail for his survival. This also questions the inhumane correctional and rehabilitation facilities and direness of prisoner's rights.

Therefore it becomes important to discuss these incidents in the light of how modern democratic states suppress the people for just possessing dissenting political beliefs .

Azad mann in collaboration with Lamaakan is inviting you to the panel discussion on "Democracy behind bars___ A case study of Prof GN Saibaba". Panelists include Committee for the Defence and Release of GN Saibaba chairman Professor Haragopal, Professor Padmaja Shaw, CRPP general Secretary Balla Ravindranath. We look forward to have an intensive discussion.

Organized by
Azad mann
'Azad-mann' is a democratic students' club for those who are against casteist, classist, homophobic, patriarchal and elitist ideas.

ALL ARE WELCOME!!!

In dystopia, we intend to explore the impact that radical technologies will have on our lives. From the advent of AI, cryptocurrencies, decentralised and distributed digital ledgers, internet of things, immersive virtual reality/augmented reality, 3D printing and powered exoskeleton in mainstream markets to extensive research being made in areas such as nanotech, brain-computer interface, synthetic biology to endeavours in speculative tech such as cryonics, artificial uterus and radical life extension.

Write Club Hyderabad helps you pen your thoughts, spill your mind and finally make an appointment with the writer in your head. We conduct free, weekly events that foster writing. Our Meetups aim at helping writers reach their goals in a supportive, collaborative, social setting. Writing doesn't have to be all by oneself. We welcome anyone who writes, regardless of genre, language or age. We have members writing novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays, essays, school reports and more. What we do, basically: One of the members of Write Club (anyone with a participation count over 2 consecutive meetups) hosts a session. They bring forth a theme and writing exercises. We all then write to the host’s prompts and guidelines for about an hour. Once we're done writing, we read out our write-ups (optional). We also exchange feedback and constructively critique each other's works. Entry is free, anyone with an interest in writing can walk in. Bring your writing devices and we’re all set! We promise to provide you with good coffee and a super-creative conversation. We have Write Club sessions every Saturday afternoon – 3 to 6 PM

We are a meet up group discussing “basic managing skills “

K-Circle, India's Oldest Quizzing Organisation, will be conducting a Non-Competitive quiz at LaMakaan. The event will be packed with a great amount of trivia and will be a great place to start for those who wish to begin indulging in quizzes.

Adapted from Arnold Bennett's "Question of sex", it is an act which displays buffoonery at its best. The story revolves around a ridiculous promise made by Gopal's uncle to him and how he tries to trick his uncle into keeping up with his promise by tweaking the most important condition on which it was based! Absurd yet hilarious to see how this family plays with words and emotions and finally come to a conclusion. Or wait, maybe not!

Lance is here from Sydney for a very short time and will be giving a dynamic talk on how he has applied permaculture to run the Transition Sydney group. He works with community, business and local government to bring a positive change in order to create a vibrant community to share.

Here are some of his current groups:
WWW.responsiblerunners.org
Transitionsydney.org.au
Transitionbondi.org

Dippam is Manch Theatre's Telugu Comedy play written and Directed by Harsha Chakilam.

The play revolves around the life a normal middle class man who struggles to manage his life from the difficulties he face with an unexpected twist.

BEST OF CINEPHILES
This december, as part of cinephiles film club screenings retrospective we(cinephiles film club) are planning to screen 4 of much loved films that were screened by us , this is the first movie from the list, expected to be screened on first wednesday of this December.

movie name :Amour
synopsis :
Plan for the event:
1. Introduction to the film (10 minutes)
2. Screening @7:40 pm sharp (Runtime: 128 mins)
3. Post screening discussion (15 minutes)

Tribtue to Shashi Kapoor - Screening of the film 'In Custody' followed by discussion on his films and legacy.

Shashi Kapoor the embodiment and icon of romance who mesmerized millions of audience died on 4th December, 2017. He was 79.

A pioneer of Hindi Cinema and theater and appeared in more than 150 films.

Lamakaan wants to pay a rich tribute to the legendary actor for his immense contribution to the Indian Cinema.

About the film: In Custody
One of India's renowned poets, Nur, now leads a comfortable life, surrounded by well-wishers, fellow-poets, several wives, and relatives. This is what struggling writer, Deven, expected to write about Nur when he was assigned to write about him. What he found was a grossly overweight male, surrounded by greedy friends and relatives, and three wives - one a bitter older woman, Safiya; second a neglected but talented one named Imtiaz, and the third, Sarla, a shrewd and calculating woman, who was selling Nur's poems as her own. Will Deven's presence initiate some change in Nur's lifestyle, or will Deven himself become one of Nur's lazy followers.

Directed by: Ismail Merchant
Duration: 126 minutes

This an exhibition of Sai Manish's Art works

Bring out the talent in you by showcasing it to the people. If you have interests in music, poetry, mimicry and stand ups, then this show isnfor you guys.!

SRIKRISHNANJANEYA YUDDAM POURANIKA NATAKAM
on 2017 december 8th evening 6.30 to 9.00 pm
MUSIC, LYRIC AND DIRCTION - VARAKAVULA NARAHARI RAJU
ORGANISED BY- JANATHA SEVA SAMITHI
for this play free entry to the audions
thi show is free

WORKSHOP ON MURAL PAINTING - KERALA STYLE SATURDAY, 09TH DEC'17. 10.300 AM TO 01.30 PM
ORGANISED BY PAPPINI P C

Write Club Hyderabad helps you pen your thoughts, spill your mind and finally make an appointment with the writer in your head. We conduct free, weekly events that foster writing. Our Meetups aim at helping writers reach their goals in a supportive, collaborative, social setting. Writing doesn't have to be all by oneself. We welcome anyone who writes, regardless of genre, language or age. We have members writing novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays, essays, school reports and more. What we do, basically: One of the members of Write Club (anyone with a participation count over 2 consecutive meetups) hosts a session. They bring forth a theme and writing exercises. We all then write to the host’s prompts and guidelines for about an hour. Once we're done writing, we read out our write-ups (optional). We also exchange feedback and constructively critique each other's works. Entry is free, anyone with an interest in writing can walk in. Bring your writing devices and we’re all set! We promise to provide you with good coffee and a super-creative conversation. We have Write Club sessions every Saturday afternoon – 3 to 6 PM

Safarnama Theatre presents Ulat Pher - Set of 2 Plays - A Tribute to Sh. Munshi Premchand

Play 1: Moteram Ji Shastri
A well versed, astute & flamboyant school master is married to a very demotivated woman who keeps cribbing about their middle class status. Be it the art of poetry, content writing or grammatical intellect, this man posseses it all. But at times knowledge & talent is not all that matters. Wealth does, and it does big time. Knowing this, our pauperous teacher couple aspires to make it big in some way or the 'other'.

Safarnama Theatre brings to you a rib tickling play 'Moteram Ji Shastri' adapted from the original short story by none other than Munshi Premchand. The laugh riot, adapted & directed by Eipsa Aru promises you a fun-filled evening with Safarnama.
Cast: Amir Ali Khan, Prity Kumari, Chetan Gupta, Deepali Tiwari, Eipsa Aru, Shashank Srivastava, Naitik Maniar
Adapted and Directed by: Eipsa Aru

Play 2: Hazaar Rupaiye Hongey Kya
An IT Professional with an unstable job takes life at its best, without caring about the future & forgetting the basic tenets his parents had taught him – “Stitch your coat according to your cloth”. Credit Cards, EMIs and many other gimmicks of the financial world lure him into an never ending paradox of Debt ; without his realization, reason being the fact that he wants to have that lifestyle which is beyond his means, wants to prove to the people that he is not a bore. Events after events, this debts pile up, ultimately breaking havoc on the day he is fired like many others, without any proper reasoning. Caught amidst various tensions pilling up in life, he chooses the worst option – to give up his life! Who was responsible? Why does it happen?
Cast: Naitik Maniar, Deepali Tiwari, Amir Ali Khan, Abhishek Mishra, Kunal Anand, Dev Debabrata
Written and Directed by: Dev Debabrata

For more details, Contact:
Chetan Gupta (+91 9515125320)
Srishti Mathur (+91 9811281793)

Rooftop Solar Workshop in Hyderabad. We will also help you understand how you can save up to 100% of your electricity bill at your residential/commercial/industrial complex with the help of solar. This workshop covers: Types of solar systems, Solar system design and functioning, policy related to solar power, financial analysis, etc.

Bun, Baatey aur Badlav- Rubaroo's Annual event to support #16DaysofActivisim #HumanRightsday and voice out Gender Based Violence. The event will have games, reflections, film screening and an opportunity meet people to know their notion about Gender. Let's become Rubaroo with Gender! Something which we keep hearing everyday. To know more about our Organisation, look us up on facebook - @RubarooHyd, For more Details about the event, contact: Nishanth (9493403572)

The Jagmagi Theatre (5 Short Comic plays by the 'DCH Newbies')

A Workshop production by the 'DCH Newbies', consisting of five hilarious contemporary short plays, an evening dedicated to audience fun as the newest DCH Actors cut their teeth on stage !
* The Jagmagi Theatre
*The Midnight Biryani Murder
*Jaded Cop,Newbie Cop
*The Weinstein Effect
*One For The Road
Directed by Aarti Phatarphekar & Vishnu Vimal
Admission : Free; Passes at Lamakaan

'Donald Trump's latest announcement to move the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is a provocative and belligerent move, paving way for further displacement of Palestinians, demolition of homes, expansion of illegal settlements and ethnic cleansing of Jerusalem. Around the world this move has been denounced. There are protests on going in occupied territories where thousands are injured but continuing to resist. People everywhere are showing solidarity in different ways.

What is the way forward in our solidarity to the Palestinian struggle for freedom? More than 170 Palestinian popular movements, trade unions, women's groups, political parties- the largest Palestinian civil society coalition- gave the call in 2005 for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. Since then this Palestinian-led movement has been growing from strength to strength.

Israel has a huge range of interests and investments in India from defence to water management to agriculture. These help Israel put forth its PR machinery to whitewash its violations and sustain its settler colonialism, apartheid and occupation. With this latest aggression with respect to Jerusalem, it is time we redouble our efforts and build the BDS movement in India. Israel's trade relations with India and its accompanying propaganda must be dismantled. We must make Israel pay for its violations and oppression. This could be the beginning of sustained and concrete solidarity to the Palestinian struggle for justice and freedom.'

ALL ARE WELCOME!

BEST OF CINEPHILES
This december, as part of cinephiles film club screenings retrospective we(cinephiles film club) are planning to screen 4 of much loved films that were screened by us , this is the first movie from the list, expected to be screened on first wednesday of this December.

movie name :4 months 3 weeks 2 days
synopsis :
Plan for the event:
1. Introduction to the film (10 minutes)
2. Screening @7:40 pm sharp (Runtime: 128 mins)
3. Post screening discussion (15 minutes)

In the run up to the DO DIN 2017, we are organizing a panel discussion titled Invisible Cities. We bring to you stories from many different kinds of cities that are held within the national capital of Delhi. Dr. Sushmita Pati, political scientist who spent years tracing the transformations of urban villages in Delhi and Dr. Diya Mehra who traced the transformations of neighborhoods through resident welfare associations. Both begin their investigations from the decade of the 50s when Delhi began to undergo dramatic changes as refugees from Pakistan began to settle down into distinct localities and farmers in dozens of villages within Delhi gave up their farmlands to Delhi Development Authority. In a little over half a century since then, regulatory and planning authorities made occasional attempts to come to terms with the spatial transformations of Delhi. Yet, the capillary processes of change through which money, power and people, and the macro and micro infrastructures and channels through which material resources of life - water, electricity and other services kept morphing in ways that have largely remained invisible to researchers and policymakers. In this panel discussion, Dr. Pati and Dr. Mehra will share stories of places to demonstrate how real and breathing cities actually work. The panel will also reflect on the methodological challenges and ethical questions that arise in the course of uncovering lifeworlds that have hitherto remained hidden. We hope to use this as a launching point to reflect on a singular question: what is at stake in making the visible the invisible. Why must we, if at all, pry open stories that have been hitherto private possibly for good reason.

Raithu Bidda Movie Screening & Discussion

ALL ARE WELCOME - ENTRY FREE!!!
రైతుబిడ్డ - గూడవల్లి రామబ్రహ్మం …..

కొడవటిగంటి కుటుంబరావుగారు చెప్పినట్టు … కొంత జాతీయోద్యమ ప్రభావం, సాహిత్య ప్రభావం, సినిమాల ద్వారా సాంస్కృతికంగా ప్రజలకు ఏదో చేయాలనే అభిలాషా పుష్కలంగా ఉన్న దర్శకుడు. సంస్కార హృదయుడు. గూడవల్లి రామబ్రహ్మం.
ప్రతిభ ఎక్కడ ఉన్నా గౌరవించేవాడు. బెజవాడ గుడివాడ మార్గంలో మానికొండ దాటగానే నందమూరు వస్తుంది. కవిసామ్రాట్టు విశ్వనాథ సత్యనారాయణగారిదీ ఆ ఊరే. గూడవల్లి రామబ్రహ్మానిదీ ఆ ఊరే.
నందమూరు నుంచీ వచ్చి బెజవాడ సామారంగం చౌక్ సెంటర్ లో వ్యాపారం ప్రారంభించారు. ఆ తర్వాత ప్రజామిత్ర పత్రికతో కాలు కదిపారు. ఆయన అభ్యుదయ వాదే గానీ కమ్యునిస్టు కాదు. వారితోనూ స్నేహంగానే ఉండేవారు. కళల మీద అభిరుచి ఉండేది. సినిమాల్లోకి రాకపూర్వమే సముద్రాల రాఘవాచార్యులు లాంటి వాళ్లతో సన్నిహిత సంబంధాలుండేవి.
గూడవల్లి రామబ్రహ్మం సినిమాలు తీయడం ప్రారంభించాలనుకున్నప్పుడు తెలుగు తెర మీద పౌరాణిక కథల హవా సాగుతోంది. వాటిని కాదని తొలిసారి సినిమాను అభ్యుదయ అభిప్రాయాల ప్రచారానికి వేదికగా సినిమాను వాడుకోవాలని భావించిన వాడు గూడవల్లి రామబ్రహ్మం.
ఈ ఆలోచనతోనే ఆయన మాలపిల్ల తీశారు. మాలపిల్లకు మొదట రచయితగా చలం పనిచేశారు. అయితే సినిమా వాతావరణం నచ్చకపోవడం వల్ల తప్పుకున్నారు.
మాలపిల్ల తర్వాత గూడవల్లి తీసిన సినిమా రైతుబిడ్డ. 1939 అగస్టు నెల్లో విడుదలైన రైతుబిడ్డ విశేషాలు ఇప్పుడు చూద్దాం.
ఒక వైపు కరువు...మరో వైపు ముక్కుపిండి మరీ పన్నులు వసూలు చేస్తున్న జమీందార్లు. 1939నాటి తెలుగు రైతుల పరిస్ధితులు ఇవే. సరిగ్గా అప్పుడే జమీందారీ వ్యతిరేక రైతు ఉద్యమం ఊపందుకుంది. తిరుపతి ఎస్టేట్ తిరుత్తణి తాలూకాలో బొల్లిని మునిస్వామి నాయుడు లాంటివారు జమీన్రైతు ఉద్యమంతో ప్రజా విజయం సాధించారు. ఆ పరిస్థితులను నేపథ్యంగా తీసుకొని గూడవల్లి రామబ్రహ్మం అల్లిన కథే ‘రైతుబిడ్డ’.
గూడవల్లి వారు తయారు చేసుకున్న కథకు తాపీధర్మారావు, విశ్వనాథ కవిరాజులు సహకారం అందించారు. డైలాగులు మాత్రం త్రిపురనేని గోపీచంద్ రాశారు.
ఒక పెద్ద జమీ... దాన్ని పాలించే జమీందారు.... ఆయన తాబేదార్లుగా వ్యవహరించే మునసబు, కరణం... శిస్తు వసూలు లాంటి వ్యవహారాల్లో జమీలో జరుగుతున్న అన్యాయాలతో రైతులు విలవిలలాడడం... వయసులో, అనుభవంలో పెద్దవాడైన ఒక మధ్యతరగతి మంచి రైతు నర్సిరెడ్డి, అతని కుటుంబం అందరి పక్షాన గళం విప్పడం...ఇలా కథ ప్రారంభం అవుతుంది. నర్సిరెడ్డి పాత్రలో బళ్లారి రాఘవ నటించడం విశేషం.
1935 వచ్చిన ఇండియన్ యాక్ట్ ప్రకారం జరిగిన ఎన్నికల్లో ఓటు హక్కును సక్రమంగా వినియోగించుకోమని చెప్పే ప్రబోధం కూడా సినిమాలో ఉంటుంది. ఊళ్ళో ఎన్నికల హంగామా... జమీందారు అభ్యర్థికీ, మరో యువ రైతు ఉద్యమనేత రామిరెడ్డికీ మధ్య ఎన్నికల పోటీ...ఈ పోటీ సందర్భంగా రైతుకే ఓటివ్వవలెనన్నా లాంటి పాటలు ఆ తర్వాత జరిగిన ఎన్నికల్లో కూడా వినిపించాయి.
జమీందారు ఎన్ని ప్రలోభాలు పెట్టినా, దౌర్జన్యాలు చేసినా ప్రజా ఉద్యమానిదే విజయం...దేశానికి స్వతంత్రం రాకపూర్వం నాటి కథ ఇది. అప్పటికీ ఇప్పటికీ రైతుల కష్టాలు ఒకే తీరున ఉండడం ఈ సినిమా చూస్తే అర్ధమౌతుంది. రైతుబిడ్డ చూస్తుంటే ఆ మధ్య వచ్చిన ఆర్.నారాయణ మూర్తి సినిమాలు గుర్తు వచ్చి తీరుతాయి. రైతుబిడ్డ విడుదలైన ఎనభై సంవత్సరాల తర్వాత కూడా పరిస్థితిలో మార్పు లేకపోవడం విషాదం.
జమిందారు అభ్యర్ధికి ఓటు వేయమని రైతు నర్సిరెడ్డి మీద ఒత్తిడి తీసుకువస్తారు ఊళ్లోని పెద్దలు. నేను రైతును...రైతు ప్రతినిధిగా నిలబడ్డ రామిరెడ్డికే ఓటు వేస్తానని చెప్తాడు నర్సిరెడ్డి. దాంతో అతనిపై పగపట్టి...అప్పు తీసుకున్న సొమ్ము తక్షణం చెల్లించమని ఒత్తిడి తీసుకువస్తారు వడ్డీ వ్యాపారులు. చివరకు కూతుకు పెళ్లి చేయదలిస్తే ఆ పెళ్లి కూడా జరగకుండా చూడాలనుకుంటారు.
రైతుబిడ్డ సినిమా సారధీ బ్యానర్ లో వచ్చింది. ఆ ప్రొడక్షన్ కంపెనీ చల్లపల్లి జమీందారు రామకృష్ణ ప్రసాద్ ది. ఆయన్ని ఒప్పించి రెండు సంచలనాత్మక చిత్రాలు తీశారు గూడవల్లి రామబ్రహ్మం. రంగస్థలం మీద రాజ్యం చేస్తున్న పౌరాణిక జానపద గాధల్ని సినిమాలుగా తీసేస్తున్న రోజుల్లో...సామాజిక అంశాలపై కొత్త రచయితలతో కథలు తయారు చేసి వాస్తవిక పద్దతిలో సినిమాలు తీసి సెన్సేషన్ క్రియేట్ చేశారాయన.
తెలుగునాట సంఘ సంస్కరణకు నాంది పలికిన త్రిపురనేని రామస్వామి కుమారుడు రచయిత... త్రిపురనేని గోపీచంద్ రైతుబిడ్డ సినిమాకు డైలాగ్స్ రాయడంతో పాటు సహాయ దర్శకుడుగా పనిచేశారు. బసవరాజు అప్పారావు గీతాలతో పాటు కొసరాజు రాఘవయ్య చౌదరి కడగండ్లు పుస్తకంలోని రైతు గీతాలను కూడా సినిమాలో వినియోగించుకున్నారు.
సినిమాల్లోకి రాకపూర్వం రామబ్రహ్మం విజయవాడలో వ్యాపారం చేశారు. మద్రాసు వెళ్లి సమదర్శిని, ప్రజామిత్ర లాంటి పత్రికలకు సారధ్యం వహించారు. అలా జాతీయ భావాలు...ప్రయోగ శీలత...సామాజిక దృక్పథం కలగలిగి మాలపిల్ల, రైతుబిడ్డ లాంటి సినిమాల రూపశిల్పిగా నిల్చారు. తను తీసే సామాజిక చిత్రాలకు ఆనాటి జాతీయ వాద రాజకీయాల నేపధ్యంలో వచ్చిన సాహిత్యాన్ని కూడా వినియోగించుకోవడం విశేషం.
రైతుబిడ్డకు సంబంధించి మరో ప్రత్యేకత ఏమిటంటే..జమీందారు కోటలో రైతుల్ని బంధించే ఘట్టంలో కూచిపూడి భాగవతుల ‘దశావతార’ నృత్యాన్ని వేదాంతం రాఘవయ్య అద్భుతంగా నర్తించారు. ఆ తరువాత కాలంలో ఆయన దర్శకుడై...దేవదాసు, అనార్కలి, సువర్ణ సుందరి లాంటి సూపర్ డూపర్ హిట్స్ తీయడం విశేషం. నర్తకుడుగా వేదాంతం వారు రహస్యం చిత్రంలోనూ దర్శనమిస్తారు. అయితే రైతుబిడ్డే ఆయనకు పాపులార్టీ తెచ్చింది.
రైతుబిడ్డ సినిమాకు సంబంధించి మరో విశేషం... తెలుగునాట తొలి సారి నిషేదాన్ని ఎదుర్కొన్న చిత్రం కూడా ఇదే. సెన్సార్ బోర్డు సర్టిఫికెట్ ఇచ్చినా, ‘రైతుబిడ్డ’ నిషేదించాలని కొందరు జమీందారులు గొడవకు దిగారు. ఈ వివాదం వెనుక రాజకీయ కారణాలు ఉన్నాయి. గొడవకు దిగిన వారిలో చల్లపల్లి జమీందారుతో రాజకీయ విబేదాలున్న వారు కొందరైతే చిత్రంలో చూపిన జమీందారు పాత్ర తమలా ఉందనుకున్న వారు మరికొందరు ఉన్నారు.
చల్లపల్లి జమీందార్, మీర్జాపురం జమీందార్ల మధ్య రాజకీయ వైరం ఉండేది. మొదట్లో ఇద్దరూ ‘జస్టిస్ పార్టీ’లోనే ఉన్నా, తర్వాత చల్లపల్లి రాజా బయటకొచ్చి, ‘ప్రజామిత్ర పక్షము’ అనే పార్టీ పెట్టుకున్నారు. ‘ప్రజామిత్ర’ పత్రికకూ అండ అయ్యారు. మీర్జాపురం జమీందారును దృష్టిలో ఉంచుకొనే ‘రైతుబిడ్డ’లోని జమీందారు పాత్రను అల్లుకున్నానే మాటా వినిపించేది. దీంతో ఆయన నిషేదం కోసం గొడవకు దిగారు.
మరో వైపు రైతుబిడ్డ లో చూపించిన జమీందారు జరీ టోపీ పెట్టుకుంటాడు. వెంకటగిరి, బొబ్బిలి, పిఠాపురం జమీందార్లు కూడా జరీ టోపీలు పెట్టుకొనేవారు. అలాగే కుక్కల్ని పెంచుకుంటూ, ముద్దు చేసేవారు. ఈ సీన్లు కూడా సినిమాలో ఉన్నాయి. దీంతో తమను గురించే సినిమాలో చెడుగా చెప్పారని వారిద్దరూ వాదానికి దిగారు.
రైతుబిడ్డ విడుదల విషయం రగడ సాగుతుండగానే రెండో ప్రపంచయుద్దం ముంచుకొచ్చింది. దీంతో మద్రాసు స్టేట్ లో రాజాజీ నేతృత్వంలో ఉన్న కాంగ్రెస్ సర్కార్ రాజీనామా చేసింది. అదే అదనుగా జమీందార్లు మళ్ళీ రెచ్చిపోయారు. రైతుబిడ్డ రిలీజైన ధియేటర్ల యాజమాన్యాలను బెదిరించారు. వినకపోయే సరికి...నిప్పుపెట్టే ప్రయత్నాలు కూడా చేశారు.
సినిమాను మద్రాసు ప్రావిన్స్ లో నిషేదించలేదు. కేవలం కొన్ని జిల్లాల్లో మాత్రమే నిషేదించారు. నిజానికి సినిమాలో జమిందారు మంచివాడే...పక్కనున్న కొందరు దుర్మార్గులు ఆయన్ని పక్కదారి పట్టించారు లాంటి అభిప్రాయం కలిగేలా తీశారనే విమర్శా వినిపించింది. అయితే రైతుబిడ్డ ప్రభావంతోనే కావచ్చు...రామబ్రహ్మం కన్నుమూసిన తర్వాత కూడా రోజులు మారాయి లాంటి రైతు పక్షపాత సినిమా తీశారు సారధీ వారు.
మాలపిల్ల, రైతుబిడ్డ చిత్రాల సంగీత దర్శకుడు భీమవరపు నరసింహారావు, పాటల రచయిత కొసరాజు కూడా ఈ సినిమాలో నటించడం విశేషం. ఎనభై సంవత్సరాల క్రితమే ఇంత అడ్వాన్స్ గా సినిమా తీశారా అనిపించేలా రైతుబిడ్డ సృజించిన గూడవల్లి రామబ్రహ్మానికి ఘనంగా నివాళులు అర్పిద్దాం.
రైతుబిడ్డ చిత్రాన్ని డిసెంబరు నెల 14 సాయంత్రం ఐదు గంటలకు స్క్రీన్ చేస్తున్నాం. లామకాన్, లైకిట్ మీడియా వారి సహకారంతో ఓల్డ్ మూవీ లవర్స్ నిర్వహిస్తున్న ఈ స్క్రీనింగ్ కార్యక్రమానికి ముందు చిన్న సమావేశం ఉంటుంది.

We are from the organisation named DO, here DO stands for "DONATE ORGANS".
We are Social enterprise who are willing to work for the betterment of the society.
We evoke the citizens to pledge their organs.
We conduct campaigns to create awareness and let the citizens know the importance of organ donation.
Here in this campaign we are going to conduct few activities.

Lamakaan hosts a week-long (15th-21st Dec 2017) film Festival of B.Narasing Rao's classical films. Narsing Rao is one of the pioneers of Art Film Movement in Indian cinema in general and Telugu cinema in particular. His movies have created a special sensation with their sensible thoughts and story. He had made sincere efforts to take Telugu Cinema to the world.

RANGULA KALA
Rangula Kala (A Colorful Dream), is about a painter whose life and work are in contradiction. Its only when he begins to paint his own experience and surroundings that he evolves into a genuine artist. Rao played the lead role himself and the film won a National Award.
(COLOURFUL DREAM) (1983)
Story, Co-Script Writer, Music Director, Played the lead role and
Director.
AWARDS:
National Award for Best Regional Film in Telugu, 1984 India
Best Supporting Actress, 1984 Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, India
PARTICIPATION
Indian Panorama, International Film Festival of India, 1984 Bombay

Open to All and entry is Free.

A lot can happen over a cup of tea! Masala Chai by 'KissaGo' revolves around the concept tea being a form of social network. People get together for tea and build long term friendships with tea being the binding factor in many relationships. Masala Chai will be a presentation of Divya Prakash Dubey's Hindi Monologues - Jeevanshaadi.com, Hum Do Humara Ek and Love You Forever and Fill in the blanks. Cast - Sunjit Akkinepally, Shailja Chaturvedi, Jay Jha Directed By - Krishna Shukla Passes - 200 Contact # 9700074079

We want to screen the movie Man from Earth and hold a live session with the director himself at Lamakaan.

Write Club Hyderabad helps you pen your thoughts, spill your mind and finally make an appointment with the writer in your head. We conduct free, weekly events that foster writing. Our Meetups aim at helping writers reach their goals in a supportive, collaborative, social setting. Writing doesn't have to be all by oneself. We welcome anyone who writes, regardless of genre, language or age. We have members writing novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays, essays, school reports and more. What we do, basically: One of the members of Write Club (anyone with a participation count over 2 consecutive meetups) hosts a session. They bring forth a theme and writing exercises. We all then write to the host’s prompts and guidelines for about an hour. Once we're done writing, we read out our write-ups (optional). We also exchange feedback and constructively critique each other's works. Entry is free, anyone with an interest in writing can walk in. Bring your writing devices and we’re all set! We promise to provide you with good coffee and a super-creative conversation. We have Write Club sessions every Saturday afternoon – 3 to 6 PM

Lamakaan hosts a week-long (15th to 21st Dec 2017) film Festival of B.Narasing Rao's classical films. Narsing Rao is one of the pioneers of Art Film Movement in Indian cinema in general and Telugu cinema in particular. His movies have created a special sensation with their sensible thoughts and story. He had made sincere efforts to take Telugu Cinema to the world.

DAASI
(Bonded Women) (1988)
The film that won Rao critical respect is Daasi(Bonded Woman 1988). Set in 20's, it chronicles the unenviable life of a housemaid, who was in custom then, came as a part of dowry to a richZamindar's house. She goes through the back breaking routine of household chores as well as being expected to entertain zamindar and his male guests. When she gets pregnant, she is forced to abort. Narsing Rao, with the help of his cameraman AK Bir, recreates the graceful lifestyle of the privileged in limpid, sensuous images, as when the wife of the zamindaris bathed and coiffeured by her maids, and contrasts it effectively with his bleak suffocating world of the housemaid, whose world is not her own. This film won five National Awards, including the one for Best Actress, won by Archana who played her role with consummate skill.
'Dasi' bagged the Diploma of Merit award at the Moscow International Film Festival in 1989. Due to its meticulous technicality and superior artistic sense, 'Dasi' was considered a milestone not only in Telugu but also in Indian cinema.

AWARDS
Five National Awards
Best Actress
Best Cinematographer
Best Art Director
Best Costume Designer
Best Regional Film
Diploma of Merit, Moscow International Film Festival 1989
PARTICIPATION
Munich Film Fest 1989, Germany
International Mathamatics Conference, Hyderbad -1989
Karlovivary International Film Festival 1990, Czechoslovakia.
Nates International Film Festival 1990, France.
Cairo International Film Festival 1990, Egypt.
International Film Festival of India 1990, Calcutta.
Lincoln Centre 1991, New York, USA.
Museum of Modern Art -1991, New York.
Festival of India 1991-92,Germany.
Hicomind Film Festival 1992, Srilanka.
Asian Film Centre, 1992, Colombo, Srilanka.
Dublin International Film Festival 1994, Ireland.
Bergamo Film Meet ,1994, Italy.
Festival of India 1995, Warsaw, Italy & Berlin.
National Centre for Performing Arts, Bombay 1997.
Fifty years of Indian Independence Celebrations - Switzerland, Sweden,
France, Italy, 97
Focus on Telugu Cinema - International Film Festival of India 1999,
Hyderabad.
Movie Mela, International Movie Fare 1999, Hyderabad.

The Cmplt Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged) is three actors effort to stage the entire works of William Shakespeare on Stage. Their effort include an abridged version of Romeo and Juliet, Titus Andronicus as a cookery show, Othello as a rap song, rest of the comedies in one convoluted reading, all the histories through a football game, reduced versions of Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra and Macbeth, and to end Hamlet multiple times, speeding it up every time and backwards.

Set on Christmas night, the film tells a story about Santa Claus's clumsy son Arthur Claus who discovers that the Santa's high-tech ship has failed to deliver one girl's present. In response, he goes on a mission to save her Christmas, accompanied only by his ageing grandfather, a rebellious yet enthusiastic young Christmas Elf obsessed with wrapping gifts for children, and a team of eight strong, magical yet untrained reindeer.

Citizen Cafe: Make Hyderabad great again!

Venue: Lamakaan, Banjara Hills Time: 12:30PM on the 17th of December

Citizen Cafe:We’re convening enthusiastic (and not so enthusiastic) contributors to Hyderabad’s local landscape to talk through Hyderabad’s most pressing issues.

Over the course of 90 minutes we’re looking to structure (and find you a place to vent) about Hyderabad’s most pressing issues- while also laying down the first steps to solve them.

Join us to talk about -

What would it take to get my friendly neighborhood corporator to lay a road that won’t get damaged?
Wait, who is my corporator again?
Why does every monsoon in Hyderabad feel like you are on the sinking Titanic?
Will Ivanka Trump ever come back to visit all parts of Hyderabad to incentivize swift fixing?
Now that the Hussain Sagar is foaming, what can we do to prevent Bangalore-levels of jhaag?
And what are the odds that our air will turn into the benevolent and healthy air (not!) of Delhi?

Insights from this will feed into a plan for us, the citizens of Hyderabad, to take more ownership and act now to make our city livable for everyone.

We at 'Tale Tellers Troupe India' want to make 'India without Stage fear'. This event is an attempt to make people conquer their stage fear by telling stories. So, come and share the stories and listen to others tell their stories. We provide feedback and tips at the end for effective storytelling. Please keep your story to less than 10 minutes in length, so we all have time to participate. Don't bother censoring it -Because we aren't the moral police. The aim is to make people confident orators. Entry fee: ₹50
FB page: https://www.facebook.com/TaleTellersTroupeIndia/ Blog: www.taletellerstroupe.com

Lamakaan hosts a week-long (15th to 21st Dec 2017) film Festival of B.Narasing Rao's classical films. Narsing Rao is one of the pioneers of Art Film Movement in Indian cinema in general and Telugu cinema in particular. His movies have created a special sensation with their sensible thoughts and story. He had made sincere efforts to take Telugu Cinema to the world.

MATTI MANUSHULU
(MUD PEOPLE) (1990)
is based on the lives of construction labourers and their interaction with cosmopolitan life.
It received the Diploma in Merit award in the Moscow International Film Festival in 1991. Earlier in 1990, it won the National Award for best regional film in Telugu.

AWARDS
Diploma of Merit, Moscow International Film Festival 1991
National Award for Best regional Film in Telugu, 1990, India
PARTICIPATION
International Film Festival of India, Madras 1991
Screening Days 1991, Sweden.
Cinematheque Film Festival 1992, Montreal, Canada.
American Film Institute 1992, California, USA.
(The film was screened at all Major Universities in USA)
Jerusalem Film Festival, 1993 Israel.

Open to all and entry is free

The Cmplt Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged) is three actors effort to stage the entire works of William Shakespeare on Stage. Their effort include an abridged version of Romeo and Juliet, Titus Andronicus as a cookery show, Othello as a rap song, rest of the comedies in one convoluted reading, all the histories through a football game, reduced versions of Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra and Macbeth, and to end Hamlet multiple times, speeding it up every time and backwards.