Lamakaan

Urdu Shaahkaar: Masterpieces of Urdu Poetry
A conversation between S.M. Shahed and Mir Ali Husain

Shahed and Husain will talk about the works of great Urdu poets including Mirza Ghalib, Josh Malihabadi, Mohinder Singh Bedi, Balmukund Arsh Malsiani, Parveen Shakir, Brij Narayan Chakbast, Fahmida Riaz, Pandit Anand Mohan Gulzar Dehlavi, and Makhdoom Mohiuddin, among others.

S.M. Shahed is the force behind urdushahkar.org, one of the most important resources of Urdu poetry, with a rich and growing variety of content for both the rank beginner and the Urdu expert. Mir Ali Husain is an author, scriptwriter, and the lyricist of several songs including the super-hit "Ye Hausla" from the movie "Dor".

February is more than the love month. It is the month to remember and celebrate one of the founders of French New Wave Cinema, Francois Truffaut.

About: Francois Truffaut: François Roland Truffaut 6 February 1932 – 21 October 1984) was a French film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film critic. He is widely regarded as one of the founders of the French New Wave. After more than 25 years of career, he remains an icon of the French film industry, having worked on over 25 films.

Truffaut's film The 400 Blows (1959) is a defining film of the French New Wave movement and has four sequels, Antoine et Colette (1962), Stolen Kisses (1968), Bed and Board (1970), and Love on the Run (1979). Truffaut's 1973 film Day for Night earned him critical acclaim and several awards, including the BAFTA Award for Best Film and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His other notable films include Shoot the Piano Player (1960), Jules and Jim (1962), The Soft Skin (1964), The Wild Child (1970), Two English Girls (1971), The Last Metro (1980), and The Woman Next Door (1981). He is also known for his supporting role in Steven Spielberg's science fiction film Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977).

Truffaut also wrote the notable book Hitchcock/Truffaut (1966), which detailed his interviews with the film director Alfred Hitchcock during the 1960s.


Film Title: The Last Metro | 1980 | 131 minutes | French language subtitled in English |


The Last Metro (French: Le Dernier Métro) is a 1980 historical drama film, written and directed by François Truffaut, that stars Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu.

Opening in 1942 during the German occupation of France, it follows the fortunes of a small theatre in the Montmartre area of Paris which keeps up passive resistance by maintaining its cultural integrity, despite censorship, antisemitism and material shortages, to emerge triumphant at the war's end. The title evokes two salient facts about city life under the Germans: fuel shortages led people to spend their evenings in theatres and other places of entertainment, but the curfew meant they had to catch the last Métro train home.

Topic: Forgotten Muslim Empires of South India by Syed Ubaidur Rahman

Syed Ubaidur Rahman’s book 'Forgotten Muslim Empires of South India' is a thoroughgoing work of historical revisionism and excavation. It seeks to rehabilitate the Muslim Sultanates of medieval South India into mainstream historical discourse in India and thereby remedy its current marginal status. A major work of historiography, it delves into the Bahamani kingdom, the Adil Shahi Sultanate of Bijapur, the Nizam Shahi Sultanate of Ahmadnagar, the Qutub Shahi Sultanate of Golconda (Hyderabad), and the Sultanate of Madura (Ma’bar). Certain aspects of the political history of these sultanates, such as their rich cultural life, architectural achievements, and scholarly investments, are delved into.

They have all heavily contributed to the rich texture of Indian civilization. For instance, the Bahamani Sultanate collaborated with the neighboring Vijaynagar kingdom at the level of art and culture, thereby creating a syncretic nature of this medieval ethos.

This book is helpful to all scholars of medieval Indian history at an international level.

About the Author: Syed Ubaidur Rahman is a New Delhi-based author and columnist. His recent publications include 'Forgotten Muslim Empires of South India: Bahmani Empire, Madurai, Bijapur, Golconda & Mysore Sultanates' (2022), 'Biographical Encyclopaedia of Indian Muslim Freedom Fighters' (2021), and 'Ulema's Role in India's Freedom Movement with a Focus on Reshmi Rumal Tehrik' (2019).

Join us for the book launch of “The Forgotten Muslim Empires of South India.” Copies of the book will be available for sale at the event.

ALL ARE WELCOME!

Samahaara Workshop Productions
presents

A double bill of popular Telugu plays

Gollapudi Maruti Rao's
"KALLU"
&
Gandavaram Subbarami Reddy's
"AAGANDI NENU VASTUNNAA"

Directed by Rathna Shekar

24th Feb 2023
08.00pm
Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Hydrabad.

Bookings at in.bookmyshow.com

KALLU (EYES), is a play about a group of people who are blind. They pool enough money by begging and for the collective good of the group they decide to get one of them eyes. What happens when one of them can see? Will the others be taken care of or exploited?

AAGANDI NENU VASTUNNAA is a play about Seetharamayya and his son Satyam. Seetharamayya is an orthodox middle class father who hates the creative field (Theatre/Acting). Satyam a very passionate and talented actor tries to change his fathers opinion. Will Satyam succeed?

Tired of your daily routine and eager to explore your hobbies? I'm starting a meet up group for hobbyists who are looking to start a new hobby or work on your existing hobby while chitchatting and interacting with likeminded individuals. Whether you enjoy crocheting, painting, designing, embroidery, tatting, drawing, photography, DIY projects, crafting, doll making, sewing, wood working or have any other hobbies, then this platform is for you. In light of current environmental issues, using sustainable and biodegradable materials for your projects is recommended, however not mandatory. Let's all do our part in protecting our environment while enjoying our hobbies.

'In Defense of Reason' invites you to a talk on
'One Year of Delhi Anganwadi Caregivers’ Heroic Strike: Prospects, Challenges and the Road Ahead'

Speaker:
Shivani Kaul
(President, Delhi State Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Union (DSAWHU), Political Analyst and Political Activist)

Dear Friends,

The Anganwadi caregivers of Delhi had led a historic strike for 38 days since 31st January 2022 under the leadership of Delhi State Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Union (DSAWHU). It was one of the major strikes in the recent history of working class movement in Delhi as well as India with three massive rallies in the heart of Delhi.

In those 38 days, this strike had not only become a challenge for the Delhi Kejriwal Government and the Central Modi Government, but at the same time exposed the entire capitalist system. Despite their relentess efforts, the BJP Government at the Centre and the AAP Government of Delhi failed to sabotage the strike. However, owing to their growing desperation and panic both these parties mutually agreed upon imposing draconian Essential Services Maintainance Act (ESMA).


In the current session, 'In defence of Reason' has invited Shivani Kaul, a political activist and president, DSAWHU to share her views on the events that led to strike, post-strike developments, the challenges that face the struggle of caregivers everywhere fighting for regularisation who are not identified as a government employees but are rather termed as "volunteers", the political economy of care work and how the capitalist system exploits these caregivers, the prospects, challenges and road ahead for these struggles.

We heartily extend our invitation to everyone to be part of this important talk and we hope this talk will be able to deal, though in a very limited and humble way, with some of these pertinent questions confronting the working class movement in India at present.

Samahaara Workshop Productions
presents

"PAAPAM URI TEESTHARU KABOLU"
(Telugu Play)
An adaptation of Reginald Rose's 12 Angry Men
Translated into Telugu by Chitta Shankar

Directed by Rathna Shekar

25th Feb 2023
08.00pm
Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Hydrabad.

Bookings at in.bookmyshow.com

Twelve persons have been led into a jury room of a court of law. They are given final instructions about determining the verdict in a murder case whose defendant faces the death penalty if found guilty.They gather around a table to begin discussions about the case. The defendant, a young man, is accused of killing his father; and, after a preliminary vote, all but one of the jurors presume he is guilty. Juror #8 is the only one who feels differently. Because they must come to a unanimous decision, debates begin. Most of the men are upset and very vocal about the dissenting vote. It is agreed to go around the table and have each man explain why he believes the young man is guilty, in hopes of convincing Juror #8 to change his mind. They heatedly discuss the known facts of the case; and little by little the personalities, opinions, and biases of each juror become evident. Will the juror #8 stand his ground or can the others convince him otherwise?

The Hyderabad Fountain Pen Club is a group of Fountain Pen users, enthusiasts and collectors. Join us and share in the love for precious family legacies or recent purchases.

In February 2020, the National Capital witness a series of anti Muslim pogrom that continued unabated for almost a week. A total of 53 people lost their lives while thousand others were displaced. Speaker Aasif Mujtaba, lead one of the largest relief & rehabilitation projects in the affected area. The talk today will highlight his personal experience of working with the affected community.

The Navarasas are the nine expressions that humans show. these emotions are a part and parcel of any human being but also These are the nine emotions that are known to evoke an audience during an experience of art performance.

We all go through all of these emotions at various points of our lives. We all at some point experience the feeling of love, surprise, anger, sadness, fear, courage, aversion and peace.

as we feel these rasas, the way we emote comes from the places of privilege,space and time. for a queer community, the way we see these navarasa are far more different from a cis hetero lense.

As Drag an artfrom which evokes rasa(emotion) to its audience, its never seen as a nuaced way of expressing them. to bridge the diversity of drag and its performers, on how one can emote with art, the Navarasa in drag musicals is presented.

here there are 9 drag artists, performing the 9 navarasas, and traversing through the idea of queer politics, queer fears, queer love and the universe under a rainbow.

March brings the blooming flowers and the great joys of David Lean's films to Lamakaan.

About David Lean: Sir David Lean CBE (25 March 1908 – 16 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor. Widely considered one of the most influential figures in British cinema, Lean directed the large-scale epics The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965), and A Passage to India (1984).[1] He also directed the film adaptations of two Charles Dickens novels, Great Expectations (1946) and Oliver Twist (1948), as well as the romantic drama Brief Encounter (1945).

Originally a film editor in the early 1930s, Lean made his directorial debut with 1942's In Which We Serve, the first of four collaborations with Noël Coward. Beginning in the Summertime of 1955, Lean started to make internationally co-produced films financed by the big Hollywood studios; in 1970, however, the critical failure of his film Ryan's Daughter led him to take a fourteen-year break from filmmaking, during which he planned many film projects which never came to fruition. In 1984 he had a career revival with A Passage to India, adapted from E. M. Forster's novel; it was an instant hit with critics but proved to be the last film Lean would direct.

Lean's affinity for pictorialism and inventive editing techniques has led him to be lauded by directors such as Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, and Ridley Scott. Lean was voted 9th greatest film director of all time in the British Film Institute Sight & Sound "Directors' Top Directors" poll in 2002. Nominated seven times for the Academy Award for Best Director, which he won twice for The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia, he has seven films in the British Film Institute's Top 100 British Films (with three of them being in the top five) and was awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1990.


Film Title: Great Expectations | 1946 | 118 minutes | English language |

About the film: Great Expectations is a 1946 British drama directed by David Lean, based on the 1861 novel by Charles Dickens and starring John Mills and Valerie Hobson. The supporting cast included Bernard Miles, Francis L. Sullivan, Anthony Wager, Jean Simmons, Finlay Currie, Martita Hunt, and Alec Guinness.

The script is based on a slimmed-down version of Dickens' novel. It was written by David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Cecil McGivern, Ronald Neame, and Kay Walsh after Lean had seen an abridged 1939 stage version of the novel written by Alec Guinness.


Film Title: Brief Encounter | 1945 | 87 minutes | English language |

About the film: Brief Encounter is a 1945 British romantic drama film directed by David Lean from a screenplay by Noël Coward, based on his 1936 one-act play Still Life.

Starring Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, and Joyce Carey, it follows a passionate extramarital affair in England shortly before World War II. The protagonist is Laura, a married woman with children whose conventional life becomes increasingly complicated after a chance meeting at a railway station with a married stranger with whom she subsequently falls in love.

SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION! ALL ARE WELCOME!!! ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!

‘Stolen Shorelines,’ a powerful and visually stimulating documentary written and directed by KA Shaji, highlights the disappearance of shorelines, especially in and around Thiruvananthapuram city. Shaji is an environmental journalist with two decades of intense engagement with Kerala’s climatic and livelihood issues.

It serves as a reminder of how encroachments on the natural ecosystems can trigger a series of disruptions to an already ecologically fragile piece of land. It establishes how corporate greed and wrong development notions aggravate the climate crisis in Vizhinjam, Kovalam, Shanghumugham, Muthalapozhi and all other beaches in Thiruvananthapuram, some of which, like Kovalam, once remained sought after by global tourists.

The documentary leaves you in a state of shock. It presents bare facts and shocking information using extensively researched data and testimonials from local people. It researches the imminent threats posed to our shorelines even as we dream about the long-term benefits of developmental projects that aim to make Kerala a superpower.

SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION with the Director!

ALL ARE WELCOME!!! ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!

Sutradhar celebrates International Womens Day with ‘Adhikaar’ – Two women belonging to different yugas take on a path to self-discovery to seek their identity and redefine their individuality.

Dushala:
The epic Mahabharat written since time immemorial has been told and retold. Even today verses from it are quoted for spiritual and other references. But while many of its primarily male characters are worshipped and celebrated, one woman was buried long ago in the epic mythology's pages.
While her mother Gandhari chose to blind herself from the world, her only daughter Dushala's identity, aspirations and concerns were forcefully muted for she was born after a 100 Kaurav brothers and lived merely as a shadow.
Even after many yugas, Dushala, the disregarded daughter is born and reborn, looking restlessly for her identity, her individuality. Was there more to her than being the only daughter born in the 'Kuruvansh' of Hastinapur, the only sister of Kauravas and Pandavas, the wife of King Jayadrath and mother of Prince Surath?

Weekend:
A part of Nirmal Verma’s famous trilogy ‘Teen Ekaant’, Weekend is the story of a woman bound by love and memories who finds herself caught between societal brackets of relationships and her quest for solitude. Her innermost thoughts linger on her mind as she finds herself in an unlabelled relationship with a divorced man who is also the father of a young girl. While she loves and wants to be loved, her ache for self-love and solitude seems above all.

Hyderabad Cinephiles is conducting a screening and discussion of Iranian filmmaker Marzieh Meshkini's The Day I Became a Woman (2000). The film follows three stories along the sea: that of a girl, a young woman, and an old woman, as they traverse the path of being womanhood in this world.
Join us at 7pm on Sunday, 5 March, at Lamakaan, Banjara Hills.

Film Title: The Bridge on the River Kwai | 1957 | 161 minutes | English language |

About the film: The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 epic war film directed by David Lean and based on the 1952 novel written by Pierre Boulle. Although the film uses the historical setting of the construction of the Burma Railway in 1942–1943, the plot and characters of Boulle's novel and the screenplay are almost entirely fictional. The cast includes William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, and Sessue Hayakawa.

It was initially scripted by screenwriter Carl Foreman, who Michael Wilson later replaced. Both writers had to work in secret, as they were on the Hollywood blacklist and had fled to the UK in order to continue working. As a result, Boulle, who did not speak English, was credited and received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay; many years later, Foreman and Wilson posthumously received the Academy Award.

SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION! ALL ARE WELCOME!!! ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!

Mr. Frans Hakkemars, a Dutch puppeteer with 45 years of experience, will perform the Netherlands special-Jan Klaassen Hand/Glove Puppet show and Dream Suitcase Shadow Puppet Play as part of the Women's Day "Women Life Freedom"-A voice to support Women in Iran. It is an honour for Sphoorthi Theatre STEPARC to welcome Mr. Hakkemars.

Remembering Parveen Shakir on International Women's Day
Presenters
Smt. Lakshmi Devi Raj
Promoter of Art and Culture, Particularly, Theater, Music and Dance, Will Preside

Dr. Raunaque A. Rais
Associate Professor and Head Department of Urdu BNN collage, Memberof Board of Studies, University of Mumbai

Prof. Ashraf Rafi
Former Head of Dept. Urdu
Osmania University

కమ్ ఈట్ విత్ మీ! మన హైదరాబాద్ లో!
'Come eat with me' is coming to Hyderabad!

About the show:
Come Eat With Me is a performance piece that explores the relationship between caste and food while sharing a meal together. Focusing on Dalit Cuisine, the piece begins with personal stories and oral histories around food in my household and community and is peppered with existing literature and academic writing about the multilayered, many-flavored relationships between caste and food.

The event is pay as you like!

ENTRY only through prior Registration.

Please register at the link below. Copy paste the link into the browser if it does not open.

https://forms.gle/uyosYWPjZrYp2PZ97


This event is part of Lamakaan’s 13th Anniversary Celebrations (10th March - 16th March 2023)

Qabila presents we push the sky at Lamakaan on their 13th anniversary!

Friends, Faith, Future - wepushthesky invites you to listen to what lies beneath the surface. The protagonist weaves personal stories and community histories into a powerful account of friendships lost and found. In the midst of loud and divisive political rhetoric, the play is an affirmation of our ability to forge belonging from the sharp edges of our differences.
Suitable for ages 14+

wepushthesky trailer:
https://youtube.com/shorts/i6m-6u6ZY0w?feature=share

Cast and Credits:

Script & Performance: Nisha Abdulla
Production Manager: Shradha Raj
Sound Design: Pardafash
Light Design: Madhusudan and Arun DT
Set Execution: Gowtham (Bheema)
Design & Direction: Ujwala Rao

Entry Rs.200/-through registration. Use the link below to register (Mandatory).

http://shorturl.at/svE67

This event is part of Lamakaan’s 13th Anniversary Celebrations (10th March - 16th March 2023)

Rich Media, Poor Journalism A talk by Hartosh Singh Bal

In this talk, Hartosh will explore how media houses have become richer and richer over time. On the other hand, the quality of journalism, despite its significance as a profession, is surprisingly and disturbingly poor.

ALL ARE WELCOME!

This event is part of Lamakaan’s 13th Anniversary Celebrations (10th March - 16th March 2023)

Purane Gaane with Yaseen Khan is a medley of old songs played on Violin.

Amongst the rare few players of Rabab and a master of Violin, Mohd Yaseen Khan has lent his music to numerous movies in a nearly five-decade-long career.

ALL ARE WELCOME!

This event is part of Lamakaan’s 13th Anniversary Celebrations (10th March - 16th March 2023)

'Dance & Dialogue' is a special performance by Haleem Khan and his team, breaking the conventions around art traditions of dance forms.

About the event: In this interactive session, Haleem Khan and his team will engage the audience with performance and expressions that can complement to create a unique and powerful experience of Kuchipudi.

Kuchipudi is a classical Indian dance form that originated in Andhra Pradesh in southern India. It is believed to have been developed by the Bhakti movement saints in the 17th century, who used dance to express their devotion to Lord Krishna.

The dance form is characterized by its intricate footwork, graceful movements, and emotive expressions. It is performed with a combination of dance, music, and storytelling and often portrays stories from Hindu mythology and folklore.

Kuchipudi dance is known for its unique movement style, which includes swift and sharp footwork, intricate hand gestures, and fluid body movements. It also involves using facial expressions to convey emotions and the performance's narrative.

About Haleem Khan: Haleem Khan is an Indian Kuchipudi dancer, performer, and movie actor, born on 10 April in Ongole of Andhra Pradesh, and presently lives in Hyderabad. Haleem has performed more than 800 dance shows across the world, as well as conducted Kuchipudi workshops overseas. Haleem specializes in Rupanurupam (female impersonation) within Kuchipudi; he is well known for performing Bhama Kalapam and various roles in Annamacharya kirtanas. Hailing from a Muslim family in a small town, Haleem faced many difficulties learning Kuchipudi without his family knowing it. Initially, Haleem performed under the stage name of Hari. His dance, especially the female impersonation, has given him critical acclaim and won him many awards and felicitations. Haleem is passionate about preserving the art and is working on an interactive Kuchipudi dance instruction video.

ALL ARE WELCOME!

This event is part of Lamakaan’s 13th Anniversary Celebrations (10th March - 16th March 2023)

Coming 23rd March is the martyrdom day of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru. The ideas of these great revolutionaries are increasingly becoming more relevant than ever as our country is faced up with the huge problems of unemployment, job losses, hunger, malnutrition. inglation, corruption and communalism.

Against this backdrop. we are organising the screening of Gauhar Raza's 40 minutes long documentary film 'Inqilab' followed by a discussion on 'The relevance of Bhagat Singh's ideas in today's India.

We heartily invite all those who are concerned with the problems listed above and are seeking to find answers to them.

Contact: 9971196111

Performing Classical Dance (Bharatnatyam)

Urdu Shaahkaar: Masterpieces of Urdu Poetry
A conversation between S.M. Shahed and Mir Ali Husain

Shahed and Husain will talk about the works of great Urdu poets including Mirza Ghalib, Josh Malihabadi, Mohinder Singh Bedi, Balmukund Arsh Malsiani, Parveen Shakir, Brij Narayan Chakbast, Fahmida Riaz, Pandit Anand Mohan Gulzar Dehlavi, and Makhdoom Mohiuddin, among others.

S.M. Shahed is the force behind urdushahkar.org, one of the most important resources of Urdu poetry, with a rich and growing variety of content for both the rank beginner and the Urdu expert. Mir Ali Husain is an author, scriptwriter, and the lyricist of several songs including the super-hit "Ye Hausla" from the movie "Dor".

February is more than the love month. It is the month to remember and celebrate one of the founders of French New Wave Cinema, Francois Truffaut.

About: Francois Truffaut: François Roland Truffaut 6 February 1932 – 21 October 1984) was a French film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film critic. He is widely regarded as one of the founders of the French New Wave. After more than 25 years of career, he remains an icon of the French film industry, having worked on over 25 films.

Truffaut's film The 400 Blows (1959) is a defining film of the French New Wave movement and has four sequels, Antoine et Colette (1962), Stolen Kisses (1968), Bed and Board (1970), and Love on the Run (1979). Truffaut's 1973 film Day for Night earned him critical acclaim and several awards, including the BAFTA Award for Best Film and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His other notable films include Shoot the Piano Player (1960), Jules and Jim (1962), The Soft Skin (1964), The Wild Child (1970), Two English Girls (1971), The Last Metro (1980), and The Woman Next Door (1981). He is also known for his supporting role in Steven Spielberg's science fiction film Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977).

Truffaut also wrote the notable book Hitchcock/Truffaut (1966), which detailed his interviews with the film director Alfred Hitchcock during the 1960s.


Film Title: The Last Metro | 1980 | 131 minutes | French language subtitled in English |


The Last Metro (French: Le Dernier Métro) is a 1980 historical drama film, written and directed by François Truffaut, that stars Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu.

Opening in 1942 during the German occupation of France, it follows the fortunes of a small theatre in the Montmartre area of Paris which keeps up passive resistance by maintaining its cultural integrity, despite censorship, antisemitism and material shortages, to emerge triumphant at the war's end. The title evokes two salient facts about city life under the Germans: fuel shortages led people to spend their evenings in theatres and other places of entertainment, but the curfew meant they had to catch the last Métro train home.

Topic: Forgotten Muslim Empires of South India by Syed Ubaidur Rahman

Syed Ubaidur Rahman’s book 'Forgotten Muslim Empires of South India' is a thoroughgoing work of historical revisionism and excavation. It seeks to rehabilitate the Muslim Sultanates of medieval South India into mainstream historical discourse in India and thereby remedy its current marginal status. A major work of historiography, it delves into the Bahamani kingdom, the Adil Shahi Sultanate of Bijapur, the Nizam Shahi Sultanate of Ahmadnagar, the Qutub Shahi Sultanate of Golconda (Hyderabad), and the Sultanate of Madura (Ma’bar). Certain aspects of the political history of these sultanates, such as their rich cultural life, architectural achievements, and scholarly investments, are delved into.

They have all heavily contributed to the rich texture of Indian civilization. For instance, the Bahamani Sultanate collaborated with the neighboring Vijaynagar kingdom at the level of art and culture, thereby creating a syncretic nature of this medieval ethos.

This book is helpful to all scholars of medieval Indian history at an international level.

About the Author: Syed Ubaidur Rahman is a New Delhi-based author and columnist. His recent publications include 'Forgotten Muslim Empires of South India: Bahmani Empire, Madurai, Bijapur, Golconda & Mysore Sultanates' (2022), 'Biographical Encyclopaedia of Indian Muslim Freedom Fighters' (2021), and 'Ulema's Role in India's Freedom Movement with a Focus on Reshmi Rumal Tehrik' (2019).

Join us for the book launch of “The Forgotten Muslim Empires of South India.” Copies of the book will be available for sale at the event.

ALL ARE WELCOME!

Samahaara Workshop Productions
presents

A double bill of popular Telugu plays

Gollapudi Maruti Rao's
"KALLU"
&
Gandavaram Subbarami Reddy's
"AAGANDI NENU VASTUNNAA"

Directed by Rathna Shekar

24th Feb 2023
08.00pm
Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Hydrabad.

Bookings at in.bookmyshow.com

KALLU (EYES), is a play about a group of people who are blind. They pool enough money by begging and for the collective good of the group they decide to get one of them eyes. What happens when one of them can see? Will the others be taken care of or exploited?

AAGANDI NENU VASTUNNAA is a play about Seetharamayya and his son Satyam. Seetharamayya is an orthodox middle class father who hates the creative field (Theatre/Acting). Satyam a very passionate and talented actor tries to change his fathers opinion. Will Satyam succeed?

Tired of your daily routine and eager to explore your hobbies? I'm starting a meet up group for hobbyists who are looking to start a new hobby or work on your existing hobby while chitchatting and interacting with likeminded individuals. Whether you enjoy crocheting, painting, designing, embroidery, tatting, drawing, photography, DIY projects, crafting, doll making, sewing, wood working or have any other hobbies, then this platform is for you. In light of current environmental issues, using sustainable and biodegradable materials for your projects is recommended, however not mandatory. Let's all do our part in protecting our environment while enjoying our hobbies.

'In Defense of Reason' invites you to a talk on
'One Year of Delhi Anganwadi Caregivers’ Heroic Strike: Prospects, Challenges and the Road Ahead'

Speaker:
Shivani Kaul
(President, Delhi State Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Union (DSAWHU), Political Analyst and Political Activist)

Dear Friends,

The Anganwadi caregivers of Delhi had led a historic strike for 38 days since 31st January 2022 under the leadership of Delhi State Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Union (DSAWHU). It was one of the major strikes in the recent history of working class movement in Delhi as well as India with three massive rallies in the heart of Delhi.

In those 38 days, this strike had not only become a challenge for the Delhi Kejriwal Government and the Central Modi Government, but at the same time exposed the entire capitalist system. Despite their relentess efforts, the BJP Government at the Centre and the AAP Government of Delhi failed to sabotage the strike. However, owing to their growing desperation and panic both these parties mutually agreed upon imposing draconian Essential Services Maintainance Act (ESMA).


In the current session, 'In defence of Reason' has invited Shivani Kaul, a political activist and president, DSAWHU to share her views on the events that led to strike, post-strike developments, the challenges that face the struggle of caregivers everywhere fighting for regularisation who are not identified as a government employees but are rather termed as "volunteers", the political economy of care work and how the capitalist system exploits these caregivers, the prospects, challenges and road ahead for these struggles.

We heartily extend our invitation to everyone to be part of this important talk and we hope this talk will be able to deal, though in a very limited and humble way, with some of these pertinent questions confronting the working class movement in India at present.

Samahaara Workshop Productions
presents

"PAAPAM URI TEESTHARU KABOLU"
(Telugu Play)
An adaptation of Reginald Rose's 12 Angry Men
Translated into Telugu by Chitta Shankar

Directed by Rathna Shekar

25th Feb 2023
08.00pm
Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Hydrabad.

Bookings at in.bookmyshow.com

Twelve persons have been led into a jury room of a court of law. They are given final instructions about determining the verdict in a murder case whose defendant faces the death penalty if found guilty.They gather around a table to begin discussions about the case. The defendant, a young man, is accused of killing his father; and, after a preliminary vote, all but one of the jurors presume he is guilty. Juror #8 is the only one who feels differently. Because they must come to a unanimous decision, debates begin. Most of the men are upset and very vocal about the dissenting vote. It is agreed to go around the table and have each man explain why he believes the young man is guilty, in hopes of convincing Juror #8 to change his mind. They heatedly discuss the known facts of the case; and little by little the personalities, opinions, and biases of each juror become evident. Will the juror #8 stand his ground or can the others convince him otherwise?

The Hyderabad Fountain Pen Club is a group of Fountain Pen users, enthusiasts and collectors. Join us and share in the love for precious family legacies or recent purchases.

In February 2020, the National Capital witness a series of anti Muslim pogrom that continued unabated for almost a week. A total of 53 people lost their lives while thousand others were displaced. Speaker Aasif Mujtaba, lead one of the largest relief & rehabilitation projects in the affected area. The talk today will highlight his personal experience of working with the affected community.

The Navarasas are the nine expressions that humans show. these emotions are a part and parcel of any human being but also These are the nine emotions that are known to evoke an audience during an experience of art performance.

We all go through all of these emotions at various points of our lives. We all at some point experience the feeling of love, surprise, anger, sadness, fear, courage, aversion and peace.

as we feel these rasas, the way we emote comes from the places of privilege,space and time. for a queer community, the way we see these navarasa are far more different from a cis hetero lense.

As Drag an artfrom which evokes rasa(emotion) to its audience, its never seen as a nuaced way of expressing them. to bridge the diversity of drag and its performers, on how one can emote with art, the Navarasa in drag musicals is presented.

here there are 9 drag artists, performing the 9 navarasas, and traversing through the idea of queer politics, queer fears, queer love and the universe under a rainbow.

March brings the blooming flowers and the great joys of David Lean's films to Lamakaan.

About David Lean: Sir David Lean CBE (25 March 1908 – 16 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor. Widely considered one of the most influential figures in British cinema, Lean directed the large-scale epics The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965), and A Passage to India (1984).[1] He also directed the film adaptations of two Charles Dickens novels, Great Expectations (1946) and Oliver Twist (1948), as well as the romantic drama Brief Encounter (1945).

Originally a film editor in the early 1930s, Lean made his directorial debut with 1942's In Which We Serve, the first of four collaborations with Noël Coward. Beginning in the Summertime of 1955, Lean started to make internationally co-produced films financed by the big Hollywood studios; in 1970, however, the critical failure of his film Ryan's Daughter led him to take a fourteen-year break from filmmaking, during which he planned many film projects which never came to fruition. In 1984 he had a career revival with A Passage to India, adapted from E. M. Forster's novel; it was an instant hit with critics but proved to be the last film Lean would direct.

Lean's affinity for pictorialism and inventive editing techniques has led him to be lauded by directors such as Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, and Ridley Scott. Lean was voted 9th greatest film director of all time in the British Film Institute Sight & Sound "Directors' Top Directors" poll in 2002. Nominated seven times for the Academy Award for Best Director, which he won twice for The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia, he has seven films in the British Film Institute's Top 100 British Films (with three of them being in the top five) and was awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1990.


Film Title: Great Expectations | 1946 | 118 minutes | English language |

About the film: Great Expectations is a 1946 British drama directed by David Lean, based on the 1861 novel by Charles Dickens and starring John Mills and Valerie Hobson. The supporting cast included Bernard Miles, Francis L. Sullivan, Anthony Wager, Jean Simmons, Finlay Currie, Martita Hunt, and Alec Guinness.

The script is based on a slimmed-down version of Dickens' novel. It was written by David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Cecil McGivern, Ronald Neame, and Kay Walsh after Lean had seen an abridged 1939 stage version of the novel written by Alec Guinness.


Film Title: Brief Encounter | 1945 | 87 minutes | English language |

About the film: Brief Encounter is a 1945 British romantic drama film directed by David Lean from a screenplay by Noël Coward, based on his 1936 one-act play Still Life.

Starring Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, and Joyce Carey, it follows a passionate extramarital affair in England shortly before World War II. The protagonist is Laura, a married woman with children whose conventional life becomes increasingly complicated after a chance meeting at a railway station with a married stranger with whom she subsequently falls in love.

SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION! ALL ARE WELCOME!!! ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!

‘Stolen Shorelines,’ a powerful and visually stimulating documentary written and directed by KA Shaji, highlights the disappearance of shorelines, especially in and around Thiruvananthapuram city. Shaji is an environmental journalist with two decades of intense engagement with Kerala’s climatic and livelihood issues.

It serves as a reminder of how encroachments on the natural ecosystems can trigger a series of disruptions to an already ecologically fragile piece of land. It establishes how corporate greed and wrong development notions aggravate the climate crisis in Vizhinjam, Kovalam, Shanghumugham, Muthalapozhi and all other beaches in Thiruvananthapuram, some of which, like Kovalam, once remained sought after by global tourists.

The documentary leaves you in a state of shock. It presents bare facts and shocking information using extensively researched data and testimonials from local people. It researches the imminent threats posed to our shorelines even as we dream about the long-term benefits of developmental projects that aim to make Kerala a superpower.

SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION with the Director!

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Sutradhar celebrates International Womens Day with ‘Adhikaar’ – Two women belonging to different yugas take on a path to self-discovery to seek their identity and redefine their individuality.

Dushala:
The epic Mahabharat written since time immemorial has been told and retold. Even today verses from it are quoted for spiritual and other references. But while many of its primarily male characters are worshipped and celebrated, one woman was buried long ago in the epic mythology's pages.
While her mother Gandhari chose to blind herself from the world, her only daughter Dushala's identity, aspirations and concerns were forcefully muted for she was born after a 100 Kaurav brothers and lived merely as a shadow.
Even after many yugas, Dushala, the disregarded daughter is born and reborn, looking restlessly for her identity, her individuality. Was there more to her than being the only daughter born in the 'Kuruvansh' of Hastinapur, the only sister of Kauravas and Pandavas, the wife of King Jayadrath and mother of Prince Surath?

Weekend:
A part of Nirmal Verma’s famous trilogy ‘Teen Ekaant’, Weekend is the story of a woman bound by love and memories who finds herself caught between societal brackets of relationships and her quest for solitude. Her innermost thoughts linger on her mind as she finds herself in an unlabelled relationship with a divorced man who is also the father of a young girl. While she loves and wants to be loved, her ache for self-love and solitude seems above all.

Hyderabad Cinephiles is conducting a screening and discussion of Iranian filmmaker Marzieh Meshkini's The Day I Became a Woman (2000). The film follows three stories along the sea: that of a girl, a young woman, and an old woman, as they traverse the path of being womanhood in this world.
Join us at 7pm on Sunday, 5 March, at Lamakaan, Banjara Hills.

Film Title: The Bridge on the River Kwai | 1957 | 161 minutes | English language |

About the film: The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 epic war film directed by David Lean and based on the 1952 novel written by Pierre Boulle. Although the film uses the historical setting of the construction of the Burma Railway in 1942–1943, the plot and characters of Boulle's novel and the screenplay are almost entirely fictional. The cast includes William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, and Sessue Hayakawa.

It was initially scripted by screenwriter Carl Foreman, who Michael Wilson later replaced. Both writers had to work in secret, as they were on the Hollywood blacklist and had fled to the UK in order to continue working. As a result, Boulle, who did not speak English, was credited and received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay; many years later, Foreman and Wilson posthumously received the Academy Award.

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Mr. Frans Hakkemars, a Dutch puppeteer with 45 years of experience, will perform the Netherlands special-Jan Klaassen Hand/Glove Puppet show and Dream Suitcase Shadow Puppet Play as part of the Women's Day "Women Life Freedom"-A voice to support Women in Iran. It is an honour for Sphoorthi Theatre STEPARC to welcome Mr. Hakkemars.

Remembering Parveen Shakir on International Women's Day
Presenters
Smt. Lakshmi Devi Raj
Promoter of Art and Culture, Particularly, Theater, Music and Dance, Will Preside

Dr. Raunaque A. Rais
Associate Professor and Head Department of Urdu BNN collage, Memberof Board of Studies, University of Mumbai

Prof. Ashraf Rafi
Former Head of Dept. Urdu
Osmania University

కమ్ ఈట్ విత్ మీ! మన హైదరాబాద్ లో!
'Come eat with me' is coming to Hyderabad!

About the show:
Come Eat With Me is a performance piece that explores the relationship between caste and food while sharing a meal together. Focusing on Dalit Cuisine, the piece begins with personal stories and oral histories around food in my household and community and is peppered with existing literature and academic writing about the multilayered, many-flavored relationships between caste and food.

The event is pay as you like!

ENTRY only through prior Registration.

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This event is part of Lamakaan’s 13th Anniversary Celebrations (10th March - 16th March 2023)

Qabila presents we push the sky at Lamakaan on their 13th anniversary!

Friends, Faith, Future - wepushthesky invites you to listen to what lies beneath the surface. The protagonist weaves personal stories and community histories into a powerful account of friendships lost and found. In the midst of loud and divisive political rhetoric, the play is an affirmation of our ability to forge belonging from the sharp edges of our differences.
Suitable for ages 14+

wepushthesky trailer:
https://youtube.com/shorts/i6m-6u6ZY0w?feature=share

Cast and Credits:

Script & Performance: Nisha Abdulla
Production Manager: Shradha Raj
Sound Design: Pardafash
Light Design: Madhusudan and Arun DT
Set Execution: Gowtham (Bheema)
Design & Direction: Ujwala Rao

Entry Rs.200/-through registration. Use the link below to register (Mandatory).

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This event is part of Lamakaan’s 13th Anniversary Celebrations (10th March - 16th March 2023)

Rich Media, Poor Journalism A talk by Hartosh Singh Bal

In this talk, Hartosh will explore how media houses have become richer and richer over time. On the other hand, the quality of journalism, despite its significance as a profession, is surprisingly and disturbingly poor.

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This event is part of Lamakaan’s 13th Anniversary Celebrations (10th March - 16th March 2023)

Purane Gaane with Yaseen Khan is a medley of old songs played on Violin.

Amongst the rare few players of Rabab and a master of Violin, Mohd Yaseen Khan has lent his music to numerous movies in a nearly five-decade-long career.

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This event is part of Lamakaan’s 13th Anniversary Celebrations (10th March - 16th March 2023)

'Dance & Dialogue' is a special performance by Haleem Khan and his team, breaking the conventions around art traditions of dance forms.

About the event: In this interactive session, Haleem Khan and his team will engage the audience with performance and expressions that can complement to create a unique and powerful experience of Kuchipudi.

Kuchipudi is a classical Indian dance form that originated in Andhra Pradesh in southern India. It is believed to have been developed by the Bhakti movement saints in the 17th century, who used dance to express their devotion to Lord Krishna.

The dance form is characterized by its intricate footwork, graceful movements, and emotive expressions. It is performed with a combination of dance, music, and storytelling and often portrays stories from Hindu mythology and folklore.

Kuchipudi dance is known for its unique movement style, which includes swift and sharp footwork, intricate hand gestures, and fluid body movements. It also involves using facial expressions to convey emotions and the performance's narrative.

About Haleem Khan: Haleem Khan is an Indian Kuchipudi dancer, performer, and movie actor, born on 10 April in Ongole of Andhra Pradesh, and presently lives in Hyderabad. Haleem has performed more than 800 dance shows across the world, as well as conducted Kuchipudi workshops overseas. Haleem specializes in Rupanurupam (female impersonation) within Kuchipudi; he is well known for performing Bhama Kalapam and various roles in Annamacharya kirtanas. Hailing from a Muslim family in a small town, Haleem faced many difficulties learning Kuchipudi without his family knowing it. Initially, Haleem performed under the stage name of Hari. His dance, especially the female impersonation, has given him critical acclaim and won him many awards and felicitations. Haleem is passionate about preserving the art and is working on an interactive Kuchipudi dance instruction video.

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This event is part of Lamakaan’s 13th Anniversary Celebrations (10th March - 16th March 2023)

Coming 23rd March is the martyrdom day of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru. The ideas of these great revolutionaries are increasingly becoming more relevant than ever as our country is faced up with the huge problems of unemployment, job losses, hunger, malnutrition. inglation, corruption and communalism.

Against this backdrop. we are organising the screening of Gauhar Raza's 40 minutes long documentary film 'Inqilab' followed by a discussion on 'The relevance of Bhagat Singh's ideas in today's India.

We heartily invite all those who are concerned with the problems listed above and are seeking to find answers to them.

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