Lamakaan

Barking Dog is a Hindi sitcom written by Vishal Vijay, inspired by The Zoo Story by American playwright Edward Albee.

The play explores themes of isolation, loneliness,miscommunication as anathematization, social disparity and dehumanization in a materialistic world.
The story, in simplest terms, is about how a man who is consumed with loneliness starts up a conversation with another man on a bench in a Park and eventually forces him to participate in an act of violence.

WORLD PUPPETRY DAY CELEBRATIONS 2023
NAPC will be celebrating WPD 2023 by giving a puppet SHOW- This day is for the celebration of the art of Puppetry. Many are not aware of this art and a brief introduction to the art and the various types of puppets will be given followed by a performance.
A Story from the Panchatantra- The Ungrateful man. Even though the stories from Panchatantra are ancient they still have lessons which our modern society can learn from. T
Different types of contemporary puppets and techniques like Rod puppet, glove and shadow and large puppets will be used to bring alive the story .

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: Lawrence of Arabia | 1962 | 210 minutes | English language |

About the film: Lawrence of Arabia is a 1962 British epic historical drama film based on the life of T. E. Lawrence and his 1926 book Seven Pillars of Wisdom. It was directed by David Lean and produced by Sam Spiegel, through his British company Horizon Pictures and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The film stars Peter O'Toole as Lawrence with Alec Guinness playing Prince Faisal. The film also stars Jack Hawkins, Anthony Quinn, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains and Arthur Kennedy. Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson wrote the screenplay.

The film depicts Lawrence's experiences in the Ottoman provinces of Hejaz and Greater Syria during the First World War, particularly his attacks on Aqaba and Damascus and his involvement in the Arab National Council. Its themes include Lawrence's emotional struggles with the violence inherent in war, his identity, and his divided allegiance between his native Britain with its army, and his new-found comrades within the Arabian desert tribes.

The film was nominated for ten Oscars at the 35th Academy Awards in 1963, winning seven, including Best Picture and Best Director. It also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama and the BAFTA Awards for Best Film and Outstanding British Film. The dramatic score by Maurice Jarre and the Super Panavision 70 cinematography by Freddie Young also won praise from critics.

Lawrence of Arabia is regarded as one of the greatest films ever made.


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

Hirawal, a political musical group from Patna, will be singing songs of resistance.

Inspired by farmers’ movements in Bihar's villages and small towns, the music and drama troupe Hirawal was founded in 1981 by theatre artist Maheshwar. Based in Patna, the team has been singing folk songs for the last 40 years, with performances in several cities of the country and villages of Bihar. It has also organized the Patna film festival for the last 13 years. Hirawal has taught people progressive writing in Bhojpuri, Urdu, and Hindi through songs and plays. They have also composed music for literary works and performed them for the masses. The troupe is supported fully by contributions from people and has stayed away from corporate funds.

ALL ARE WELCOME! ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL

SHUDRKA HYDERABAD PRESENTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH HYDERABAD BANGALEE SAMITY 3 DAY MULTILINGUAL THEATRE FESTIVAL

Debasish Chatterjee is a renowned Make-up artist from Kolkata, India. Throughout his more than 15 years of professional experience he has never stopped honing his craft. Specialized in theatrical and show makeup in Blind Opera and Bratyojon, today he works on national and regional live productions, photo shoots and film sets of Tara TV, Alpha TV and Aakash Bangla, Web-series like Pinki Rani, and can easily adapt to a variety of working situations. He was the make-up artist for the award winning film titled “THE VILLAGE BOY”.He is coming to Hyderabad to conduct a workshop on Make-up Artistry for Cinema, Theatre, WebSeries, TV Serials and Weekend Parties, and to making some magic with you!

SHUDRKA HYDERABAD PRESENTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH HYDERABAD BANGALEE SAMITY 3 DAY MULTILINGUAL THEATRE FESTIVAL

3 DAY MULTILINGUAL THEATE FESTIVAL

Kaam4U Foundation Volunteer Meet.We would need a private space for 15 people

SHUDRKA HYDERABAD PRESENTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH HYDERABAD BANGALEE SAMITY 3 DAY MULTILINGUAL THEATRE FESTIVAL

A freelance photographer who, by necessity, spends all of his time alone and constantly considers his sleep dreams which are not goals about nature in the current period and how to realise them

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: A Passage to India | 1984 | 163 minutes | English language |

About the film: A Passage to India is a 1984 epic historical drama directed and edited by David Lean. The screenplay is based on the 1960 play of the same name by Santha Rama Rau, which was based on the 1924 novel of the same name by E. M. Forster.

Set in the 1920s during the British Raj, the film tells the story of the interactions of several characters in the fictional city of Chandrapore, namely Dr. Aziz, Mrs. Moore, Adela Quested, and Richard Fielding. When a newcomer to India, Adela, accuses Aziz of an attempted rape within the famed Marabar Caves, the city is split between the British elite and the native underclass as the budding friendship between Aziz and Fielding is tested. The film explores themes of racism, imperialism, religion, and the nature of friendly and marital relationships.

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

'The Queen, The Courtesan, The Doctor, The Writer: 50 Inspiring Stories of Muslims' is an assembly of Muslim women and men, meant to serve as a reminder of the contribution of Muslims to India and to social reform, and promotes the secular, democratic, pluralistic principles enshrined in the Constitution of India.

Written by Sabah Khan, a feminist activist, and co-founder of Parcham, an organization committed to a just world, respectful of diversity best known for introducing the football initiative for adolescent girls in Muslim ghettos in Mumbai; the book comes to life visually with illustrations by Neelima P Aryan.

Samahaara Theatre Festival 2023

Day 1

Sunkara Satyanarayana & Vasireddy Bhaskar Rao`s

"MAA BHOOMI"

A Play in Telugu


Directed by Rathna Shekar


MAA BHOOMI written by Sunkara Satyanarayana and Vaasireddy Bhaskar Rao deals with atrocities of the Zamindars and the autocratic rule of the Nizam of Hyderabad. Written in 1947 this political drama gives us a glimpse of life in rural Telangana and how people suffered under the burden of taxation & the exploitation of the Deshmukh’s.

125 groups were formed to perform Maa Bhoomi in 1947 and within a year they had completed thousand performances and around twenty lakh people watched the play. The play was written to support the armed struggle taken up by the peasants all across Telangana. The main targets of attack were the forced grain levy, the practice of veth begar, illegal exaction`s and illegal seizures of land.

This is a Hybrid mode meeting organized in memory of PV Sateesh.

Google Meet Video Call Link (for those who want to join virtually):

https://meet.google.com/qwc-fnnm-uyg


Known as the Millet Man of Telangana, PV Satheesh, founder and executive director of the Deccan Development Society (DDS), passed away on the 19th of March, 2023 morning while undergoing treatment at a corporate hospital in Hyderabad after a prolonged illness. He was 77. The last rites were performed in the Pastapur village of Sangareddy district.

Periyapatna Venkatasubbaiah Satheesh, also known as PV Satheesh, was an Indian journalist, television producer, and social activist. He was born in Mysore on June 18, 1945, and graduated from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi.

Satheesh worked as a television producer for almost two decades for Doordarshan, where he produced programs related to rural development and literacy in the Andhra Pradesh region. He played a significant role in the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) in the 1970s, which aimed to educate rural communities through satellite-based communication.

In the early 1980s, Satheesh co-founded the Deccan Development Society (DDS) with some of his friends in the Zaheerabad region of Telangana. The organization focused on empowering poor Dalit women in villages through various programs to address issues such as hunger, malnutrition, land degradation, loss of biodiversity, gender injustice, and social deprivation. He led DDS for nearly four decades, turning it into an internationally acclaimed NGO that inspired similar initiatives across India.

Satheesh's efforts at DDS resulted in improved livelihood.

The following persons will speak at the memorial meeting:
1. Krishna Rao Ex-Doordarshan producer,
2. Raju garu, supports Millet farmers and Millet sales
3. Ms Sheelu Francis, founder of the Women's Network in Tamil Nadu.
4. Ms Seno, North East Network, Nagaland.
5. Ms Saraswathi and Mr Jogi Naidu, partners of Millet Sisters Network.
6. Sheik Anwar, Azim Premji Foundation
7. Kavitha Kuruganti, Alliance for Sustainable & Holistic Agriculture (ASHA)
8. Ashish Kothari, well-known environmentalist with Kalpavriksh and Vikalp Sangam
9. Prof Vinod Pavarala, SN School of Arts and Communication, University of Hyderabad
10. Rukmini Rao, Board Member of DDS
11. Ashhar Farhan, Co-founder Lamakaan & Daana
12. Elahe Hiptoola, Co-founder Lamakaan & Film Producer
and others

ALL ARE INVITED!

Samahaara Theatre Festival 2023

Day 2

A double bill of popular Telugu plays

Gollapudi Maruti Rao`s

"KALLU"

&

Gandavaram Subbarami Reddy`s

"AAGANDI NENU VASTUNNA"


Directed by Rathna Shekar

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?

The first time we rode an auto, we gripped the handle. We held on to our friends. The thrill of the drives mixed with the fear for our lives. But the fear soon turned as visceral as a passing breeze. Distances in the city narrowed on the map with a moving green and yellow square. Distances between us closed with a ride. We move in the city. We move with autos.

"Honk, Please!" Remind me of how I first felt. How I still feel.

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"Honk, Please!" is Napkins’ second interactive art exhibition where visitors are still the creators and curators. Napkins is an art and literary organization at Minerva University—a traveling university. Artists, writers, poets, students, working adults, retirees—whether making something creative is your first time or part of your everyday routine—come together to this space. At "Honk, Please!", visitors will experience different creative spaces centered around the theme of autorickshaws. All spaces involve participants creating something, anything—with words or pictures, verbal or non-verbal. Every creation will be curated into final installations whose forms will only be determined as the creation occurs.

Samahaara Theatre Festival 2023

Day 3

An adaptation of Agatha Christie`s

"AND THEN THERE WERE NONE"

(English Play)


Directed by Rathna Shekar

Eight strangers arrive on an island invited by an unknown host. Each of them has a secret to hide and a crime for which they must pay. The strangers include a reckless playboy, a troubled Harley Street doctor, a formidable judge, an uncouth detective, an unscrupulous mercenary, a God-fearing spinster, two restless servants, a highly decorated general and an anxious secretary. One by one they are picked off. Who will survive? And who is the killer? Copies of an ominous nursery rhyme hang in the room, the murders mimicking the awful fates of its ‘Ten Little Soldier Boys’.

Chaitra's art exhibition
Kids fashion show
Nandu's Noesis
Fiction book launch
Abhiroop's stand up comedy
Sustainable art exhibition

‘Thalia’ is a group of international students who share a passion for arts, music, and community engagement. We are practicing to perform ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ with a cast of 9 and crew of 6 on 7 April, 2023.

We will prepare our performance, makeup, and most props. The support from Lamakaan would come in the form of stage, lights, and sound system.

Moments-Poetry and Storytelling Open Mic is a blend of Poetry, Stories, Music and much more.

This is the story of a woman, a fighter.She is more than just a woman. She is stronger than she thinks she is. Listen to her joys, her plights and her fights. Witness the world of this not so ordinary woman in an ordinary ruthless world of heartless men. This is her story of fortifying her lost identity in her own words. #GaliDulhanWali

This is the story of a woman, a fighter.She is more than just a woman. She is stronger than she thinks she is. Listen to her joys, her plights and her fights. Witness the world of this not so ordinary woman in an ordinary ruthless world of heartless men. This is her story of fortifying her lost identity in her own words. #GaliDulhanWali

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? Sutradhar's First Bengali Production.

Six Yards Plus is a Hyderabad based startup that helps MORE women, MORE sarees, MORE often. We carry sarees from across India, some of them are curated and some are our signature designs. We are women run, work with over 300 artisans from across India, and incorporate sustainability into everything that we do.

In our effort to help more women drape more sarees more often, we have created several category first initiatives, focused around sustainability.

First, we have a line of preloved sarees called Dobara. Launched last year, Dobara has been instrumental in saving close to 3 L litres of water by increasing longevity of sarees and finding loving new homes for sarees.

Second, our initiative SaRevive helps give a second lease of life to sarees in your wardrobe. We reinvent them with printing, painting and traditional craft techniques to help you preserve and use sarees for a longer period of time.

Third, Antara, our upcycling studio helps you transform your sarees into functional home decor/frameables to increase their longevity, and to help you have them as a part of your life 😊

Finally, Sareetonin is our donation initiative where we incentivise clients to donate sarees which they no longer use.

All of these initiatives have received a very positive response from our customers, and we have been able to add to the circular economy thereby impacting clients, climate and communities.

So far, we have been running these initiatives from our website, on WhatsApp and in person at our store in Sagar Society.

This April marks one year of these initiatives and we would like to celebrate this with an event to increase awareness about the initiatives and encourage sustainable, mindful consumption.

On 8 April, Saturday, therefore, we would like to hold a series of discussions and workshops focused on sustainable consumption. In addition, we would like to put up and exhibition cum sale of preloved sarees as well as discuss revival of sarees.

We believe that the Lamakaan space represents an approach that encourages slow and mindful consumption and would be the perfect for the event we have in mind.

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?

Performing Classical Dance (Bharatnatyam)

Barking Dog is a Hindi sitcom written by Vishal Vijay, inspired by The Zoo Story by American playwright Edward Albee.

The play explores themes of isolation, loneliness,miscommunication as anathematization, social disparity and dehumanization in a materialistic world.
The story, in simplest terms, is about how a man who is consumed with loneliness starts up a conversation with another man on a bench in a Park and eventually forces him to participate in an act of violence.

WORLD PUPPETRY DAY CELEBRATIONS 2023
NAPC will be celebrating WPD 2023 by giving a puppet SHOW- This day is for the celebration of the art of Puppetry. Many are not aware of this art and a brief introduction to the art and the various types of puppets will be given followed by a performance.
A Story from the Panchatantra- The Ungrateful man. Even though the stories from Panchatantra are ancient they still have lessons which our modern society can learn from. T
Different types of contemporary puppets and techniques like Rod puppet, glove and shadow and large puppets will be used to bring alive the story .

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: Lawrence of Arabia | 1962 | 210 minutes | English language |

About the film: Lawrence of Arabia is a 1962 British epic historical drama film based on the life of T. E. Lawrence and his 1926 book Seven Pillars of Wisdom. It was directed by David Lean and produced by Sam Spiegel, through his British company Horizon Pictures and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The film stars Peter O'Toole as Lawrence with Alec Guinness playing Prince Faisal. The film also stars Jack Hawkins, Anthony Quinn, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains and Arthur Kennedy. Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson wrote the screenplay.

The film depicts Lawrence's experiences in the Ottoman provinces of Hejaz and Greater Syria during the First World War, particularly his attacks on Aqaba and Damascus and his involvement in the Arab National Council. Its themes include Lawrence's emotional struggles with the violence inherent in war, his identity, and his divided allegiance between his native Britain with its army, and his new-found comrades within the Arabian desert tribes.

The film was nominated for ten Oscars at the 35th Academy Awards in 1963, winning seven, including Best Picture and Best Director. It also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama and the BAFTA Awards for Best Film and Outstanding British Film. The dramatic score by Maurice Jarre and the Super Panavision 70 cinematography by Freddie Young also won praise from critics.

Lawrence of Arabia is regarded as one of the greatest films ever made.


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

Hirawal, a political musical group from Patna, will be singing songs of resistance.

Inspired by farmers’ movements in Bihar's villages and small towns, the music and drama troupe Hirawal was founded in 1981 by theatre artist Maheshwar. Based in Patna, the team has been singing folk songs for the last 40 years, with performances in several cities of the country and villages of Bihar. It has also organized the Patna film festival for the last 13 years. Hirawal has taught people progressive writing in Bhojpuri, Urdu, and Hindi through songs and plays. They have also composed music for literary works and performed them for the masses. The troupe is supported fully by contributions from people and has stayed away from corporate funds.

ALL ARE WELCOME! ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL

SHUDRKA HYDERABAD PRESENTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH HYDERABAD BANGALEE SAMITY 3 DAY MULTILINGUAL THEATRE FESTIVAL

Debasish Chatterjee is a renowned Make-up artist from Kolkata, India. Throughout his more than 15 years of professional experience he has never stopped honing his craft. Specialized in theatrical and show makeup in Blind Opera and Bratyojon, today he works on national and regional live productions, photo shoots and film sets of Tara TV, Alpha TV and Aakash Bangla, Web-series like Pinki Rani, and can easily adapt to a variety of working situations. He was the make-up artist for the award winning film titled “THE VILLAGE BOY”.He is coming to Hyderabad to conduct a workshop on Make-up Artistry for Cinema, Theatre, WebSeries, TV Serials and Weekend Parties, and to making some magic with you!

SHUDRKA HYDERABAD PRESENTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH HYDERABAD BANGALEE SAMITY 3 DAY MULTILINGUAL THEATRE FESTIVAL

3 DAY MULTILINGUAL THEATE FESTIVAL

Kaam4U Foundation Volunteer Meet.We would need a private space for 15 people

SHUDRKA HYDERABAD PRESENTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH HYDERABAD BANGALEE SAMITY 3 DAY MULTILINGUAL THEATRE FESTIVAL

A freelance photographer who, by necessity, spends all of his time alone and constantly considers his sleep dreams which are not goals about nature in the current period and how to realise them

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: A Passage to India | 1984 | 163 minutes | English language |

About the film: A Passage to India is a 1984 epic historical drama directed and edited by David Lean. The screenplay is based on the 1960 play of the same name by Santha Rama Rau, which was based on the 1924 novel of the same name by E. M. Forster.

Set in the 1920s during the British Raj, the film tells the story of the interactions of several characters in the fictional city of Chandrapore, namely Dr. Aziz, Mrs. Moore, Adela Quested, and Richard Fielding. When a newcomer to India, Adela, accuses Aziz of an attempted rape within the famed Marabar Caves, the city is split between the British elite and the native underclass as the budding friendship between Aziz and Fielding is tested. The film explores themes of racism, imperialism, religion, and the nature of friendly and marital relationships.

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

'The Queen, The Courtesan, The Doctor, The Writer: 50 Inspiring Stories of Muslims' is an assembly of Muslim women and men, meant to serve as a reminder of the contribution of Muslims to India and to social reform, and promotes the secular, democratic, pluralistic principles enshrined in the Constitution of India.

Written by Sabah Khan, a feminist activist, and co-founder of Parcham, an organization committed to a just world, respectful of diversity best known for introducing the football initiative for adolescent girls in Muslim ghettos in Mumbai; the book comes to life visually with illustrations by Neelima P Aryan.

Samahaara Theatre Festival 2023

Day 1

Sunkara Satyanarayana & Vasireddy Bhaskar Rao`s

"MAA BHOOMI"

A Play in Telugu


Directed by Rathna Shekar


MAA BHOOMI written by Sunkara Satyanarayana and Vaasireddy Bhaskar Rao deals with atrocities of the Zamindars and the autocratic rule of the Nizam of Hyderabad. Written in 1947 this political drama gives us a glimpse of life in rural Telangana and how people suffered under the burden of taxation & the exploitation of the Deshmukh’s.

125 groups were formed to perform Maa Bhoomi in 1947 and within a year they had completed thousand performances and around twenty lakh people watched the play. The play was written to support the armed struggle taken up by the peasants all across Telangana. The main targets of attack were the forced grain levy, the practice of veth begar, illegal exaction`s and illegal seizures of land.

This is a Hybrid mode meeting organized in memory of PV Sateesh.

Google Meet Video Call Link (for those who want to join virtually):

https://meet.google.com/qwc-fnnm-uyg


Known as the Millet Man of Telangana, PV Satheesh, founder and executive director of the Deccan Development Society (DDS), passed away on the 19th of March, 2023 morning while undergoing treatment at a corporate hospital in Hyderabad after a prolonged illness. He was 77. The last rites were performed in the Pastapur village of Sangareddy district.

Periyapatna Venkatasubbaiah Satheesh, also known as PV Satheesh, was an Indian journalist, television producer, and social activist. He was born in Mysore on June 18, 1945, and graduated from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi.

Satheesh worked as a television producer for almost two decades for Doordarshan, where he produced programs related to rural development and literacy in the Andhra Pradesh region. He played a significant role in the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) in the 1970s, which aimed to educate rural communities through satellite-based communication.

In the early 1980s, Satheesh co-founded the Deccan Development Society (DDS) with some of his friends in the Zaheerabad region of Telangana. The organization focused on empowering poor Dalit women in villages through various programs to address issues such as hunger, malnutrition, land degradation, loss of biodiversity, gender injustice, and social deprivation. He led DDS for nearly four decades, turning it into an internationally acclaimed NGO that inspired similar initiatives across India.

Satheesh's efforts at DDS resulted in improved livelihood.

The following persons will speak at the memorial meeting:
1. Krishna Rao Ex-Doordarshan producer,
2. Raju garu, supports Millet farmers and Millet sales
3. Ms Sheelu Francis, founder of the Women's Network in Tamil Nadu.
4. Ms Seno, North East Network, Nagaland.
5. Ms Saraswathi and Mr Jogi Naidu, partners of Millet Sisters Network.
6. Sheik Anwar, Azim Premji Foundation
7. Kavitha Kuruganti, Alliance for Sustainable & Holistic Agriculture (ASHA)
8. Ashish Kothari, well-known environmentalist with Kalpavriksh and Vikalp Sangam
9. Prof Vinod Pavarala, SN School of Arts and Communication, University of Hyderabad
10. Rukmini Rao, Board Member of DDS
11. Ashhar Farhan, Co-founder Lamakaan & Daana
12. Elahe Hiptoola, Co-founder Lamakaan & Film Producer
and others

ALL ARE INVITED!

Samahaara Theatre Festival 2023

Day 2

A double bill of popular Telugu plays

Gollapudi Maruti Rao`s

"KALLU"

&

Gandavaram Subbarami Reddy`s

"AAGANDI NENU VASTUNNA"


Directed by Rathna Shekar

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?

The first time we rode an auto, we gripped the handle. We held on to our friends. The thrill of the drives mixed with the fear for our lives. But the fear soon turned as visceral as a passing breeze. Distances in the city narrowed on the map with a moving green and yellow square. Distances between us closed with a ride. We move in the city. We move with autos.

"Honk, Please!" Remind me of how I first felt. How I still feel.

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"Honk, Please!" is Napkins’ second interactive art exhibition where visitors are still the creators and curators. Napkins is an art and literary organization at Minerva University—a traveling university. Artists, writers, poets, students, working adults, retirees—whether making something creative is your first time or part of your everyday routine—come together to this space. At "Honk, Please!", visitors will experience different creative spaces centered around the theme of autorickshaws. All spaces involve participants creating something, anything—with words or pictures, verbal or non-verbal. Every creation will be curated into final installations whose forms will only be determined as the creation occurs.

Samahaara Theatre Festival 2023

Day 3

An adaptation of Agatha Christie`s

"AND THEN THERE WERE NONE"

(English Play)


Directed by Rathna Shekar

Eight strangers arrive on an island invited by an unknown host. Each of them has a secret to hide and a crime for which they must pay. The strangers include a reckless playboy, a troubled Harley Street doctor, a formidable judge, an uncouth detective, an unscrupulous mercenary, a God-fearing spinster, two restless servants, a highly decorated general and an anxious secretary. One by one they are picked off. Who will survive? And who is the killer? Copies of an ominous nursery rhyme hang in the room, the murders mimicking the awful fates of its ‘Ten Little Soldier Boys’.

Chaitra's art exhibition
Kids fashion show
Nandu's Noesis
Fiction book launch
Abhiroop's stand up comedy
Sustainable art exhibition

‘Thalia’ is a group of international students who share a passion for arts, music, and community engagement. We are practicing to perform ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ with a cast of 9 and crew of 6 on 7 April, 2023.

We will prepare our performance, makeup, and most props. The support from Lamakaan would come in the form of stage, lights, and sound system.

Moments-Poetry and Storytelling Open Mic is a blend of Poetry, Stories, Music and much more.

This is the story of a woman, a fighter.She is more than just a woman. She is stronger than she thinks she is. Listen to her joys, her plights and her fights. Witness the world of this not so ordinary woman in an ordinary ruthless world of heartless men. This is her story of fortifying her lost identity in her own words. #GaliDulhanWali

This is the story of a woman, a fighter.She is more than just a woman. She is stronger than she thinks she is. Listen to her joys, her plights and her fights. Witness the world of this not so ordinary woman in an ordinary ruthless world of heartless men. This is her story of fortifying her lost identity in her own words. #GaliDulhanWali

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? Sutradhar's First Bengali Production.

Six Yards Plus is a Hyderabad based startup that helps MORE women, MORE sarees, MORE often. We carry sarees from across India, some of them are curated and some are our signature designs. We are women run, work with over 300 artisans from across India, and incorporate sustainability into everything that we do.

In our effort to help more women drape more sarees more often, we have created several category first initiatives, focused around sustainability.

First, we have a line of preloved sarees called Dobara. Launched last year, Dobara has been instrumental in saving close to 3 L litres of water by increasing longevity of sarees and finding loving new homes for sarees.

Second, our initiative SaRevive helps give a second lease of life to sarees in your wardrobe. We reinvent them with printing, painting and traditional craft techniques to help you preserve and use sarees for a longer period of time.

Third, Antara, our upcycling studio helps you transform your sarees into functional home decor/frameables to increase their longevity, and to help you have them as a part of your life 😊

Finally, Sareetonin is our donation initiative where we incentivise clients to donate sarees which they no longer use.

All of these initiatives have received a very positive response from our customers, and we have been able to add to the circular economy thereby impacting clients, climate and communities.

So far, we have been running these initiatives from our website, on WhatsApp and in person at our store in Sagar Society.

This April marks one year of these initiatives and we would like to celebrate this with an event to increase awareness about the initiatives and encourage sustainable, mindful consumption.

On 8 April, Saturday, therefore, we would like to hold a series of discussions and workshops focused on sustainable consumption. In addition, we would like to put up and exhibition cum sale of preloved sarees as well as discuss revival of sarees.

We believe that the Lamakaan space represents an approach that encourages slow and mindful consumption and would be the perfect for the event we have in mind.

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?