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Lamakaan has been open since 2010. Here are the events held since then, month by month, and the recordings of talks and performances on our YouTube channel.
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Events in December 2010
From the old Lamakaan blog, as the Internet Archive saved it.
Haleem Khan, a dynamic young man is bringing Kuchipudi, the classical dance form of Andhra Pradesh to Lamakaan.
This MBA graduate was trained in Kuchipudi from a tender age and has given more than 300 performances in India and abroad. He has a number of excellent experimental choreographies to his credit.
One of his creations, “Mélange of Dances” (an experimental dance ballet) merging Western Classical Dance with Kuchipudi was supported by the Alliance Francaise and the French Embassy. This program toured major cities in India and met with great appreciation and applause.
He conducted a workshop on fusion of Kuchipudi with Flamenco, along with the famous Spanish dancer Ms Maria Pages and her team.
Among many others, he choreographed & performed “A fusion of Kuchipudi and Thai traditional dance Khon and Lakon Nai” along with a team from Thailand.
In this process, Haleem Khan has proved how innovative one can be while not crossing the boundaries of tradition. His creations reflect this philosophy. Relating to the contemporary while respecting old world values, being modern in outlook and conventional in thought has become a way of life for him.
Through his dedication to the art and passion for what he believes in, Haleem Khan has broken the shackles of religion, language and creed setting an example to the Young India.
True to the tradition of Kuchipudi, Haleem Khan dons the role of female characters, though occasionally, but whenever he does, he enriches the character with his graceful movements and feminine charm. It’s hard to tell when he dances as Satya Bhama that it is the same modern, jean clad young man who is no different from guys of his generation! As a male dancer his art is most vibrant while his vigour and vitality are unrestrained.
Haleem Khan is going to regale the Lamakaan audience with his versatile presentation, switching roles from female to male. His unique dance style is something really worth looking forward to!!
Friday, 3rd December 2010
8 P M
Entry is Rs 50
‘My Theatre Cafe’ is inviting Ebong Amra to Hyderabad, a group of 27 artists from West Bengal to perform grand musical play “Mahakabyer Pare” (After The Epic). Dialogs in Bengali and Santhali (though not much dialogs).
This play is also shortlisted and being staged during recognized and respected Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2011, New Delhi.
Writer and Director: Kallol Bhattacharya
Cast and Crew: 27 Artists of Ebong Amra
Duration: 1hr.
Saturday, December 4 · 8:00pm – 9:00pm
About Performing Group – Ebong Amra
Ebong Amra born in 1994. It mainly consists of 35 artists from villages. Till now Ebong Amra has produced 25 plays including of proscenium theatre, open air theatre and street theatre. Ebong Amra has performed regularly in various national level theatre festival and in different places in West Bengal. The group is also building a theatre village named ‘Tepantar’ at Satkahunia village under the district Burdwan in West Bengal on 4 acre land.
About Play:
This play is based on the story of Eklabya in the Mahabharata. The Khastriyas are the rulers of the world. They create war for their own interest, and the innocent Sudras are killed. The Sudras are tortured and deprived for ages. To get rid of this, they announce war against the Khastriyas. Eklabya is sent to learn the art of war from Dronacharya, the guru of Khastriyas. Revisiting history from different perspective though. The production based on physical acting, movements, choreography and music.
Please do come and encourage talents.
For more details
call Sunil – 99080 37444, Saurabh – 92900 13166
Rang De presents An Evening with Nagesh Kukunoor at Lamakaan on 10th December at 7 pm
Program Schedule:
Screening of Aashayein.
Followed by an introduuction to Rang De by Nagesh Kukunoor.
The event ends with the Rang De animation film.
The event is free and open for all. Tell your friends about it.
Visit http://rangde.org/ to know more about Rang De
“Global Technology Outlook 2010” & “Excitement of Research and what it means to have a Technology Career”
IEEE GOLD Affinity Group and IEEE Computer Society Chapter, Hyderabad Section takes great pleasure in inviting you to an evening session led by Dr. C Mohan, a Fellow of the IBM , ACM and the IEEE, the primary inventor of the ARIES family of recovery and concurrency control methods and a worldwide renowned researcher in the field of Database Systems! He is going to talk about Global Technology Outlook for 2010 followed by an interactive session on “Excitement of Research and what it means to have a Technology Career”.
Meeting Agenda:
06:00 PM – 06:30 PM – High Tea and Networking (High Tea will be served in Hyderbadi style with Irani Tea, Osmania Biscuits, Samosas and Sandwiches)
06:30 PM – 07:30 PM - Global Technology Outlook 2010. GTO highlights emerging software, hardware, and services technology trends that are expected to significantly impact the IT sector in the next 3-7 years. In particular, the GTO identifies technologies that may be disruptive to an existing business, have the potential to create new opportunity, and can provide new business value to customers. The 2010GTO focuses on six topics: Workload Optimized Systems, Wireless/IT Convergence, Software Technology Trends, Orchestrating the Smart Planet, Healthcare Transformation and Future of Legacy
07:30 PM – 08:15 PM – Perspective from the Champion on Excitement of Research and what it means to have a Technology Career. Mohan will share with us his technical journey in IBM, problems and challenges he faced and advice the young generation on the usefulness and excitement of a Technology career. Please don’t miss Mohan sharing his thoughts on how one can be a non manager Executive for his organization.
For more information see http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/4327
Mayakathalaya School of Drama presents:
“Where is my Home” ? Adapted from the play by D. M Bocaz Larson at Lamakaan on Saturday 11th Dec at 6:30pm
Synopsis:
The Bhopal Gas Tragedy can never be undone. Hopefully, it’s sacrifice will be remembered and not repeated. It is something each of us as Indians will remember for a very long time to come.
This play reminds us of our fragile environment and how industrial pollution near our cities can cause havoc and alter it beyond repair. A few animals left in the jungles surrounding Hyderabad talk about how industrial pollution has ruined their home and affected man as well.
Although, humorous in nature, this play still hopefully will help our children to see clearly what has been done. Maybe, in the best of all possible worlds, they will learn to avoid our mistakes.
Program is free and open for all.
This is ‘Andaaz-e-bayaaN aur’
Selected Readings from Mirza Ghalib
Ghalib-e-naamavaram naam-o-nishaanam mapurs
(I am the renowned Ghalib; ask no more)
Mirza Ghalib (1797-1859) is widely acknowledged to be the greatest and the most influential Urdu poet. Ghalib, who wrote in Persian and Urdu expanded the scope of the conventional Urdu Ghazal, lending a new dimension to the form of the classical Ghazal. His complex style, unorthodox views and approaches, and the multi-layered connotations of his verse have inspired a host of commentaries and interpretative texts by some of the most reputed poets and men of letters in Urdu. It can safely be stated that no major poet in Urdu has remained untouched by Ghalib’s pervasive influence.
Mirza Ghalib’s birth anniversary falls on December 27 and as a humble tribute to the great master, Lamakaan proposes to host an evening that would showcase selected pieces from his work—Ghazals and a few of his celebrated letters.
Venue: Lamakaan
Date and time: Saturday, December 18, 2010, 6.30 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.
This is ‘Andaaz-e-bayaaN aur’
Selected Readings from Mirza Ghalib
Ghalib-e-naamavaram naam-o-nishaanam mapurs
(I am the renowned Ghalib; ask no more)
Mirza Ghalib (1797-1859) is widely acknowledged to be the greatest and the most influential Urdu poet. Ghalib, who wrote in Persian and Urdu expanded the scope of the conventional Urdu Ghazal, lending a new dimension to the form of the classical Ghazal. His complex style, unorthodox views and approaches, and the multi-layered connotations of his verse have inspired a host of commentaries and interpretative texts by some of the most reputed poets and men of letters in Urdu. It can safely be stated that no major poet in Urdu has remained untouched by Ghalib’s pervasive influence.
Mirza Ghalib’s birth anniversary falls on December 27 and as a humble tribute to the great master, Lamakaan proposes to host an evening that would showcase selected pieces from his work—Ghazals and a few of his celebrated letters.
Venue: Lamakaan
Date and time: Saturday, December 18, 2010, 6.30 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.
So, we think of a topic, a requirement, an Idea. We think it is cool. We talk and discuss with a few friends. All of them say its cool and should definitely get started on it! Thus a ‘Startup’ journey starts! After 6 months, after a lot of work including design, implementation, prototype and a whole lot – reality kicks in and in the real world, the idea is not really taken in as the expectations!
How should an idea be validated? What are the steps involved? Lets hear it from the experts and experienced! Join us on December 11th for ‘Idea Validation’.
Schedule
10:00: Opening comments
Expert Speak
10:15 Hyderabad Angels, Mohan Krishna/ChandraKiran M.
10:45 CSN Murthy, Founder, Ozonetel (& a serial Entrepreneur)
11:15 Licensing Considerations, Irene Kafeza (PhD at NALSAR, consulting with CIE @ IIIT-H)
11:45 Tea
Startup experiences
12:00 Fortuity Infotech (Online Gaming startup)- OVL Kiran Kumar
12:20 Startup 2 – TBD
12:40 Startup 3- BD
1:00 Wrapup
(If you are interested in a startup pitch, pls do contact one of the below)
Please contact Priyanka (pgontla@eveninghour.com), Ajay (ajyrds@gmail.com) and Ramesh (rameshl@progress.com) for any details.
To register:
http://startupsaturday.headstart.in/event/87/
Screening of Short Films
The evening with show case some films made by Hyderabad based filmmakers…this event is organized by Octopus Studio….an independent Production house from Hyderabad
Date:12th Dec 2010
Time:7.00 pm – 8.30 Pm
venue :Lamakaan, Opp GVK one ,Adj CBay office ,Banjara hills
The filmmakers who will be featured in the evening
Prasanth G
Shreya Chatterjee
Hussiain Sha Kiran
The movies that will be screened on 12th Dec 2010
1) Conflict
2) Why So Serious?
3) Jignaysa?
4) Escapist
5) Unlimited Freedom
(The list is subject to change ….We will update the list of movies as when we shortlist movies from the numerous entries we have received)
It’s a free entry event & open for all
For details
Rahul R
rahulr@octopusgroup.co.in
+91 9885730673
An Evening of Hindustani Classical Music with Aradhana Karhade and Suhas Shastry
19th December, 7:30 pm – ticket Rs. 50/-
An evening of khayal, raag mala and thumri by Hyderabad’s renown Aradhana Karahade and her husband Suhas Shastry on tabla.
Aradhana Karhade
A Khayal singer and music teacher based in Hyderabad is also a student of Vasantrao Rajurkar. She studied under from mother the Late Smt. Usha Karhade then from from her father the Late Dr. N. K. Karhade. She has given many memorable performances in Hyderabad, Maharashtra, Delhi, Belgaum and Mumbai. A student of Akhil Bharatiya Gandharava Maha Vidhyalaya, she stood 1st in the All India Sangeet Alankar Exam. She’s a B-High Grade Artists of All India Radio.
Suhas Shastry
Tabla player and Music teacher, Suhasji has performed with Malini Rajurkar, Aarti Ankalikar, Pandit Jasrag, Rajan and Sajan Mishra and many more. He’s a guru to a whole new generation of tabla players of Hyderabad. He has been awarded Sangeet Alankar M-Music from Akhila Bharatiya Gandharva Maha-Vidyalaya Mandal – Mumbai and Sangeet Prabhakar from Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Allahabad.
Khayal
The khayal is the most elaborate form of presention of the raag. It has three distinct parts: The first part consists of Alaap, where the singer introduces the raag one note at a time until the entire octave is presented. You must savor three things : the notes of special significance (Tonic) that the singer keeps stressing and returning to, the certain combination of notes that give it the distinctive aura and the exploration of these in the build up to where the tabla joins in on the sam (the note that falls along with the tabla’s starting bar). The second part consists of exploring the raag’s nuances through the sthayi (the single main couplet that is repeatedly sung) and the antra (the other couplet that stresses on the higher notes of the octave). The sthayi and antra are interspersed with alaaps of the raag that unfolds the subtleness of the raag. The third part of the khayal quickens the pace to a cresendo of taans (rapidly running notes) that displays the virtuosity of the singer, her control and mastery over the raag.
Raag Maala
Raag Maala is a garland of raags. It is a presentation that presents the essence of a number of raags in a single melodic composition. Raag Maala is a complex and masterly performance as it involves switching between raags. It is highly enlightening as it introduces a number of raags to the audience.
Thumri
Thumri is a light classical composition where the lyrics and it’s meaning is given prominence (as opposed to the Khayal where the raag’s own essence and aura dominate). It rose to prominence in Lucknow at Wajid Ali Shah’s court and later in Varanasi.
On Thursday 16th December at 7:30pm at Lamakaan, we have Screening of the movie: Shakti Pirakkudhu
Sundari is young mother of two in a small village outside Madurai. She has joined a women’s self help group and wants to use the microfinance loan she will get through it to start a business. Most people fail at their businesses and her husband is scornful of her ambitions – she has never been more than a housewife. As she struggles to find her feet in a trade, the village erupts into a flurry of politics with the coming of a… woman from the city looking to start a garment factory in the area. This is a story of a village woman trying to define what success means to her in the context of an expanding world view, and of a family struggling to find their equation at the crossroads of what is and what could be.
Shakti Pirakkudhu was evolved out of numerous conversations with self help group women in the villages around Madurai and is intended to create a role model that inspires the rural poor to look to the larger world to raise their aspirations and take charge of their own progress. It has received critical acclaim from various quarters and has been screened in many cities in India.
Join us to see this story of determination and desire to succeed. This event is free and open to all.
To round off 2010, we are having a festival of Sifar’s plays in the last week of December with a final staging of all our productions this year.
Friday, 24th December 2010 | 7:30 pm | at LAMAKAAN:
…
MANORANJAN Tax-Free
A comedy in Hin-glish
Based on Chandrashekhar Phansalkar’s Marathi play TAX-FREE
Directed by Junaid & Feroze
Donor Pass: Rs.100/-
http://in.bookmyshow.com/plays/Manoranjan-Tax-Free-(Sifar-Fest)/ET00005832
Saturday, 25th December | 7:30 pm | at LAMAKAAN:
Two short monologues back to back
Round & Round & Round…
A monologue in Hindi
Based on Nirmal Varma’s Dedh Inch Upar
Directed by Junaid
S E N S E
An abstract monologue based on a real incident
Written & Directed by Bhavani & Feroze
Donor Pass: Rs.100/-
http://in.bookmyshow.com/plays/Round–Round-RoundS-E-N-S-E-(Sifar-Fest)/ET00005833
Sunday, 26th December 2010 | 7:30 pm | at LAMAKAAN:
Zoo ki Story
A play in Hindi where reality meets absurdity
Based on Edward Albee’s Zoo Story
Written & Directed by Bhavani & Feroze
Donor Pass: Rs.100/-
http://in.bookmyshow.com/plays/Zoo-ki-Story–(Sifar-Fest)/ET00005834
Donor passes available at the venue on the sceduled days
Online booking: www.bookmyshow.com
For more details contact: 98493 31347 / 98498 81242 | email: sifar.theatre@gmail.com
Cheers
Team Sifar.
On the 30th of Dec, 2010, the band “Paper Mache” is staging its debut concert at Lamakaan.
The band comprises of :-
1. Aneesh (lead guitar)
2. James (bass guitar)
3. Ritu (violin)
4. Aditya (drums/piano)
5. Suhit (piano/guitar)
They shall indulge in a wide assortment of musical genres. But concentrate primarily on British rock, soft rock and western classical.
The tickets are at Rs.50 per head.
This event is being presented by My Theatre Cafe.
Samahaara Workshop Production
The Last Wish Baby
An adaptation of William Seebring’s play “The Original Last Wish Baby”
Directed by : Rathna Shekar Reddy
Play:
The Last Wish Baby is a satire which explores the lunacy that surrounds any media-driven issue today.
The play begins with the birth of a baby without a heart, yet miraculously alive.
The media of the entire country goes into a frenzy covering this new piece of sensational news.
A medical marvel turns into a media saga of the infant’s journey now known as The Last Wish Baby.
Everyone uses this news for their own ends. However, the heart is found, a separate woman having given birth to it.
A clash between the mothers, another media circus and several new products, songs, movies being launched on this baby’s name.
With a number of actors playing many roles, the play is spontaneous, hilarious and energetic.
When: 31st December, 2010
Time: 7 PM
Entry by Donation: Rs.100/-
Venue: Lamakaan, Next Lane to CBay Bldg, Opposite GVK One Mall, Banjara Hills.