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"The Heritage of Indian Handlooms and Handicrafts the way ahead"
BAZM E SUKHAN
Dr Rafia Begum
Rafia Saleem is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Urdu at the University of Hyderabad. She is the author of the books Fazal ur Rahman Bahaisiate Dramanigar, Raza ul jabbar Fun Aur Shaqshiyat, Lali Choudhary ke Safer name and Hyderabad main Urdu Afsana Ibteda taa Haal. Her specialisation and interests are mainly fiction, non-fiction, modern fiction and modern poetry.
Raymond Roman Thierry Polánski 18 August 1933) is a Polish and French film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. During his career Polanski has received five Oscar nominations, winning the Best Director in 2003 for The Pianist. He has also received two Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTAs, a Palme d'Or of the 2002 Cannes Film Festival in France, as well as multiple Césars.
His Polish–Jewish parents moved the family from his birthplace in Paris back to Kraków in 1937. Two years later, the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany started World War II, and the family found themselves trapped in the Kraków Ghetto. After his mother and father were taken in raids, Polanski spent his formative years in foster homes, surviving the Holocaust by adopting a false identity and concealing his Jewish heritage. Polanski's first feature-length film, Knife in the Water (1962), was made in Poland and was nominated for the United States Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. After living in France for a few years, he moved to the United Kingdom, where he directed his first three feature-length films: Repulsion (1965), Cul-de-sac (1966), and The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967). In 1968, he moved to the United States and cemented his status in the film industry by directing the horror film Rosemary's Baby (1968).
Polanski's life turned in 1969 when his pregnant wife, actress Sharon Tate, and four friends were murdered by members of the Manson Family. He made Macbeth (1971) in England and Chinatown (1974) back in Hollywood. In 1977, Polanski was arrested and charged with drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl. As a result of a plea bargain, he pleaded guilty to the lesser offence of unlawful sex with a minor. In 1978, upon learning that the judge planned to reject his plea deal and impose a prison term instead of probation, he fled to Paris. As a result, Polanski is a fugitive from the U.S. criminal justice system. In addition to his conviction, multiple other women have accused Polanski of sexually assaulting them as children. After fleeing to Europe, Polanski continued directing. His other critically acclaimed films include Tess (1979), The Ghost Writer (2010), Venus in Fur (2013), and An Officer and a Spy (2019).
Film Title: Macbeth| 1971 | 140 Minutes
Macbeth (or The Tragedy of Macbeth) is a 1971 historical drama film directed by Roman Polanski and co-written by Polanski and Kenneth Tynan. A film adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy of the same name, it tells the story of the Highland lord who becomes King of Scotland through treachery and murder. The film stars Jon Finch as the title character and Francesca Annis as Lady Macbeth, noted for their relative youth as actors. Themes of historic recurrence, greater pessimism and internal ugliness in physically beautiful characters are added to Shakespeare's story of moral decline, which is presented in a more realistic style.
Polanski opted to create an adaptation of Macbeth as a means of coping with the highly publicized Manson Family murder of his wife, Sharon Tate. Finding difficulty obtaining sponsorship from major studios, the production was funded by Playboy Enterprises. Filming was troubled by poor weather around the British Isles. Macbeth was screened out of competition at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival, and was a commercial failure in the United States. The film was controversial for its depictions of graphic violence and nudity, but has received generally positive reviews since its release, and was named Best Film by the National Board of Review.
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These are the few questions we are raising on the occassion of the eve of the 75th independence day.We invite people to take part in this open discussion.
About the topic:
India’s rank in the World Press Freedom Index has collapsed to 150 out of 180 countries. That makes our Democracy very weak. How and Why? Seema Chishti will join the dots.
About the speaker: Seema Chishti
Seema Chishti is a well-known Indian journalist, writer, editor, content creator, and entrepreneur. Seema worked as a journalist and editor for a number of reputed news organizations, including the BBC, The Indian Express, The Caravan, The Hindu, and others.
About Hasan Memorial Lecture:
The Hasan Memorial Lecture was instituted in 2014 and is held each year at Lamakaan on August 15 with an eye to the emergent political and economic crisis in India/South Asia or the world. It is our single most crucial programming effort each year and draws a very significant audience. The previous editions of the lectures were delivered by TM Krishna, Prof. Jayati Ghosh, Prof.Gail Omvedt, Bharat Patankar, and Prof.Kodandaram, Siddharth Varadarajan, et al.
Mr. Moyed Hasan in whose memory the annual lecture is named, was a scientist, a photographer, an environmentalist, and a person with a deep concern for the lives of ordinary people. His house, which he named Lamakaan (as in the Sufi literary tradition to mean 'an abode for those who travel without any worldly possessions') " has now become an important part of Hyderabad’s culture and political life. Mr. Hasan left behind an image of what an engaged life is. From science to art, and environment to international affairs he encompassed a vision of how we must live meaningfully.
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Raymond Roman Thierry Polánski 18 August 1933) is a Polish and French film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. During his career Polanski has received five Oscar nominations, winning the Best Director in 2003 for The Pianist. He has also received two Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTAs, a Palme d'Or of the 2002 Cannes Film Festival in France, as well as multiple Césars.
His Polish–Jewish parents moved the family from his birthplace in Paris back to Kraków in 1937. Two years later, the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany started World War II, and the family found themselves trapped in the Kraków Ghetto. After his mother and father were taken in raids, Polanski spent his formative years in foster homes, surviving the Holocaust by adopting a false identity and concealing his Jewish heritage. Polanski's first feature-length film, Knife in the Water (1962), was made in Poland and was nominated for the United States Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. After living in France for a few years, he moved to the United Kingdom, where he directed his first three feature-length films: Repulsion (1965), Cul-de-sac (1966), and The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967). In 1968, he moved to the United States and cemented his status in the film industry by directing the horror film Rosemary's Baby (1968).
Polanski's life turned in 1969 when his pregnant wife, actress Sharon Tate, and four friends were murdered by members of the Manson Family. He made Macbeth (1971) in England and Chinatown (1974) back in Hollywood. In 1977, Polanski was arrested and charged with drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl. As a result of a plea bargain, he pleaded guilty to the lesser offence of unlawful sex with a minor. In 1978, upon learning that the judge planned to reject his plea deal and impose a prison term instead of probation, he fled to Paris. As a result, Polanski is a fugitive from the U.S. criminal justice system. In addition to his conviction, multiple other women have accused Polanski of sexually assaulting them as children. After fleeing to Europe, Polanski continued directing. His other critically acclaimed films include Tess (1979), The Ghost Writer (2010), Venus in Fur (2013), and An Officer and a Spy (2019).
Film Title: Chinatown | 1974 | 131 Minutes
Chinatown is a 1974 American neo-noir mystery drama film directed by Roman Polanski from a screenplay by Robert Towne, starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway. The film was inspired by the California water wars, a series of disputes over southern California water at the beginning of the 20th century, by which Los Angeles interests secured water rights in the Owens Valley. The Robert Evans production, released by Paramount Pictures, was the director's last film in the United States and features many elements of film noir, particularly a multi-layered story that is part mystery and part psychological drama.
In 1991, the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" and it is frequently listed as one of the greatest films of all time. At the 47th Academy Awards, it was nominated for 11 Oscars, with Towne winning Best Original Screenplay. The Golden Globe Awards honored it for Best Drama, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Screenplay. The American Film Institute placed it second among its top ten mystery films in 2008.
A sequel, The Two Jakes, was released in 1990, again starring Nicholson, who also directed, with Robert Towne returning to write the screenplay. The film failed to match the acclaim of its predecessor.
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This talk will showcase images of rarely seen Deccan sultanate era paintings from the seventeenth- and eighteenth centuries currently found in European collections. In particular, the talk will focus on the Rijksmuseum's Deccan origin Witsen Album made for Dutch consumption along with images from two Dakani manuscripts commissioned by female patrons and an ornate calligraphed page from a Dakani Qasidah (praise poem) dedicated to Golconda's Sultan 'Abdullah Qutb Shah housed at the
the British Library, London. Through anecdotes and stories about the creation and movement of these paintings, this talk aims to broaden our understanding of the dynamic and rich history of painting and manuscript culture of the Deccan. Additionally, it will demonstrate how Hyderabad was plugged into regional and trans-regional artistic and oceanic networks between 1500-1800 CE.
presents
An adaptation of Agatha Christie's
"AND THEN THERE WERE NONE"
(A Mystery play in English)
Directed by Rathna Shekar
19th August 2022
8:00pm
Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad
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presents
A Double bill of Telugu Plays
Shankaramanchi Parthasarathi's
"SILENCE PLEASE"
&
K Balarama Murthy's
"KAAGITAM PADAVA"
Directed by Rathna Shekar
21st August 2022
8:00pm
Lamakaan, Banjara Hills
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Raymond Roman Thierry Polánski 18 August 1933) is a Polish and French film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. During his career Polanski has received five Oscar nominations, winning the Best Director in 2003 for The Pianist. He has also received two Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTAs, a Palme d'Or of the 2002 Cannes Film Festival in France, as well as multiple Césars.
His Polish–Jewish parents moved the family from his birthplace in Paris back to Kraków in 1937. Two years later, the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany started World War II, and the family found themselves trapped in the Kraków Ghetto. After his mother and father were taken in raids, Polanski spent his formative years in foster homes, surviving the Holocaust by adopting a false identity and concealing his Jewish heritage. Polanski's first feature-length film, Knife in the Water (1962), was made in Poland and was nominated for the United States Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. After living in France for a few years, he moved to the United Kingdom, where he directed his first three feature-length films: Repulsion (1965), Cul-de-sac (1966), and The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967). In 1968, he moved to the United States and cemented his status in the film industry by directing the horror film Rosemary's Baby (1968).
Polanski's life turned in 1969 when his pregnant wife, actress Sharon Tate, and four friends were murdered by members of the Manson Family. He made Macbeth (1971) in England and Chinatown (1974) back in Hollywood. In 1977, Polanski was arrested and charged with drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl. As a result of a plea bargain, he pleaded guilty to the lesser offence of unlawful sex with a minor. In 1978, upon learning that the judge planned to reject his plea deal and impose a prison term instead of probation, he fled to Paris. As a result, Polanski is a fugitive from the U.S. criminal justice system. In addition to his conviction, multiple other women have accused Polanski of sexually assaulting them as children. After fleeing to Europe, Polanski continued directing. His other critically acclaimed films include Tess (1979), The Ghost Writer (2010), Venus in Fur (2013), and An Officer and a Spy (2019).
Film Title: Tess | 1979 | 171 Minutes
Tess is a 1979 drama film directed by Roman Polanski and starring Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, and Leigh Lawson. It is an adaptation of Thomas Hardy's 1891 novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles. The screenplay was written by Gérard Brach, John Brownjohn, and Roman Polanski. The film received positive critical reviews upon release and was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning three for Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, and Best Costume Design.
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The story revolves around the Don-Kaliyano and his daughters who are poles apart from each other but the love amongst them cannot be weighed.
A group of Gangsters visits them as guests and one of the members get attracted to the Don's daughter and a marriage is planned. On the other hand, the other member falls in love with the other daughter but, is it going to be just that?
When there is Mafia there is Gangwar!!!
There is going to be drama, melodrama, romance, action and much more.
We are bringing Bollywood on Stage and you must witness it!!!
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It is our responsibility to save our environment and soil for our survival on this planet.
We are looking forward to your enthusiastic participation in the event.
Raymond Roman Thierry Polánski 18 August 1933) is a Polish and French film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. During his career Polanski has received five Oscar nominations, winning the Best Director in 2003 for The Pianist. He has also received two Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTAs, a Palme d'Or of the 2002 Cannes Film Festival in France, as well as multiple Césars.
His Polish–Jewish parents moved the family from his birthplace in Paris back to Kraków in 1937. Two years later, the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany started World War II, and the family found themselves trapped in the Kraków Ghetto. After his mother and father were taken in raids, Polanski spent his formative years in foster homes, surviving the Holocaust by adopting a false identity and concealing his Jewish heritage. Polanski's first feature-length film, Knife in the Water (1962), was made in Poland and was nominated for the United States Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. After living in France for a few years, he moved to the United Kingdom, where he directed his first three feature-length films: Repulsion (1965), Cul-de-sac (1966), and The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967). In 1968, he moved to the United States and cemented his status in the film industry by directing the horror film Rosemary's Baby (1968).
Polanski's life turned in 1969 when his pregnant wife, actress Sharon Tate, and four friends were murdered by members of the Manson Family. He made Macbeth (1971) in England and Chinatown (1974) back in Hollywood. In 1977, Polanski was arrested and charged with drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl. As a result of a plea bargain, he pleaded guilty to the lesser offence of unlawful sex with a minor. In 1978, upon learning that the judge planned to reject his plea deal and impose a prison term instead of probation, he fled to Paris. As a result, Polanski is a fugitive from the U.S. criminal justice system. In addition to his conviction, multiple other women have accused Polanski of sexually assaulting them as children. After fleeing to Europe, Polanski continued directing. His other critically acclaimed films include Tess (1979), The Ghost Writer (2010), Venus in Fur (2013), and An Officer and a Spy (2019).
Film Title: The Pianist | 2002 | 150 Minutes
The Pianist is a 2002 biographical war drama film produced and directed by Roman Polanski, with a script by Ronald Harwood, and starring Adrien Brody. It is based on the autobiographical book The Pianist (1946), a Holocaust memoir by the Polish-Jewish pianist and composer Władysław Szpilman, a Holocaust survivor. The film was a co-production by France, the United Kingdom, Germany and Poland.
The Pianist premiered at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival on 24 May 2002, where it won the Palme d'Or, and went into wide release that September; the film received widespread critical acclaim, with critics lauding Polanski's direction, Brody's performance and Harwood's screenplay. At the 75th Academy Awards, the film won for Best Director (Polanski), Best Adapted Screenplay (Harwood), and Best Actor (Brody), and was nominated for four others, including Best Picture (it would lose out to Chicago). It also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film and BAFTA Award for Best Direction in 2003, and seven French Césars, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Brody. It was included in BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century in 2016.
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Phone 7331129065
DOBARA hosts an event on 3rd September each year in memory of
Begum Khadija Ansari
Mother of Mrs Farida Hussain
The event is planned, organised & executed for Mrs Farida Hussain & her family by DOBARA
It’s an intergerationsl event where all ages express their thoughts on the word Maa ( Mother) and what it means to them.
Language is not an issue
Age is no bar
Gender no bar
Poetry must be self written
borders, from across the Indian subcontinent. Through conversations and observations, the characters reveal their efforts to find meaning in a world beyond their control. Divided families meet, love blossoms across borders, traffickers get caught – in this slice of life documentary.
Year: 2021 | Duration: 67 mins | Language: Bengali, Hindi, Nepali, Manipuri, Punjabi (w/ English subs)
Director’s Bio: Samarth Mahajan is a non-fiction filmmaker, passionate about telling human stories
from India that remain invisible to the mainstream. ‘The Unreserved’, his national award-winning debut feature about passengers of the third class in Indian Railways premiered at Film Southasia 2017
and received broadcast & theatrical releases in India. ‘Kazwa’, his short documentary on sustainable
rural tourism through fireflies, won awards at multiple international film festivals.
Filmography:
i) Borderlands / 2021 / 67 mins; ii) The Unreserved / 2017 / 60 mins; iii) Kazwa / 2016 / 9 mins
Festival History
- DOK.fest München (Germany), in competition ‘Dok.Horizonte’, 2021
- EBS International Documentary Festival (South Korea), in competition ‘Festival Choice: Asia’, 2021
- Tasveer South Asian Film Festival (USA), in competition ‘Best Documentary’, 2021
- Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival (India), 2022
- Dharamshala International Film Festival (India), 2021
- Kolkata People’s Film Festival (India), 2022
- Africa International Film Festival (Nigeria), 2021
- Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Salerno (Italy), in competition ‘Grand Prix’, 2021
- Asian Film Festival Barcelona (Spain), 2021
- Central Scotland Documentary Festival (UK), in competition, 2021
- Athens Ethnographic Film Festival (Greece), 2021
- Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (Australia), in competition ‘Best Documentary’, 2021
- New York Indian Film Festival (USA), 2021
- Indian Film Festival Stuttgart (Germany), in competition ‘German Star of India’, 2021
- ImagineIndia International Film Festival (Spain), in competition ‘Best Documentary’, 2021
- Chicago South Asian Film Festival (USA), in competition ‘Best Documentary’, 2021
- PAME Film and Music Festival (Nepal), 2021
- DC South Asian Film Festival (USA), in competition ‘Best Documentary’, 2022
- Jaffna International Cinema Festival (Sri Lanka), 2022
- London International Documentary Festival (UK), 2022
- FESCISA - San Antonio Independent Film Festival (Ecuador), 2022
- Ismailia International Film Festival (Egypt), 2022
- SiGNS Film Festival (India), 2022
- Censurados Film Festival (Peru), 2022
- Film Southasia (Nepal), 2022
- Austin Asian American Film Festival (USA), 2022
Awards
- “Best Editing” in the Non-Feature category at the 68th National Film Awards 2022
- “Jury Award for Best Documentary”, at the DC South Asian Film Festival 2022
- “Special Mention” in the category documentary, at the Indian Film Festival Stuttgart 2021
List of Key Reviews
• "A sharply observant, illuminating cinematic essay"
- Saibal Chatterjee, The Tribune, https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/features/samarth-
mahajans-documentary-looks-at-lives-shaped-by-indias-borders-267763
• "Tells a living story of our time, in an indelibly soulful manner."
- Tanushree Ghosh, Indian Express,
https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/borderlands-is-a-
sincere-tale-of-how-borders-upend-ordinary-lives-7375802/
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