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Celebrating Roman Polanski
Wed Aug 24, 6:30 PM
Lamakaan
The Wednesdays screenings at Lamakaan in August celebrate Roman Polanski's films.

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.


SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION!

ALL ARE WELCOME!!! ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!
7456
JAM with JBM - Indie Film Talks
Fri Aug 26, 6:30 PM
Leela Krishna Sree
In this event, we, the team of "Jayamundhi Bhayamela Manasaa" will interact with a group of film enthusiasts about the making of our indie film, the challenges and the analysis we have made. This will be an interactive session and there is a JAM session we have planned with our music director where he will be playing two of our songs we released from our film. We will require a good stage, speaker and space to accommodate the film enthusiasts.
7464
DON K GHAR MEIN KON
Sat Aug 27, 8:00 PM
Kissago Theatre
A story of a Don, who started as a Garbage Picker and became one of the most dangerous Dons. He has had a fascination for Mafias ever since he gained consciousness and has made sure that he lived a life like them and thus named himself and his dear ones accordingly.

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!!!
7429
Lamakaan Organic Bazaar
Sun Aug 28, 10:30 AM
Lamakaan
Come & explore a wide range of Organic Fruits, veggies & groceries Homemade Bread, and other baked goods; Organic Lunch, Handicrafts, Handlooms, Handmade Jewelry, Terrace Gardening Corner, Creative Design Spaces, and many more things...

Every Sunday 10:30am - 1.30pm

Entry Free. All are welcome.

For details: 9642731329
7462
Saving the Chevella Banyans
Sun Aug 28, 2:00 PM
Nature Lovers of Hyderabad
For the last three and a half years, a small group of nature enthusiasts has been trying to save a unique stretch of old banyan trees along the Chevella-Vikarabad road from being destroyed to make way for a four-lane highway. We have created a petition, written to NHAI, mounted a case through the National Green Tribunal, mapped and documented the trees, and held several awareness raising events. This meeting is to foster new networks of support and to brainstorm some more strategies to ensure the survival of these heritage trees.
7434
Leadership Excellence frm Poetry
Sun Aug 28, 3:00 PM
Die Hard Book Readers
Diehard Book Readers will be hosting a book reading on Leadership Excellence from Poetry and will also invite poets to read along with other members of book readers club. The idea is to have strong takeaway and lessons on inspirational leadership skills and enjoy the beauty of urdu poetry
7454
HNC biking club meetup
Sun Aug 28, 5:30 PM
Vikranth
HNC is a biking club started in 2019 with an aim to encourage and guide the road safety among the youth,we have 250 members in our club who ride responsibly. we are turning 3 in this year ,so we request you to approve our event,we are expecting 40 members for this anniversary meetup.
7398
OKA ANOKHA ROOPKATHA CHALK CIRCL
Sun Aug 28, 8:00 PM
SHUDRKA HYDERABAD
Shudrka Hyderabad’s “Oka Anokha Roopkatha Chalk Circle” - a multilingual play - an adaptation of The Caucasian Chalk Circle is about not one theme. It is about the relationship of law and morality, and about different conceptions of justice. It is about utility and legality, the good and the right. The play also contains a graphic "show trial" and at its denouement Brecht's finest and funniest court scene, with few equals since Shakespeare.
7473
clay ganesh making workshop
Tue Aug 30, 11:00 AM
society for the research and environmental education
Celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi an eco-friendly ganesh murti. To support Eco-friendly behavior and citizens have to be more environmental conscious.
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.
7476
ASK KAVETI
Tue Aug 30, 6:00 PM
Kaveti Law Firm
International lawyer Kaveti Srinivas Rao garu wants to share his wisdom on Immigration, International Divorce, Company formation in foreign Countries and Women & Transgender Rights (LGBT Community)
7425
Celebrating Roman Polanski
Wed Aug 31, 7:00 PM
Lamakaan
The Wednesdays screenings at Lamakaan in August celebrate Roman Polanski's films.

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.

SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION!

ALL ARE WELCOME!!! ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!
7474
Preview of Microfilms
Fri Sep 2, 8:00 PM
ANSHUL SINHA
Screening of Globally acclaimed 30 microfilms Written and Directed by filmmaker Anshul Sinha
7475
Ek Lamha Maa ke Naam
Sat Sep 3, 11:00 AM
DOBARA
www.dobara.org. FB@dobaraonline. IG@dobaraonline Team@dobara.org
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
7442
Borderlands Documentary Film
Sat Sep 3, 6:30 PM
Lamakaan
Synopsis: 'Borderlands' brings together six characters whose lives are defined by personal and political
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/



ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!
PRE & POST-SCREENING DISCUSSION WITH THE DIRECTOR.
7405
Remembering Shohei Imamura
Wed Sep 7, 7:00 PM
Lamakaan
On the occasion of Shohei Imamura's 97th birth anniversary in September, Lamakaan remembers one of the finest Japanese film directors of his time.

About Shohei Imamura: Shōhei Imamura (15 September 1926 – 30 May 2006) was a Japanese film director. His main interest as a filmmaker lay in depicting the lower strata of Japanese society. A key figure in the Japanese New Wave, who continued working into the 21st century, Imamura is the only director from Japan to win two Palme d'Or awards.


Film Title: The Insect Woman | 1963 | 123 minutes | Japanese subtitled in English


The Insect Woman is a 1963 Japanese drama film directed by Shōhei Imamura. It was entered into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival, where Sachiko Hidari won the Silver Bear for Best Actress award. It was also awarded numerous national film prizes.


The film follows Tome, a young woman born to a rural lower-class family in the Tōhoku region in 1918, who, after a long series of mishaps, rises to the status of a madam in the post-war era. When she is sentenced to jail, her daughter Nobuko becomes her patron's lover but later steals his money to use it for building up a farming commune.

SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION!

*ALL ARE WELCOME!!! ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!*
7484
RCSM Installation
Thu Sep 8, 4:00 PM
M. Sirishab
We are members of Rotaract club of secunderabad medicos, comprised of students from Gandhi medical College. We are hosting an event to assign new board members for the club in the new term year.
7436
Bibi's Room-Author meets readers
Sat Sep 10, 6:30 PM
Lamakaan and HUL
Dr. Nazia Akhtar, author of Bibi's room: Hyderabadi women and 20 th century Urdu prose in conversation with Purnima Tammireddy, writer, translator and publisher.
This book is published by Orient Blackswan
7487
Quarterly Meeting
Sun Sep 11, 2:00 PM
Anil
Mobbera Foundation Quarterly meeting
7467
A CELEBRATION OF URDU POETRY
Wed Sep 14, 6:30 PM
Lamakaan
A CELEBRATION OF URDU POETRY

on Wednesday, the 14 September 2022 at 06:30 pm
at Lamakaan, Near GVK One, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.

SATYA PRABHAKAR
CEO, Sulekha & ProManage

ELAHE HIPTOOLA
Indian Film Producer
The event shall have a recitation of select Urdu poetry by Elahe Hipatoola followed by translations by Satya Prabhakar from his work Alfaaz Ki Mehfil.

You can also join in through Zoom
ZOOM
Meeting ID : 835 2103 6627
Passcode : 951492

Hosted by CDPP, ACODE and Lamakaan
7496
In Memory of Farah Rahman
Wed Sep 14, 7:00 PM
Gauri, Vivek, Farah Parents & Lamakaan
A condolence meeting in memory of Farah Rahman (1968-2022) is being organized at Lamakaan.

Farah died on 11.09.2022 due to cancer in Hyderabad.

She worked as a freelance journalist with the Mint and as an independent documentary filmmaker.


Farah inspired us to live life to the fullest and never lose hope. Her warm presence and easy laughter will be deeply missed.

All are invited to the condolence meeting to share memories and commemorate the departed soul.
7406
Remembering Shohei Imamura
Wed Sep 14, 7:30 PM
Lamakaan
On the occasion of Shohei Imamura's 97th birth anniversary in September, Lamakaan remembers one of the finest Japanese film directors of his time.

About Shohei Imamura: Shōhei Imamura (15 September 1926 – 30 May 2006) was a Japanese film director. His primary interest as a filmmaker lay in depicting the lower strata of Japanese society. A key figure in the Japanese New Wave, who continued working into the 21st century, Imamura is the only director from Japan to win two Palme d'Or awards.

Film Title: The Ballad of Narayama | 1983 | 130 minutes | Japanese subtitled in English

The Ballad of Narayama is a 1983 Japanese film by director Shōhei Imamura. It stars Sumiko Sakamoto as Orin, Ken Ogata, and Shoichi Ozawa. It is an adaptation of the book Narayama bushikō by Shichirō Fukazawa and is slightly inspired by the 1958 film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita. Both films explore the legendary practice of ubasute, in which elderly people were carried to a mountain and abandoned to die. Imamura's film won the Palme d'Or at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.

The film is set in a small rural village in Japan in the 19th century. According to tradition, once a person reaches the age of 70 he or she must travel to a remote mountain to die of starvation, a practice known as ubasute. The story concerns Orin, who is 69 and of sound health, but notes that a neighbor had to drag his father to the mountain, so she resolves to avoid clinging to life beyond her term. She spends a year arranging all the affairs of her family and village: she severely punishes a family who are hoarding food, and helps her younger son lose his virginity.

The film has some harsh scenes that show how brutal the conditions could be for the villagers. Interspersed between episodes in the film are brief vignettes of nature – birds, snakes, and other animals hunting, watching, singing, copulating, or giving birth.

SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION!

ALL ARE WELCOME!!! ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!
7494
Film Screening of Maa Bhoomi
Sat Sep 17, 4:00 PM
Hyderabad Cinephiles
The film is based on the Telangana peasant armed struggle of the 1940s, against the despotic rule of the Nizams and the razaakars. It also depicts how this armed struggle was brutally suppressed by the indian army, after which, the Nizam has surrendered and the Hyderabad State was annexed to the indian union.
7320
Hyderabad Liberation Day?
Sat Sep 17, 8:00 PM
Lamakaan & Yunus Lasania
Hyderabad Liberation Day: Annexation or merger? How the erstwhile state of Hyderabad was annexed to India in 1948.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-run central government announced that it would organize a year-long ‘celebration’ marking ‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’ starting from September 17, the day in 1948 when the erstwhile state of Hyderabad, run by its Nizam, Osman Ali Khan, was annexed to India.

The Indian army was sent by the Centre on September 13, 1948, after negotiations with the last Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan fell through after independence. The state was formally annexed to India on September 17, and the event was preceded by political unrest and violence inflicted by the Razakar militia.

More importantly, the annexation is also a painful memory for many Muslims in the Hyderabad state, given that there was a massacre of thousands from the community after the Indian army took over the state. The atrocities against Muslims are well documented in the Sunderlal Committee (set up by India’s first PM Jawaharlal Nehru) to look into the atrocities of Muslims) report.


But what is the truth of Operation Polo? To understand that, Lamakaan will organize a talk on September 17 detailing the incident. BK Gupta, a teenager in 1948 in Karimnagar district, will be the chief guest and speaker. A memorial will also be held for the late Burgula Narsing Rao, a former CPI member who was one of the core student leaders of his time in 1948.

ALL ARE WELCOME!!!
ENTRY FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!
7503
comedy and message
Sun Sep 18, 2:00 PM
abhyudaya kalaranjani trust
comedy and message oriented skits
7457
BiPan/Poly fest
Sun Sep 18, 6:30 PM
Anil
A festival of Bisexual, pansexual and Polygamy community with art
7486
The poetic cosmos of Sudeep Sen
Tue Sep 20, 4:00 PM
Dr Jhilam. Chattaraj
Internationally acclaimed poet, editor, Sudeep Sen will be in conversation with Hyderabad based poet Jhilam Chattaraj. A lively talk on poetry, the craft of writing and some soulful rendition of his works both in English and Bengali. The talk will begin with a dance video on Sen's poetry by Aditi Mangaldas, followed by Reading and interaction with audience. The event is open to anybody interested in literature and culture.
7480
Book Launch
Tue Sep 20, 7:00 PM
Syed Naser Mohiuddin
Would like to launch a book "Machine That Runs the World". It is a book that tones down economics, business and financial management for mass consumption.
7495
All the world’s a stage
Tue Sep 20, 7:30 PM
Lamakaan
“All the world’s a stage” – busker tribe is making an effort to create a symphony of all our unheard street side soundscape. Two folk artists joining their hands to author a blissful busking session.


Parvindar Singh is bringing his nature inspired meditative music to the event. His soulful journey is expressed in a calm-mystic melody accompanied with notes from Handpan. His music seeks to introspect and heal the inner self through diffusion of music beyond boundaries.


Soham Pal draws his influence from the ‘Baul’ culture, the spiritual notes from nomadic pastoral land of 'Radh Bengal'; an age-old busking practice. His dotara picking skills and soulful composition have landed him in the in the voyage of self-discovery by embracing the traditional and native music forms of India.

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Krishnarang
Sat Feb 24, 6:00 PM
Asmita Kale
Performing Classical Dance (Bharatnatyam)

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7424
Celebrating Roman Polanski
Wed Aug 24, 6:30 PM
Lamakaan
The Wednesdays screenings at Lamakaan in August celebrate Roman Polanski's films.

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.


SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION!

ALL ARE WELCOME!!! ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!
7456
JAM with JBM - Indie Film Talks
Fri Aug 26, 6:30 PM
Leela Krishna Sree
In this event, we, the team of "Jayamundhi Bhayamela Manasaa" will interact with a group of film enthusiasts about the making of our indie film, the challenges and the analysis we have made. This will be an interactive session and there is a JAM session we have planned with our music director where he will be playing two of our songs we released from our film. We will require a good stage, speaker and space to accommodate the film enthusiasts.
7464
DON K GHAR MEIN KON
Sat Aug 27, 8:00 PM
Kissago Theatre
A story of a Don, who started as a Garbage Picker and became one of the most dangerous Dons. He has had a fascination for Mafias ever since he gained consciousness and has made sure that he lived a life like them and thus named himself and his dear ones accordingly.

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!!!
7429
Lamakaan Organic Bazaar
Sun Aug 28, 10:30 AM
Lamakaan
Come & explore a wide range of Organic Fruits, veggies & groceries Homemade Bread, and other baked goods; Organic Lunch, Handicrafts, Handlooms, Handmade Jewelry, Terrace Gardening Corner, Creative Design Spaces, and many more things...

Every Sunday 10:30am - 1.30pm

Entry Free. All are welcome.

For details: 9642731329
7462
Saving the Chevella Banyans
Sun Aug 28, 2:00 PM
Nature Lovers of Hyderabad
For the last three and a half years, a small group of nature enthusiasts has been trying to save a unique stretch of old banyan trees along the Chevella-Vikarabad road from being destroyed to make way for a four-lane highway. We have created a petition, written to NHAI, mounted a case through the National Green Tribunal, mapped and documented the trees, and held several awareness raising events. This meeting is to foster new networks of support and to brainstorm some more strategies to ensure the survival of these heritage trees.
7434
Leadership Excellence frm Poetry
Sun Aug 28, 3:00 PM
Die Hard Book Readers
Diehard Book Readers will be hosting a book reading on Leadership Excellence from Poetry and will also invite poets to read along with other members of book readers club. The idea is to have strong takeaway and lessons on inspirational leadership skills and enjoy the beauty of urdu poetry
7454
HNC biking club meetup
Sun Aug 28, 5:30 PM
Vikranth
HNC is a biking club started in 2019 with an aim to encourage and guide the road safety among the youth,we have 250 members in our club who ride responsibly. we are turning 3 in this year ,so we request you to approve our event,we are expecting 40 members for this anniversary meetup.
7398
OKA ANOKHA ROOPKATHA CHALK CIRCL
Sun Aug 28, 8:00 PM
SHUDRKA HYDERABAD
Shudrka Hyderabad’s “Oka Anokha Roopkatha Chalk Circle” - a multilingual play - an adaptation of The Caucasian Chalk Circle is about not one theme. It is about the relationship of law and morality, and about different conceptions of justice. It is about utility and legality, the good and the right. The play also contains a graphic "show trial" and at its denouement Brecht's finest and funniest court scene, with few equals since Shakespeare.
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clay ganesh making workshop
Tue Aug 30, 11:00 AM
society for the research and environmental education
Celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi an eco-friendly ganesh murti. To support Eco-friendly behavior and citizens have to be more environmental conscious.
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.
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ASK KAVETI
Tue Aug 30, 6:00 PM
Kaveti Law Firm
International lawyer Kaveti Srinivas Rao garu wants to share his wisdom on Immigration, International Divorce, Company formation in foreign Countries and Women & Transgender Rights (LGBT Community)
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Celebrating Roman Polanski
Wed Aug 31, 7:00 PM
Lamakaan
The Wednesdays screenings at Lamakaan in August celebrate Roman Polanski's films.

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.

SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION!

ALL ARE WELCOME!!! ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!
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Preview of Microfilms
Fri Sep 2, 8:00 PM
ANSHUL SINHA
Screening of Globally acclaimed 30 microfilms Written and Directed by filmmaker Anshul Sinha
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Ek Lamha Maa ke Naam
Sat Sep 3, 11:00 AM
DOBARA
www.dobara.org. FB@dobaraonline. IG@dobaraonline Team@dobara.org
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
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Borderlands Documentary Film
Sat Sep 3, 6:30 PM
Lamakaan
Synopsis: 'Borderlands' brings together six characters whose lives are defined by personal and political
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/



ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!
PRE & POST-SCREENING DISCUSSION WITH THE DIRECTOR.
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Remembering Shohei Imamura
Wed Sep 7, 7:00 PM
Lamakaan
On the occasion of Shohei Imamura's 97th birth anniversary in September, Lamakaan remembers one of the finest Japanese film directors of his time.

About Shohei Imamura: Shōhei Imamura (15 September 1926 – 30 May 2006) was a Japanese film director. His main interest as a filmmaker lay in depicting the lower strata of Japanese society. A key figure in the Japanese New Wave, who continued working into the 21st century, Imamura is the only director from Japan to win two Palme d'Or awards.


Film Title: The Insect Woman | 1963 | 123 minutes | Japanese subtitled in English


The Insect Woman is a 1963 Japanese drama film directed by Shōhei Imamura. It was entered into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival, where Sachiko Hidari won the Silver Bear for Best Actress award. It was also awarded numerous national film prizes.


The film follows Tome, a young woman born to a rural lower-class family in the Tōhoku region in 1918, who, after a long series of mishaps, rises to the status of a madam in the post-war era. When she is sentenced to jail, her daughter Nobuko becomes her patron's lover but later steals his money to use it for building up a farming commune.

SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION!

*ALL ARE WELCOME!!! ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!*
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RCSM Installation
Thu Sep 8, 4:00 PM
M. Sirishab
We are members of Rotaract club of secunderabad medicos, comprised of students from Gandhi medical College. We are hosting an event to assign new board members for the club in the new term year.
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Bibi's Room-Author meets readers
Sat Sep 10, 6:30 PM
Lamakaan and HUL
Dr. Nazia Akhtar, author of Bibi's room: Hyderabadi women and 20 th century Urdu prose in conversation with Purnima Tammireddy, writer, translator and publisher.
This book is published by Orient Blackswan
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Quarterly Meeting
Sun Sep 11, 2:00 PM
Anil
Mobbera Foundation Quarterly meeting
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A CELEBRATION OF URDU POETRY
Wed Sep 14, 6:30 PM
Lamakaan
A CELEBRATION OF URDU POETRY

on Wednesday, the 14 September 2022 at 06:30 pm
at Lamakaan, Near GVK One, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.

SATYA PRABHAKAR
CEO, Sulekha & ProManage

ELAHE HIPTOOLA
Indian Film Producer
The event shall have a recitation of select Urdu poetry by Elahe Hipatoola followed by translations by Satya Prabhakar from his work Alfaaz Ki Mehfil.

You can also join in through Zoom
ZOOM
Meeting ID : 835 2103 6627
Passcode : 951492

Hosted by CDPP, ACODE and Lamakaan
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In Memory of Farah Rahman
Wed Sep 14, 7:00 PM
Gauri, Vivek, Farah Parents & Lamakaan
A condolence meeting in memory of Farah Rahman (1968-2022) is being organized at Lamakaan.

Farah died on 11.09.2022 due to cancer in Hyderabad.

She worked as a freelance journalist with the Mint and as an independent documentary filmmaker.


Farah inspired us to live life to the fullest and never lose hope. Her warm presence and easy laughter will be deeply missed.

All are invited to the condolence meeting to share memories and commemorate the departed soul.
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Remembering Shohei Imamura
Wed Sep 14, 7:30 PM
Lamakaan
On the occasion of Shohei Imamura's 97th birth anniversary in September, Lamakaan remembers one of the finest Japanese film directors of his time.

About Shohei Imamura: Shōhei Imamura (15 September 1926 – 30 May 2006) was a Japanese film director. His primary interest as a filmmaker lay in depicting the lower strata of Japanese society. A key figure in the Japanese New Wave, who continued working into the 21st century, Imamura is the only director from Japan to win two Palme d'Or awards.

Film Title: The Ballad of Narayama | 1983 | 130 minutes | Japanese subtitled in English

The Ballad of Narayama is a 1983 Japanese film by director Shōhei Imamura. It stars Sumiko Sakamoto as Orin, Ken Ogata, and Shoichi Ozawa. It is an adaptation of the book Narayama bushikō by Shichirō Fukazawa and is slightly inspired by the 1958 film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita. Both films explore the legendary practice of ubasute, in which elderly people were carried to a mountain and abandoned to die. Imamura's film won the Palme d'Or at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.

The film is set in a small rural village in Japan in the 19th century. According to tradition, once a person reaches the age of 70 he or she must travel to a remote mountain to die of starvation, a practice known as ubasute. The story concerns Orin, who is 69 and of sound health, but notes that a neighbor had to drag his father to the mountain, so she resolves to avoid clinging to life beyond her term. She spends a year arranging all the affairs of her family and village: she severely punishes a family who are hoarding food, and helps her younger son lose his virginity.

The film has some harsh scenes that show how brutal the conditions could be for the villagers. Interspersed between episodes in the film are brief vignettes of nature – birds, snakes, and other animals hunting, watching, singing, copulating, or giving birth.

SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION!

ALL ARE WELCOME!!! ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!
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Film Screening of Maa Bhoomi
Sat Sep 17, 4:00 PM
Hyderabad Cinephiles
The film is based on the Telangana peasant armed struggle of the 1940s, against the despotic rule of the Nizams and the razaakars. It also depicts how this armed struggle was brutally suppressed by the indian army, after which, the Nizam has surrendered and the Hyderabad State was annexed to the indian union.
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Hyderabad Liberation Day?
Sat Sep 17, 8:00 PM
Lamakaan & Yunus Lasania
Hyderabad Liberation Day: Annexation or merger? How the erstwhile state of Hyderabad was annexed to India in 1948.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-run central government announced that it would organize a year-long ‘celebration’ marking ‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’ starting from September 17, the day in 1948 when the erstwhile state of Hyderabad, run by its Nizam, Osman Ali Khan, was annexed to India.

The Indian army was sent by the Centre on September 13, 1948, after negotiations with the last Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan fell through after independence. The state was formally annexed to India on September 17, and the event was preceded by political unrest and violence inflicted by the Razakar militia.

More importantly, the annexation is also a painful memory for many Muslims in the Hyderabad state, given that there was a massacre of thousands from the community after the Indian army took over the state. The atrocities against Muslims are well documented in the Sunderlal Committee (set up by India’s first PM Jawaharlal Nehru) to look into the atrocities of Muslims) report.


But what is the truth of Operation Polo? To understand that, Lamakaan will organize a talk on September 17 detailing the incident. BK Gupta, a teenager in 1948 in Karimnagar district, will be the chief guest and speaker. A memorial will also be held for the late Burgula Narsing Rao, a former CPI member who was one of the core student leaders of his time in 1948.

ALL ARE WELCOME!!!
ENTRY FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!
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comedy and message
Sun Sep 18, 2:00 PM
abhyudaya kalaranjani trust
comedy and message oriented skits
7457
BiPan/Poly fest
Sun Sep 18, 6:30 PM
Anil
A festival of Bisexual, pansexual and Polygamy community with art
7486
The poetic cosmos of Sudeep Sen
Tue Sep 20, 4:00 PM
Dr Jhilam. Chattaraj
Internationally acclaimed poet, editor, Sudeep Sen will be in conversation with Hyderabad based poet Jhilam Chattaraj. A lively talk on poetry, the craft of writing and some soulful rendition of his works both in English and Bengali. The talk will begin with a dance video on Sen's poetry by Aditi Mangaldas, followed by Reading and interaction with audience. The event is open to anybody interested in literature and culture.
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Book Launch
Tue Sep 20, 7:00 PM
Syed Naser Mohiuddin
Would like to launch a book "Machine That Runs the World". It is a book that tones down economics, business and financial management for mass consumption.
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All the world’s a stage
Tue Sep 20, 7:30 PM
Lamakaan
“All the world’s a stage” – busker tribe is making an effort to create a symphony of all our unheard street side soundscape. Two folk artists joining their hands to author a blissful busking session.


Parvindar Singh is bringing his nature inspired meditative music to the event. His soulful journey is expressed in a calm-mystic melody accompanied with notes from Handpan. His music seeks to introspect and heal the inner self through diffusion of music beyond boundaries.


Soham Pal draws his influence from the ‘Baul’ culture, the spiritual notes from nomadic pastoral land of 'Radh Bengal'; an age-old busking practice. His dotara picking skills and soulful composition have landed him in the in the voyage of self-discovery by embracing the traditional and native music forms of India.

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