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The Mint Planner, 31 July 2015

From music and movies to dance and drama, there's plenty to do or experience over the coming week

The Jass B’stards will perform at B-Flat on 1 August.Premium
The Jass B’stards will perform at B-Flat on 1 August.

OTHERS :

Mumbai

Around town

Beyond Bollywood: Indian-Americans Shape The Nation

31 July

This exhibition will feature 24 wall panels with text, photographs and graphics that explore the Indian American experience and the community’s political, professional and cultural contributions to American life and history. Stand-up comic Aditi Mittal will also perform.

2pm. Sitara Studio, KG Marg, Dadar (West). For details, call 9820764306.

History Of Parsi Food In India

1 August

Kurush Dalal, a caterer and food anthropologist, will take food lovers on a journey tracing the history of Parsi cuisine and the way it has evolved with time and across places. A buffet will accompany the story feast.

Noon. APB Cook Studio, Srishti Plaza, Andheri (East). Tickets, 2,850 (including food/beverages and taxes), available on in.bookmyshow.com

Theatre

The EQ

4 August

Written and directed by Amatya Goradia, this play asks a fundamental question: Was it Albert Einstein’s IQ (intelligence quotient) that made him a genius, or was it his EQ (emotional quotient)? The play takes episodes from Einstein’s life, and tries to understand what lay beneath the image of a jolly, absent-minded scientist. 1 hour, 35 minutes.

9pm. Prithvi Theatre, 20, Janki Kutir, Juhu Church Road, Juhu (26149546). Tickets, 150, available on in.bookmyshow.com. Click here for details.

Dance

Apar-Kaya and Rhythms Of Seven

31 July

In Rhythms Of Seven, Kathak dancer Seema Mehta will create a jugalbandi with Purbayan Chatterjee on sitar, Debasish Sarkar on vocals, Satyaprakash Mishra on tabla and Sridhar Parthasarathy on mridangam.

7pm. Experimental Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Nariman Point, NCPA Marg (66323737). Tickets, 300 and 400, available at the venue and on in.bookmyshow.com. For details, visit Ncpa.com.

TOP PICK

Theatre

One On One 2

1-2 August

Get ready for some drama, romance, satire and comedy, with riveting stories about the music industry, the bureaucracy, marriage, the futility of war, immigration, real estate scams and Bollywood—stories of modern India that amuse, annoy and concern us all.

7pm. St Andrew’s Auditorium, St Andrew’s College, St Dominic Road, Bandra (Saturday); and Sahitya Mandir Sabhagruha, Sector 6, Vashi (Sunday). Tickets, 500, 700, 1,000, 1,500 and 2,000, available on in.bookmyshow.com

By Shinibali Mitra Saigal

Bengaluru

Art

After The Rains

1-4 August

This exhibition will feature around 100 works by 40 artists, including Sunil Das, Suhas Roy, Thota Vaikuntam, Laxman Aelay and Bharti Prajapati. Profits from the sale will go to the Nepal high commission for the earthquake relief fund.

10.30am-7pm. Art Corridor, The Taj West End, 25, Race Course Road (66605660). Prices, starting from 10,000.

Music

Indian Ocean Side A/Side B

31 July

Indian Ocean will perform at this 3-hour concert, aiming to cover their entire discography, including Kandisa, Jhini and Desert Rain.

8pm. Salt Destination, 2D2, Whitefield Road, Mahadevpura. Tickets, 500, available on in.bookmyshow.com, and 750, available at the venue.

The Jass B’stards

1 August

This New Delhi-based psychedelic jazz, punk and groove band includes Stefan Kaye on organ/vocals, Tony Guinard on bass guitar and Nikhil Vasudevan on drums.

9pm. B-Flat, 776, 100 Feet Road, Indiranagar, 2nd Stage (42414000). Tickets, 400, available on in.bookmyshow.com

Around town

Gender Bender

1 August

Ten artists will present their “idea" of gender through forms such as music, photographs, theatre and live performance. The list of artists includes Afrah Shafiq, Deepika Arwind and Zui Kumar Reddy.

Gender Bender is an initiative of the cultural centre Goethe-Institut and artists’ collective Sandbox Collective.

6.30pm. Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, 716, CMH Road, Indiranagar (25205305).

TOP PICK

Theatre

One

Till 2 August

This festival of five one-woman plays is themed on feminism. The plays—all directed by V. Balakrishnan—are Mata Hari, Apradhini, The Peacock Prince, Amrapali and Singarevva And The Palace.

7.30pm. Alliance Française, 108, Thimmaiah Road, Vasanthnagar. Tickets, 250, 400, 600, 800 and 1,000, available on in.bookmyshow.com and www.indianstage.in

By Priyadarshini Nandy

Chennai

Dance

Sundara Kandam: A Signet Of Hope

1 August

Choreographed by Anitha Guha, Sundara Kandam: A Signet Of Hope is a ballet based on the epic Mahabharat. The music is by Neyveli Santhanagopalan.

7pm. The Music Academy, New No.168 (Old No.306), TTK Road (28112231). Tickets, 250, 500, 1,000, 2,000 and 5,000, available on in.bookmyshow.com and www.eventjini.com

Around town

Adiperukku And Ayyanar Festival

Till 5 August

11.30am. DakshinaChitra, Muthukadu, East Coast Road (24462435). Entry, 100 (for Indians) and 200 (foreigners).

Sing Along

1 August

Enjoy 90 minutes of entertainment, comprising stories and rhymes sung to popular tunes. The performers include Jeeva Raghunath, a storyteller, author and performer, and Krishna Iyer, a music teacher with the UK’s Trinity College of Music Guild Hall. A live band—Gerard Joseph, Nelson Samuel, Anish Chacko, Jude Rodgers and Immanuel Theophles—will play alongside the performers.

6.30pm. Museum Theatre, Pantheon Road, Egmore (28193238). Tickets, 200 and 400, available on
in.bookmyshow.com

By Nandini Reddy

Delhi

Around town

Discover Your Clown

2 August

Ashwath Bhatt, who did his postgraduation from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, will lead participants through individual and group exercises on improvisation and movement. The workshop will focus on enabling each participant to find his/her inner clown. It will be followed by lunch.

10am. Zorba—The Buddha, 7, Tropical Drive, MG Road. Fee, 1,500, including lunch. For registration, call 9311115748.

Best Of Wasabi

Till 5 August

12.30-2.45pm/7-11.30pm. Wasabi By Morimoto, The Taj Mahal Hotel, Man Singh Road (66513585). Meal for two, 6,000, plus taxes (alcohol not included).

Film

Volume Zero: The Work Of Charles Correa

4 August

Arun Khopkar’s 58-minute film looks at architect Charles Correa’s childhood, architectural training and the paradigms underlying his complex oeuvre over five decades.

6.30pm. CD Deshmukh Auditorium, India International Centre, Max Mueller Marg (24619431).

TOP PICK

Theatre

Hamari Adhuri Kahani

1-2 August

Happy Ranajit adapts Mohit Suri’s film Hamari Adhuri Kahani for stage. This Hindi play is about Aarav, a rich hotelier, who falls in love with a married florist, Vasudha. 1 hour, 30 minutes.

7pm; also 3pm (Sunday). Shri Ram Centre, 4, Safdar Hashmi Marg, Mandi House. Tickets, 300, 400 and 500, available at the venue and on in.bookmyshow.com

By Chanpreet Khurana

Hyderabad

Music

Medieval Music

31 July

6.30pm. Alliance Française, Plot No.4, Aurora Colony, Road No.3, Banjara Hills (23554485).

Theatre

The Bear and The Proposal

1 August

The Bear is about a retired army lieutenant who arrives at a woman’s house to collect on a loan he had given to her deceased husband.

The Proposal, set in the Russian countryside, is about young Ivan, who wants to marry elderly Stepan’s daughter. Will she accept his proposal? 2 hours.

7.30pm. Lamakaan, Road No.1, Banjara Hills. Tickets, 100, available on
in.bookmyshow.com

Around town

Dim Sum Affair

Till 2 August

Chef Hung Fong Ng is showcasing a bouquet of delicacies like Poached Lamb Celery Shuigao, Barbeque Mushroom Bao and Beijing Onion Pancake.

12.30-3pm/7.30-11pm. Golden Dragon, Taj Krishna, Banjara Hills (66293309). Meal for one, 700, including taxes.

By Yogendra Kalavalapalli

Kolkata

Film

Japanese Film Festival

31 July-2 August

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