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
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.
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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).
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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).
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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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