Kala Ghoda Arts Festival
The Times of India Kala Ghoda Arts Festival canters through Fort again from Sat Feb 2-Sun Feb 10. The schedule was not finalised at the time of publication so check
www.kalaghodaassociation.com or call 6505-5034 for final details. See Venues for address information at the end of th post. All events are free unless otherwise indicated.
Around Town
Sat Feb 2
Jewellery of Maharajas More than 70 photographs of jewellery created for our Maharajas.
Coomaraswamy Hall, Museum.
All day.
Heritage Walk
Bombay Heritage Walks organises a walking tour of the India Government Mint on Shahid Bhagat Singh Road and the RBI’s Monetary Museum on PM Road. Entry is restricted to the first 30 people who show up and is open to Indian nationals over eight years old.
Walk starts at the Asiatic Library, 9.30am.
Sacred Trees
Images from photo-grapher Deidi Von Schaewen’s book Sacred Trees.
Horniman Circle, 10am-7pm.
Photography Workshop
David de Souza discusses the finer points of photography.
Eros Preview Theatre, 10.30am-1.30pm.
Fashion Show
Muse presents a fashion show on the streets.
Amphitheatre, 9.30-10pm.
Mon Feb 4
Heritage Walk
Walk through the Kala Ghoda precinct. There will also be a talk at the Dinshaw Petit Library.
Walk starts at the Kala Ghoda traffic island, 5pm.
Tue Feb 5
Heritage Walk
Bombay Heritage Walks leads participants through Horniman Circle. A talk by an archaeology expert at the Asiatic Library is also planned.
Walk starts at the Asiatic Library, 5pm.
Wed Feb 6
Heritage Walk
Walk through Ballard Estate. A talk by architect Kitrida Unwalla will precede the walk.
Walk starts at Ballard Bunder Gate Museum, 5pm.
Thur Feb 7
Heritage Walk around Oval Maidan Swati Chandgadkar takes you around the Oval Maidan.
Walk starts at Mumbai University Convocation Hall, 5pm.
Malkhamb
Blind students demonstrate this gravity-defying exercise.
Amphitheatre, 5.30pm.
Art
Where unspecified, the exhibition will take place on the street between Jehangir Art Gallery and Lion Gate.
Sat Feb 2, Sun Feb 3
Happy Pottermania
Bilmat Zeramicz will hold an exhibition of pottery and a workshop. Contact the gallery for details on 2265-2091.
Bilmat Zeramicz.
Sat Feb 2-Thur Feb 7
Clay Chakra
Look at cool pottery.
Artists’ Centre.
Mon Feb 4
Articulate v/s Art
Shireen Gandhy, Girish Shahane, Reena Kallat and Bose Krishnamachari talk about the importance of waxing eloquent. Ranjit Hoskote will moderate.
Bodhi Art, 5pm.
Wed Feb 6
Technology Meets Art
A lecture demonstration with Jaideep Mehrotra, Baiju Parthan and Vikram Bawa.
Bodhi Art, 5pm.
Thur Feb 7
In Adoration of Krishna
Pichchhwai painting from the Tapi Collection. The exhibition is supported by Garden Silk Mills.
Coomaraswamy Hall, Museum, All day.
Through the festival
Airbrushed Bike There’s a strong automobile theme in this year’s festival. Sudarshan Kanchan airbrushes bikes.
Traffic island, Kala Ghoda.
Altered Wanderings/ Fewer Answers
Kanchi Mehta’s interactive installation invites you to take away or add to the fabric pile that she has set up.
Beyond Sight
Photographs by students from Victoria School for the Blind.
Pavement Gallery.
Booked Street
In case you didn’t catch it before, Himanshu S brings back his ode to the street-side booksellers.
Pavement Gallery.
Common Room
More Himanshu S.
Pavement Gallery.
City of Lights
Funky installations by Krsna Mehta.
Traffic island, Kala Ghoda.
De-Addiction
S Sagare, P Kulkarni and S Raut look at different kinds of addiction. Presented by Art Quest.
Dining Cycle – I’m on a Diet
Neha Majithia and Kushal Mahant give you food for thought in their installation.
Pavement Gallery.
Display
Design Studio shows off stained glass.
Eye Donation
Nitin Vinchude’s installation of two pieces are concerned with the problem of blindness.
Pavement Gallery.
Graffiti
Chirodeep Chaudhuri, former photo editor of Time Out Mumbai, shows his photographs. Presented by Project 88.
Installation
Suraj paints a Volkswagen car.
Traffic island, Kala Ghoda.
Installation
Reva electric cars get the glam look by being painted over by Hafeez Contractor, Bose Krishnamachari and Pavitra. Presented by JSW Steel.
Horniman Circle.
Keeping Alive the Rumour that God is Alive
This line in neon pink is Himanshu S’ way of keeping the faith.
Pavement Gallery.
Lehari
Mochiwala Sandeep Manchekar’s ceramic shoes are cute.
Library
Anand Prabhu Desai is an upcoming artist. He has created an enormous sculpture which is inspired by books.
David Sassoon Library Gardens.
Morning Tea
Snehal Chordia and others from the Mudra Art Foundation make use of the morning newspaper.
Horniman Circle.
Mosquito
JT Gopale adds to the festival buzz.
Mumbai Masti
Krsna Mehta’s offering for the festival is a 25 foot-high pile of bicycles.
Traffic island, Kala Ghoda.
Museum of the Moving Image in Mumbai
Tanja Meyle is out selling the idea of a museum that doesn’t exist. Check out the brochure that she has put together for the Bollywood Museum that she has in her imagination.
Musical Prayer
Pankaj Gharde has set up prayer wheels.
Old Bombay
Phillips Images brings out a selection of vintage photos.
Gallery by the Oval.
Paintings Art
Desh shows a selection of contemporary Indian art.
Pavement Gallery.
Painting
Sunil Padwal will paint a mural on Khyber restaurant’s wall.
Park ’08
Kiran Telkar’s large sculpture has something to do with bottles.
Horniman Circle.
Photography
Vikram Bawa has stitched together photographs of the Kala Ghoda skyline.
Outside David Sassoon Library.
Shop
Himanshu S’s take on consumerism could be fun.
Pavement Gallery.
Special Train Compartment
Sanjeev Bagwe is handicapped. He takes all his angst and pours it into this installation.
Stretching the Line
Haren Vakil’s ink drawings show a humorous take on life as he sees it.
Hacienda.
Taxi – The Honey Bee
Hina Khan has created a bee using scrap metal and found objects.
Teckontainer
An installation by Sam Vaidya.
Terra Kutta and friends
Abhay Gaekwad shows miniature terracotta sculptures of animals. See picture caption.
Hacienda.
Tree of Desire
Aarti Tedalkar hangs huge apples on the trees of Rampart Row. You’re expected to feel desire, like the biblical Eve. Organised by Pundole Art Gallery.
Wear Your Art
A group of artists present art you can fashionably flaunt.
Books
Sat Feb 2, Sun Feb 3
Pentathlon
The festival’s fiction writing workshop is spread over two days and will be conducted by Kavita Bhanot. To register, email
kalaghoda.workshops@gmail.com with “Fiction Workshop” in the subject line.
BNHS Auditorium, 10.30am-12.30pm.
Freelance Writing Workshop
Kavitha Rao shows participants how to build networks, research stories and contribute freelance writing work for publications in a two-day workshop. To register, email
kalaghoda.workshops@gmail.com with “Freelance Writing” in the subject line.
Seminar Room, Elphinstone College, 10.30am-12.30pm.
Translation Workshop
For those who don’t want to depend on Babelfish, Rimi Chatterjee’s two-day workshop shows you the art of switching between languages while keeping the spirit of the message intact. To register email
kalaghoda.workshops@gmail.com with “Art of Translation” in the subject line.
Seminar Room Two, Elphinstone College, 1.30-4.30pm.
Children’s Writing Workshop
Jane Bhandari and Marylin Noronha lead a two-day session on how to write so that kids will (hopefully) read. To register, email
kalaghoda.workshops@gmail.com with “Children’s Writing Workshop” in the subject line.
BNHS Auditorium, 2.30am-4.30pm.
Sat Feb 2
Performance Poetry Workshop
Jeet Thayil attempts to show you how to make poetry as exciting to watch as it is to read. To register, email
kalaghoda.workshops@gmail.com with “Performance Poetry” in the subject line.
NGMA, 2.30pm-4.30pm.
In memoriam
Kala Ghoda pays tribute to Indian writers who passed away last year. Among those who will be remembered are Revathy Gopal, Shakti Bhatt, Kersy Katrak and Qurratulain Hyder.
David Sassoon Library Garden, 5-7pm.
Panel Discussion
Anju Makhija and Rita Kothari discuss Partition literature.
David Sassoon Library Garden, 7-8pm.
Mumbai Masti
Bachi Karkaria and Krsna Mehta give you a taste of their book, Mumbai Masti.
David Sassoon Library Garden, 8-9pm.
Sun Feb 3
Fresh Off the Shelf
New writers present their works while older ones present new offerings. Among the new works by established writers that will be read are Janhavi Acharekar’s Window Seat, Amruta Patil’s Kari, Kankana Basu’s Cappuccino Dusk, Rimi Chatterjee’s City of Love, Venita Coelho’s Dungeon Tales and Jeet Thayil’s These Errors Are Correct.
David Sassoon Library Garden, 5-7pm.
Bhopal – the Story
Kalpana Sharma looks back at the Bhopal gas tragedy. She will be in conversation with survivor Rasheeda Bi and activist Satinath (Sathyu) Sarangi.
David Sassoon Library Garden, 7-8pm.
Meet the Author
Time Out Mumbai’s former columnist Nilanjana Roy in conversation with Indra Sinha, author of Animal’s People, which was nominated for the Man Booker Prize last year. Animal’s People is about the Bhopal gas tragedy.
David Sassoon Library Garden, 8-9pm.
Mon Feb 4
Author Retrospective Kiran Nagarkar is the author of some of Indian fiction’s most enjoyable novels. This discussion will look at Cuckold, Ravan and Eddie and Seven Sixes are Forty-Three (Saat Sakkam Trechalis).
David Sassoon Library Garden, 6-7pm.
Poet Retrospective
A discussion on the bilingual poet Dilip Chitre. The discussion will focus on his volume of poetry As is where is and Chitre’s translations of Namdeo Dhasal’s Marathi poetry.
David Sassoon Library Garden, 7-8pm.
Meet the Author
Director Saeed Mirza launches his debut novel. Ammi: Letter to a Democratic Mother takes the form of a letter written by Saeed Mirza to his late mother.
David Sassoon Library Garden, 8-9pm
Tue Feb 5
Rebuilding Babel
The panel discussion on translation is between Anju Makhija, Mahesh Dutt and Menka Shivdasani.
David Sassoon Library Garden, 6-7pm.
Travel Writing Discussion
Naresh Fernandes, Sarayu Ahuja and Dilip D’Souza discuss the challenges of good travel writing in India and abroad.
David Sassoon Library Garden, 7-8pm.
Book Launch
Behram Contractor’s A Star is Born and Samit Basu’s Unwaba Revelations take the stage. Dolly Thakore and Farzana Contractor and others will read from Contractor’s book. Hear from Samit Basu as Sonia Faleiro asks him about his novel.
David Sassoon Library Garden, 8-9pm.
Wed Feb 6
Queering the Pitch Vikram Doctor moderates a discussion on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender writing in India with R Raj Rao, Arpita Das and Sachin Kudalkar.
David Sassoon Library Garden, 6-7pm.
The War of the Worlds
With fantasy being the flavour of the season, Samit Basu, Sarnath Bannerjee and Amruta Patil discuss the popularity and quality of the science fiction and fantasy genre in Indian literature. Moderated by Devangshu Datta.
David Sassoon Library Garden, 7-8pm.
Getting Published: All Sides of the Story
Something for literary hopefuls. Urvashi Butalia moderates a discussion between publishers and authors.
David Sassoon Library Garden, 8-9pm.
Thur Feb 7
She Says, She Says, She Says
Anita Roy moderates a panel discussion on women’s writing with a focus on the tangled relationship between chick-lit, pulp romance writing and feminism. The panel includes Rupa Gulab, Amrita Shah, Andrew Go and Meenakshi Madhavan.
David Sassoon Library Garden, 6-7pm.
Web Writing Works
Sidin Vadakut moderates a panel discussion on writing for the web.
David Sassoon Library Garden, 7-8pm.
The Future of Nature
Kalpana Sharma moderates a discussion on writing about the environment.
David Sassoon Library Garden, 8-9pm.
Dance
Sat Feb 2
Tibetan Dance
The Tibet India Foundation presents traditional Tibetan dance.
Amphitheatre, 4-5.30pm.
Lavani Darshan
Watch some traditional Marathi moves in this presentation by the MTDC.
Amphitheatre, 6-7pm.
Phoolon ki Holi
An extravaganza of Rajasthani dance and music.
Amphitheatre, 7.15pm.
Dance
Mallika Sarabhai and troupe perform India: Then, Now, Forever.
Horniman Circle, 7pm-8.30pm.
Salsa
Pooja Bedi and Hanif Hilal do some hot-stepping. They will be accompanied by Asterix’s Dance Troupe.
Amphitheatre, 8.15-8.30pm.
Chhau
This folk dance of eastern India is being presented by Remo.
Amphitheatre, 8.40pm.
Sun Feb 3
Tibetan Dance
The Tibet India Foundation presents traditional Tibetan dance.
Amphitheatre, 5.15-6pm.
Samvrate
See the graceful movements of Manipuri dance in this performance.
Amphitheatre, 6.10-7pm.
Mon Feb 4
Folk Dances of the North East
Nrityanjali Dance Institute brings you dances we rarely see.
Amphitheatre, 5.45-6.30pm.
Mohiniattam
Artists of Nateshvari Dance Gurukul perform at this event.
Amphitheatre, 7-8pm.
Purandara Krishna
A duet in bharatanatyam by Deepak Mazumdar and Pavitra Bhatt.
Amphitheatre, 8.15-9.15pm.
Tue Feb 5
Kathak
Keka Sinha puts a classical spin on things.
Amphitheatre, 5.45pm.
Odissi
Sujata Mohapatra brings a touch of eastern India to the festival.
Amphitheatre, 7.45-8.45pm.
Bharatanatyam
This performance is by Rasika Khanna.
Amphitheatre, 9-10pm.
Wed Feb 6
Dance recital
Ila Dalal performs.
Amphitheatre, 5-5.45pm.
Bharat Jazzyam
Namita Bodaji dances bharatanatyam to jazz.
Amphitheatre, 6-7pm.
Andhra Natya
Kala Krishna does his one-man dance performance. He will play the character, Satyabhama.
Amphitheatre, 7-8pm
Thur Feb 7
Rhythm of Colours
Anushree Bonerjee will dance bharatanatyam while Sudipta Dhruva does a poetry reading.
Amphitheatre, 6.30-7.30pm.
Workshop
Priti Gupta will conduct a workshop teaching flamenco.
NGMA, 7.15-8.15pm
Temple Bells
Bharatanatyam dancer Raul D’Souza will perform a duet with Mitali D’Souza, an Odissi dancer.
Amphitheatre, 7.30-8.15pm.
Zumba
Burn some adipose while shaking your booty with this frenetic dance exercise.
Amphitheatre, 8.30-9.30pm.
Film
Sat Feb 2
Avant-garde Cinema
Films by experimental pioneers Man Ray, Dimitri Kirsanoff, Melville Webber and Robert Florey.
Gallery Beyond, 4pm.
2 hours 20 mins.
King and the Clown
This 2005 film, which was South Korea’s official entry to the Oscars, is a period drama about the relationship between a king and a clown who lampoons him.
Max Mueller Bhavan, 4.30pm. 2 hours.
Manorama Six Feet
Under Murder, betrayal and perversity flash in the Rajasthani desert in Navdeep Singh’s debut. Starring Abhay Deol, Gul Panag, Raima Sen, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Vinay Pathak.
KR Cama Oriental Institute, 4.30pm.
2 hours 15 mins.
Drum
South African director Zola Maseko’s acclaimed film is set in 1940s white-ruled South Africa, and is a biographical sketch of Henry Nxumalo, the editor of the influential Drum magazine.
Eros Preview Theatre, 5pm.
1 hour 34 mins.
Parzania
Rahul Dholakia’s film is set in the middle of the 2002 anti-Muslim pogrom that spread across Gujarat after 58 Hindus died in a fire on the Sabarmati Express in Godhra. Parzan (Parzan Dastur) goes missing after his building is attacked by Hindu fundamentalists. His distraught parents (Naseeruddin Shah and Sarika) haunt relief camps and police stations to look for him.
KR Cama Oriental Institute, 7.30pm.
1 hour 40 mins.
Seopyeonje
Im Kwon-Taek’s heart-rending and accessible melodrama concerns the relationship between two children and their adoptive father, a travelling pansori musician. The pansori, a traditional music of aching love laments or upbeat festive songs, performed to the accompaniment of a lone drum, gives the movie its elegiac tone. (Wally Hammond)
Max Mueller Bhavan, 7.30pm.
1 hour 52 mins.
Ten Screenings of winners of a short filmmaking competition organised by the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival on the theme “10”.
Eros Preview Theatre, 7.30pm.
2 hours.
Sun Feb 3
Muna Moto
The desire for children ruins a relationship in Jean-Pierre Dikongué-Pipa’s 1974 drama. Ngando can’t marry his lady love Ndomé because he can’t afford her dowry. The uncle Ngando turns to for help decides to marry Ndomé himself because he wants a child.
Eros Preview Theatre, 10am.
1 hour 40 mins.
Norman McLaren
Films by the renowned Canadian filmmaker and animator.
Gallery Beyond, 11am.
1 hour 30 mins.
Mille et une
Mains Souheil Benbarka’s acclaimed film contrasts two rug-making families, one rich and the other poor.
Eros Preview Theatre, Noon.
1 hour 20 mins.
Videos by and on Indian artists.
Expect contributions from Baiju Parthan, Riyas Komu, Jaideep Mehrotra, Justin Ponmany, Tushar Joag, Sharmila Samant and Shakuntala Kulkarni.
Gallery Beyond, 2.30pm,
2 hours 30 mins.
Tasuma
From Burkina Faso, a satire about a World War II veteran who struggles for his pension for 50 years.
Eros Preview Theatre, 3pm.
1 hour 25 mins.
A Petal
The first mature attempt in Korean culture to come to terms with the Kwangju Massacre of 1980, an unhealed wound comparable with the Tiananmen Square massacre in the minds of Chinese. A young woman, nameless and mentally disturbed, wanders the countryside looking for her brother; she runs into a heavy-drinking labourer and starts tagging along behind him. Through flashbacks (two of them animated) we learn what the man doesn’t know: how the girl’s brother and mother died, why she cracked mentally. (Tony Rayns)
Max Mueller Bhavan, 4.30pm.
1 hour 41 mins.
Missed Call
The recently departed Gaurav Sengupta (Ankur Vikal) communes with his editor friend (Ram Kapoor) posthumously by sending him footage and the script of the film he intended to make. Gaurav believed in filming everything, from his humiliation at the hands of his domineering father to his attempt to pitch a script idea to his girlfriend’s producer father. Since the gent produces films like Shaitan No 1, Gaurav pitches another film instead, called Chubban – The Prick. Gaurav soon ditches the film and his girlfriend when he meets Gayatri (Heeba Shah).
KR Cama Oriental Institute, 4.30pm.
1 hour 45 mins.
Baara
A porter finds work at a textile factory, and his honesty brings him in escalating conflict with his money-minded boss. This 1978 film from Mali is celebrated for its critique of a newly emerging postcolonial capitalist class.
Eros Preview Theatre, 5.30pm.
1 hour 39 mins.
Chi-hwa-seon
Im Kwon-Taek’s film is a racy, frequently funny and finally rather moving semi-fictional portrait of a Korean master-painter, Ohwon, who worked, womanised and drank his iconoclastic way through the second half of the nineteenth century. (Geoff Andrew)
Max Mueller Bhavan, 7.30pm.
1 hour 57 mins.
Hava Aane De
Partho Sengupta’s film is set in the early 1990s. As India changes to a new economic and political order, two young men plot their futures.
KR Cama Oriental Institute, 7.30pm.
1 hour 33 mins.
The Next Sixty Years
Films made by celebrities to celebrate the KGAF. The filmmakers include Anuradha Tandon, Sanjeev Kapoor, KGAF coordinator Brinda Miller, Soni Razdan, Sangita Jindal and Bandana Tiwari.
Eros Preview Theatre, 7.30pm.
2 hours.
Mon Feb 4
Dreams That Money Can Buy
Dada film theorist Hans Richter’s renowned 1947 film includes contributions by Man Ray, Max Ernst, Marchel Duchamp and Alexander Calder.
Gallery Beyond, 4pm.
1 hour 33 mins.
Story of an Encounter
Algerian filmmaker Brahim Tzaki’s 1983 film is about two deaf-mute children from different cultures who forge a bond.
Eros Preview Theatre, 5pm.
1 hour 20 mins.
Anuranan
The lives of married couples Rahul and Nandita (Rahul Bose and Rituparna Sengupta) and Amit and Preeti (Rajat Kapoor and Raima Sen) get intertwined with tragic consequences.
KR Cama Oriental Institute, 6.30pm.
1 hour 53 mins.
My Sassy Girl
Kwak Jae-yong’s hit romantic comedy is the story of a relationship told through love letters.
Max Mueller Bhavan, 6.30pm.
2 hours 3 mins.
Tue Feb 5
Avant-garde Films Shorts from the 1920s, followed by screenings of Surrealist works. Gallery Beyond, 4pm.
3 hours.
Un Chien Andalou Prelude: a young woman sits compliantly as Luis Buñuel takes a razor and slices her eye open. What follows is a documentary rendering of the dream state, of dream logic; and/or a surrealist exposition involving, for example, a swarm of ants, underarm hair, a striped box, all addressing each other opaquely; and/or a Freudian sexual smorgasbord, with everything symbolising something else; and/or a contrivance by two ambitious young Spaniards to offer as much outrageousness as an artistic alibi can cover. (Bob Baker)
Gallery Beyond, 4pm.
16 mins.
Hyenas
The story of a local notary shunted into the moral front line when the town is visited by one of its daughters made good. Director Djibril Diop Mambéty displays a slightly cruel comic touch as he manipulates his cast of fools and avenging deities in a magic realist landscape. (Joshua Rothkopf)
Eros Preview Theatre, 5pm.
1 hour 50 mins.
Dombivali Fast
Madhav Apte (Sandeep Kulkarni) loses his composure when the dreariness of his middle-class routine and the moral degeneracy around him get too hard to swallow. He goes around the bend when a shopkeeper charges him more than the maximum retail price of a soft drink, and begins an assault on everything illegal, from bikes parked in no-parking zones to corrupt municipal officials. (Pronoti Datta)
KR Cama Oriental Institute, 6.30pm.
2 hours.
Iodo
More sex and death from Korean iconoclast Kim Ki-Young in this bizarre and beautifully shot cinema-scope drama. It takes the form of an investigation by a resort promoter and a newspaper editor of the strange death of an Iodo islander turned ecology reporter, who disappears overboard on a trip back to the island. (Wally Hammond)
Max Mueller Bhavan, 6.30pm.
1 hour 50 mins.
Wed Feb 6
City Symphony Films
The documentaries include Paul Strand’s Manhatta (1921) and Dziga Vertov’s Man with a Movie Camera (1929).
Gallery Beyond, 4pm
2 hours 40 mins.
Waiting for Happiness
A town, flanked on one side by the Mauritanian desert, on the other by the Atlantic. Some, like young Abdallah, are passing through en route to Europe. Others, like the Chinese street vendor, just seem to have washed up here. Then there are the townsfolk – Maata, for instance, the electrician Abdallah’s mother hires to fix some lighting for the teenager to read his books, and his assistant Khatra, a chirpy kid who himself may well want to move on one day. A lovely first feature from Abderrahmane Sissako. (Geoff Andrew)
Eros Preview Theatre, 5pm.
1 hour 32 mins.
My Mother, the Mermaid
A travel agent is transported back in time, where she witnesses her parents courting each other.
Max Mueller Bhavan, 6.30pm.
1 hour 50 mins.
Frozen
Shivajee Chandrabhushan’s debut is as pretty-looking as it’s confusing. Lasya (Gauri) lives in Ladakh with her father Karma (Danny Denzongpa) and brother Chomo (Angchuk). When the Army moves into their neighbourhood, strange events follow. In black and white. (Nandini Ramnath)
KR Cama Oriental Institute, 6.30pm.
1 hour 47 mins.
Thur Feb 7
Abouna
Beginning with the unannounced departure of an errant father, Mahamet Sale-Haroun’s second feature follows the efforts of his two sons, left with their mother in the Chad capital N’djamena, to make sense of their lives in his absence. This heartfelt film has an expressive, unforced songfulness. (Trevor Johnston)
Eros Preview Theatre, 5pm.
1 hour 25 mins.
Saira
A television news reporter’s life is turned upside down after she interviews a militant leader in Jammu and Kashmir. She is gang-raped during a communal riot and admitted into a home for the mentally challenged.
KR Cama Oriental Institute, 6.30pm.
1 hour 20 mins.
The Unforgiven
Yoon Jong-Bin’s acclaimed 2006 movie explores the effects of compulsory military service in South Korea through the stories of two soldiers.
Max Mueller Bhavan, 6.30pm.
2 hours 2 mins.
Kids
Sat Feb 2
Poetry appreciation workshop for children
Sampurna Chattarji helps children aged 10 and above discover poetry in an age of PS2s and Gameboys. To register email
kalaghoda.workshops@gmail.com with “Poetry Appreciation for Children” in the subject line.
NGMA Auditorium, 10.30am-1.30pm.
Workshop
Students of Jamnabai Narsee School and NGO go arty. Varsha Pandit, art teacher of Jamnabai Narsee
Traffic island, 11am.
Sun Feb 3
Improvisation
Raell Padamsee’s two workshops will come together in a performance that the participating kids will put up. The workshops look at the basics of drama. In this session she will be looking at techniques like mime.
NGMA Auditorium, noon-1.30pm.
Rhythm and Groove
This second session uses a lot more dance and music. Raell Padamsee takes kids through the musical.
NGMA Auditorium, 2-3.30pm.
Rhythm and Groove
A grand performance that will use all the techniques Raell Padamsee has introduced the kids to in her two workshops.
Amphitheatre, 4pm.
Bollywood with Kids
Remo D’ Souza’s dance workshop aims to get the kids on their feet.
NGMA, 6pm-7.15pm.
Tue Feb 5
Salaam Bombay
Street kids supported by this NGO put up a dance performance.
Amphitheatre, 5-5.30pm.
Wed Feb 6
Blue Jackal
A children’s ballet by Nupur Jhankar Academy.
Amphitheatre, 8.15-9.15pm.
Music
Sun Feb 3
Santoor recital
Suddhashil Chatterjee presents a Hindustani classical recital.
Horniman Circle, 9am.
Hindustani classical recital
Watch pakhawaj player Ganesh Sawant and sarangi player Sangeet Mishra in concert.
Horniman Circle, 10.15am.
The Big Red Bus
Rock ’n’ roll with college bands.
Horniman Circle, 11.30pm.
Mon Feb 4
Conversation
This fusion band blends Hindustani classical with pop.
Horniman Circle, 3pm.
Los Amigos
The festival gets some international flavour with this Latin jazz recital.
Horniman Circle, 4.15pm.
Chaotic Mess
College rock at its chaotic best, we hope.
Horniman Circle, 6pm.
Classical
Minoti Khaund and Sunita Bhuyan perform a Hindustani classical violin duet.
Horniman Circle, 6.45pm.
Sufi music
Kavita Seth goes spiritual.
Horniman Circle, 7.45pm.
Pop music
Pratichee, formerly of all-female vocal group VIVA, performs.
Horniman Circle, 7.30pm.
Theatre
Sat Feb 2
Mr Jinnah
A chronicle of the man who was both an Indian freedom fighter and as the founder of Pakistan.
NGMA Auditorium, 7.30pm.
Sun Feb 3
IMPS
Divya Palat and her group improvise and play games with the audience in this interactive play.
NGMA Auditorium,7-8pm.
Mon Feb 4
Masi ne de Fansi
Sam Kerawala presents a traditional Parsi farce.
NGMA Auditorium, 6.30-8pm.
Jis Lahore Nahin Dekha
Dinesh Thakur directs Asghar Wajahat’s classic about lives disrupted by Partition.
Horniman Circle, 8pm.
Tue Feb 5
Namak Mirch
Shivani Tanksale and Summet Vyas direct a collage of four short stories by Pakistani satirist Shaukat Thanvi.
Horniman Circle, 7-8.15pm.
Wed Feb 6
Not a Laughing Matter
Divya Palat’s latest offering.
Horniman Circle, 7.30-8.30pm.
Hum Dono
A Hindi adaptation of Aleksei Arbuzov’s The Old World, Dinesh Thakur’s Hum Dono takes a look at the problems of old age.
Horniman Circle 8.45pm.
Thur Feb 7
Performance
Gary Richardson and the Mad Horses do their oft-repeated show based on Richardson’s book Mad Horses of Matheran.
NGMA Auditorium, 5-6pm.
Performance
In case you missed the earlier performance, Gary Richardson is back with Alyque Padamsee in tow.
NGMA Auditorium, 6-7pm.
Venues A-Z
Artists’ Centre
Ador House, First Floor 6, K Dubash Marg, off MG Road, Kala Ghoda.
Amphitheatre
Rampart Row, Kala Ghoda.
Asiatic Society Library
Shahid Bhagat Singh Road, adjacent to Reserve Bank.
Ballard Bunder Gate
Museum Ballard Estate.
Bodhi Art
28 K Dubash Marg, near Rhythm House, Kala Ghoda, Colaba.
Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS)
Hornbill House, Shahid Bhagat Singh Road.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Vastu Sangrahalaya
Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Kala Ghoda.
David Sassoon Library garden
Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Kala Ghoda, next to Westside.
Eros Cinema
Opposite Churchgate Station, Maharshi Karve Road, Churchgate.
Gallery Beyond
130/132 Great Western Building, First Floor, opposite Lion Gate, Shahid Bhagat Singh Road, Fort.
Gallery by the Oval
Cumbata Building, East Wing, next to Eros Cinema, M Karve Road.
Mon-Sat 10am-8pm.
Hacienda
Great Western Building, Ground Floor, Kala Ghoda.
Horniman Circle Garden
Shahid Bhagat Singh Road.
KR Cama Oriental Institute
Shahid Bhagat Singh Road, opposite Lion Gate, next to Ensemble.
Max Mueller Bhavan
K Dubash Marg, Kala Ghoda, next to Jehangir Art Gallery.
Mumbai University
Convocation Hall Bhaurao Patil Marg, Fort.
Pavement Gallery
Outside Jehangir Art Gallery and Museum Art Gallery, K Dubash Marg, Kala Ghoda.
Traffic island
Opposite Jehangir Art Gallery, K Dubash Marg, Kala Ghoda.
