What's on at the Kala Ghoda Art Festival today

10 February,2011 08:19 AM IST |   |  The Guide Team

Rohan is forced to live with his authoritarian father and work for his steel factory but strives to forge his own life out of his given circumstances and pursue his dream of being a writer.


Children
Play Your Way To Happiness -- Through Drama and Music
3 pm to 4.30 pm; Max Mueller Bhavan Gate
Conducted By Tattva Health Foundation (Children with parents).

Rainbow Fish
3 pm to 4 pm; Max Mueller Bhavan Gate
Workshop on value education by Magic Touch.
4-6 years.

Tiptoeing To World Music
4 pm to 5 pm; Max Mueller Bhavan Gate
Ballet Movements to music from around the world. Conducted by ballet dancer -- Ashifa. 8-12 years.

My Ideal World
5 pm to 6 pm; Max Mueller Bhavan Gate
Mixed Media by Kidzart. 4-12 years.

Circle of Life
5 pm to 6 pm; Max Mueller Bhavan Gate
Yoga workshop by Neepa Mehta. 5-10 years.

Film
Swami (Basu Chatterjee)
12 noon to 3 pm; Coomaraswamy Hall
Mini ends up marrying wheat trader Ghanshyam instead of lover Naren. Will Ghanshyam get his wife to accept him at his terms?

I Hate Love Storiesu00a0(Punit Malhotra)
3 pm to 6 pm; Coomaraswamy Hall
The lives of Jay and Simran are ironically inter-weaved with the Luv Story that they are working on. Do they fall in love?

We Areu00a0Family (Siddharth P Malhotra)
6 pm to 9 pm; Coomaraswamy Hall
Maya is a perfect mother to three children. Ex-husband, Aman introduces his girlfriend, Shreya, and the story immediately takes an unexpected turn.

Nobody Is Perfectu00a0(Joaqu ufffdn Oristrell)
3 pm to 6 pm; Max Mueller Bhavan
A story of three friends, all challenged by their impairments but taking life as it comes.

Udaan (Vikramaditya Motwane)
6 pm to 9 pm; Max Mueller Bhavan
Rohan is forced to live with his authoritarian father and work for his steel factory but strives to forge his own life out of his given circumstances and pursue his dream of being a writer.

Short Films in collaboration with British Council
2 pm to 5 pm; BNHS Hall
Marcus Coates: Follow the Voice
Melanie Manchot: Celebration (Cyprus Street) Mike Marshall: Nirdcatcher Sean Dower: Automaton
George Barber: Automotive Action Painting
Nick Crowe and Lan Rawlinson: The Carrier's Paryer
Clio Barnard: Dark Glass, Roderick Buchanan: History Painting

Art Decou00a0walk on Marine Drive
4.30 pm; start near
Air India Building
A 'C' shaped avenue lined up with magnificent Art Deco buildings of 1930's, once known as a new face of the contemporary city is now suffering great losses in course of repairs and alteration. But in spite of many transformations it's still "one world" that everyone desires to be in.. It will be conducted by Devshree Akre.

Workshops

An introduction to the Masters of Photography
2 pm; Artists Centre
Aparna Jayakumar, Independent Photography Professional.
Email artistscentre@gmail.com to register.

Ek Madhavbaug, Play
Reading by Humsafar Trust
6.30 pm; Artists Centre
Presented by Vivek Anand.

Literature
Shomshuklla Das

5.20 pm to 5.50 pm; Museum Gardens
Shomshuklla will be reading from her three poetry books published by Rupa -- 'I have seen the face before', 'Close every door', 'Seconds before sunrise' and to be published 'Do not stand so close'.

Stay Hungry Stay Foolish
6 pm to 6.50 pm; Museum Gardens
Author and Entrepreneur Rashmi Bansal in conversation with R Sriram.

PEN Author Interface: Conversation with Ilija Trojanow
7 pm to 7.50 pm; Museum Gardens
Ilija Trojanow is a superstar of the German literary world. His best-selling novel, Der Weltensammler (published by Hanser Verlag in German and by Faber in English translation as The Collector of Worlds) has won him great renown as a novelist.

Getting Published
8 pm to 8.50 pm; Museum Gardens
Featuring Urvashi Butalia, Mita Kapur and Shobhaa De.

Book Launch: 'The Boss Is Not Your Friend' by Vijay Nair
9 pm to 9.30 pm; Museum Gardens
A handbook for Indian
managers to survive all things organisational.

Street
Paper Doll

5 pm to 5.30 pm, Rampart Row Street
Group: Divya Gulati & The Art Loft.
Everyday at 5 pm, multicolour dreams and nightmare dolls will open the Street Arts Festival to revive senses and let us forget our sorrows.

Theatre
Munshi Premchand Stories
6 pm to 7 pm; NGMA Auditorium
Presented by Mujeeb Khan.

Ek Madhavbaug (Play Reading)
6.30 pm to 7.30 pm; Artists Centre
Presented by Humsafar Trust.

Khatijabai
8.30 pm to 9.30 pm; NGMA Auditorium
Presented By QTP.

What The Butler Saw
7 pm to 9 pm; Cama Hall
Presented By Akvarious.

Dance
Odissi Solo, Mumbai
Leesa Mohanty
5 pm to 5.30 pm; Horniman Circle Gardens
Leesa is a senior disciple of Guru Durga Charan Ranbir of the late Guru Deba Prasad Das style of Odissi.

Contemporary Dance Duet, Mumbai, Devesh Mirchandani Modern Dance Company
5.30 pm; Horniman Circle Gardens
Devesh Mirchandani will be presenting a duet performance with dancer Joyna Mukherjee.

Salsa India, Mumbai
5.45 pm to 6.30 pm; Horniman Circle Gardens
Salsa India founded by Kaytee Namgyal is here to set the stage on fire with sizzling salsa.

Belly Dance -- Bollywood
Fusion Group, Mumbai Bombaybliss
6.40 pm to 7.25 pm; Horniman Circle Gardens
Belly dance in a Cabaret, Bollywood and Hip Hop style.

Contemporary Dance Duet, Mumbai, Devesh Mirchandani Modern Dance Company
7.25 pm; Horniman Circle Gardens
Devesh Mirchandani and dancer Joyna Mukherjee perform a duet.

Bharatnatyam Solo, Mumbai Gayatri Sriram
7.40 pm; Horniman Circle Gardens
Gayatri Sriram, often described by the press as "graceful and scintillating", will be presenting her own choreography "Seeta Swagatam".

Kathak Group, Aurangabad Mahagami
9 pm; Horniman Circle Gardens
Parwatti Dutta and her renowned troupe will be presenting "Srijan Teerth", the sacred spaces for innovation.


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