Mumbai readies its social calendar

Mumbai readies its social calendar

What: Jagjit Singh live
When: November 1, 8.00 pm
Where: Kala Ghoda Festival
Highlights: Jagjit Singh delivers some of his best ghazals at Rampart Row's most famous festival that turns a decade old this year.
Entry: Free

Zakir Hussain will perform at Anubhuti to be held at NCPA in January 2010

What: English play based on Oscar-winning Almodovar film
When: November 1, 2009, 6.30 pm
Where: Tata Theatre, NCPA
Highlights: Stage director Akash Khurana adapts cult Spanish film maker Pedro Almodovar's women-centric film All About My Mother into a play by the same name. Cast includes Ratna Pathak Shah
Entry: Call: 2282 4567 at Box Office

What: Steven Spielberg Festival
When: November 1-29
Where: Cinemax Versova and Metro Big Cinemas
Highlights: The Taj Enlighten Film Society brings Spielberg classics to the big screen. Catch ET (at Cinemax Versova on November 1, at Big Cinemas on November 8), The Terminal (at Cinemax Versovau00a0 on November 8), Catch Me If You Can (at Cinemax Versovau00a0 on November 15), Jurassic Park (at Cinemax Versovau00a0 on November 22), and Schindler's List (at Metro Big Cinemas on November 29).
Entry: Call 26841616, 39894040

What: French Rock vs Algerian Rai
When: November 4, 5, 9.30 pm
Where: Blue Frog
Highlights: Les Boukakes, the French seven-member band is where Rock meets Algerian Rai fusing into a dynamic, hybrid world music sound on stage.
Entry: Rs 300 for public, free for Alliance Francaise members

What: Photo exhibition by environmental campaigner
When: November 14-29 2009
Where: Lawns outside the Bandra Fort, Near Taj Land's End
Highlights: Hard Rain, a photo exhibition showcasing the work of eminent Brit photographer and environmental campaigner Mark Edwards interpreting Bob Dylan's prophetic song A hard rain's a-gonna fall, organised by the British Council
Entry:u00a0 Free

What: Marathi film festival
When: November 16-20, 2009, 6.30 pm
Where: Dance Theatre Godrej, NCPA
Highlights: Catch India's Oscar entry Harischandrachi Factory (November 16, 6.30 pm) based on the life of Dadasaheb Phalke and other Marathi films at 'Nave Valan' (New Turn) organised in association with the Government of Maharashtra.
Entry: Call 2282 4567 at Box Office

What: Nine-year-old Sufi fest
When: November 19, 21, 22, 2009
Where: Manik Sabhagriha, Bandra and Horniman's Circle Gardens, Fort
Highlights: For the first time, Ruhaniyat, the Sufi and mystic music festival has added another day to the festival (November 19 in Bandra) to cater to its audiences in the suburbs. Expect old favourites Paravathy Baul, and Sufi musicians from Rajasthan.
Entry: TBA

What: Shubha Mudgal and Ajoy Chakraborty live
Where: Tata Theatre, NCPA
When: November 20, 2009, 6.30 pm
Highlights: Expect mood-shifting raags and multi-ranged interpretations of the thumri and dadra in Ras Barse. The line-up includes vocalists Shubha Mudgal, Ajoy Chakraborthy, tabla exponents Aneesh Pradhan and Yogesh Samsi alongwith Sudhir Nayak and Ajay Joglekar on harmonium.
Entry: Call 2282 4567 at Box Office

What: Anniversary Arts Fest
When: November 25
Where: TBA
Highlights: To commemorate the 2nd death anniversary of Janet Fine, the American publisher, art enthusiast and COHO founder, the Mumbai-based organisation will bring poetry, performing arts and tribal art all under one roof
Entry: TBA

What: Fusion concert by Rahul Sharma
Where: Tata Theatre, NCPA
When: November 27, 2009, 6.30 pm
Highlights: Santoor exponent Rahul Sharma and group scale the wide range of genres from classical to folk to trance and film music in a concert titled 'One World Many Musics.' The ensemble includes Aatur Soni on the drums, Aditya Kalyanpur on the tabla, Prasad Sashtey on the keyboard and Manas Chaudhry on the bass guitar.
Entry: Call 2282 4567 at Box Office

What: Animation film based on Ramayana with jazz score
When: December 5, 10 am
Where: Alliance Francaise auditorium
Highlights: Sita Sings The Blues, the animation film by Nina Palay based on the epic The Ramayana has won rave reviews worldwide and is set to jazz vocalist Annette Hanshaw's numbers
Entry: Free for members

What: Chamber music festival
When: December 18, 19, 20, 2009
Where: Tata Theatre, NCPA
Highlights: The 14-year-old Mehli Mehta Foundation brings down music director of the prestigious New York Philharmonic Alan Gilbert on viola for Sangat, its annual chamber music festival. Pianist and composer Marc Neikrug's whose compositions have been performed at major festivals and opera houses is another must-watch at the festival this year.
Entry: Call 2282 4567 at Box Office
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What: National Urdu Mushaira
When: January 16, 2010, 8.00 pm
Where: Nehru Centre
Highlights: Poets across the country congregate including names such as 1. Prof. (Dr.) Shafi Shaikh (Noida), Nida Fazli (Ahmedabad), Dr Mohd Qasim Imamuddin (Delhi)Shahid Latifu00a0 (Bareilly), and Mumbai's Javed Akhtar amongst others
Entry: Free, entrance cards will be distributed on January 13, 2010 from 10.30 am until availability, at the ticket counter

What: Sufi Music Festival
When: December 10, 11, 2009, 6.30 pm
Where: Tata Theatre, NCPA
Highlights: Sama'a: The Mystic Ecstacy, the two day Sufi music fest with sitar maestro Shujaat Husain Khan, presenting ghazal and other compositions by Amir Khusrau and Kabir. Langas and Manganiyars from Rajasthan interpret Sufi poets such as Baba Bulleh Shah, followed by qawwali by Salim Hasan Chishti, a group from Fatehpur Sikri.
Entry: Call 2282 4567 at Box Office

What: Ramayana-inspired dance
When: December 23, 2009, 6.30 pm
Where: Experimental Theatre, NCPA
Highlights: Dravya Kaya, a visceral dance duet by contemporary Bharatnatyam exponent Navtej Singh Johar is inspired by the Ramayana and explores the connection between dravya (object) and kaya (body).
Entry: Call 2282 4567 at Box Office

What: Chhau dance in Mumbai
When: January 28, 29 and 30, 2010, 6.45 pm
Where: Prithvi Theatre, YB Chavan Centre
Highlights: The 18th Keli festival will focus on the different traditions of the Chhau dance that originated in the 12th century including the Purulia Chhau from Bengal, the Mayurbhanj Chhau from Orissa and Serraikella tradition from Bihar. The dance form is being performed in Mumbai after 15 years.
Entry: Free, passes available at both venues and Rhythm House Music Store, Colaba

What: Peace talk by Vandana Shiva
When: January 8, 9, 2010, 9.30 am to 5.30 pm
Where: TBA
Highlights: The 2nd Mumbai Festival Forum hosts 'Building a Culture of Peace.' Influential geographer Derek Gregory from Canada and renowned physicist Vandana Shiva will hold fort.
Entry: TBA

What: Nine-Day Urban Haat
When: January 23-31, 2010
Where: TBA, Belapur, Navi Mumbai
Highlights: The festival organised by Surabhi India will bring Indian crafts and performing arts across India at one venue
Entry: Free

What: Indo-German chamber orchestra
When: January 30, 31, 2010
Where: Jamshed Bhabha Theatre, NCPA
Highlights: The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, the oldest chamber orchestra in the world, will perform with some musicians with Symphony Orchestra of India. Bach, Mozart, Dvorak, Beethoven amongst others will be part of the programme.
Entry: Call 2282 4567 at Box Office

What: Arts festival featuring Zakir Hussain vs Karaikudi Mani
When: January, 8-10, 2010
Venue: various venues at NCPA
Highlights: The Tala Vadya Kacheri, an ensemble of North and South Indian percussions is the inaugural event at Anubuti, the NCPA arts fest. Expect an explosive first ever collaboration between Ustad Zakir Hussain on tabla and mrdangam maestro Vidwan Karaikudi Mani. Other highlights include Roopantar, a film workshop on Shakespeare, screenings including Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood and Vishal Bhardwaj's Maqbool.u00a0 Plus, a Mumbai-inspired play written by Gulzar.
Entry: Call 2282 4567 at Box Office

What: French electronica band
Where: Blue Frog, Mumbai
When: February 17, 18
Highlights: French electro band Electro Deluxe who turned into a hit with their track D.A.N.C.E. will spin a storm
Entry: Call 4033 2300

EXTRAS
A CLOSER LOOK AT DHARAVI
When: october 31-november 8, 11.oo am to 6.30 pm
Where: Coomaraswamy Hall, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaju00a0 Vastu Sangrahalay (formerly Prince of Wales Museum)
Highlights: Informal Series, organised by Pukar is an exhibition and set of seminars looks at urban growth, especially as manifested in the informal "cities" of the poor in the global South, spearheaded by artists and architects at the Swedish Royal University of Fine Arts in Stockholm

Raghu Dixit project
When: November 22, 2009
Where: TBA
Highlights: The Bengaluru folk rocker is expected to belt out some of his biggest hits including Khidki and Hey Bhagwan as a part of the Celebrate Bandra festival that kicks off on November 14
Entry: TBA

Numbers
ALLIANCE FRANCAISE: 2203 5993
BLUE FROG: 4033 2300
BRITISH COUNCIL: 2282 3560
NCPA BOX OFFICE: 22824567
NEHRU CENTRE: 2496 4676
MEHLI MEHTA FOUNDATION: 2382 3644
https://www.keliindia.org/