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FILMS IN JULY, 2003
 
     
 

RETROSPECTIVE OF ARUN KHOPKAR'S FILMS ON ART

 
     
  7th July
 
   
  7.00 PM
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Figures of thought  
     
1990, Duration 33 mins
The film deals with the life and work of three contemporary Indian painters, Bhupen Khakkar, Nalini Malani & Vivan Sundram.
 
         
  7th July      
  7.45 PM
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Colours of absence  
     
1993 Duration 30 mins

Short film on the life and work of painter Jehangir Sabwala followed by discussion.

 
         
  8th July      
  7:00 PM
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Rasikpriya, Lokapriya and Sanchari  
     
30 mins each

Award winning films on Music & Dance Sanchari deals with the artistic life of dancer Leela Samson.

 
         
  9th July      
  7:00 PM
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Premier screening "Narayan Surve"  
     
Prod. Khayal Trust, Mumbai (45 mins)

The film depicts the life and poetry of the famous Marathi poet and deals with some landmark events of his life. Panel discussion: Professor G.P. Deshpande, Dilip Padgaonkar, Ashok Vajepeyi, Namwar Singh.

 
   
 
   
  11th July      
  7:00 PM
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A Tale of Two Ganapatraos  
     
(1996, Prod: NFDC, Doordarshan, 2 hrs 15 mins)
 
         
 
OTHERS FILM
         
  15th July      
  7:00 PM - Nowhere to Land  
   
 
Collab: Hallmark Films, Dir: Armand Mastroianni. Cast: Jack Wanger, Christine Elise & James B. Sikking.
Limited passes for film club members.
 
         
  29th July      
  6:30 PM -    
     
Film Discussion Group meets for the screening and discussion of the much acclaimed Spanish director Pedro Almodovar's "All About My Mother" (1999) [105 MINS]. Film-Maker and Film Scholar Ranjani Mazumdar will introduce the film and facilitate the discussion. And ode to women, All About My Mother explores the liberating effect of the solidarity between women. Almodovar received the best director award at Cannes (1999) and best European Director of the Director of the Year (1999). The film also won the Oscar the best foreign language film (2000), the Golden Globe Award (2000) and the Best Movie of the Year at the San Sebastian Festival of Spin (1999).
 
 
 
         
  30th July      
  7:00 PM - Rasekan Re  
      33 mins  
     

Presents the cautions attraction of Madhu and Kedar, neighbours in an apartment block. A young woman and a 40-year old man. This film inspired by the Ragamala, was premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.

Cast: Adul Hussain, Sushma Seth, Anannya Mehtta, The Director Pooja Kaul a graduate of the National Film & Television school, Beaconsfield and the Jamia Malia Islamia, New Delhi, will be present for a discussion. "Rasekan Re" will be followed by another film by Pooja Kaul "Winter Trail" (20 mins). Two Indian women journey through Hungary in winter on the trail of Amrita Sher Gill.

Cast: Ayesha Dharker, Ernest Gottesman.

 
         
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