Sunday mid-day brings you a complete planner of events for the week
Go for a Kathak recital
4 PM: In this classical dance extravaganza, gear up for two kathak-based ballets – one on Krishna and another on chess. Sonia Parchure brings her choreography to sync with music director Kaushal Inamdar for a unique combination of music, taal and dance.
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Where: PL Deshpande Natya Sankul, Sayani Road, Prabhadevi
Entry: R400
Call: 24365990
Tap into your inner self
6.30 PM: Ever feel like your life just won’t listen to you? Here’s one way of creating that life you desire. Life coach Aditi Surana has put together some neat steps to get in charge of various aspects of our lives, right from careers to relationships. Suitable for people aged 15 and above.
Where: The Space, near Harry’s Bar, Juhu
Entry: R3,000 (15-18 years); R6,000 (adults)
Call: 9892035182
Rock it out
5 PM: One of the top indie bands that we can’t enough of is out with its new album, Technicolour, and everyone’s invited. Go check out Pop/alt/rock/reggae act, Ganesh Talkies, who are in town with their fresh set.
Where: antiSocial, 5th Road, Khar (W)
Entry: R200
Call: 65226324
Get some dirty talk
8.30 PM: Throw caution to the wind and leave behind all that fuss about political correctness. In Dirty @ 8.30, presented by Chalta Hai Comedy, the comedians shall prepare you for a good ol’ slugfest. With performances by Utsav Chakraborty (in pic), Reza Noorani and Hijas Moosa, here are some sets that you shouldn’t share with your mom.
Where: Havana Café and Bar, Gordon House Hotel, Apollo Bunder
Entry: R200
Call: 22894488
Rock ‘n’ Roll with Elvis
5 PM & 8 PM: Catch the ultimate tribute show to the king of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Elvis Presley, with A Vision of Elvis tour. Celebrate the legend’s memorable tracks with the winner of the UK’s National Tribute Award 2016, Rob Kingsley, who has something in store for every fan.
Where: Jamshed Bhabha Theatre, NCPA, Nariman Point
Entry: R1,150 —R5,750
Call: 66223737
Dig into Daily’s specials
10 AM – 10 PM: Have gourmet, healthy and wholesome meals with the new specials menu at The Daily sent right to your doorstep. Called the Little Food Daily, this menu delivers a wide variety of one-bowl meals, salads and breakfast bowls. Try their elaborate mezze platter, spinach and artichoke fettuccine pasta, and cottage cheese and beetroot hummus wraps today.
Visit: https://littlefooddaily.com/
Travel back in time
11 AM: Ask your kids to ditch those electronic devices and take them to a session of storytelling, just the way grandmoms do them. There are fun activities lined up for them but only after this morning of fairytales and fantastical settings that are sure to make their imagination run wild.
Where: Pitaara The Art Box, Road Number 2, Yashwant Nagar, Goregaon (W)
Entry: R250
Call: 9820393001
When Hindustani blends with Carnatic
6.30 PM: For those who are torn between the two main branches of Indian classical music, here’s the perfect fit. In this unique musical evening, Called Uttar Dakshin, which will see a confluence of Hindustani and Carnatic, two renowned sibling groups will perform ragas that are common to both traditions. The Gundecha Brothers (above right) and Malladi Brothers (below right) will sing individually as well as groups.
Where: Experimental Theatre, NCPA, Nariman Point
Entry: R300-R400
Call: 66223737
Order of the day
07 Monday
Read, eat, repeat
10 AM: Bring your own book, grab a drink, disconnect and read uninterrupted for two hours at Raasta. This session is part of The Reading Social, a movement to get people their reading time back. Here, you can spend time with your book and even meet new people. The cost is inclusive of breakfast.
Where: Raasta, 4/5 Floor, Rohan plaza, Ram Krishan Nagar, Road no. 5, Khar
Entry: R500
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08 Tuesday
Watch the big 5
6 PM and 8 PM: Catch a Hindi family drama at the annual Prithvi Theatre Festival. Hum Panch tells the story of a single mother who raises her four daughters with great difficulty and apprehensions. Raising four daughters single-handedly seems difficult, but not impossible. How will they face life? See the mystery unfold in this play.
Where: Prithvi Theatre, 20 Janki Kutir, Juhu Church Road
Entry: R500
Call: 26149546
09 Wednesday
Enjoy a good laugh
8.30 PM: We’ve got new comedians in town. And, they are all set to tickle your funny bone. Catch artistes Anirban Dasgupta, Raghav Mandava and Vipul Goyal, who will get you rolling on the floor, punchline after punchline, and act after act at Indian Comedy Club’s Best in Stand-Up event.
Where: Canvas Laugh Club, 3rd Floor, Palladium, High Street Phoenix, Lower Parel
Entry: R600
Call: 9004603115
10 Thursday
Have fun with science
10 AM – 6 PM: Indulge in an engaging session with activities like colour chemistry, floating calories, bubble mania, and other experiments at the Bayer’s Global Science exhibition. Visitors are also invited to experiment and test their scientific skills.
Where: Nehru Science Centre, Worli
Entry: Individual tickets priced at R40 and group tickets (25 or more) for R30
Call: 24964676
11 Friday
Connect with the divine
6.30 PM: Soak in some soul-stirring divine music during the screening of theatre director and actor MK Raina’s documentary on the evolution of the Sufism Mann Faqeeri. The movie is being screened as part of the eighth edition of Sama’a: The Mystic Ecstasy, an annual festival dedicated to Sufi music.
Where: Godrej Dance Theatre, NCPA Marg, Nariman Point
Call: 66223724
12 Saturday
Swing with Usha Uthup
7 PM: Enjoy the unstoppable Usha Uthup perform with her band at a fund raising concert organised by the Rotary Club of New Bombay Seaside. The event will see the dynamic singer croon some of her popular tracks. The event will be held at the CIDCO Convention (Exhibition) Centre.
Where: CIDCO exhibition, Sector 30A, Swami Pranabananda Marg, Vashi
Entry: R500 – R5,000
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Treat yourself to a floral meal
Till NOV 20, 12.30 pm to 1 am: Flowers are certainly lovely to look at, but you’ll realise they can be equally delicious. Head to the Edible Flower Festival at Bombay Vintage, Where flowers add life to dishes and drinks. Enjoy dishes like the Squash Blossom Soup, which is a combination of yellow squash and oats, the Rosa Pizza with strawberry, mozzarella cheese, asparagus, feta cheese, rose petals and more.
Where: Gallery 7, G 3, Ground Floor, Oricon House, 12/14 Rampart Row, K Dubash Road
Call: 22183996
Catch 100 artworks in one space
Ongoing, 10.30 PM - 7 PM: Head to Gallery 7 for their latest exhibition, the Melting Pot, a show featuring 100 works in multiple mediums by India’s leading modern and contemporary artists including MF Husain, SH Raza, FN Souza, Ram Kumar, Lalu Prasad Shaw, Jogen Chowdhury, Bhupen Khakkar, KG Subramanyan and several other noted artists.
Where: Gallery 7, G 3, Ground Floor, Oricon House, 12/14 Rampart Row, K. Dubash Road,
Call: 22183996
Meet Many, an Indian refugee
NOV 7, 6.30 PM: Catch Bébé Tigre, a French drama film directed by Cyprien Vial. The film is about Many, a teenaged Indian refugee in France, who has assimilated into French society perfectly and wishes to become an engineer. But a set of events makes him face the possibility of getting deported.
Where: Alliance Française Auditorium, 40, New Marine Lines Call: 22035993
Catch a 3-fold capture
Till NOV 8, 11 AM – 7 PM: Photographer Jagdish Agarwal celebrates 50 years of being in the profession with 50 of his most triptych captures. Triptych is derived from the Greek adjective “triptukhon” (three-fold). In this exhibition, the three images have been photographed in different locations and at different times over 50 years. The pictures have been shot in Amsterdam, Tanzania, Thailand, USA, Bhutan and India.
Where: Jehangir Terrace Art Gallery, Kala Ghoda
Call: 22044016
Guzzle to glory
Nov 9 – 12, 12 PM – 8 PM: Here’s a chance to binge drink without burning a hole in your pocket. Old Wild West is offering happy hours Where you can have Smirnoff Flavours (Green Apple/ Vanilla), Antiquity Blue, Old Monk, Fosters /Fosters Draught for R99. You can even have Black Dog, Vat 69, Kingfisher Ultra, Budwiser for R149.
Snap judgement
A quick verdict on the buzz
The real Mahatma
Retellings are usually looked upon with a lot of apprehension. So, when Neelima Dalmia Adhar’s The Secret Diary of Kasturba (Westland) came out early last month, it was expected to ruffle some feathers. The bio-fiction, as Adhar describes it, delves into the mind of Kasturba, wife of MK Gandhi, and narrates her transition from a love-struck bride into a fierce lioness, protecting her cub from the very ideals of Gandhism. Adhar gives weight to the emotional battles of her protagonist, only validating the challenges she faced as wife of the Mahatma.
Earworms that charm
Ankur Tewari’s EP Side A is perfect for Sundays when you just want to lie on your couch and reminisce about lost love. We loved Wagairah Wagairah, Aa Jaao and Harkat. The songwriter gets better with every song, and knows just what touches our heartstrings.
A worthy follower
Feroz Abbas Khan’s dramatic adaptation of K Asif Ali’s 1960 epic Mughal-E-Azam was much more than theatre. It was an amalgamation of all art forms; thus outlining how stories thrive on the senses and not on plotlines. Neel Patel’s opulent scenic design was befitting the historical narrative and David Lander’s light design created symbolic contrasts and ensured a competent portrayal of war and love scenes alike. And Gauri Upadhyaya’s Kathak choreography followed its own graph of emotions, independent of the music.
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