FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
SHOPPING & STYLE ‘Contemporary Classics’ by Pradeep Pillai at Artisans’ Centre
An exhibition and sale of saris by designer Pradeep Pillai that combine modern patterns with traditional handlooms such as tussars, weaves from Venkatagiri in Andhra Pradesh and chanderis.
When: Until Saturday, September 5, from 11 am to 7 pm.
Where: Artisans’ Centre, V.B. Gandhi Marg, near Rhythm House, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2267 3040.

FILM FTII Student Films at Bhupesh Gupta Bhavan
The Films Division cancelled this edition of The FD Zone, a weekly screening of cinema held at the organisation’s headquarters on Pedder Road, as the selection of films included shorts made by Film and Television Institute of India students during the ongoing protest. The Films Division reportedly said that it was “not comfortable with the idea of giving FTII students’ film a platform”. The curators of The FD Zone have thus shifted the venue to Bhupesh Gupta Bhavan, where they will show ten shorts by FTII students including some made during the protest. The screening is free. For a complete schedule, see the Facebook event page.
When: Friday, September 4 at 6.30 pm.
Where: Bhupesh Gupta Bhavan, Ghanekar Road, Appasaheb Marathe Marg, diagonally opposite Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi. Tel: 022 2430 1725.

ART TALKS ‘Towards Reading Dalit Art’ at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
Deeptha Achar, a professor of English at MS University in Baroda, will deliver a lecture on the historical treatment of Dalit art and the recent phenomenon of discussing it within the framework of art criticism. The talk is free. To attend, email ccardoza@bdlmuseum.org.
When: Friday, September 4 at 6.30 pm.
Where: Education Centre, Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Rani Baug, Dr BR Ambedkar Road, Byculla. Tel: 022 2373 1234.

MUSIC Ulhas Kashalkar at NCPA Tata Theatre
The Hindustani classical vocalist, who has trained in the Agra, Gwalior and Jaipur gharanas, will present a solo recital. Tickets priced at Rs 200, Rs 300 and Rs 400 per head are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Friday, September 4 at 6.30 pm.
Where: Tata Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, NCPA Marg, Nariman Point. Tel: 022 2282 4567.

FILM Yella at Goethe Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan
In Christian Petzold’s 2007 German drama, Yella Fichte leaves her slow-paced life in the small town of Wittenberge for the corporate boardrooms of Hanover. There, mentored by venture capitalist Philipp, her colleague and eventual lover, she finds she has a talent for deal-making. The screening is free.
When: Friday, September 4 at 6.30 pm.
Where: Library, Goethe Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, K. Dubash Marg, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2202 7542.

FILM Timbuktu at Whistling Woods Andheri Base
The Alliance Francaise will screen this French-Mauritanian film by Abderrahmane Sissako, which has been described as “a wrenching tragic fable, Aesop-like in its moral clarity, about all the injustices Sharia law can wreak.” When cattle herder Kidane’s cow tears Amadou’s fishing net, the enraged fisherman kills the animal. The two men face off and Kidane accidentally shoots Amadou. Islamists, who’ve occupied Timbuktu, sentence Kidane to death. The screening is free.
When: Friday, September 4 at 8 pm.
Where: Whistling Woods Andheri Base, Sharyans-Audeus, same building as Hard Rock Café, in the same lane as Fun Republic, off Link Road, Andheri (West). Tel: 022 3091 6003.

COMEDY Zakir Khan + Azeem Banatwalla + Nishant Tanwar + Sonali Thakker at Canvas Laugh Club
The stand-up comics will each present a set. Zakir Khan will perform only on Friday and Azeem Banatwalla will perform on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets priced at Rs 750 per head are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Friday, September 4 and Sunday, September 6 at 8.30 pm. Saturday, September 5 at 8.30 pm and 10.30 pm.
Where: Canvas Laugh Club, Palladium Mall, Third Floor, Phoenix Mills, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel. Tel: 90046 03115.

MUSIC John Dahlbäck at Blue Frog
The Swedish house music DJ and producer will perform a gig that has been organised as part of Vh1’s Supersonic series of club nights to promote their annual EDM festival held in Goa every December. There is an entry fee of Rs 700 per head.
When: Friday, September 4 at 9 pm.
Where: Blue Frog, Mathuradas Mill Compound, Tulsi Pipe Road, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 6158 6158.

MUSIC Alex Di Stefano at Kitty Su
The Italian techno and trance DJ and producer will man the decks at the Andheri nightclub. Tickets are priced at Rs 1,500 (only entry fee) or Rs 3,000 (full cover charge) per couple; at Rs 2,000 (only entry fee) or Rs 3,500 (full cover charge) per head for single men; and at Rs 1,000 (full cover charge) per head for single women. Call 99876 03114 or visit the venue’s website to book a spot.
When: Friday, September 4 at 10 pm.
Where: Kitty Su, The Lalit, Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Road, Andheri (East). Tel: 022 6104 3145.

MUSIC Amit at Bonobo
The UK-based electronic music DJ and producer, who doesn’t use his last name Kamboj, will play the Mumbai leg of his ongoing India tour. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, September 4 at 10 pm.
Where: Bonobo, Second Floor, Kenilworth Mall, Phase 2, off Linking Road, behind KFC, Bandra (West). Tel: 022 2605 5050.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
MUSIC Anubrata Chatterjee + Ashim Chowdhury at NCPA Little Theatre
Tabla player Chatterjee and sitar player Chowdhury will each play solo recitals. There is no entry fee; admission is on a first-come, first-served basis.
When: Saturday, September 5 at 6.30 pm.
Where: Little Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, NCPA Marg, Nariman Point. Tel: 022 2282 4567.

THEATRE A Friend's Story at NCPA Experimental Theatre
Akash Khurana will direct this English version of Vijay Tendulkar’s landmark 1981 Marathi play Mitrachi Goshta. The story hinges on the romantic relationship between two college students, Mitra and Nama, which is complicated by Nama’s boyfriend Dalvi. Nama frustrates Mitra by carrying on with Dalvi despite their regular sexual liaisons. Eventually Nama marries another man, driving Mitra to suicide. Tickets priced at Rs 200, Rs 250 and Rs 300 per head are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Saturday, September 5 and Sunday, September 6 at 7 pm.
Where: Experimental Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Nariman Point. Tel: 022 2282 4567.

THEATRE Mere Piya Gaye Rangoon at NCPA Tata Theatre
Sunil Shanbag’s Hindi adaptation of Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well is located in three places: Gujarat, Mumbai at the turn of the century and Rangoon. Heli is in love with Bharatram, the son of her guardian. Bharatram leaves their village in Gujarat to work for his opium-exporting uncle in Mumbai and, after a forced marriage to Heli, flees to Rangoon. Heli pursues him and engineers a happy ending. Tickets priced at Rs 300, Rs 500, Rs 750 and Rs 1,000 per head are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Saturday, September 5 at 7.30 pm and Sunday, September 6 at 4 pm and 7.30 pm.
Where: Tata Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Nariman Point. Tel: 022 2282 4567.

MUSIC Ankytrixx at China 1
The electronica DJ-producer also known as Ankit Kochar will headline this week’s instalment of the restaurant and bar’s Deep in Dance night. There is no entry fee.
When: Saturday, September 5 at 9 pm.
Where: China 1, C-70, Ground Floor, The Capital, G Block, Bandra-Kurla Complex. Tel: 022 6738 1111.

MUSIC Blackout with M.Mat + Lobocop at Cafe Nemo
This instalment of Bhavishyavani Future Soundz’s night at the Worli restaurant and bar will feature the DJ double bill of Lobocop aka Kenneth Lobo and the electronica collective’s own M.Mat aka Mathieu Josso. There is no entry fee.
When: Saturday, September 5 at 10 pm.
Where: Cafe Nemo, 329/A, Thadani House, opposite Indian Coast Guard, Worli Village, Worli. Tel: 022 2437 9841.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
MUSIC Stupiditties 9 Album Launch at Brewbot
The ninth edition of the annual Indian indie music compilation put together by ennui.BOMB will be launched with a gig comprising sets by some of the featured artists, alternative rock bands Laxmi Bomb and Punk On Toast, singer-songwriters Tejas Menon and Awkward Bong aka Ronit Sarkar, rapper MC Manmeet Kaur and progressive rock group Oak Island. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Sunday, September 6 at 8.30 pm.
Where: Brewbot, Ground Floor, Morya Landmark 1, off Link Road, Andheri (West). Tel: 022 4003 4448.

ONGOING
ART PHOTOGRAPHY Bourne & Shepherd: Figures In Time at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
An exhibition of landscapes and architectural photographs of India as well as portraits of Indian royalty by nineteenth-century British photographers Samuel Bourne and Charles Shepherd, organised in collaboration with Bangalore's Tasveer gallery and Museum of Art and Photography. Tickets for Indians are priced at Rs 10 per head for adults and Rs 5 per head for children below the age of 13, and tickets for foreigners are priced at Rs 100 per head for adults and Rs 50 per head for children below the age of 13.
When: Until Tuesday, September 15. Open Thursday to Tuesday, from 10 am to 5.30 pm; Wednesday, closed.
Where: Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, 91A, Rani Baug, Baba Saheb Ambedkar Road, Byculla (East). Tel: 022 2373 1234.

ART Winter by Julian Opie at Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
This exhibition comprises a set of 75 prints by British contemporary artist Julian Opie, who is known for his graphic style and use of technology in art. The prints show the French countryside, which Opie toured on a particularly pretty day. Tickets for Indians are priced at Rs 10 per head for adults and Rs 5 per head for children below the age of 13, and tickets for foreigners are priced at Rs 100 per head for adults and Rs 50 per head for children below the age of 13.
When: Until Sunday, September 13. Open Thursday to Tuesday, from 10 am to 5.30 pm; Wednesday, closed.
Where: Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Rani Baug, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Road, Byculla. Tel: 022 2373 1234.

CRAFT Woven Wonders of Varanasi at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
An exhibition of Banarasi saris by designers such as Ritu Kumar, Rina Dhaka, Gaurav Gupta, Krishna Mehta, Ritu Beri and Anita Dongre. Curated by sari designer Shaina N. C., the show has been put together with the help of the organisers of the recently-concluded Lakme Fashion Week . Tickets for Indians are priced at Rs10 per head for adults and Rs 5 per head for children below the age of 13, and tickets for foreigners are priced at Rs 100 per head for adults and Rs 50 per head for children below the age of 13.
When: Until Tuesday, September 8. Open Thursday to Tuesday, from 10 am to 5.30 pm; Wednesday, closed.
Where: Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Rani Baug, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Road, Byculla. Tel: 022 2373 1234.

ART PHOTOGRAPHY A Thousand Kisses Deep by Fabien Charuau at Chatterjee & Lal
French photographer Fabien Charuau's digital photographs explore facets of contemporary life in India such as online devotional practices and intimacy among young adults.
When: Until Saturday, September 26. Open Tuesday to Saturday, from 11 am to 7 pm; Sunday and Monday, closed.
Where: Chatterjee & Lal, 01/18, Kamal Mansion, First Floor, Arthur Bunder Road, Colaba. Tel: 022 2202 3787.

ART Kingdom of Exile by Rabin Mondal at DAG Modern
A retrospective of works by Bengali modernist painter Rabin Mondal from the 1960s through the 1990s.
When: Until Friday, September 18. Open Monday to Saturday, from 11 am to 7 pm; Sunday, closed.
Where: DAG Modern, 58 Dr VB Gandhi Marg, near Rhythm House, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 4922 2700.

ART PHOTOGRAPHY Conversations in Colour: Raghubir Singh at Jhaveri Contemporary
An exhibition of images by the lensman and photographers he mentored, Ketaki Sheth, Ram Rahman and Sooni Taraporevala.
When: Until Friday, October 2. Open Tuesday to Saturday, from 11 am to 6 pm; Sunday and Monday, closed.
Where: Jhaveri Contemporary, 2 Krishna Niwas, 58A Walkeshwar Road. Tel: 022 2369 3639.