FRIDAY AUGUST 19
SHOPPING & STYLE Asia Bazaar 2016 at Dastkar Nature Bazaar
Organised by the NGO Dastkar, this shopping bazaar is a showcase of handcrafted goods, food and cultural performances from across South Asia. The entry fee is Rs 10 per person. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Until Monday, August 22, from 11 am to 7.30 pm.
Where: Dastkar Nature Bazaar, Andheria Modh, opposite Chhattarpur Metro Station, Anuvrat Marg.
TALK The Start Up Diaries: Food Edition at Perch
Hosted by networking organisation the Secret Scholars Club, The Start Up Diaries is an event meant for entrepreneurs at which veterans talk about the challenges and triumphs of distinguishing your organisation in the marketplace. The panel discussion in this edition will have restaurateurs such as Ritu Dalmia from Delhi, Riyaaz Amlani from Mumbai and Manu Chandra from Bangalore. Tickets priced at Rs 2,000 per person are being sold on Instamojo.com. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, August 19 at 5pm.
Where: Perch, 18-A Basant Lok Market, Vasant Vihar. Tel: 85888 89199.
FILM Brooklyn at American Center
Directed by John Crowley, this 2015 film is about an Irish immigrant who moves to New York in the 1950s. What follows is a whirlwind romance and a series of difficult life choices. Entry is free; visitors must carry a valid photo ID.
When: Friday, August 19 at 6 pm.
Where: American Center, 24, Kasturba Gandhi Marg. Tel: 011 2347 2000.
FILM Travelling Film South Asia 2016 at India International Centre
Among the movies that will be screened at this festival of South Asian documentaries are Drawing the Tiger, a Nepalese film by Ramyata Limbu, Amy Benson and Scott Squire about how the lives of a poor family in Nepal are changed when their youngest child receives a scholarship (Friday at 6 pm); Shweta Ghosh’s English film Accesex, in which ideals of beauty and sexuality are explored in the stories of four disabled women (Friday at 7.40 pm); Shaunak Sen’s Hindi documentary Cities of Sleep about where and how Delhi’s homeless sleep (Saturday at 2.30 pm); and Pakistani director Ammar Aziz’s A Walnut Tree, which follows the life of an old man, torn apart from his homeland by the ravages of war (Saturday at 7 pm). For the complete schedule, see here.
When: Friday, August 19 from 6 pm and Saturday, August 20 from 2.30 pm.
Where: CD Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC, 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate.Tel: 011 2461 9431.
COMEDY Best In Stand-Up with Gaurav Kapoor + Radhika Vaz + Sumit Anand + Vikramjit Singh at Canvas Laugh Club
Stand-up comedians Gaurav Kapoor, Sumit Anand and Vikramjit Singh will each present sets. On Sunday, Radhika Vaz will perform instead of Sumit Anand. Tickets priced at Rs 500 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Friday, August 19 and Saturday, July 23 at 7 pm and 9.30 pm, Sunday, August 21 at 7.30 pm.
Where: Canvas Laugh Club, The People & Co, Tower 8-B, Cyber Hub, DLF Cyber City, Gurgaon. Tel: 0124 414 1000.
FILM Yes! I Am The Change Short Film Screening at Lodi-The Garden Restaurant
Organised by Yes Foundation’s social filmmaking initiative, Yes! I Am The Change, the event will feature a a screening of Irish filmmaker Benjamin Cleary’s 2015 Oscar-winning short film Stutterer, in which a lonely man tries to overcome his speech impediment while wooing a girl. The winning entries of the initiative’s 2015 short film challenge will also be screened. Entry is free. For more information, visit YesFoundation.in.
When: Friday, August 19 at 8 pm.
Where: Lodi-The Garden Restaurant, Lodhi Road, opposite Mausam Bhavan. Tel: 98187 43232.
MUSIC Electric Rumble at The Junkyard Cafe
DJ Basstard aka Prince Sethi, Delhi-based DJ Kenzani, who goes by his first name Kedar, and EDM artist Tech Panda will take over the console. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, August 19 at 8 pm.
Where: The Junkyard Cafe, Salcon Ras Vilas Mall, Ground Floor, Saket District Centre, District Centre, Saket. Tel: 011 3080 6564.
MUSIC Kit Kat Club at Le Bistro du Parc
Delhi-based band Kit Kat Club with Jayant Manchanda on the bass guitar, Bhairav Gupta on the drums and Arjun Desai on the guitar, will play a combination of funk, soul and folk music at the venue’s Jazz by the Park series of gigs. This is a seated event. For more information, see the Facebook event page.
When: Friday, August 19 at 8.30 pm.
Where: Le Bistro du Parc, Shops No. 57, 58 and 59, A Block, Moolchand Flyover Complex, Moolchand Market, Defence Colony. Tel: 011 4678 0080.
MUSIC Bassick Sense with Vachan Chinnappa + Rohan Kale at Nehru Place Social
DJs Vachan Chinnappa from Bangalore and Rohan Kale from Delhi will each play sets at this instalment of Bassick Sense, the bass-heavy music gig series organised by music events company Krunk. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, August 19 at 9 pm.
Where: Nehru Place Social, R-1, Upper Ground Floor, Epicuria Food Mall, Nehru Place Metro Station. Tel: 78385 00838.
MUSIC BLOT at Raasta Hauz Khas
Delhi-based electronic music duo and mixed media and BLOT (Basic Love of Things) aka Gaurav Malaker and Avinash Kumar will play a gig that’s part of Budweiser’s Made Sessions series of shows. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, August 19 at 9 pm.
Where: Raasta, First Floor, 30-A Hauz Khas Village. Tel: 011 4062 3028.
MUSIC Bradley Zero + Mistress at Summer House Cafe
London-based DJ Bradley Zero will spin a set with Mistress aka Delhi-based DJ and filmmaker Vikram Singh. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, August 19 at 9 pm.
Where: Summer House Cafe, Aurobindo Market, Hauz Khas. Tel: 098102 00780.
MUSIC Frisky Pints at The Piano Man Jazz Club
Originally from Mizoram, Frisky Pints, a three-member rock band now based in Delhi, will perform.There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, August 19 at 9 pm.
Where: The Piano Man Jazz Club, B 6-7/22, Safdarjung Enclave Market. Tel: 011 4131 5181.
MUSIC Kerano at The Suryaa
Delhi-based progressive house DJ and producer Kerano aka Karanvir Singh will play a set. For entry details, call 88266 98561. For more information, see the Facebook event page.
When: Friday, August 19 at 9 pm.
Where: Club BW, Hotel Suryaa, New Friends Colony.
MUSIC Su Real + DJ Ishani at Raasta Gurgaon
Bass music producer Su Real aka Suhrid Manchanda from Delhi and hip hop DJ Ishani Majumdar from Mumbai will each play sets at this gig that’s part of Bacardi Club Nights series of shows being organised to promote the upcoming NH7 Weekender festival. There is no entry fee; RSVP via Insider.in. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, August 19 at 9 pm.
Where: Raasta, Cyber Hub, DLF Cyber City, Gurgaon. Tel: 82878 70254.
MUSIC KOUNT + Anagram at Hive
Delhi-residing DJ-producer Kount aka Llewellyn Hilt and Mumbai-based DJ Anagram aka Jai Dev Gupta will play sets. Entry is free via and RSVP here. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, August 19 at 9pm.
Where: Hive, S-27, Green Park, Main Market. Tel: 011 4170 6637.
MUSIC Levi’s 501 Friday with Parvaaz + Faridkot + Hriday Gattani at BandStand
Mumbai-based singer-songwriter Hriday Gattani, Bangalore-based Hindi and Urdu alternative rock band Parvaaz and Delhi-based Hindi pop-rock group Faridkot will perform. There is no entry fee; RSVP via Insider.in. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, August 19 at 9 pm.
Where: BandStand, 7, DDA Shopping Complex, Aurobindo Place, Hauz Khas Village. Tel: 90132 08104.
MUSIC Blue Temptation at Toddy Shop
Shillong-based blues band Blue Temptation, comprising Shepherd Najiar, Greg Nongrum and Nathan Nongrum, will perform. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, August 19 at 9.30 pm.
Where: Toddy Shop, 1A, Second Floor, Hauz Khas Village. Tel: 80108 17777.
SATURDAY AUGUST 20
ART 400 Cups at Sanskriti Museum
An exhibition and sale of 400 cups of different shapes, sizes and glazes by nine ceramic artists and a potter. For more information, see the Facebook event page.
When: Saturday, August 20 and Sunday, August 21, from noon to 3pm.
Where: Sanskriti Museum, Sanskriti Kendra, Anandagram, Aya Nagar, M. G. Road. Tel: 011 2696 3226.
SHOPPING Bend the Trend at The Wishing Chair
An exhibition and sale of accessories such as shoes by Chalk Studio and Banjaaran, shades by Go Spiff, glass jewellery by Ikroop and bags by Boriya Basta. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, August 20 from noon to 7 pm.
Where: The Wishing Chair, LG 35, South Point Mall, Golf Course Road, DLF Phase 5, Gurgaon. Tel: 0124 2576892
THEATRE The Matriarch and Two Spoons of Sugar at Alliance Francaise
Based on Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s 1980 film Khoobsurat, the Hinglish play, directed by Karan Arora and Beena Singh, is about a family controlled by a strict matriarch until a fun-loving woman enters their lives. Tickets priced at Rs 350 and Rs 500 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Saturday, August 20 at 4 pm.
Where: Alliance Francaise, Lodhi Estate, Lodhi Road. Tel: 011 4350 0200.
THEATRE Run for Your Wife at Alliance Francaise
A Hinglish adaptation of British playwright Ray Cooney’s comedy, director Rishi Mehta’s drama is set in South Delhi, where taxi driver Sabby Gill secretly juggles two wives in two different homes. Tickets priced at Rs 350 and 500 per person are being sold at Bookmyshow.com.
When: Saturday, August 20 at 6.45 pm and Sunday, August 21 at 5 pm.
Where: Alliance Francaise, 72 Lodhi Estate, Lodhi Road. Tel: 011 4350 0200.
THEATRE Pak, Paali Aur Dilli at Shri Ram Centre
Directed by Rajesh Tiwari, the Hindi play, which is based on the eponymous short story by Bhisham Sahni, tells the story of Paali, a child dealing with the fallout of Partition. Tickets priced at Rs 200, Rs 300 and Rs 500 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Saturday, August 20 at 7 pm.
Where: Shri Ram Centre, 4, Safdar Hashmi Marg, Mandi House. Tel: 011 2371 4307.
THEATRE Qaidi No. 666 at Akshara Theatre
In Rajneesh Gautam’s Hinglish play, Debi Chautiyal has been convicted of the murder of her husband. Only her defence lawyer, Raunak Rathore, believes she is innocent and fights her case. Passes priced at Rs 300 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Saturday August 20 at 7 pm.
Where: Akshara Theatre, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, near Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital. Tel: 011 2374 2083.
THEATRE Cut…Cut…Cut at L.T.G Auditorium
Written and directed by M. Sayeed Alam, the Hindi play follows the chaotic rehearsals of a theatre group. Tickets priced at Rs 300 and Rs 500 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Saturday, August 20 at 7.30 pm.
Where: L.T.G Auditorium, Mandi House, Copernicus Marg, Connaught Place. Tel: 011 2338 9713.
THEATRE Ye Jo Mohabbat Hai at Epicentre
Directed by Ishwar Shunya and written by Badal Sarkar, the Hindi play hinges on a conversation between four men from different backgrounds who meet at the funeral of a young girl. Tickets priced at Rs 200 and Rs 400 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Saturday, August 20 at 7.30 pm.
Where: Epicentre, Apparel House, Ground Floor, Sector 44, opposite Power Grid Residential Complex, Gurgaon. Tel: 0124 2715000.
MUSIC GO:MADras 8 Pre-party with Turbanraga + Tuhin Mehta + Hoax at BandStand
This party celebrating the upcoming GO:MADras festival, an electronic music fest that takes place annually in Chennai, will feature performances by DJs Turbanraga aka Bachitter Singh from Delhi, Tuhin Mehta, a techno-playing DJ-producer from Bangalore and DJ Hoax aka Akshay Bhalla from Delhi.There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, August 20 at 9 pm.
Where: BandStand, 7, DDA Shopping Complex, Aurobindo Place, Hauz Khas Village. Tel: 90132 08104.
MUSIC HEAVY 13 with Sound Avtar + Grain at Bunmanchi
Mumbai-based bass music producer and DJ Sound Avtar aka Piyush Bhatnagar and Grain, the Delhi music producer and one half of electronic act Midival Punditz, aka Gaurav Raina will play drum n bass sets. Entry is free. See the Facebook event page for more details.
When: Saturday, August 20 at 9 pm.
Where: Bunmanchi, Building M- 20, M Block Market, Greater Kailash II. Tel: 011 3080 6355.
MUSIC Kamakshi Khanna at Beer Cafe
Kamakshi Khanna, one of the top six finalists of The Stage, India’s first English music reality television show, will perform. Entry is free. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, August 20 at 9 pm.
Where: Beer Cafe, Shop No 139 and 141, Ground Floor, DLF Supermart, DLF Phase 4, Gurgaon. Tel: 0124 4383236.
MUSIC PillowTalk at Kitty Su
Sammy D aka Samuel Doylestien of American dance music trio PillowTalk will play a DJ set. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, August 20 at 10 pm.
Where: Kitty Su, The Lalit, Barakhamba Lane, Connaught Place. Tel: 1800 11 6777.
THEATRE NDLS: Horn OK Please at Toddy Shop
Performed by the Tadpole Repertory, Horn OK Please is an instalment of NDLS, the repertory’s series of sketches on life in Delhi. See the Facebook event page for more information. There is no entry fee.
When: Saturday, August 20 at 10 pm.
Where: Toddy Shop, 1A, Second Floor, Hauz Khas Village. Tel: 80108 17777.
SUNDAY AUGUST 21
THEATRE UpRoute at L.T.G Auditorium
A three-part physical theatre piece in Hindi and English is based on Miguel Cervantes’s novels The Two Damsels, Rinconete and Cortadillo and The Spanish English. In the first vignette, a young jilted woman runs away from home and the stigma of a failed relationship. The second part is about a conman, who travels to a big city from a small town and finds there’s much competition among thieves. In the final part, a young girl wonders whether she should live in her home country, which is in the midst of war, or undertake a dangerous journey to an unknown land. Tickets priced at Rs 200, Rs 300 and Rs 400 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Sunday, August 21 at 3 pm.
Where: L.T.G Auditorium, Mandi House, Copernicus Marg, Connaught Place. Tel: 011 2338 9713.
FILM Dream and Silence at Instituto Cervantes
In Jaime Rosales’s 2012 Spanish film, the lives of a couple change when they meet with an accident during a holiday. The film will be screened with English subtitles. Entry is free.
When: Sunday, August 21 at 4.30 pm.
Where: Instituto Cervantes, 48, Hanuman Road, Connaught Place. Tel: 011 4368 1907.
MUSIC Listening Sessions at The Roost Bistro
Organised by webzine Sbcltr, the gig will feature Delhi musicians singer-songwriter Mananjay Prakash, blues musician Kaali Prasad, funk rock band The Limited Experience, electronic Serbian-Indian duo Nutcase+Iva aka Sid Suhas and Iva Katic and music producer Ave aka Avneet Singh. Entry is free. See the Facebook event page for more details.
When: Sunday, August 21 at 5 pm.
Where: The Roost Bistro, B30 A, Ground Floor, Hauz Khas Village. Tel: +91 9717025647.
THEATRE Dance Like a Man at L.T.G Auditorium
Directed by K. S. Rajendran and written by Mahesh Dattani, the English play is about a young man who dreams of becoming a professional bharatanatyam dancer. His desire is thwarted by his father. Tickets priced at Rs 300, Rs 400 and Rs 500 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Sunday, August 21 at 5 pm.
Where: L.T.G Auditorium, Mandi House, Copernicus Marg, Connaught Place. Tel: 011 2338 9713.
THEATRE Frankenstein at India Habitat Centre
A National Theatre Live screening of Danny Boyle’s stage version of Frankenstein, in which Johnny Lee Miller and Benedict Cumberbatch take turns with every show playing the scientist and his monster. Tickets priced at Rs 250, Rs 350 and Rs 500 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Sunday, August 21 at 7 pm.
Where: The Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, near Airforce Bal Bharati School. Tel: 011 2468 2002.
THEATRE Moteram ka Satyagrah at Shri Ram Centre
Directed by Arvind Gaur and based on the eponymous short story by Premchand, Moteram Ka Satyagrah (in Hindi) is about a gluttonous Brahmin, who goes on a hunger strike to prevent a nationalist strike organised to oppose the arrival of the viceroy. Tickets priced at Rs 100 and Rs 200 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Sunday, August 21 at 7 pm.
Where: Shri Ram Centre, 4, Safdar Hashmi Marg, Mandi House. Tel: 011 2371 4307.
THEATRE Massage at L.T.G Auditorium
Directed by Harbansh Singh and written by Vijay Tendulkar, the Hindi solo act stars Rakesh Bedi as Happy Kumar, who comes to Mumbai to make it in the film industry. Tickets priced at Rs 400, Rs 500 and Rs 700 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Sunday, August 21 at 7.30 pm.
Where: L.T.G Auditorium, Mandi House, Copernicus Marg, Connaught Place. Tel: 011 2338 9713.
MUSIC Sufiana Jugalbandi at Sirifort Auditorium
Qawwali groups the Nizami Brothers and Nizami Bandhu will perform Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi songs to mark the country’s sixty-ninth Independence Day. Tickets priced at Rs 200, Rs 400, Rs 750, Rs 1,500, Rs 2,000, Rs 2,250 and Rs 2500 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Sunday, August 21 at 7.30 pm.
Where: Sirifort Auditorium, August Kranti Marg, Asian Games Village Complex, Gautam Nagar. Tel: 022 2649 9397.
THEATRE Ballabhpur Ki Roopkatha at India Habitat Centre
Directed by Sunil Rawat and written by Badal Sircar, the Hindi drama hinges on Bhupati Rai, a bankrupt man trying to sell off his family’s 400-year-old palace in the ancient town of Ballabhpur. Unfortunately the palace is haunted. Tickets priced at Rs 200 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Sunday, August 21 at 7.30 pm.
Where: Amphitheatre, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, near Airforce Bal Bharati School. Tel: 011 2468 2002.
THEATRE Once Upon a Time at Epicentre
In Hindi and English, Once Upon a Time is a series of slice-of-life stories performed by Tom Alter, Sunit Tandon and Charu Shankar. Tickets priced at Rs 400, Rs 500 and Rs 700 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Sunday, August 21 at 7.30 pm.
Where: Epicentre, Apparel House, Ground Floor, Sector 44, opposite Power Grid Residential Complex, Gurgaon. Tel: 0124 2715000.
MUSIC DACH at The Piano Man Jazz Club
DACH, a contemporary half Ukrainian, half Austrian jazz-folk quartet, will perform. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Sunday, August 21 at 9 pm.
Where: The Piano Man Jazz Club, B 6-7/22, Safdarjung Enclave Market. Tel: 011 4131 5181.
ONGOING
ART Art Collection at the British Council
This exhibition of artworks from the British Council’s collection covers “various influences in British art” over the last century, from the posters of the London Underground in the 1920s to those of the 2012 London Olympics. See here for more information.
When: Until Monday, October 10. Open Monday to Saturday, from 8 am to 8 pm; Sunday, from 9 am to 6 pm.
Where: The Gallery, British Council, Kasturba Gandhi Marg. Tel: 011 4219 9000.
ART Yajanekka Aroraa at India Habitat Centre
Delhi artist Yajanekka Aroraa is exhibiting Shahar-e-Dilli, a solo show of sketches of the city’s architectural ruins. There is no entry fee.
When: Until Wednesday, August 31. Open daily, from 10 am to 8 pm.
Where: Delhi ‘o’ Delhi Foyer, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road. Tel: 011 2468 2002.
ART K. G. Subramanyan at Kiran Nadar Museum of Art
An exhibition of the artist’s works titled Anatomy Lessons.
When: Until Friday, September 30. Open Tuesday to Sunday, from 10.30 am to 6.30 pm; Monday, closed.
Where: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, 145, DLF South Court Mall, Saket. Tel: 011 4916 0000.
ART Sudipta Das at Gallery Latitude 28
Assamese artist Sudipta Das’s new solo show The Surface of Memory comprises mixed media works that draw on her identity as a descendant of Bangladeshi migrants. See here for more information.
When: Until Saturday, September 10. Open Monday to Saturday, from 11 am to 7 pm; Sunday, by appointment.
Where: Gallery Latitude 28, F-208, Lado Sarai. Tel: 011 4679 1111.
These recommendations have been compiled by The Daily Pao.