"Man of The Heart" the life & times of Lalon Shah Phokir, Solo performance by Sudipto Chatterjee, at School of Arts & Aesthetics ( SAA ), JNU, New Mehrauli Road > 6:30pm on 11th November 2010

Time : 6:30 pm

Entry : Free

Place : Auditorium, School of Arts & Aesthetics ( SAA ), Jawaharlal Nehru University ( JNU ), New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi - 110067

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Event Details : The School of Arts and Aesthtics, JNU presents 'Man of The Heart' is on the life and times of Lalon Shah Phokir, the nineteenth century Bengali saint and song-maker, whose fame stretches across the political and religious borders dividing Bangladesh and West Bengal (India). Without assuming any ‘character’ or ‘story’, it attempts to speak/sing/perform around the biography of Lalon Phokir. It is also an exploratory piece on the body-based philosophy and the virtuosic musical practice of a sect among Bengali Sufis and Vaishnavs known as Bauls. According to the Baul belief system, divinity is attained only by means of disciplined, non-carnal physical practice with a female companion, for the Godhead is said to reside only in the female body. Written and performed by Sudipto Chatterjee and directed by Suman Mukherjee, *Man of the Heart* is a multi-media solo-performance incorporating live music, dance, spoken word, video and recorded audio. It has been performed at various venues all over the world since 2005, including Berkeley, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Kolkata and London. *Meeting the Man of the Heart* is a lecture-demonstration by Sudipto Chatterjee* *on the overall project, which is located at the nexus of academic research and artistic expression*.*The presentation will be based on video clips from the various performances of the production, supplemented with the live performance of Lalon Phokir's music to the accompaniment of Bengali folks instruments. The musicians are Soumya Chakravarti (* dotara/ektara*) and Mriganabhi Chattopadhyay (*dhol/khol*).
 For further information, please visit : www.lalon.org

Writer/Performer : Sudipto Chatterjee

Director/Scenographer : Suman Mukherjee

Duration : 105 min.

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