Akshara Theatre's Festival of Four Languages - howcasing the best in theatre, poetry, music & film at Akshara Theatre, 11-12 B, Baba Kharak Singh Marg > 7th-10th February 2013

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Entry : Tickets of Rs. 100/- available at bookmyshow.com & Akshara Theatre.

Place : Akshara Theatre, 11-12 B, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, New Delhi - 110001

Landmark : Next to RML Hospital Emergency Gate 5

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Parking : Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital public parking or Inside Akshara Theatre

Event Description : Akshara Theatre's Festival of Four Languages -- showcasing the best in theatre, poetry, music and film, presented in the four official languages of Delhi – Hindi, English, Urdu and Punjabi. It is conceived as a 4-day celebration of the four official languages of Delhi.
Plays, musical performances, poetry-recitation, films, talks will be presented by some of Delhi’s best-loved performers: musician Rabbi Shergill, comedian Surinder Sharma, Kathak maestro Pt. Birju Maharaj, actors Sushma Seth, Kanika Aurora, Amba Suhasini, Sudhir Tandon, Sabina Mehta Jaitley and others. Theatre groups like Asmita, Pierrot’s Troupe, Paltan, Entropy, Saksham Arts as well as our own Akshara Theatre will present outstanding. productions like Akshara’s Gandhi’s Gita: Anasakti, M. Syed Alam's 1947, Chauraha by Shoelace Productions, Baanee Sharad's Main Asansol Nahi Gaya, Paltan's Bhartendu ka Bazaar etc., . There will be dramatized book readings on the life and works of Mohan Rakesh, Amrita and Imroz, Leela Naidu and Pitras Bukhari. Folk, classical, rock and rap will be performed by Madangopal Singh and Chaar Yaar, DSync Deepankar, Bidisha Roy, Nisa Schette and Vipin Heero. NGO Chahal will present Gharonda -- a play by and for children.
There will also be a daily Food Court, Street Theatre Festival and Poetry of Protest on Saturday, Zumba Danceathon on Sunday and many other fun activities.
The Festival will be a feast for all the senses, as well as the heart and the soul!

Supported by Delhi Government and ICCR.

Schedule : 
February 7
6.15pm Inauguration by Shri M.M. Pallam Raju, Minister of State for HRD
6:30pm Poetry & I- Rabbi Shergill, Danish Husain, Jalabala Vaidya, and others in Punjabi, English, Urdu - Pipal Tree Theatre
7pm Main Asansol Nahi Gaya - Hindi play based on humorous stories of Sharad Joshi, directed by Baanee Sharad and performed by Entropy Theatre – Akshara Theatre
7.30pm Sharartein Dramatised Reading of humorous Urdu stories of Pitras Bukhari  performed by Saksham Theatre Group – Poetry Theatre
7.30pm Punjabi Folk Music by Madan Gopal Singh and Char Yaar  & Punjabi Rap by DSync Deepankar and Crew - Pipal Tree Theatre
February 8
6.30pm Poetry and I- Pt. Birju Maharaj’s poetry in Hindi, Humorous Hindi poetry by Surinder Sharma -- Pipal Tree Theatre
7pm Leela – dramatized book reading in English based on the writings of Leela Naidu, Jerry Pinto  and Sunil Murthy, performed by Amba Suhasini K. Jhala and Sudhir Tandon, with excerpts from Bidisha Roy’s film: Lila - Poetry Theatre followed by songs from Anuradha and Light Classical Hindustani Music by Bidisha Roy - Poetry Theatre
7.15pm 1947 – satirical production in Urdu written and directed by M. Syed Alam performed by Salim Shah and Pierrot’s Troupe - Akshara Theatre
February 9
5pm-6.30pm: Poetry of Protest in various languages – with Asmita
Bhartendu ka Bazaar performed by Paltan Theatre Group
Street Theatrefest by various colleges
    -- Pipal Tree Theatre
5pm Jungle Songs by students of Akshara theatre’s Diksha Programe of Training in Indian classicism. Chief Guest – Sushma Seth
6.30pm Poetry and I – (English) with Gopal Sharman, Jalabala Vaidya, C.P. Surendran,  Nirupama Dutt and others - Pipal Tree Theatre
7pm Anita aur Rakesh: Dramatisation based on the life and love of Mohan Rakesh  and Anita Rakesh based on Anita Rakesh’s book: Sattrein Aur Sattrein performed by Kanika Aurora - Poetry Theatre
7.30pm Chauraha – plays in Punjabi & other NCR languages directed by Deepak Dhamija and performed by Shoelace Productions  - Akshara Theatre
 7.30pm Ghazal: A Timeless Journey by Md. Imran Khan - Pipal Tree Theatre

February 10
4-6pm: Zumba Rhythms Danceathon– sway to the beat, rock on your feet, let your body feel the heat… Dance away the blues to Zumba -- the latest international dancercise sensation – with Kritika and Payal .
5pm: Gharonda – aspirational play by streetkids under the auspices of NGO Chahal, directed by Praveen Jain - Akshara Theatre
6.30pm Amrita- Imroz (Punjabi) – Dramatisation of the book: Amrita & Imroz – A Love Story  by Uma Trilok, enactment by Sabina Mehta Jaitley, D.K. Behl, Deepankar, Shaily Priya, & Imroz-
Poetry Theatre
 7pm Gandhi’s Gita: Anasakti premiere of a major new theatre production by Jalabala Vaidya and Akshara Theatre Repertory - Akshara Theatre
7pmWestern Music by students of various Delhi colleges, Funky-urban folk songs in Hindi with Vipin Heero  – Pipal Tree Theatre
7.30 Poetry and I with Firoz Bakht Ahmad - Poetry Theatre

In addition there will be children’s performances, exhibitions and food court featuring healthy street snacks each evening.

Documentary film screenings from 2pm to 5pm on Feb. 9 and 10.

Feb. 9:  Dudro, I was Born In Delhi, A Mercedes for Ashish, Dilli, Shaheed Bhagat Singh,              Feb. 10: Lila, Two and Two, The Language of Illiteracy, 1876-An Entertainment,  Nature of Art.

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