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Artist Sujata Chouksey has exhibited in Pune a number of times and is glad to be back in the city yet again. Showcasing at Darpan Art Gallery with watercolour artist Manoj Shinde, Sujata will have over 25 paintings ....
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Sing song

Delhi Sultanate and Begum X aka Miss Samara C are one of the most compatible MC and singer combination. Begum X’s high energy performance and her vocals that combine jazz, blues and rocksteady flavours complement Delhi Sultanate's MC'ing and deejay style. ....

Screen shots

A film festival is being organised on the occasion of 100 years of cinema by Aashay Film Club, V Shantaram Foundation and Shantshri Media. The four-day festival starting today will be inaugurated by filmmaker Mahesh Manjrekar in the presence of Kiran Shantaram and Prashant Prathabe. On....

Summer play

Here’s a summer camp where children can dabble in science experiments, story writing, learn to recycle waste materials, learn etiquette-manners, dance, fitness and much more. The summer camp is being presented by Phoenix Marketcity in association with Zee Q. The summer camp will ....

Tune in

This month’s edition of Songwriter will feature Rohit Vasudevan of Highway 61 and opening act Keith & Sikander. Rohit believes in celebrating life through music, words and has been penning down lyrics plus composing sincehis schooldays when he started writing about ....

Movements of Bhakti

A member of the audience rose spontaneously after the incomparable Alarmel Valli’s moving performance based on the 15th century Telugu saint-poet Annamacharya’s songs, to express sadness that the five-day Mudra festival at the NCPA was ending. In so doing, he was speaking ....

Environmental play

We all know that pollution is a global issue and people are doing their bit to spread awareness about it. In a spirited manner, Artsphere, Kalyani Nagar Resident Association, and Cosmica have come together for the first time to stage a play based on the environment at Joggers Park. ....

People over the world

Everything at a screening of a National Theatre play at the NCPA is ersatz. The NT’s magnificent stage is, and is not before us. We are and are not there. If we delude ourselves momentarily that we are, we are quickly disabused when the genuine London audience laughs at an inside joke that only they....

Art of fighting

The ancient martial arts from Kerala, Kalaripayattu, is a rare combination of martial training, physical culture, self-defence practice and physiotherapy treatment. In Malayalam, the place where Kalaripayattu is imparted is called Kalari, a revered area in par with the sanctum....

Floral designs

Anand Shinde who’s completed his education from Abhinav Kala Mahavidyalaya has won various art competitions and participated in many art exhibitions. The artist is passionate about watercolour paintings and feels nature is the best teacher as it inspires art. The natural ....

Art for a cause

Catch ‘Watermark’ an exhibition by The O Hotel in collaboration with Ray Art Foundation. The event aims to raise funds by selling the paintings to bring relief to the drought victims in the state. Popular artists like, Anand Panchal, Bairu Raghuram, Chandramohan Kulkarni, Buwa Shete....

Nocturne appearance

Electro-rock band Pentagram released a video for Nocturne, arguably one of the best tracks off their fourth studio album Bloodywood, and a definite crowd favourite. The black-and-white slow-motion video has been shot and directed by the acclaimed ad-film director and the band’s own drummer ....

Group show

Noted Artist Sachin Nath and his students have organised an art exhibition titled ‘Reunion’ in the memory of renowned artist Raja Ravi Varma’s birth anniversary. The exhibition will showcase more than 40 works in different media — oil, acrylic, and watercolour based on different subjects ....

The electro duo

In May 2010, Rebecca & Fiona released their first single — Luminary Ones. As 2010 ended, Luminary Ones had become one of the most played songs on national radio P3. In addition to touring the whole of Sweden they followed Robyn as opening act on her European tour. The ....

Click with skill

Learn The Art of Photography with Dr Deepak John Mathew, Head, Photography Design, National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad. The photography workshop will provide photography enthusiasts a unique platform to interact, experiment, learn and share new ways and....

Night of electronica

He is French, plays a rare mix of tracks from minimal tech house, techno to trance and his surprising combinations rocks dance floors. DJ Nelio, who started off as a drummer of One-eyed Jack in the early 90s is known to have played with the likes of Dino Psaras, Basement Jaxx, Chloe, ....

Here comes the king

Come Thursday, a one man army will entertain Puneites. Actually, two if you count the writer-director. You will get a chance to watch a Rajat Kapoor written and directed play Nothing Like Lear which will star Vinay Pathak in the lead. This one hour 20 minutes monologue has Vinay ....

Live act

The Whirling Kalapas, known for their neofolk, alt-country, mellow- and often funkyacoustic rock music, is all set to perform in Pune at Swig this Wednesday. The trio, Mahesh Tinaikar, Uday Benegal and multi-instrumentalist Sankarshan Kini promise to take the audience on a musical journey ....

Pee Brain

One is beginning to feel a little sorry for Shri Ajit Pawar who decided to play the songadya on Saturday in a village in Indapur. The songadya is the jocular backbone of the tamasha. He is a free man, unshackled by received ideas of propriety. His business is to take ....