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11th Delhi International Arts Festival 11th November - 25th November 2017

Indian Council for Cultural RelationsHkkjrh; lkaL—frd lEcaËk ifj’kn~ Ministry of Culture

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17Welcome to the 11th edition of DELHI INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL.

Delhi International Arts Festival is now recognised world over as a ‘Brand India’ festival of the arts. Delhi International Arts Festival welcomes artistes, writers, thinkers, cultural practitioners and cultural

enthusiasts from all over the world to experience the richness and beauty of our Country and present their art before our art loving audiences.

The Delhi International Arts Festival, the Signature Arts Festival of India, draws the attention of the world to India’s soft power, expressed through the arts. The tagline of the Festival is –“Where India meets the World.”

Today, DIAF is recognised as India’s most prestigious arts festival where boundaries dissolve and the idiom of ‘One World’ comes alive – the concept of VasudhaivaKutumbakam.

DIAF is the only arts festival in India that has a collector’s ‘First Day Cover’ and a cancelled stamp released in it’shonour by the Dept. Posts & Telegraphs, Govt of India.

A breath taking line up of artistic presentations include Contemporary dance from Taiwan-Tai Body Theatre, from Russia –‘Dance to Fly, Laugh to Cry’, circus theatre from Argentina, Dervish from Egypt and the Prasiddha Dance Repertory, PrathibhaPrahlad’s world famous dance group will be presented at the Opening in Purana Quila.

A key vertical of DIAF this year is a literary segment titles ‘Words Count-festival of words’ which will see a power packed line up of published authors from the world of politics, journalism, literature & cinema. Indian authors Amish Tripathy, Manmohan Vaidya, Pavan Varma, Karthika VK, Subramanyam Swamy and others and international authors Fredrick Beighbeder are some of the eminent names.

An important part of this year’s festival is the 3-day programme being organised in collaboration with DLF. DLF Promenade is going

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estival 2017to be a witness to exciting performances by international groups from Norway, Hungary, Austria, Columbia, Russia and Taiwan.

Celebrating the 25 years of ASEAN INDIA partnership, a series of events will be seen throughout the two weeks of the festival. While the Closing ceremony at QutubMinar will see artistes from Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia and others performing, the festival explores the ‘Influence of Ramayana’ in S.E ASIA through puppet from Indonesia and Malaysia, films from Thailand, Laos, Singapore, Myanmar and several others. ASIAN cinema, ASEAN cinema, childrens’ cinema and a special festival on feature films of art at NGMA are some of the other highlights of the festival.

Rock Bands from Israel, Iran, Austria, Portugal, Norway theatre from Ireland, Manipur and Delhi and works of young artistes under ‘Rising Talent’ are some of other performances not to be missed.

Muisc lovers have a treat with Prakash Sontakke. Krishna Ram Choudhary and others performing. For dance lovers, a galaxy of performes including Uma Sharma, Shovna Narayan, Bharti Sivaji, Geeta Chandran, Anjali Patil, Shivani Varma, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy, Vineeth Radhakrishnan, Pooja Sen Gupta & others will delight.

DIAF is the greatest festival India has seen. The line up presents the best of the best. And all this for free. A festival that everyone should partake in and support in any which way they can.

DIAF’s key collaborations are with the Union Ministry of Culture, Indian Council For Cultural Relations of Ministry of External Affairs, Union Ministry of Tourism & the Govt. of NCT of Delhi.

Delhi International Arts Festival

Tweet @LoveDIAF & @PrathibhaP and show your support to culture

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Visit www.diaf.in for the complete schedule

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1711th November

Ms. Prathibha Prahlad, Founder Festival Director & Committee Members, DIAF

cordially invite you to

11th Delhi International Arts Festival

Opening Ceremony

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Purana Qila, Mathura Road, 6:30 pm

Gala OpeninG VAnDe MATARAM

Multi Style Dance Production / Prasiddha Dance Repertory / InDIAArtistic Director: Prathibha Prahlad

Who DRInks TheRe? TAI Body Theatre / Contemporary Dance / TAIWAnDirector & Choreographer: Watan Tusi

MAnDRAgoRA CIRCoCircus Theatre / ARgenTInA

BoLshoI - DAnCe To FLy, LAugh To CRyContemporary Fusion Dance / RussIADirector: Felix Mikhailov

AL MenyAFolkloric & Dervish Dance / egyPT

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Central Park, Connaught Place, 7:00 pm

indian BandsMRs. IPPI TRIo / Jazz / neW DeLhI

ghARAnA / Fusion / ChAnDIgARh

Celebrating AseAn - India partnership at 25

gulmohar hall, India habitat Centre Lodhi Road, 7:00 pm

asean Films Curated by u. radhakrishnan

VIenTIAne In LoVe / Lao / 105 Minutes / LAos Directors: Ansay keola & Phanumad DisathaThe first Lao omnibus film delving into different aspects of love as shown through five separate stories.

Civil services officers’ Institute Vinay Marg, Chanakyapuri, 7:00 pm

suFi & WOrld musiCknoCk The TIMe / Music Band / IRAn

suFI nIzAMI BRoTheRs / Qawwali / neW DeLhI

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musiC & danCeAL MenyA / Folkloric & Dervish Dance / egyPT

MAnDRAgoRA CIRCo / Circus Theatre / ARgenTInA

knoCk The TIMe / Music Band / IRAn


musiC & danCeDesIgn 14 / Kathak Group / CAnADA Choreographer: Anjali Patil


gulmohar hall, India habitat Centre Lodhi Road, 7:00 pm

asean Film Curated by u. radhakrishnan

BesT oF TIMes / Thai / 118 Minutes / ThAILAnD Director: yongyoot ThongkongtoonVeterinarian Keng still pines over the high school love, Fai, even though she married one of his friends. With that marriage on the rocks, a chance encounter with Fai gives Keng hope that he can win her over this time.

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Celebrating AseAn - India partnership at 25Bikaner house, Pandara Road

asian Cinema Curated by aruna VasudeV with sudhir tandon, raman Chawla and speCial thanks to philip Cheah

MAhABhARATA / English / Feature Narrative / 312 Minutes / FRAnCe & unITeD kIngDoM / 11:00 am Director: Peter BrookAn epic poem of 200,000 verses, written in Sanskrit, was truned into an incredible ten-hour long theatrical spectacle filled with beauty, intelligence and lyricism, that was later condensed into a film.

soMeThIng In BLue / Cantonese & Mandarin / Feature Narrative / 107 Minutes / ChInA / 5:00 pmDirector: yunbo LIThe film realistically captures the city of Guangzhou and its people, places and stories through the helpless, humdrum lives of four typical twenty-something guys, trying to figure out their futures.

no BeD oF Roses / Bengali & English / Feature Narrative / 86 Minutes / BAngLADesh & InDIA / 7:00 pm Director: Mostofa sarwar FarookiSuccessful movie director Javed Hasan finds himself in a midlife crisis. A tryst with Nitu, his daughter’s friend, turns into a national scandal.

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internatiOnal theatreMAnDRAgoRA CIRCo / Circus Theatre / ARgenTInA

kamani Auditorium, Copernicus Marg, 7:00 pm

musiC & danCesILk suTRA: DAnCe oF The WeAVes Prasiddha Dance Repertory / InDIAArtistic Director: Prathibha Prahlad

Who DRInks TheRe? / TAI Body Theatre / Contemporary Dance / TAIWAnDirector & Choreographer: Watan Tusi

sahitya Akademy, Rabindra Bhavan Feroz shah Road, 7:00 pm

deBatenARI CheTnA: DIsCouRses on neW FeMInIsM Chair: Asha Prabhat Readings: Bachint Kaur / Punjabi, Pratyaksha / Hindi, Kaberi Roychoudhury / Bangla & Ritamoni Baishya / Hindi

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Bikaner house, Pandara Road


BehInD The WALL oF sILenCe / Persian / Feature Narrative / 100 Minutes / IRAn / 5:00 pm Director: Masoud Jafari JozaniIranThe film narrates the life of a young woman who, on her path to finding ways to deal with her own problems, is faced with bigger social problems.

The WAy sTATIon / Vietnamese / Feature Narrative / 91 Minutes / VIeTnAM / 7:00 pm Director: Pham Thi hong Anh The film centres around the crumbling, isolated restaurant and the different lives of those who work there, in the little village by the sea.

IgnCA, Auditorium, C.V. Mess, Janpath, 13th - 23rd november (Timing on IGNCA Website)

WoRkshoP on The ŚāRADā sCRIPTIGNCA in collaboration with Jammu Kashmir Study Centre, New Delhi is going to organise a workshop on the Śāradā Script

Pre-registration is necessary

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Celebrating AseAn - India partnership at 25Variations in ramayanakamani Auditorium, Copernicus Marg, 7:00 pm

an Ode tO WOmen: india & internationalWoMen oF RAMAyAnA / InDIADr. Uma Sharma / Panchavati Varnan / Kathak

Shovana Narayan / Kaikeyi Ka Pashchatap / Kathak

Prathibha Prahlad / Sita - Parallel Realities / Bharatanatyam

Geeta Chandran / Ravana in Ashoka Vana / Bharatanatyam

sITA sAMBhAshAnAM - A TRIo’s RenDITIon / InDIABharati Shivaji / Sita / Mohiniattam

Kalamandalam Girija Devi / Mandodari / Nangiar Koothu

Kalamandalam Anil Kumar / Shoorpanika /

Kathakali Stree Vesham

eMBRACIng WoMAnhooD / BAngLADeshWaterness / Turongomi Repertory / Dance Theatre

Choreography : Pooja sengupta

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1714th November

Amaltas, India habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, 7:00 pm

musiCPT. kRIshnA RAM ChouDhARy / Shehnai / VARAnAsI

sAkeT Moghe / Hindustani Vocal / BAngALoRe

DR. PRAkAsh sonTAkke / Swar Veena Gandharva /BAngALoRe

Celebrating AseAn - India partnership at 25Variations in ramayanaCivil services officers’ Institute Vinay Marg, Chanakyapuri, 7:00 pm

danCeLAkshMAn RekhA / Dance Culture Performing Arts Academy / Contemporary Dance / neW DeLhI Choreographer: Pritpal singh

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Bikaner house, Pandara Road


kARTInI / Indonesian, Dutch & English / Feature Narrative / 122 Minutes / InDonesIA & neTheRLAnDs / 5:00 pm Direcror: hanung BramantyoThis is a story about the most famous Indonesian heroine, Kartini, who grew up to fight the caste system and for equality of women.

s DuRgA / Malayalam / Feature Narrative / 85 Minutes / InDIA / 7:15 pmDirector: sanal kumar sasidharanA pair of star-crossed lovers who are attempting to flee and resettle elsewhere, hitch a ride from some men in a van. It quickly becomes clear that this is not going to be an easy journey.

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WOrld musiC & danCeMusICoRBA / Piano Duet / PoRTugAL & JAPAn

LAkshMI goPALAsWAMy / Bharatanatyam / BAngALoRe

VIneeTh RADhAkRIshnAn / Bharatanatyam / keRALA

shIVAnI VARMA / Kathak / neW DeLhI

Amphitheatre, India habitat Centre Lodhi Road, 7:00 pm

risinG talent: Young artistesshWeThA VenkATesh / Bharatanatyam / BAngALoRe

nIkITA BAnWALIkAR / Kathak / MuMBAI

Anu sInhA AnD gRouP / Kathak / neW DeLhI

suFI nIzAMI BRoTheRs / Qawwali / neW DeLhI

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Amaltas, India habitat Centre Lodhi Road, 7:00 pm

indian ClassiCal musiCRAJAT PRAsAnnA / Hindustani Flute / neW DeLhI

zuBeR nIyAzI / Hindustani Vocal / neW DeLhI


musiCnAVIIn gAnDhARV / Belabaharr / MuMBAI

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1716th November

national gallery of Modern Art Jaipur house, India gate

art & artistes:a FestiVal OF FilmssPeCIAL ART ADDA: In conversation with Actors Lakshmi gopalaswami & Vineeth Radhakrishnan & Director Vinod Mankara5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

kAMBoJI / Malayalam / 149 Minutes / InDIA / 6:00 pmDirector: Vinod MankaraThe story is about Kunjunni, a Kathakali artiste and Uma Antharjanam, a Mohiniyattam dancer from a small village. Their passion towards their art blossoms into love and then a tragedy strikes.


danCesunAInA DAnCe gRouP / Bharatanatyam / neW DeLhI

Artistic Director: kanaka sudhakar

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internatiOnal BandsJAMAyA / Music Band / IsRAeL

BRIAn BRAIn: CLuB AuDIoPRoVoCATeuR / Music Trio / AusTRIA


risinG talent:YOunG artistesAIshWARyA RAMAkRIshnAn / Kuchipudi / neW DeLhI

AnuRADhA VenkATARAMAn / Bharatnatyam / BAngALoRe

VAIDehI kuLkARnI / Kuchipudi / nAshIk

nAVIIn gAnDhARV / Belabaharr / MuMBAI

sAngAM / Fusion Music / neW DeLhI

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1717th November

DLF Promenade, Vasant kunj, 7:00 pm

suFi & WOrld musiC ARy MoRAIs / Vocalist & Guitarist / noRWAy

RoBeRT sInhA AnD FLoRA TAnDI / Music / hungARy


WOrld musiCJAMAyA / Music Band / IsRAeL


art & artistes:a FestiVal OF FilmssPeCIAL ART ADDA: In conversation with Artistes & Director 5:00 pm - 6:00 pmModerator: Alka Raghuvanshi

ehsAAs / English / 23 Minutes / InDIA / 6:00 pmDirector: Rajesh TailangA documentary delineating the multi-disciplinary mobile installations of wearable art, designed & curated by Alka Raghuvanshi.

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musiC & perCussiOnsouRABh goho / Sarod

shIRAz ALI khAn / Tabla / koLkATA

AsghAR husAIn / Violin

AkhTAR hAsAn / Tabla / neW DeLhI

PRAnshu ChATuR LAL / Tabla, Drums & Darbukah

RoMAn DAs / Pakhawaj / neW DeLhI


WOrld musiCLITTLe gIAnT ChInese ChAMBeR oRChesTRA / Music / TAIWAn

BRIAn BRAIn: CLuB AuDIoPRoVoCATeuR / Music Trio / AusTRIA

IgnCA Premises, C.V. Mess, Janpath 18th -19th november (Timing on IGNCA Website)

IgnCA FounDATIon DAy CeLeBRATIonsThe two days long celebrations will include, classical concerts, DVD releases, seminars, panel discussions & cultural performances etc.

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1718th November




TeRPAnA / Indonesian / 95 Minutes / InDonesIA Director: Richard ohAda is a successful woman, however she is afraid to fall in love. Even though she’s attracted to Rafian, the big question is: will Ada stay in love?


art & artistes:a FestiVal OF FilmsPRIyAMAnAsAM / Sanskrit / 90 Minutes / InDIADirector: Vinod Mankara / 6:00 pmThe narrative portrays the year-long struggle of Unnai Warrior penning Nalacharitham and depicts inner conflicts of the great poet.

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Celebrating AseAn - India partnership at 25Civil services officers’ Institute Vinay Marg, Chanakyapuri, 7:00 pm


ReD CoTTon sILk FLoWeR / Burmese / 98 Minutes / MyAnMAR Director: Let Pan A man deserts his family. Later, he wants to meet his daughter and feels ashamed for his actions.


WOrld musiC & danCeesCueLA 5 eLeMenTos / Folkloric & Martial Dance / CoLuMBIA

RussIAn souVenIR / Choir Music / RussIA

sacred heart Cathedral, gol Dak khana, 7:00 pm

musiCsitu singh Buehler presents:

LyRIC enseMBLe oF DeLhI / Choir Music / neW DeLhIConductor: Clayton DugganAccompanied by Flute, Cello and Piano

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WOrld musiCLITTLe gIAnT ChInese ChAMBeR oRChesTRA / Music / TAIWAn

ARy MoRAIs / Vocalist & Guitarist / noRWAy

RoBeRT sInhA & FLoRA TAnDI / Music / hungARy

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stein Auditorium, India habitat Centre Lodhi Road, 7:00 pm

BOOk disCussiOnLaunch of une Vie sans Fin (A Life Without end) by French writer, literary critic and TV presenter, Frédéric Beigbeder / FRAnCe

Frederic Beigbeder, in discussion with Deepti kapoor, author of novel ‘A Bad Character’


reCitatiOnsyuva sahiti: Multilingual Poetry Reading

Readings : Barnali Borgohain / Assamese, Shayak Alok / HindiNikky Priyadarshani / Maithili & Surya Bali ‘Suraj’ / Urdu

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1721st November

Celebrating AseAn - India partnership at 25Variations in ramayanaMeghdoot Theatre, sangeet natak Akademi Rabindra Bhavan, Copernicus Marg, 7:00 pm

puppet FestiValsITA ThABA / Shadow Puppet Theatre / Srirama Institute of Shadow Theatre / oDIshA

Director: gouranga Charan Dash

RAMAyAnA / Glove & Rod Puppet Theatre / Abhinav Samiti / VARAnAsI

Director: Rajendra shrivastava


panel disCussiOnBALA sAhITI: A DIsCouRseChair: Madhu Pant Participants: Balswaroop Rahi, Paro Anand, Manjari Shukla & Ghamandi Lal Agarwal

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stein Auditorium, India habitat Centre Lodhi Road, 7:00 pm

mOVie sCreeninG & panel disCussiOnMR. gAgA / Hebrew & English / Biographical Documentary / 100 Minutes / IsRAeL Director & Writer: Tomer heymannStars: ohad naharin, Tzofia naharin, AviBelleli The film depicts the story of Ohad Naharin, renowned choreographer and artistic director of the Batsheva Dance Company, who redefined the language of modern dance.

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1722nd NovemberLittle Theatre group, Copernicus Marg, 7:00 pm

internatiOnal theatre The Big Fellow / Theatre / IReLAnD

Amphitheatre, India habitat Centre, Lodhi Road

WOrds COunt: a Festival of WordsCurated by adVaita kala

FIRsT PRInT / 4:00 pm – 4:30 pmFirst Time Writers speak of their experiences getting Published and the ResponseShuchi Kalra, Aanchal Bahri, Rwitika Bhattacharya Aggarwal, Dimple Kaul, Nelofar Currimbhoy KP Singh (Moderator)

WoMen on soCIAL MeDIA / 4;30 pm – 5:15 pmA new portal into MysogynyAmrita Bhinder, Shilpi Tiwari, Gul Panag, Shefali Vaidya Padmaja Joshi (Moderator)

eXPoRTIng InDIA’s soFT PoWeR – WoRDs AnD MoRe / 5:15 pm – 6:00 pmunleashing India’s soft Power in the WorldKiran Hari Vadlamani, Vamsee Julari, Nouf Marwai Sandeep Balakrishnan (Moderator)

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WAR sToRIes / 6:00 pm – 7:00 pmTales from the FrontlineSandeep Unnithan, Gaurav Sawant, Shiv Aroor, Nitin Gokhale & Amit Malviya (Moderator)

WoMen’s ReseRVATIon BILL / 7:00 pm – 8:00 pmAre Male Parliamentarians ready for the Womens Reservation Bill?Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Gaurav Gogoi, Bharatendra Singh & Barkha Dutt (Moderator)

eConoMy / 8:00 pm – 9:00 pmstate of The economyJayant Sinha - Key Note Address Followed by Q and A

Celebrating AseAn - India partnership at 25Variations in ramayanaMeghdoot Theatre, sangeet natak Akademi Rabindra Bhavan, Copernicus Marg, 7:00 pm

puppet FestiValsAMPooRnA RAMAyAnA / Traditional Shadow Puppet Theatre / Ravanchhaya Natya Sansad / oDIshADirector: khageshwar Pradhan

sITA hARAn / Traditional Rod Puppet Theatre / Kalimata Putul Nach Samiti / WesT BengALDirector: Tapas karmakar

22nd November

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reCitatiOnsPuRoTTARI: MuLTILInguAL PoeTRy ReADIngChair: Vishnu Chandra SharmaReadings: Nibedan Das Patowary / Assamese, Lankeswar Hainary / Bodo, Vivek Nirala / Hindi, Gagan Deep Sharma / Punjabi, Nongmaithem Kirankumar / Manipur, Virendra Mullick / Maithili, Adarsh Milan Pradhan / Nepali & Farooq Argali / Urdu

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estival 201723rd November

Celebrating AseAn - India partnership at 25Variations in ramayanaLittle Theatre group, Copernicus Marg, 7:00 pm

puppet danCeBeRIngIn sAkTI / Puppet Dance / InDonesIA

WAyAng kuLIT DALAng / Shadow Puppet / MALAysIA

IgnCA Premises, C.V. Mess, Janpath 4:00 pm – 5.00 pm

IgnCA Book CIRCLe @ ReFeRenCe LIBRARy

Amphitheatre, India habitat Centre Lodhi Road

WoRDs CounT: A Festival of WordsCurated by adVaita kala

Does soCIAL MeDIA WIn eLeCTIons? 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

The Imapact of sM on electionsJiten Gajaria, Ami Shah, Nistula Hebbar Arvind Gupta, Ankit Lal & Rishi Majumder (Moderator)

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1723rd November

hAs The MeDIA Been MoDI-FIeD? / 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

The relationship between Modi and the MediaHartosh Singh Bal, Adityaraj Kaul, Ratan Sharda, Rahul Roushan, Gopi Krishnan, Sowmya Aji Kanchan Gupta (Moderator)

InDIAn PoLITICAL ThoughT: TheMes 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Charting the evolvement of Indian Political Thought Nandakumar JK, Himanshu Roy Advaita Kala (Moderator)

ARe you seRIous? / 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

satire in the time of Political CorrectnessStutee Ghosh, Ashish, Sandeep Kadian, Nitin Gupta Rahul Roushan (Moderator)

The PoLITICIAn As WRITeR / 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Being a Person of Letters in the World of hyperbolePavan Verma, V Saharubuddhe Karthika VK (Moderator)

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Little Theatre group, Copernicus Marg, 7:00 pm

danCe & theatreThe ThRone / Play / MAnIPuR

AAnkhIn DekhI: ConTeXTuALIzIng kABIR / Shrinkhala Dance Ensemble / neW DeLhI


reCitatiOnshInDI PoeTs’ MeeT Chair: Naresh SaxenaReadings: Niranjan Shrotriya, Shahenshah Alam, Mithilesh Srivastava & Anita Bharti

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WOrds COunt: a Festival of WordsCurated by adVaita kala

MyThoLogy / 4:00 pm – 5:00 pmstories RetoldSowmya Aji, Heeraman Tiwari, Kevin Sandeep Balakrishnan (Moderator)

The ThRILL seekeRs / 5:00 pm - 6:00 pmThe Art of Writing a good ThrillerMayuresh Didolkar, Shouvik BhattacharyaKulpreet Yadav, Sandeep Mishra Shantanu Guha Ray (Moderator)

eDuCATIon / 6:00 pm – 7:00 pmeducationDr. Manmohan Vaidya & Amish Tripathi (Moderator)

eVoLVIng WITh sWAMy / 7:00 pm – 8:00 pmA Memoir on the Journey of one of India’s most Interesting Politicians – Dr. subramanya swamy through the Prism of his life partner Roxna Swamy Laxmi & Madhav Nalapat (Moderator)

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IgnCA Auditorium, Media Centre, no. 3, Dr. R. P. Road, 4:00 pm – 5.00 pm RuPA-PRATIRuP : The BoDy In InDIAn ART 54 Minutes / Director: Vijay s JodhaThe film introduces a variety of Indian aesthetic mediations on the role of art juxtaposing the art of different regions and communities, folk and classical.

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17 Closing gALAQutub Minar, Mehrauli, 7:00 pm

CeleBratinG asean - india partnership at 25TRADITIonAL DAnCe & MusIC /

BAngLADesh

suMATeRA DAnCe TRouPe / InDonesIAChoreographer: sri Dewi kesumaning Ayu

BAIhAnA TRIo / PhILIPPInes

VIeTnAM ARTIsTIC BoRDeR guARDs

gRouP / VIeTnAM

25th November

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20th novemberCHILDREN OF HEAVEN / 90 Minutes / Persian, Russian, Urdu

THE COLOUR OF PARADISE / 90 Minutes / Persian, English, Azerbaijani

THE PAUL STREET BOYS / 110 Minutes

21st novemberHOUSE OF THE STONE MONKEYS / Hungary

HEJJEGALU / 102 Minutes / Kannada

22nd november CLINT / 138 Minutes / Malayalam

KHOBH / 70 Minutes / Assamese

DIAF Childrens’ Film Festival

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13th november, uttam school for girls, ghaziabad

Folkloric and Dervish Dance / egyPT

13th november, Apeejay school, noida

knock The Time / Iran

13th november, Asn sr. sec. school, Mayur Vihar

Design 14 / kathak group / Canada

14th november, salvan Public school

Prasiddha Dance Repertory / India

16th november, Dev samaj Modern school,

sukhdev Vihar

Brian Brain / Austria

17th november, sardar Patel Vidyalaya

Jamaya Band / Israel

18th november, Raghav International school, noida

Music Duo / hungary

23rd november, nC Jindal Public school, Punjabi Bagh

Dance & Music group / Indonesia

23rd november, hansraj Model school, Punjabi Bagh Dance & Music group / Indonesia

school & College Initiative

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24th november, Ahlcon International school, Mayur Vihar

Vietnam Artistic Border group / Vietnam

24th november, Mother’s global school, Preet Vihar

Dance and Music group / Bangladesh

25th november, Mira Model school, Janak Puri

Baihano Trio / Phillippines

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eDuCATIonAL WoRkshoPsnational gallery of Modern Art, Jaipur house, India gate

my day out at the museum imagining possibilities - doing thingssaturday, 18th novembersunflower Mine & Theirs Age Group 7 - 11 Years / 10:30 am - 12:30 pm / 25 Candidates Per Group

A heady Mix Age group 12 - 16 Years / 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm / 25 Candidates Per Group

sunday, 19th novemberspaces - In between Age Group 7 - 11 Years / 10:30 am - 12:30 pm / 25 Candidates Per Group

Women Artistes in ngMA Age Group 12 - 16 Years / 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm / 25 Candidates Per Group

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national Archives of India, Janpath20th - 22nd november 2017, 10:30 am

National Archives of India - the sentinel

of the documentary heritage of the

Nation. An especially curated visit to the

Institution’s stack areas where historical

records of India’s past are preserved for

posterity.

DIAF Childrens’ educational Tour

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12th november, 5:00 pm / Pragati Maidan station Prasiddha Dance Repertory / Bharatanatyam

14th november, 5:00 pm / udyog Bhavan station Kuleshwar Kumar Thakur / Yoga, Chhau & Classical Fusion

16th november, 5:00 pm / Vishwa Vidyalaya station Sutra Dance Company on Gandhiji’s Champaran Movement

17th november, 5:00 pm / Lal Qila station Vividh Dance Academy / Yoga, Classical & Contemporary Dance

24th november, 5:00 pm / Qutub Minar station Yagna Performing Arts & Sutra Dance Company on Gandhiji’s Champara Movement

DIAF Delhi Metro Initiative

Swacchata Hi Seva Sanskrtik Bharat - Swacch Bharat

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simultaneous events national gallery of Modern Art Jaipur house, India gate

exhiBitiOns On VieW• “In the seeds of time” tracing the history and evolution

of modern art in India from the collection of the National Gallery of Modern Art

• Quest for Freedom: Celebrating 70 years of Independence” the exhibition is open from public viewing from 17th August 2017 onwards

• “Reflections: Man and Nature in the Bireswar Sen” the exhibition is open from public viewing from 14th September 2017 to 14th November 2017

• “Dhvani se Shabd aur Chinh” the exhibition is open from public viewing from 16th October 2017 to 30th November 2017

Film sCreeninG ChALChITRA: Children’s International film festival from 14th November 2017 to 16th November 2017

Other prOGrammes4th ART ADDA – Cultural Platform to share ideas and knowledge on 24th November 2017

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DIAF Committee Members

Aruna Vasudev

Kabeer Kaushik

S. K. Agarwal

Kusum Rani Sahni

Delhi International Arts Festival office

Bhavna Mehrotra

Anuj Kumar

Tanisha Sharma

Rashmi Shukla

Interns & Volunteers

Ramesh / 8700215054

Himanshu / 8447663057

Manish / 8802646595

Hemant / 9711672442

Nandita / 8527807075

Ankit / 9718810878

Satish / 7827007601

Shivam / 8858081390

Simran / 9990053528

Vishal / 7291051668

Satyam / 8588050532

Manik / 9971470596

Rakshanda / 9871419113

Lokesh / 9971671567

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Technical Team

Nitin Jain / Technical Director / 9811216918Ajay Sharma

Deepa Dharamadhikari and Technical Team

Comperes

Sadhana Srivastav / 9810008768

Averee Chaurey / 9811371757

Jyotsna Rai / 9873252545

Mridu Tripathy / 9810000551

Amna Mirza / 9873286056

Nikita Das

Back office

Dhanvir Gajender

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Purana QilaMathura RoadNew Delhi

Kamani Auditorium Mandi HouseCopernicus MargNew Delhi Ph: +91 11 43503351

Amphitheatre India Habitat CentreLodhi Road, New DelhiPh: +91 11 43663333

Stein AuditoriumIndia Habitat CentreLodhi Road, New DelhiPh: +91 11 43663333

Gulmohar Hall India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi Ph: +91 11 43663080

Central Stage, Central Park Rajiv ChowkConnaught Place New Delhi

Civil Services Officers Institute, Vinay Marg Chanakyapuri, New Delhi

Meghdoot Theatre Copernicus MargRabindra BhavanMandi House, New Delhi

National Museum Janpath New Delhi

IGNCA Auditorium, Mansingh Road, Opposite of Raksha Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001

National Archives, Janpath, New Delhi

Sahitya Akademi, Conference Hall, Rabindra Bhavan, Mandi House

Bikaner House, Pandara Road,Near India Gate New DelhiPh: +91 11 2338 3469

Sahitya AkademiRabindra Bhavan, Firoz Shah Road, New Delhi

List of Principal Venues

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Amaltas India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi

National Gallery of Modern Art Jaipur House, India Gate, New Delhi

DLF Promenade, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi

Sacred Heart Cathedral, Gol Dak Khana, New Delhi

Little Theatre Group, Copernicus MargNew Delhi

Qutub Minar, MehrauliNew Delhi

Pragati Maidan Station

Udyog Bhavan Station

Vishwa Vidyalaya Station

Lal Qila Station

Qutub Minar Station

Uttam School for Girls, Ghaziabad

Apeejay School, Noida

ASN Sr. Sec. School, Mayur Vihar

Ahlcon Public School, Mayur Vihar

Salvan Public School

Sardar Patel Vidyalaya

Dev Samaj Modern School, Sukhdev Vihar

NC Jindal Public School, Punjabi Bagh

Hansraj Model School, Punjabi Bagh

Mother’s Global School, Preet Vihar

Mira Model School, Janak Puri

PROGRAMME SUBJECT TO CHANGE

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Her contribution to the arts field , however, goes much beyond her own trail-blazing dance career. Her work is guided by her commitment to being a cultural visionary who preserves, promotes and propagates the rich heritage of Indian performing arts. As the Founder Managing Trustee of Prasiddha Foundation & Forum For Art Beyond Borders, Prathibha Prahlad’s contribution to the arts is profound and unparalleled in contemporary dance history. Prathibhaji’s innovating effort in creating India’s signature arts festival -Delhi International Arts Festival has given a new momentum to expanding India’s cultural footprints globally. She is a frequent invitee to forums on culture internationally as a highly respected culture specialist.

Prathibha Prahlad is a recipient of the Padma Sri award for her contribution to the arts field. She is the youngest recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2001). She has also received the Karnataka State Government Award (2001), Karnataka Sangeet Nritya Academy Award- ‘Karnataka Kalasri’ (1997). Several private Organisations too have conferred honours on her.

The Dept. of Posts, Govt of India, released a ‘First Day Cover’ of the Delhi International Arts Festival in 2011, with DIAF’s mission

PRAThIBhA PRAhLADFestival Director

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Prathibha Prahlad had her early training in dance under Smt. & Prof .U.S Krishna Rao. Thereafter, she underwent rigorous training in Bharatanatyam under stalwarts like Smt. Kalanidhi Narayanan and Guru V.S Muthuswamy Pillai and in Kuchipudi under Guru Dr. Vempatti Chinna Satyam.

She is the Artistic Director of Prasiddha Dance Repertory and is a star choreographer. Her multi-style productions ‘Rhythm & Harmony’, ‘Panchajanya -sights & sounds of India’ and ‘Vande Mataram’ have won her huge accolades. Smt. Prahlad has served extensively on several Government Committees on culture and worked for the propagation of Indian performing arts, both nationally & globally. She has had the distinction of being a member of jury for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award and National Film Awards.

A post graduate degree in Mass Communications and an enviable experience in the performance, print and television media add to her distinction as an arts interlocutor. Prathibha writes articles in leading newspapers and is a frequent invitee to seminars and other academic activities nationally and internationally. She has produced, directed and acted in television serials. Prathibha Prahlad has also authored books on dance & other related subjects.

www.prathibhaprahlad.net / www.diaf.inemail : [email protected] / [email protected] office: [email protected] [email protected]: 91-11- 4730497

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