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Qadir Ali Baig Theatre Festival 2022
November 7, 2022 12:23:37 IST
MTG editorial
The formidable lineup of this year's Qadir Ali Baig Theatre Festival will be paying tribute to Hyderabadi theatre legend late Qadir Ali Baig in the theatre festival named after him.
Featuring works of literary giants Manto, Sagar Sarhadi and Satish Alekar and including performances by Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Ramesh Talwar, Masood Akhtar, Bhageerathi Bai, Juuhi Babbar Soni and others, the festival is scheduled from November 16th to 20th at various venues including Moazzam Jahi Market courtyard, Taramati Baradari and Radisson Blu Plaza.
The Festival this year has plays coinciding with 75 Years of India's Independence. Screenings, workshops and panel discussions on various aspects of theatre also form a part of this week-long festival. Curated by theatre revivalist Padmashri recipient Mohammad Ali Baig, the festival is now in its seventeenth year.
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Date
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Play / Workshop
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Venue
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Time
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16th November, 2022
Wednesday
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INAUGURAL CEREMONY
Sarod Maestro Ustad
Amjad Ali Khan inaugurates this year's Qadir Ali Baig Theatre Festival
performing live with a repertoire of his compositions at the mesmerising open-air
Taramati Baradari Amphitheatre.
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Taramati
Baradari Amphitheatre
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7 pm
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17th November, 2022
Thursday
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Screening of M.S.
Sathyu's landmark film on Partition
'GARAM HAVA'
Hindi/146 minutes
Written by Kaifi
Azmi & Shama Zaidi
Considered a
classic film made on the of Partition India, it features doyens of Indian
cinema Balraj Sahni, Shaukat Kaifi,
A.K. Hangal,
Farooque Sheikh, Jalal Agha & others.
Film screening
followed by Q&A moderated by Arvind Kumar
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Moazzam Jahi
Market Courtyard
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7 pm
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18th November, 2022
Friday
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Ekjute's (Mumbai)
'WITH LOVE, AAP
KI SAIYAARA'
Hindi &
English/75 minutes
Written, Directed
by & Featuring Juuhi Babbar Sonii
A modern Indian
woman, Saiyaara's sweet and spicy take on ‘men, marketing and more’. The
play has an interesting conversational approach making the audience a part of
the performance.
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Radisson Blu
Plaza Banjara Hills
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7.30 pm
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19th November, 2022
Saturday
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B Studio's
(Hyderabad)
'MAHANIRVAANAM'
Telugu/90 minutes
Written by Satish
Alekar
Translated by Dr.
Venkat Govada
Directed by Shaik
John Basheer
A black comedy on
death told through absurdism and realism, the play is a Telugu translation of
renowned Marathi playwright Satish Alekar's play.
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Radisson Blu
Plaza
Banjara Hills
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3.00 pm
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19th November, 2022
Saturday
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Renaissance
Theatre's (Kolkata)
'TOBA TEK SINGH'
Hindi/70 minutes
Story by Sadat
Hasan Manto
Written by Rajesh
Kumar
Directed by Aloke
Chakravarty
Based on Urdu
literary giant Manto's famous story, the play is a heartrending
interpretation of the mental anguish caused by India's Partition.
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Radisson Blu
Plaza
Banjara Hills
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8.00 pm
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20th November, 2022
Sunday
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Seagull Theatre's
(Guwahati)
'KAMLADEVI'
Hindi/90 minutes
Written by Vaidehi
Directed by &
Featuring Bhageerathi Bai
A play on the
inspiring life of freedom fighter, actress, handicraftswoman Kamladevi
Chattopadhyay and the many characters who helped shape her pioneering work.
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Radisson Blu
Plaza
Banjara Hills
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3.00 pm
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20th November, 2022
Sunday
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IPTA's
(Mumbai/Hindi)
'BHOOKHE BHAJAN
NA HOYE GOPALA'
Hindi/120 minutes
Written by Sagar
Sarhadi
Directed by Ramesh
Talwar
Featuring Rakkesh
Bedi, Masood Akhtar & others
A rib-tickling
satire about the discovery of a ‘wonder herb’ that claims to erase hunger for
a week and therefore, its comic consequences on society.
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Radisson Blu Plaza
Banjara Hills
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8.00 pm
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WORKSHOPS
Radisson Blu
Plaza Banjara Hills
Rashmi Seth
on 'Preparation
of an Actor'
Friday, 18th
November
3 pm - 5 pm
Juuhi Babbar
Sonii
on 'Stage Presence'
Saturday, 19th
November
11 am - 1 pm
Satish Alekar
on 'Playwriting'
Saturday, 19th
November
1 pm - 3 pm
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PANEL DISCUSSION
Radisson Blu
Plaza Banjara Hills
'THEATRE TODAY'
A panel discussion
with theatre stalwarts from different parts of the country on aspects and
challenges of theatre.
Satish Alekar
(Marathi theatre - Pune), Noor Baig (Indian English theatre - Hyderabad), Bhageerathi
Bai (Kannada theatre),
Baharul Islam
(Assamese theatre - Guwahati), & Rajiv Velicheti (Telugu theatre -
Hyderabad).
Moderated by
Jayesh Ranjan.
20th November
11 am - 1 pm
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