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GYANAJYOTHI CONVOCATION CENTER, Central College
7 PM Onwards 7th Dec Sunday 2003 Girish Karnad's Tughlaq Directed: Arjun Sajnani Music: Amit Hari 8th Dec Monday Chitrapata Ramayana A Janapada Theatre Presentation By: B. Jayashree 9th Dec Tuesday Agni Mattu Male A Regional Theatre Production By: Basavalingiah 10th Dec Wednesday Shakespere's Hamlet A Rangayana Production in the regional theatre form Directed: Prasanna 11th Dec Thursday Tamtana A musicial in movement & verse by AFFA, Written & Directed by : Prakash Belawadi Music: Praveen Rao Choreographed: Padmini Ravi |
AMBEDKAR BHAVAN 7 PM Onwards 8th Dec Monday 2003 Saxophone performance by Kadri Gopalnath Violin Duet by Mysore Nagraj & Manjunath 9th Dec Tuesday Hindustani Classical Music by Mowna Ramachandra & Pravin Godkhandi Classical Veena Recital by Chitra Lingam Carnatic Classical Vocal by M.S. Sheela 10th Dec Wednesday Veena Vaibhava A music presentation by Dr. Suma Sudhindra, Shyamala G. Bhave & Aanooru Anantha Krishna 11th Dec Thursday Sarangi Recital by Fiaz Khan & Group Arya Contemporary Music Presentation by Roberto & Vasundhara Das and Group |
RAVINDRA KALASHETRA 7 PM Onwards 7th Dec Sunday 2003 Bharatanatyam Recital by Vani Ganapathy Odissi Recital by Meera Das Fusion of Jazz Music & Contemporary Dance by Amit Hari, Ranjit Barot & Stem 8th Dec Monday Mahabharatha (Bharatanatyam) by Anuradha & Sridhar Kuchipudi Presentation by Shantala Shivalingiah Bharatanatyam Presentation by Satyanarayan and Group 9th Dec Tuesday Tarang A fusion of Classical and Comtemporary Dance by Nirupama & Rajendra Bharatanjali A Bharatanatyam presentation by B.Bhanumathi & Group |
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TOWN HALL 7 PM Onwards 7th Dec Sunday 2003 Singaravva Maththu Aramane A theatre presentation in the Ekaartha tradition by Lakshmi Chandrashekar Yakshagana by Keremane Shivanauda Hegde 8th Dec Monday Nadubeedi Narayana A regional drama by Master Hirannaya Krishnaarjuna Kaalaga in Yakshagana by Karnataka Samskruthika Vedike 9th Dec Tuesday Classical Veena By D. Balakrishna Dasa Sahitya A classicial music presentation by Nagamani & Group 10th Dec Wednesday Jugalbandhi Kuchipudi & Odissi by Veena Murthy, Vijay & Uday Kumar Shetty Hari Kathe By Achuta Dasaru 11th Dec Thursday Sugama Sangeetha |
PALACE GROUNDS 7 PM Onwards 12th Dec Friday 2003 A Fusion of Traditional Dance & Contemporary Percussion By Shobana & Bikram Ghosh Classical Sarod Recital By Ustad Amjad Ali Khan A Musical Confluence By Taufiq Qureshi, Louis Banks, Ranjit Barot, Niladri Kumar, Karl Peters & Sridhar Parthasathy Sufi Music By Sayed Aadhil Husain & Group 13th Dec Saturday A Classical Flute Recital By Hariprasad Chaurasia The Glory of Silk A Fashion Extravaganza By Prasad Bidapa Bollywood Night A dance medley choreographed by Saroj Khan & a galaxy of stars 14th Dec Sunday A popular music presentation By Shankar, Ehsaan & Loy, Bombay Vikings, Sukhbir folowed by a Grand Finale and Fireworks |
AROUND THE CITY ALL DAY LONG 7th - 11th December 2003 Artists' Walkway M.G. Road 7th - 11th December Folk Carnival Cubbon Park 5th - 11th December Childrens' Flim Festival Rex Theatre 9am/ 11am/ 1pm 7th - 14th December Children's Plays. Classical Music, Drama & Yakshagana Tarala Balu Auditorium, R.T Nagar, East Cultural Association Auditorium, Indranagar Suchitra Open Air, Jayanagar Bal Bhavan, Cubbon Park 7th - 14th December Shopping Festival Shops open till 10 PM Kannada Theatre Festival 7th - 14th Dec Samsa Auditorium 10th Dec - 19th Dec Badami House |
You must be wondering why I haven't given much publicity to 'Bangalore Habba', and I too was wondering why I did not feel like 'Celebrating Bangalore'. Actually what is being celebrated I feel does not relate to Bangalore but to her rural area and in fact to Karnataka (this is only my opinion, many would not agree with me, but that is their prerogative).
I wonder if the people who are presenting the events are strictly Bangaloreans. I had written to the newspapers about the 'habba' and as to why it did not cover people who have contributed to Bangalore's development and history. There should have been a platform where people like Kora Chandy , T.P. Issar , Suresh Moona could have brought out the events of history leading to where Bangalore is today. But alas, as usual they are lethargic and do not respond to non-important people like myself, hence it has been ignored. I have only put up the itinerary what I found in the newspapers and haven't made an attempt to go and see any of the events although some are close to my place taking place on MG Road.
So much for the make-up of Bangalore, the cultures of Bangalore should also have brought out the old Colonial past. For example the Anglo-Indians should have been given an event on their forefathers, and so many products like schools should have been given an opportunity to event education that has been the boon to the Call Centers. I can go on and on and you can understand all this so call Habba is a lot of hullabaloo!!
But still, this Bangalorewalla is forgiving and is putting this up for other Bangalorewallas to attend the functions, afterall we must 'live and let live', but I hope that this expression is understood by one and all Bangaloreans. Hey, I got the above data from one of the newspapers, and also pinched the icons, well are we not all 'Celebrating the Bangalore Habba'? and I am just extending the same to all visitors to Bangalore and this page. (After sending my article on 'TP' to the Press, within a very short span of two weeks, two stalwarts of Bangalore passed away, both people I knew well, Fredrick Joseph Heredia and Kora Chandy !!! What is the use of closing the stable door after the horses have bolted? ).
Hey Bangalorewallas, I actually went for one of the Programmes, it was our Wedding Anniversary, and what better way to celebrate than at the Bangalore Habba. at Palace Grounds
12th Dec Friday
A Fusion of Traditional Dance & Contemporary Percussion By Shobana & Bikram Ghosh
Shobana's dance recital went off well till the last piece when the stage sound failed, twice she started and twice it failed. It was very discouraging for the performers. Ghosh was very articulate in his percussion, and made the tubla and tamborine and other percussion instruments sound electrified, I think he did use a 'roland pad' also.
Classical Sarod Recital By Ustad Amjad Ali Khan. Amjad played his usual sarod ragas to perfection, and was a great crowd pleaser.
A Musical Confluence By Taufiq Qureshi, Louis Banks, Niladri Kumar, Karl Peters & Sridhar Parthasathy. This was a much awaited performance which took place at midnight and also had its share of sound tripping, finally the large tv screens were shut off and we had an eagles view of the stage from the last row behind the crowd. Taufiq was very loud with his percussion instruments that sounded very much like the steel Jamaican drums, and the tubla player Parthasathy and Taufiq did many a good gig. What was a disappointment was the utility of Karl Peters and Louis Banks, both were dominated by the 'electronic' sitar player Niladri who at first sounded very good with his utility of sound effects that made the sitar sound like a guitar, but when he went into a hyper noise sector and tried to copy Jimi Hendrix with the sitar that spoilt the mood and people really got pissed off with the band. It sounded very bad with the distortion unit on high gear drowning out everyone. One expected Karl and Louis to play more solo stuff and not the fusion that was dished out, and that was the reason why I went in the first place. The second as I said earlier, was my anniversary and what more chance to take the 'mussis' out than to the 'habba'. We got in and sat on the low walls that were all over the grounds. Lyn took us there by his car. Since it finished around 1 am, we did not wait to hear Sufi Music by Sayed Aadhil Husain & Group, so cannot comment on them. The stage was against the palace building which was outlined by dolly bulbs and looked very nice as a backdrop.
So much for the report on the Bangalore Hubba, I dont intent to attend any more programs, first it started late by an hour and then all the programs kept on getting dragged on and on. They want to have another 'Habba' next year!!! Strange, the newspapers did not carry out too many photographs of the various events around the city, perhaps they may do a 'special' next week hopefully!!
Cheers, Ronnie. 'Keep on trucking', will report from the Pub Town of Bangalore once in a while. In case you wanted to get an idea of who was in the music scene in Bangalore in the past, you can check out the page http://www.oocities.org/ronnie.johnson/music.htm
