Mumbai weekend cultural calendar: Women-centric film screening, Bihari cuisine dinner, and more

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19
FILM FLO Film Festival at Films Division and Russian Centre
This festival, organised by the FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) Ladies Organisation, will feature women-centric films such as Mary Dore’s documentary She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry (2014), Gitanjali Rao’s animated films True Love Story (2014) and Printed Rainbow (2006) and Bishakha Datta’s documentary Taza Khabar (2008). Tickets priced at Rs 300 per head for students and Rs 500 per head for non-students are being sold on Insider.in. For the complete schedule, visit FloFilmFestival.com.
When: Until Saturday, February 20, from 10.30 am.
Where: Films Division, R.R. III Theatre, Tenth Floor, diagonally opposite Jaslok Hospital, Pedder Road. Tel: 022 2351 0461. Russian Centre for Science and Culture, off Peddar Road. Tel: 022 2351 0793.

ART FILM MUSIC TALKS WORKSHOPS EyeMyth Media Arts Festival at Sitara Studio, Dolby Laboratories, Edward Theatre and the Piramal Museum of Art
The second edition of this new media festival, which was last held in the city in 2013, will feature an exhibition of installations at Sitara Studios from Friday, February 19 to Sunday, February 21 (from 11 am to 10 pm); a synthesizer workshop at Dolby Laboratories on Friday, February 19 (from 3 pm to 5 pm); screenings of animation films from across the world (from 3 pm to 7 pm) and a showcase of works and performances from the Japanese New Media Arts Festival (from 8 pm to 1 am) at Edward Cinema on Saturday, February 20; and a talk entitled ‘The W In V’, about how the female form is represented in video games, at the Piramal Museum of Art on Sunday, February 21 (from 3 pm to 4.30 pm). All the events are free except for those at Edward Cinema, tickets for which are priced at Rs 200 per head for the first session and at Rs 500 per head for the second session and are being sold here. Those who wish to attend the synthesizer workshop should email hello@unboxfestival.com to register. See here for the complete schedule and for more information.
When: From Friday, February 19, to Sunday, February 21, from 11 am.
Where: Sitara Studio, National Engineering Compound, Kakasaheb Gadgil Marg, near Congress Bhavan, opposite Indiabulls Finance Centre, Dadar (West). Tel: 022 2422 1666. Edward Cinema, near Metro Adlabs, Kalbadevi Road, Lohar Chawl, Kalbadevi. Dolby Laboratories, Solitaire Corporate Park, Fifth Floor, 167 Guru Hargovindji Marg, Chakala, Andheri (East). The Piramal Museum of Art, Piramal Tower, B Wing, Ground Floor, Peninsula Corporate Park, off Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel.

MUSIC Mad Decent Block Party at the Mahalaxmi Racecourse
American electronic music acts Major Lazer, Giraffage and Big Gigantic, UK garage duo Gorgon City and Mumbai rappers Divine and Naezy will perform at the Mumbai leg of this international series of gigs organised by Mad Decent, the record label run by producer and Major Lazer frontman Diplo. Tickets, starting at Rs 1,950 per head, are being sold on Bookmyshow.com. See here for more information.
When: Friday, February 19, from 4 pm.
Where: Mahalaxmi Racecourse, near Mahalaxmi Railway Station, Mahalaxmi.

BOOKS TALKS Randhir Khare at Kitab Khana
The writer, poet and artist will give a talk entitled ‘Three Moments That Changed My Life’. There is no entry fee for the event, which is part of arts organisation Junoon’s Mumbai Local series.
When: Friday, February 19 at 5.30 pm.
Where: Kitab Khana, Somaiya Bhavan, Flora Fountain, Fort. Tel: 022 6170 2276.

FILM Eternity and a Day at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
Theo Angelopoulos’s 1998 Greek film will be screened as part of the Movies at the Museum series. Eternity and a Day hinges on a terminally ill poet, who saves an illegal Albanian immigrant from the cops and attempts to help him return to his country. Filmmaker Ashmaki Acharya will introduce the movie and discuss it with series curators filmmaker Avijit Mukul Kishore and architect Rohan Shivkumar after the screening. There is no entry fee.
When: Friday, February 19 at 6 pm.
Where: Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, 91A, Rani Baug, Baba Saheb Ambedkar Road, Byculla (East). Tel: 022 2373 1234.

COMEDY MUSIC Stage Forty Twoo at Rangsharda Auditorium, P. J. Hindu Gymkhana Grounds and Blue Frog
Three shows will be staged this weekend as part of Stage Forty Twoo, the month-long comedy and music festival organised by Only Much Louder and also known as Stage42. On Friday, February 19, at the Rangsharda Auditorium at 6 pm, Teri Rasam, featuring stand-up comedians Kanan Gill, Biswa Kalyan Rath, Raghav Mandava, Naveen Richard, Kaneez Surka, Sumukhi Suresh and Sonali Thakker, will be staged. Tickets priced at Rs 800 per head are being sold on Insider.in. Comedy troupe All India Bakchod aka AIB will hold the AIB Diwas at the P. J. Hindu Gymkhana Grounds on Saturday, February 20, at 4 pm. The show will be made up of four parts: a live recording of the AIB podcast; ‘AIB For Real’ during which six comics will share true stories from their past; ‘The Terrible Most Worst Improv Show’, which will be hosted by Kaneez Surka; and ‘Super Stand-up Superteam of Superfriends’. Tickets priced at Rs 1,250 and Rs 2,000 per head are being sold on Insider.in. At ‘Rewire’ at Blue Frog on Saturday, February 20, from 10pm, electronica DJs and producers Anish Sood and Dualist Inquiry aka Sahej Bakshi will play sets. Tickets priced at Rs 600 per head are being sold on Insider.in. See here for more information.
When: Friday, February 19 at 6 pm and Saturday, February 20 at 4 pm and 10 pm.
Where: Rangsharda Auditorium, Hotel Rangsharda, near Lilavati Hospital, K. C. Marg, Bandra Reclamation, Bandra (West). Tel: 022 2640 1919. P. J. Hindu Gymkhana, near Marine Lines Station, Marine Line. Tel: 022 2281 2188. Blue Frog, Mathuradas Mills Compound, Tulsi Pipe Road, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 6158 6158.

MUSIC Kala Coast Music Festival at Gyan Sagar Amphitheatre
During this three-day festival that will celebrate the diversity of Indian music, Hindustani classical vocalists Shounak Abhisheki, Anand Bhate and Rahul Deshpande will present a tribute to their legendary counterparts Bhimsen Joshi, Jitendra Ahisheki and Vasantrao Deshpande on Friday, February 19; Sthree Thaal Tharang, an ensemble of female Carnatic classical musicians led by ghatam player Sukanya Ramgopal, and Sufi qawwali singer Munnawar Masoom will perform on Saturday, February 20, and Hindustani classical musicians, flautist Rakesh Chaurasia and singer M. Venkatesh Kumar will stage solo recitals on Sunday, February 21. Season donor passes, priced at Rs 1,000 per head, can be booked by calling 98219 70348. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, February 19 to Sunday, February 21, from 6 pm to 10 pm on all three days.
Where: Gyan Sagar Amphitheatre, Brahmakumari Garden, Devidas Lane, Borivali (West).

MUSIC Shivkumar Sharma at the NCPA Tata Theatre
Santoor maestro Shivkumar Sharma will perform a concert of ragamalas or ‘garlands of ragas’. Tickets priced at Rs 200, Rs 300 and Rs 500 per head are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Friday, February 19 at 6.30 pm.
Where: Tata Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Nariman Point. Tel: 022 2282 4567.

MUSIC Edward Maya at Phoenix MarketCity Kurla
The house music producer and DJ from Romania will perform. Tickets priced at Rs 500 and Rs 750 are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Friday, February 19 at 7 pm.
Where: Phoenix Marketcity, Dublin Square, Level One, LBS Marg, Kurla (West).

THEATRE Akvarious Fringe Festival at The Cuckoo Club and Brewbot
Theatre group Akvarious will stage three plays this weekend. Suburban Legends is a series of vignettes in English set in Bandra: a couple about to get married decides to give their relationship a break, a struggling actor and a star swap life stories in a dive, a young woman revisits her convent (Friday, February 19 at 7.30 pm at The Cuckoo Club). In Love, Bombs and Apples, a play in English by Iraqi playwright Hassan Abdulrazzak, a Palestinian actor learns a lesson about English girls, a Pakistani terror suspect realises where his first novel went wrong, and a young British man gets suspicious about the person he loves (Saturday, February 20 at 6 pm at The Cuckoo Club). Hindi Medium is a set of Hindi sketches on topics such as film festivals, dentists and drugs (Saturday, February 20 at 7.30 pm at Brewbot; Sunday, February 21 at 5 pm at The Cuckoo Club). Tickets priced at Rs 250 per head per play are being sold on Bookmyshow.com here, here and here.
When: Friday, February 19 at 7.30 pm, Saturday, February 20 at 6 pm and 7.30pm and Sunday, February 21 at 5 pm.
Where: The Cuckoo Club, 5AA Pali Hill Road, next to Candies, near Learners Academy, Bandra (West). Tel: 96199 62969. Brewbot, Morya Landmark 1, off New Link Road, Andheri West. Tel: 022 4003 4448.

MUSIC Ace Ventura + Sonic Species at Blue Frog
Trance DJs and producers Ace Ventura aka Yoni Oshrat from Switzerland and Sonic Species aka Joe Markendale from the UK will each perform the Mumbai legs of their India tours. The entry fee is Rs 2,000 per head. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, February 19, from 8 pm.
Where: Blue Frog, Mathuradas Mills Compound, Tulsi Pipe Road, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 6158 6158.

MUSIC Alexander Robotnick + Zokhuma at Bonobo
Veteran Italian electronic music DJ and producer Alexander Robotnick will play Bandra bar Bonobo at a gig that will also feature an opening set by city-based electronica act Zokhuma aka Arman Menzies. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, February 19 at 9 pm.
Where: Bonobo, Second Floor, Kenilworth Mall, Phase 2, off Linking Road, behind KFC, Bandra (West). Tel: 022 2605 5050.

MUSIC Deep In Dance at Ark
Four electronic music acts, Amsterdam’s Baba Robijn, Spain’s Trapeze aka Akanksha Krishnani and Mumbai’s Blurry Slur aka Lynston Dsouza and Paraphoniks aka Aman Nath and Shatrunjai Rai Dewan, will take turns at the console. Until midnight, entry is free but via a guest list, which you can get on by sending an email to deepindanc3@gmail.com; after midnight, the entry fee is Rs 500 per head. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, February 19 at 9 pm.
Where: Ark, Courtyard by Marriott, CTS 215, opposite Sangam BIG Cinemas, Andheri-Kurla Road, Andheri (East). Tel: 022 6136 9999.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20
ART Howard Hodgkin at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya
New works by the British artist that were made in Mumbai will be shown at the museum for five days. Tickets are priced at Rs 70 for Indian visitors above the age of 12, Rs 20 for children between the ages of five and 12 and Rs 300 for foreigners above the age of 12.
When: Saturday, February 20 to Wednesday, February 24, from 10.15 am to 6 pm.
Where: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2284 4484.

FOOD & DRINK Mumbai Market at High Street Phoenix
At the next edition of Karen Anand’s traveling farmers’ market in addition to fruits and vegetables you can shop for pickles by Goosebumps Pickles; cold pressed juices by Raw Pressery; Pride of Cows milk; granola bars by Bites of Bliss; artisanal chocolates by Earth Loaf; and sauces by Pico. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, February 20 and Sunday, February 21, from noon to 10 pm.
Where: High Street Phoenix, Courtyard, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel.

CULTURE Ballard Estate Festival
The south Mumbai business district of Ballard Estate will turn into an entertainment zone with food and shopping stalls and cultural shows every Saturday and Sunday until the end of May during this four month-long festival organised by the Mumbai Port Trust. This weekend, the events will include performances by electro-fusion act Filter Coffee, who will perform on Saturday, February 20 at 7.30 pm and stand-up comedian Vipul Goyal and electro pop-rock duo Shaa’ir + Func, who will play the festival on Sunday, February 21 at 7 pm and 8 pm respectively. Tickets priced at Rs 150 per head per day and at Rs 300 per head for both days are being sold on Insider.in. See the festival’s Facebook page for more information.
When: Saturday, February 20 and Sunday, February 21, from 2 pm.
Where: N. Morarji Road, Ballard Estate, Fort.

MUSIC Rhyme and Rhythm with Rhys Sebastian at the NCPA Tata Theatre
Saxophonist Rhys Sebastian has conceptualised this show that is a homage to his musical influences from genres such as jazz, pop, blues and Bollywood. Sebastian’s mother, keyboardist and composer Merlin D’Souza, singers Asif Ali Beg, Shalmali Kholgade and Vivienne Pocha, drummer Gino Banks and sitar player Ravi Chary will be among the performers. Tickets priced at Rs 300, Rs 500 and Rs 893 per head are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Saturday, February 20 at 7 pm.
Where: Tata Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Nariman Point. Tel: 022 2282 4567.

MUSIC Uttam Singh at Rangsharda Auditorium
Hindi film composer and violinist Uttam Singh will present a concert to raise awareness about the environment and climate change that will feature a guest spot by Bollywood playback singer Udit Narayan. Donor passes priced at Rs 200 per head can be bought by calling 99876 80037.
When: Saturday, February 20 at 7 pm.
Where: Rangsharda Auditorium, Hotel Rangsharda, near Lilavati Hospital, K. C. Marg, Bandra Reclamation, Bandra (West). Tel: 022 2640 1919.

FOOD & DRINK ‘Khana and Batiyaana’ in Andheri
Authenticook, a company that organises regional Indian food meals catered by home cooks at their residences, has put together this Bihari cuisine dinner by Dolly Singh. The menu will feature khada masala chicken; paneer kofta; chana dal tarka; bharwan karela; and makhana kheer. The vegetarian meal is priced at Rs 1,200 per person and the non-veg at Rs 1,300 per person. To make a reservation, call 98194 97968 or 98339 21283. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, February 20 at 8 pm.
Where: Andheri; the complete address will be provided to those who register..

MUSIC The Lab at Craft
Electronic music exponents Nikhil Chinapa and Wa Tec, the duo of Husain ‘Whosane’ Babai and Anastasia, will be among the acts who man the decks at the second edition of the gig series at Kurla cafe Craft. Entry is free but via an RSVP on the Facebook event page.
When: Saturday, February 20 at 9 pm.
Where: Craft, First Floor, opposite PVR, Phoenix Marketcity, L.B.S. Marg, Kurla. Tel: 022 6180 2073.

MUSIC Mr. Doss featuring P-Man at Todi Mill Social
Trap music DJ Mr. Doss aka Rishiraj Doss will perform a gig at which he will be joined by his frequent collaborator, bassist, rapper and frontman of electro-hip hop act ViceVersa, Rohit ‘P-Man’ Pereira. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, February 20 at 10 pm.
Where: Todi Mill Social, #242, near Viva Centre and Cafe Zoe, Mathuradas Mill Compound, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 6511 0361.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21
MUSIC 8 Prahar at Shanmukhananda Auditorium
This day-long concert organised by event company Pancham Nishad feature nineteen Hindustani classical musicians over 19 hours divided into eight segments: flautist Hariprasad Chaurasia and vocalist Rashid Khan will perform between 6 am and 8 am; violinist N. Rajam and singer Jayateerth Mevundi between 8.30 am and 10.30 am; santoor player Satish Vyas and vocalist Ulhas Kashalkar between 10.45 am and 12.45 pm; singers Devaki Pandit, Dilshad Khan and Gundecha Brothers between 1.30 pm and 4 pm; sitar player Budhaditya Mukherjee and vocalist Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande between 4.30 pm and 6.30 pm; sarod player brothers Amaan and Ayaan Ali Khan and singer siblings Rajan and Sajan Sharma between 6.45 pm and 8.45 pm; mohanveena player Vishwamohan Bhatt and vocalist Sanjeev Abhyankar between 9.15 pm and 11.15 pm and singer Kishori Amonkar between 11.30 pm and 1.30 am. Tickets for the recitals between 6 am and 4 pm as well as those for the performances between 4.30 pm and 1.30 am are priced at Rs 400, Rs 600, Rs 750, Rs 1,000, Rs 1,500 and Rs 2,000 per head and are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Sunday, February 21 at 6.30 am and 4.30 pm.
Where: Shanmukhananda Auditorium, behind Gandhi Market, Sion (East). Tel: 022 2407 8888.

MUSIC Udayswar with Sangeeta Shankar at Prithvi Theatre
Hindustani classical music violinist Sangeeta Shankar, who has trained with her mother N. Rajam, will perform morning ragas at this instalment of Udayswar, a series of concerts organised by event company Pancham Nishad at Prithvi Theatre. Tickets priced at Rs 200 per head are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Sunday, February 21 at 7.30 am.
Where: Prithvi Theatre, Janki Kutir, Juhu Church Road, Juhu. Tel: 022 2614 5917.

MUSIC Jessop & Co. + Kumail + Sanaya Ardeshir at Project 88
Delhi-based music company REProduce will bring their new gig series Listening Room to the city with a show featuring three electronic music acts, Kolkata duo Jessop & Co. comprising Anupal Adhikary and Subhojyoti Sen and a pair of city-based DJs and producers, Kumail Hamid and Sanaya Ardeshir. Their performances will be “integrated” with When the wind blows, the ongoing exhibition at Project 88 by artist Prajakta Potnis. Donor passes priced at Rs 300 per head will be available at the venue. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Sunday, February 21, from 3 pm to 8 pm.
Where: Project 88, BMP Building, Narayan A. Sawant Marg, near Colaba Fire Station, Colaba. Tel: 022 2281 0066.

MUSIC Ken Zuckerman at Sangit Mahabharati
The American sarod player will stage a solo recital. Call the venue for details of the entry fee, if any.
When: Sunday, February 21 at 7 pm.
Where: Baithak Mehfil Hall, Sangit Mahabharati, A/6, 10th Road, JVPD Scheme, Juhu. Tel: 022 2620 6106.

DANCE Aakash Odedra at St. Andrew’s Auditorium
The British-Indian contemporary dancer will stage his solo show Rising, which has been choreographed by Akram Khan and Russell Maliphant from the UK and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui from Belgium. The event is free. For passes, email daniela.dias@britishcouncil.org.
When: Sunday, February 21 at 8 pm.
Where: St. Andrew’s Auditorium, St. Andrew’s College, St. Dominic Road, Bandra (West). Tel: 022 2640 1657.

MUSIC Kenny Dope at Blue Frog
Veteran American house music DJ and producer Kenny ‘Dope’ Gonzalez will play the Mumbai leg of this three-city tour of India, organised by the Red Bull Music Academy. The gig will be preceded by an interview with Dope, who will be in conversation with New Zealand radio and TV personality and documentary maker Nick Dwyer. There is no entry fee for the talk, which starts at 5.30 pm; the cover charge for the show, at 10 pm, is Rs 500 per head. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Sunday, February 21 at 10 pm.
Where: Blue Frog, Mathuradas Mills Compound, Tulsi Pipe Road, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 6158 6158.

ONGOING
ART SHOPPING & STYLE Chandarvo at Artisans’ Centre
An exhibition of chandarvo, also known as mata-ni-pachedi, by Gujarati artist Jagdish Chitara. Mata-ni-pachedi is the practice of painting cloths with images of the mother goddess native to the Vaghari community of Gujarat.
When: Until Saturday, February 20, from 11 am to 7 pm.
Where: Artisans’ Centre, V. B. Gandhi Marg, near Rhythm House, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2267 3040.

FILM Womanhood – The Battle To Be Thyself at Liberty Cinema
Arts organisation Osian’s is holding a three month-long women-centric film festival, the first part of which, entitled ‘Girlhood – Coming of Age’, is currently underway. The films that will be screened over the weekend include Krzysztof Kieslowski’s 1991 movie The Double Life of Veronique (Saturday, February 20 at 4.30 pm), Xavier Dolan’s 2012 film Lawrence Anyways (Sunday, February 21 at 2 pm) and Tom Hooper’s 2015 film The Danish Girl (Sunday, February 21 at 6.30 pm). See here for the schedule.
When: Until Thursday, February 25.
Where: Liberty Cinema, Marine Lines, opposite Bombay Hospital. Tel: 022 2202 4521.

ART After Midnight: Indian Modernism to Contemporary India, 1947/1997 at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
Curated by gallerist Arshiya Lokhandwala, the exhibition features works of art produced after 1997, the fiftieth anniversary of Indian independence. Tickets for Indians are priced at Rs 10 per head for adults and Rs 5 per head for children below the age of 13, and tickets for foreigners are priced at Rs 100 per head for adults and Rs 50 per head for children below the age of 13.
When: Until Sunday, March 6. Open Thursday to Tuesday, from 10 am to 5.30 pm; Wednesday, closed.
Where: Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Rani Baug, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Road, Byculla. Tel: 022 2373 1234.

ART Jitish Kallat at Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation
Artist Jitish Kallat’s show Covering Letter, which is on display concurrently with Sightings, his show at Chemould Prescott Road, is a set of works based on a letter Gandhi wrote to Hitler in 1939 requesting him to rethink his violent campaign.
When: Until Sunday, February 28. Open daily, from 10.15 am to 6 pm.
Where: Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, M.G. Road, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2284 4484.

MUSEUM EXHIBITION Tabiyat at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya
Organised by the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, the British Council and the Wellcome Collection UK, this exhibition of artworks and objects related to medical practice and health in the subcontinent is a capsule of Indian medical history. Most of the exhibits are from the Wellcome Collection, a museum in London run by the medical research charity Wellcome Trust. See here for details. Tickets are priced at Rs 70 per head for Indian visitors above the age of 12, Rs 20 per head for children between the ages of five and 12 and Rs 300 per head for foreign nationals above the age of 12.
When: Until Monday, March 28. Open Tuesday to Sunday, from 10.15 am to 6 pm; Monday, closed.
Where: Premchand Roychand Gallery, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2284 4484.

ART Jitish Kallat at Chemould Prescott Road
Sightings, the artist’s second solo show currently on display, is a series of drawings, video installations, sculpture and photographic works that deal with “themes of time, sustenance, sleep, along with an interplay of scales and proximities, and evocations of the celestial”.
When: Until Thursday, February 25. Open Monday to Saturday, from 11 am to 7 pm; Sunday, closed.
Where: Chemould Prescott Road, Queens Mansion, Third Floor, G. Talwatkar Marg, near Cathedral School, Fort. Tel: 022 2200 0211.

ART Prajakta Potnis at Project 88
When the wind blows, Prajakta Potnis’s solo show, is a series of photographs and drawings in which kitchen appliances such as freezers, mixers and chopping boards are represented as components of fantastic landscapes.
When: Until Saturday, February 27. Open Tuesday to Saturday, from 11 am to 7 pm; Sunday and Monday, closed.
Where: Project 88, BMP Building, Narayan A. Sawant Marg, near Colaba Fire Station, Colaba. Tel: 022 2281 0066.

ART Sahej Rahal at Chatterjee & Lal
Photographs and drawings of performance artist Sahej Rahal enacting made-up Jedi-like characters in places such as Vasai Fort, the rock garden in Chandigarh, Rome and Sodoshima Island in Japan make up his new solo show Adversary.
When: Until Saturday, March 12. Open Tuesday to Saturday, from 11 am to 7 pm; Sunday and Monday, closed.
Where: Chatterjee & Lal, 01/18 Kamal Mansion, First Floor, Arthur Bunder Road, Colaba. Tel: 022 2202 3787.

ART Thinking Tantra at Jhaveri Contemporary
A group show of works that refer to the Hindu practice of tantra by 16 Indian and international artists such as Prabhakar Barwe, Biren De, Alexander Gorlizki, Prafulla Mohanti, Jean-Luc Moulene and Jagdish Swaminathan.
When: Until Saturday, March 5. Open Tuesday to Saturday, from 11 am to 6 pm; Sunday and Monday, closed.
Where: Jhaveri Contemporary, 2, Krishna Niwas, 58A Walkeshwar Road. Tel: 022 2369 3639.

MUSEUM EXHIBITION The State of Architecture at the National Gallery of Modern Art
Curated by architect Rahul Mehrotra, art curator Ranjit Hoskote and writer and lecturer Kaiwan Mehta and organised by the Urban Design Research Institute, this exhibition explores contemporary Indian architecture as well as the history of architectural practice in the country. See here for details. The show is supplemented by a series of talks as well as satellite shows at various venues. For the complete schedule, visit Stateofarchitecture.in. Tickets priced at Rs 20 per head for Indians and Rs 500 per head for foreign nationals. There is no entry fee for kids studying in school up to class 12.
When: Until Sunday, March 20. Open Tuesday to Sunday, from 11 am to 6 pm; Monday, closed.
Where: National Gallery of Modern Art, Madame Cama Road, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2288 1969.

PHOTOGRAPHY Pablo Bartholomew at Sakshi Gallery
Photographer Pablo Bartholomew’s new exhibition 60/60 comprises portraits of artists, writers, filmmakers and poets he shot in the 1970s and ‘80s. For more details, see here.
When: Until Saturday, February 20. Open Monday to Saturday, from 11 am to 6 pm; Sunday, closed.
Where: Sakshi Gallery, 6/19, Second Floor, Grants Building, Arthur Bunder Road, Colaba. Tel: 022 6610 3424.