Mumbai weekend cultural calendar: A Naga folk music concert, short film screenings, and more

FRIDAY, MARCH 18
ART Ravi Joshi at The Loft
Ahmedabad-based artist Ravi Joshi’s show titled Field will have more than 100 small-format landscapes and portraits.
When: Friday, March 18 to Saturday, April 30. Open Monday to Saturday, from 10.30 am to 6.30 pm; Sunday, open by appointment.
Where: The Loft, Mathuradas Mill Compound, Tulsi Pipe Road, near Blue Frog, Lower Parel. Tel: 97694 57917.

SHOPPING & STYLE Easy Breezy at Melange
A sale of designer clothing by labels such as Anushree, Artisau, Crow and Urbania and accessories by Maya Jewellery. For more details, see the Facebook event page.
When: Friday, March 18, from 11 am to 7 pm.
Where: Melange, 33 Altamont Road. Tel: 022 2353 4492.

SHOPPING & STYLE Lines and Checks by Lila at Artisans’ Centre
Lila, a design lab from Delhi, is conducting a sale of handloom dresses, tops and jackets in Madras checks and stripes. The prices of the clothes range from Rs 1,200 to Rs 4,000.
When: Until Saturday, March 19, from 11 am to 7 pm.
Where: Artisans’ Centre, V.B. Gandhi Marg, near Rhythm House, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2267 3040.

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 19. 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.

BOOKS Kiran Nagarkar at Kitab Khana
The writer will discuss current events in the context of two of his works, the 1978 play A Bedtime Story that was banned from being performed and published only in 2015 and his 2006 novel God’s Little Soldier. The event, which is free, is part of arts organisation Junoon’s Mumbai Local series of talks.
When: Friday, March 18 at 5.30 pm.
Where: Kitab Khana, Somaiya Bhavan, Ground Floor, Flora Fountain, Fort. Tel: 022 6170 2276.

ARCHITECTURE DESIGN ‘Windows & Mirrors: Looking at Contemporary Architecture in South Asia’ at the National Gallery of Modern Art and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya
Writer Sunil Khilnani will, on Friday, deliver the keynote address at this three-day conference, which is part of The State of Architecture, the ongoing exhibition at the National Gallery of Modern Art that will come to an end this weekend. On Saturday and Sunday, the conference will continue at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya with talks by architects such as Abha Narain Lambah, Brinda Somaya, Kapil Gupta and Romi Khosla. There is no entry fee. For the schedule, visit StateOfArchitecture.in.
When: Friday, March 18 at 6 pm and Saturday, March 19 and Sunday, March 20, from 9.30 am.
Where: National Gallery of Modern Art, Madam Cama Road, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2288 1969. Coomaraswamy Hall, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2284 4484.

ART FILM A Tale of Two Giants at Piramal Museum of Art
Film director Kamal Swaroop will talk about pioneering Indian filmmaker Dadasaheb Phalke and screen his biopic Tracing Phalke. An exhibition on the works of Raja Ravi Varma, which is currently underway at the museum, is the backdrop of the talk. Phalke worked at the lithographic press founded by Varma in Bombay. The event is free. To register, email info@art-x.co. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, March 18 at 6 pm.
Where: Piramal Museum of Art, Piramal Tower, B Wing, Ground Floor, Peninsula Corporate Park, GK Marg, off Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel.

BOOKS Rujuta Diwekar at Crossword Bookstore
The celebrity nutritionist and author will launch her new book The PCOD/Thyroid Book.
When: Friday, March 18 at 6.30 pm.
Where: Crossword, Oberoi Mall, off Western Express Highway, Goregaon (East). Tel: 022 2840 9591.

FILM Ye Jawaani Hai Deewani! at Jnanapravaha
Vikalp, a collective of documentary filmmakers, will screen five short films on the theme of youth. For the complete list of films, see here. There is no entry fee.
When: Friday, March 18 at 6.30 pm.
Where: Jnanapravaha, Queen’s Mansion, Third Floor, Ghanshyam Talwatkar Marg, next to Cathedral Middle School, Fort, Mumbai. Tel: 022 2207 2974.

MUSIC Gaudi at Bonobo
London-residing Italian bass-heavy and world music producer Gaudi, whose first name is Daniele, will play the Mumbai leg of his ongoing tour of India. The entry fee is Rs 300 per head. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, March 18 at 10 pm.
Where: Bonobo, Second Floor, Kenilworth Mall, Phase 2, off Linking Road, behind KFC, Bandra (West). Tel: 022 2605 5050.

MUSIC Levi’s 501 Friday with Arjun Vagale + Oozeundat + Qwiver at Blue Frog
The tenth edition of the denim brand’s gig series, which returned in February after a two-month break, will be a techno triple bill featuring DJ-producers Arjun Vagale from Delhi, Oozeundat aka Roan Sable and Sidhant Naren from Pune and Qwiver aka Lynston D’souza from Mumbai. There is no entry fee, RSVP via Insider.in. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, March 18 at 10 pm.
Where: Blue Frog, Mathuradas Mills Compound, Tulsi Pipe Road, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 6158 6158.

SATURDAY, MARCH 19
SHOPPING & STYLE Spring Fling at Nostos
The furniture store will host a day-long sale of clothing and home décor items such as kids wear by Baby Bliss, cushion covers by Shivani Shroff, saris by SwatiManish, recycled home products by RUR and food items by home chefs such as the Insomniac Cook and Yogisattva. For more details, see the Facebook event page.
When: Saturday, March 19, from 11 am to 8 pm.
Where: Nostos, Kanu Kunj, near Citylight Cinema, L.J. Road, Mahim. Tel: 022 2445 6310.

FOOD & DRINK Itsy Bitsy Food Fest at High Street Phoenix
Paprika Idea Labs and Mumbaifoodie, a popular Instagram account, will host this food festival of bite-sized street snacks where the participants will include Ellipsis Bakery, Gowalia Tank Japanese restaurant Tokyo Treat, Brewbot, Charcoal Biryani, street snacks caterer The Stick House, and dessert makers Fleur De Lys patisserie, Waffle House and Star Anise. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, March 19 and Sunday, March 20, from noon to 10 pm.
Where: High Street Phoenix, Courtyard, Phoenix Mills, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel.

BOOKS Sunil Khilnani at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya
NDTV news anchor Sreenivasan Jain and author Sunil Khilnani will discuss the latter’s new book Incarnations: India in 50 Lives. The event is free. To attend, email asiasocietyindiacentre@asiasociety.org.
When: Saturday, March 19 at 4 pm.
Where: Visitors Annexe, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2284 4484.

MUSIC Living Traditions at the NCPA Experimental Theatre
This edition of the concert series organised by the National Centre for the Performing Arts will be a two-day showcase of Li, the folk music songs of the Chakesang tribe of eastern Nagaland. On Saturday, a group of 18 musicians from the village of Phek will perform. Tickets priced at Rs 200 and Rs 300 per head are being sold here. On Sunday, the Tetseo Sisters, the popular group of singing siblings from the same village, who have performed at a number of Indian music festivals, will stage a gig. Tickets priced at Rs 250 and Rs 350 per head are being sold here.
When: Saturday, March 19 and Sunday, March 20 at 6.30 pm on both days.
Where: Experimental Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Nariman Point. Tel: 022 2282 4567.

THEATRE The Siddhus of Upper Juhu at St. Andrew’s Auditorium
Director Rahul da Cunha’s English comedy is about a couple struggling with unemployment and the pressures of living in Mumbai. Read the review here. Tickets priced at Rs 300, Rs 500, Rs 750, Rs 1,000, Rs 1,200 and Rs 1,500 per head are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Saturday, March 19 at 7.30 pm.
Where: St. Andrew’s Auditorium, St. Andrew’s College, St. Dominic Road, Bandra (West). Tel: 022 2640 1657.

MUSIC Blackout with Spacejams + Loopkin at Cafe Nemo
Bhavishyavani Future Soundz DJs Spacejams aka Yohann Jamsandekar and Loopkin aka Cyril-Vincent Michaud will each play sets at this instalment of the Mumbai electronica collective’s night at Worli venue Cafe Nemo. There is no entry fee.
When: Saturday, March 19 at 10 pm.
Where: Cafe Nemo, 329/A, Thadani House, opposite Indian Coast Guard, Worli Village, Worli. Tel: 022 2437 9841.

MUSIC Sleepless featuring Agents Of Time at O:h Cha
Italian electronic music trio Agents Of Time will headline and play a DJ set at this new gig series at Lower Parel Thai restaurant O:h Cha. The event will also feature Mumbai-based DJ and producer Ankytrixx aka Ankit Kochar among other acts. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, March 19 at 9 pm.
Where: O:h Cha, near Blue Frog, Mathuradas Mills Compound, Tulsi Pipe Road, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 6633 4455.

MUSIC Hari and Sukhmani at Blue Frog
The Chandigarh-based Punjabi electro-folk fusion duo of producer Hari Singh Jaaj and vocalist Sukhmani Malik, who just released a collaborative single with Pakistani rock act Noori, will perform. There is an entry fee of Rs 600 or cover charge of Rs 1,500 per head. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, March 19 at 10.30 pm.
Where: Blue Frog, Mathuradas Mills Compound, Tulsi Pipe Road, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 6158 6158.

MUSIC Mr. Doss + P-Man at Khar Social
Mumbai trap music DJ Mr. Doss aka Rishiraj Doss will perform with frequent collaborator, city-residing 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, March 19 at 11 pm.
Where: Social, Rohan Plaza, 5th Road, near Ramee Guest Line Hotel, S. V. Road, Khar. Tel: 022 6522 6324.

SUNDAY, MARCH 20
MUSIC Udayswar with Manjusha Patil at Prithvi Theatre
This month’s instalment of Udayswar, a series of concerts organised by event company Pancham Nishad at Prithvi Theatre, will be a solo recital of morning ragas by Pune-based Hindustani classical music vocalist Manjusha Patil. Tickets priced at Rs 200 per head are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Sunday, March 20 at 7.30 am.
Where: Prithvi Theatre, Janki Kutir, Juhu Church Road, Juhu. Tel: 022 2614 5917.

WALKS What’s inside Dharavi? at Dharavi
A Dharavi local attached to tour company Some Place Else will conduct a two-hour walk around the neighbourhood. Tickets, priced at Rs 650 per head, are being sold on Insider.in. For more information, see the Facebook event page.
When: Sunday, March 20 at 9 am.
Where: The meeting point is outside Mahim railway station.

MUSIC Basant Rang with Sanjeev Abhyankar at the NCPA Experimental Theatre
Hindustani classical music vocalist Sanjeev Abhyankar, who is from Pune, will perform a Holi-themed concert ahead of the festival, which will be celebrated on Thursday, March 24 this year. Tickets priced at Rs 350 and Rs 400 per head are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Sunday, March 20 at 10.30 am.
Where: Experimental Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Nariman Point. Tel: 022 2282 4567.

FOOD & DRINK Korean Food Pop-Up at Kaboom
Home chef Benpramar Laitflang, who frequently hosts ramen meals at his home, will serve a Korean brunch at Ballard Estate restaurant Kaboom. The meal, which will feature assorted banchan (small plates), shrimp and vegetarian lettuce cups, Korean fried chicken, and buff or tofu bulgogi burrito with kimchi stew and shaved ice, is priced at Rs 2,000 per person. Reserve a seat here.
When: Sunday, March 20, from noon to 4 pm.
Where: Kaboom, Cafe Model, 3 SS Ram Gulam Marg, Ballard Estate, Fort.

PERFORMANCE Mallakhamb at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya
Mallakhamb trainer Uday Deshpande and his students from the Shree Samarth Vyayam Mandir in Shivaji Park will demonstrate the practice on a pole and ropes. The event, which is part of the ongoing Tabiyat exhibition, is free. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Sunday, March 20 at 5 pm.
Where: Front Lawn, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2284 4484.

THEATRE Simla Coffee House at Prithvi Theatre
Written and directed by Rakesh Bedi, this Hindi play is set in a coffee house in Simla frequented by novelist Anup Chander. One day, Chander is confronted by Rahul Verma, a fan who has a bone to pick about Tarun Mathur, one of the writer’s characters. Tickets priced at Rs 400 per head are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Sunday, March 20 at 6 pm and 9 pm.
Where: Prithvi Theatre, Janki Kutir, Juhu Church Road, Juhu. Tel: 022 2614 9546

ONGOING
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 Abraham George at Gallery Maskara
Mumbai-based artist Abraham George’s solo show animal.spirit.algorithm is a series of prints suggestive of “everything from architectural layouts to punch cards and circuit boards but also evoke older ordering systems like maps, tables, icons and totems”. The show includes video works such as ‘Shop Window’, which “follows the breakdown of perceptually continuous images into discrete blocks of information”. See here for a review.
When: Until Thursday, April 14. Open Tuesday to Saturday, from 11 am to 7 pm; Sunday and Monday, closed.
Where: Gallery Maskara, 6/7 Third Pasta Lane, Colaba. Tel: 022 2202 3056.

ART Desmond Lazaro at Chemould Prescott Road
The In-coming Passengers, Pondicherry-based artist Desmond Lazaro’s solo show, is a series of drawings, texts and video works about the migratory history of his family. Lazaro was born in Leeds in the UK to an Anglo-Indian family. His grandparents had immigrated there from Burma and his great-grandfather lived in Madras in the nineteenth-century. See here for a review and the gallery’s Facebook page for more information.
When: Until Saturday, April 16. 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 Hemali Bhuta at Project 88
A number of works in Baroda-based artist Hemali Bhuta’s solo show Measure of a Foot have been made by dismantling installations that were part of an earlier exhibition titled Point-Shift and Quoted Objects. The show suggests “that these works of art, and the matter they contain, belong to a continuum. Lying on the ground, they are future memorials to their former selves”. For more information, see the Facebook event page.
When: Until Saturday, April 16. 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 Lekha Washington at Sakshi Gallery
Mumbai artist Lekha Washington’s first solo show The Collective Noun or A Pound of Flesh and Suchlike is a set of installations, mixed media works and videos that explores “our relationship with ourselves, our bodies and our worlds”.
When: Until Thursday, March 31. 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.

ART Mysteries of the Organism at Akara Art
The new Colaba gallery’s first show has portraits and studies of the body by modern and contemporary Indian artists such as Amrita Sher-Gil, Manjit Bawa, Atul Dodiya, Justin Ponmany and Raqib Shaw. For more information, see the gallery’s Facebook page.
When: Until Friday, April 15. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 11 am to 6.30 pm; Sunday and Monday, closed.
Where: Akara Art, 4/5 Churchill Chambers, 32 Mereweather Road, Colaba. Tel: 022 2202 5550.

ART Sachin Bonde at Clark House Initiative
Mumbai artist Sachin Bonde’s solo show Soil Oil hinges on the politics of oil production. See here for a review and the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Until Sunday, May 15. Open daily, from 11 am to 7 pm.
Where: Clark House Initiative, Ground Floor, Clark House, 8 Nathalal Parekh Marg (Old Wodehouse Road), opposite Sahakari Bhandar, near Woodside Inn, in the lane opposite Regal Cinema, Colaba. Tel: 98202 13816.

ART The Art of Santiniketan at DAG Modern
An exhibition of paintings by artists Rabindranath Tagore, Ramkinkar Baij, Nandalal Bose and Benode Behari Mukherjee that explores the development of modernism in Santiniketan.
When: Until Tuesday, May 31. Open Monday to Saturday, 11 am to 7 pm; Sunday, closed.
Where: DAG Modern, 58 V. B. Gandhi Marg, Kala Ghoda, Fort. Tel: 022 4922 2700.

ART Womanhood: Through the Eyes of Indian and Modern Contemporary Art at Tao Art Gallery
An exhibition of paintings and sculptures on the theme of women by artists such as Chittaprosad, Nandlal Bose, Bharti Kher, Akbar Padamsee, Jamini Roy, FN Souza and Hemen Mazumdar. The show, which has been put together by arts organisation Osian’s, is part of its ongoing art and film festival ‘Womanhood: The Battle To Be Thyself’. For more details, visit Osianama.com.
When: Until Sunday, March 27. Open daily, from 11 am to 7 pm.
Where: Tao Art Gallery, 165 The View, Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli. Tel: 022 2491 8585.

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 are priced at Rs 20 per head for Indians and at Rs 500 per head for foreign nationals. There is no entry fee for children studying in school up to standard 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.

ART Raja Ravi Varma at the Piramal Museum of Art
An exhibition of works by the nineteenth-century painter titled Pages of a Mind, Raja Ravi Varma: Life and Expressions.
When: Until Saturday, April 30. Open Monday to Friday, from 3 pm to 9 pm and Saturday and Sunday, from 10 am to 10 pm.
Where: Piramal Museum of Art, Piramal Tower, B Wing, Ground Floor, Peninsula Corporate Park, GK Marg, Lower Parel.