December delight in Namma Bengaluru

December delight in Namma Bengaluru
Deccan Herald

Around 1,000 musicians, artistes, magicians, comedians and dancers, from across the country, will soon descend into the City to enchant and enthrall the music, dance and art lovers. The contingent is all set to perform at the Bangalore Habba scheduled to be held in different parts of the City between December 5 and 12.

The highlight of this year’s Habba is an Eco-Parade on December 5 at Cubbon Park. The idea is to get the City’s crowd to do their bit toward making the City cleaner and greener. To tickle your tastes buds, here’s a range of delicacies from our own Raagimudde, Puliyogare to Kashmiri Gushtaba and traditional dishes at Palace Grounds from December 9 to 12.

For the music freaks, there is a rock show at Cubbon Park from December 5 to 9 where bands such as Atma, Synapse and Fahrenheit are slated to perform. The children’s film festival will screen films like Carpool, Free Willy, Scooby Doo and Jingle all the Way at Plaza theatre between December 3 and 9. The five-day ‘Magic Habba’, at the tree-lined boulevard opposite Bal Bhavan, will showcase the best of magical talents from across the country. The show will be a blend of traditional and modern magic acts.

Folk artistes from Karnataka will perform in 10 of the parks in the City. Lambani work garments, rural art display, photographs of Bangalore, wild life flora and eco-friendly products will be displayed at the artists walkway.

“This year, the Habba has been extended to cover every neighbourhood and locality in the City,” said Nandini Alva, member Artistes’ Foundation for the Arts in a press meet in Bangalore on Wednesday. She said the event was being organised at a cost of Rs 1.25 crore. Of the amount, Rs one crore would be collected by the organisers and the remaining contributed by the Centre (Rs 20 lakh) and the State Government (Rs five lakh) and added that Habba will soon be extended to the other districts of the State. Bangalore Habba will be inaugurated by Chief Minister N Dharam Singh at the Jnana Jyothi Convocation Centre on December 5.

The following events will take place in the following days

Ravindra Kalakshetra (Dance venue);
December 6: Lakshmi and Priyanka Alva (Bharatanatyam and Kathak duet) 6.30 pm, Priyadarshini Govind (Bharatanatyam), 7.15 pm, Nrithyagram (Odissi Ensemble) 8.15 pm.

December 7: Shiri Ensemble (dance) 6 pm, Malavika Sarukkai (Bharatanatyam) 6.45 pm, Anitha Ratnam (contemporary dance) 8.15 pm.

December 8: Rai Sridhar (Bharatanatyam) 6 pm, Pratibha Prahallad (Bharatanatyam) 7.15 pm, Attakkalari (contemporary dance) 8.30 pm.

Town Hall (Regional Arts);
December 6: Master Hirannaiah; Lanchavatara, 6.30 pm.

December 7: Sudhadramma Mansoor; Ranga Geethe, 6.30 pm.

December 8: Bhadragiri Sri Achyuta Dasaru; Harikathe, 6.30 pm.

December 9: Shathavadhani R Ganesh and Mantap Prabhakar Upadhayaya; Poetry and Yakshagana, 6.30.

Ambedkar Bhavan (Music Venue)
Dec 5: Narasimhalu Wadavathi; Clarinet, 6 pm, Rajan Mishra and Sajan Mishra; Hindustani Classical vocal Duet, 7.30.

December 6: Aditi Upadhya; Hindustani Classical vocal, 6 pm, Shashank; Carnatic Flute, 7.15 pm.

Dec 7: Pravin Godkhindi; Fusion music, 6 pm, Vishwamohan Bhat; Mohana Veena, 7.15 pm.

Dec 8: Bangalore School of Music; Western Classical and Popular music, 6.15 pm, Nayan Ghosh; Sitar, 7.45 pm.

Dec 9: Vinayak Torvi; Hindustani Vocal Time, 6.15 pm, Lalgudi G Jayaraman and troupe; Carnatic Violin trio, 7.45 pm.

Chirtrakala Parishat ( Kannada Theatre)
December 5: Dyaavanooru by Neenasam Thirugaata Troupe, Directed by C Basavalingaiah, written by Devanooru Mahadeva, 6.30 pm.

December 6: Kanoora Heggadathi by Nataranga, Directed by Shashidhar Bharighat, 6.30 pm.

December 7: Parakramana by Abhinaya Taranga, Directed by Prakash Belawadi, 6.30 pm.

December 8: Pugalendi Prahasana by Rangayana, 6.30.

December 9: Mookajjiya Kanasugalu by Kalagangothri, Directed by B V Rajaram, written by Shivaram Karanth, 6.30 pm.

Chowdiah Memorial Hall (English Theatre)
December 6: Laughing Wild, Mandira Bedi and Darshan Jariwala, Directed by Rael Padamsee, 7 pm.

December 7: Two to Tango, Tanaz Currim, Vinay Jain, Digvijay Savanth, Dishan Irani, Directed by Vikranth Pawar, Produced by Rael Padamsee, 7 pm, Python Hysteria, Murli Karthik, Preethi, Directed by Karthik, Produced by Evam Productions, 8.15.

Shankara Arts Foundation, Kanakapura Road
December 5: D Balakrishna and Vasmi (Veena and Flute duet), 6.30 pm, Alarmel Valli (Bharatanatyam, 7.30 pm.

December 6: Neela Ramgopal (Carnatic Vocal), 6.30 pm, Lakshmi Gopalswamy (Bharatanatyam) 7.30 pm.

December 7: Mythili Prakash (Bharatanatyam), 6.30 pm, Anandan Sivamani (Percussion) 7.30 pm.

Dec 8: Saakshi, by Asha Gopal (Musical Folk Tale),6.30 pm, Vyjayanthi Kashi (Kuchupudi), 7.30 pm.

December 9: Dreams of Tipu Sulthan, Directed by Arundati Raja, Written by Girish Karnad, 7 pm.

Palace (Mega Events)
Dec 10: Dr Padma Subramaniam (Bharata Nrityam), 7 pm, Nishat Khan (Sitar), 8.15 pm, K S Ramesh (Grand Illusion) 9.30 pm, Sudeep Chowta and AO (New world music), 7 pm.

Dec11: Shivakumar Sharma and Rahul Sharma (Santoor Duet), Fashion Show, Presented by Srikantadatta Wodeyer, 8.30 pm, Strings (Pakistani Pop group), 9.15 pm, Syed Adil Hussin (Sufi music), 11 pm.

Dec 12: Anoor Anantha Krishna Sharma (Tal Vadya), 7 pm, Kumaresh and Ganesh (Violin Duet), 7.45 pm, Nirupama and Rajendra (Dance Romance ), 9 pm, Shankar Mahadevan with Silk (Music), 10 pm.