DALRYMPE-VIDYA HERITAGE SHOW TO KICKSTART IN HYDERABAD TODAY

ANW I MD NICHE I HYDERABAD I JAN 6, 2015 I 1st Published 1050

The City of Pearls will open up a bright array of arts today , as Krishnakriti Festival 2016 in Hyderabad is hosting cultural shows ranging across painting, sculpting, music, heritage, theatre and cinema besides literature over the next four days.

The January 7-10 event will see experts from different fields not just performing, but exchanging ideas over interactive sessions and by holding workshops, alongside a documentary film festival late into the evenings, organisers said today.

Centre for Cultural Resources and Training at Madhapur will be the main venue for the 12th edition of the annual festival which strings together well-known personalities such as actor Amol Palekar, Pakistani artist Rashid Rana, graphic novelist Orijit Sen, sculptor Ravinder Reddy, Sufi singer Dhruv Sangari and experimental classical musicians Shujaat Khan and Rasika Chandrashekar among others.

The event is to start off with an evocative confluence of poetry and music co-featuring celebrated author William Dalrymple and classical musician Vidya Shah. Titled ‘Enter The Last Mughal’, the unique show will bring to life a world of emperors, poets, courtesans, politics, battles, intrigues and love of a bygone era, according to Prshant Lahoti, who heads the Krishnakriti Foundation which is organising the fest in association with The Botanika, Ford, Mandhani Trust and Telangana Tourism.

Krishnakiriti 2016, will conclude with a Hindustani-Carnatic performance by sitarist Shujaat Khan and south Indian flautist Rasika Chandrashekhar on January 10. This 8.30 pm show, along with a jazz concert and play preceding it, will be held at Shilparamam—also in Madhapur, added Lahoti, who was awarded the Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) by the French Government in 2013.