Since 1998: Exhibits, Performances and Productions

January 21 - February 15, 2004 MELA: A SOUTH ASIAN FESTIVAL, Baruch Performing Center, 25th Street and Lexington Avenue - Entrance on
25th Street, NYC
November 25, 2003 Satya Paul Collection
Fashion show & sale of haute couture Indian designs
Sundaram Tagore Gallery, 137 Greene St. (bet.Prince & Houston), NYC.
November 24, 2003 India Dreaming
Daryl Roth Theatre 2, 103E 15th St., NYC.
November 18, 2003 Madhur Jaffrey's "From Curries to Kebabs". Book launch, signing and sale.
Sundaram Tagore Gallery, 137 Greene St., NYC.

November 12 - 15, 2003

IAAC Theatre Festival: The Indian Diaspora.
Rehearsed staged readings of plays by Playwrights from the Indian diaspora.

November 7 - 12, 2003 The IAAC Film Festival: Indian Diaspora Films In Westchester Nov 7 - 12, 2003, is being screened in part at the Jacob Film Center, Pleasantville, NY
For details Click on: 00311series_indian.html
November 5 - 9, 2003

IAAC Film Festival: The Indian Diaspora.
Feature films from the Indian diaspora.

Opening Night

Nisha Ganatra's "Cosmopolitan"
Satish Menon's "Bhavum"
Pamela Rooks' "Dance Like a Man"
Manish Gupta's "Indian Fish in American Waters"
Apoorva Lakhia's "Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost"
Shorts
Sabrina Dhawan's "Saanjh"
Sharat Raju's "American Made"
Abhay Chopra's "Reflections"
Jaya Jayaraja's "Deeper Mark"
Amisha Upadhyaya's "Imperfections"
Keshni Kashyap's "Hole"
Mira Nair's "The Laughing Club of India"
Mira Nair's "India Cabaret"
Vishal Shah's "American Addiction"
Vikram Yashpal's "Trade Offs"
Babar Ahmed's "Genius"
Tanuja Chandra's "Sur"
Closing
Nagesh Kukunoor's "Teen Diwarein"
September 10, 2003 Brunch & Fashion Presentation of the Escada Fall 2003 Collection by Neiman Marcus, White Plains to benefit IAAC.

June 17, 2003

 

 

 


August 15,2003

"Life, Love and EBITDA"
The Epic Theatre Center In Association With The Indo-American Arts Council and The Rising Circle Theatre Company and SALAAM Theatre Presents A Staged Reading of: Anuvab Pal's Life, Love and EBITDA Directed by: Shilarna Stokes Featuring: Carolyn Ladd, Sakina Jaffrey, Geeta Citygirl, Gita Reddy, Tirlok Malik, Sunita Mukhi, Poorna Jagannathan, Brett Epstein and Andy Brown.

Tom Stoppard's "Indian Ink" directed by Ashok Sinha 7 pm Play - The Walker Space, 46 Walker Steet, NYC 10 pm Gala Benefit Reception - Sundaram Tagore Gallery, 137 Greene Street, NYC

March, 2003 Salman Rushdie's "MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN"
A Royal Shakespeare Company dramatization by Salman Rushdie, Simon Reade, Tim Supple presented by Columbia University, University Musical Society and the University of Michigan
Conversation with Salman Rushdie: Q&A with the audience
January, 2003


Colors of India Festival
A celebration of The Contemporary Arts of India - a collaborative effort of the Indo-American Arts Center and the Rye Arts Center.
Nov 13 - 16, 2002








The 2002 Indian Diaspora Playwrights Festival
Staged Readings of Four New Plays

Dolly Dhingra's UNSUITABLE GIRLS
Sarovar Banka's THE MORAL IMPLICATIONS OF TIME TRAVEL
Sourabh Chatterjee's THAKUR'S NOSTALGIA
Alladin Ullah's THE HALLAL BROTHERS
Nov 6 -10, 2002

IAAC Film Festival: The Indian Diaspora.
Clearview Cinema, 239East 59th Street, New York.
All screenings were followed by discussions between the filmmaker & a moderator as well as Q&A with the audience.
Films included

North American Premiere of Somnath Sen's Leela
Jamil Dehlavi's Immaculate Conception
Merchant-Ivory's Hullabaloo Over Georgie & Bonnie's Pictures
Pavan Grover's Unspeakable
Jagmohan Mundhra's Bawandar
Srinivas Krishna's Lulu
Parul Bhatia's My Father's Daughter
Isabel Gardela's Tomandote
Darshan Bhagat's Karma Local
Dev Benegal's Split Wide Open
Anant Singh's Cry The Beloved Country
Mira Nair's 9/11/01
Mira Nair's Hysterical Blindness
Oct 30, 2002

A Dramatic Reading from Vijay Tendulkar's "Kamla" by Vijay Tendulkar
Sundaram Tagore Gallery, 137 Greene St, Houston, NYC

May 21, 2002

Staged Reading of Shashi Tharoor's "Riot" by Shabana Azmi, Shashi Tharoor, Madhur Jaffrey and Tunku Vardarajan.
Adapted & Directed by Michael Johnson Chase.
Followed by an Open discussion of the Babri Masjid/Ram Janmabhoomi controversy moderated by Aroon Shivdasani.
6:30-8:30 pm. WPI, Swayduck Auditorium, NYC.

April 23, 2002

Gala Benefit Premiere of Ismail Merchant's "The Mystic Masseur", Paris Cinema, NYC.
For American India Foundation Fund for literacy in India. Guest of Honour President Bill Clinton.

Nov 8-11, 2001

IAAC & Lark Theatre Festival: The Indian Diaspora,
Lark Theatre, 56th & 8th Ave, NYC.
Staged Readings of three new plays

Sujata Bhatt's "Queen of Remote Control"
Shishir Kurup's "Merchant on Venice"
David Freeman's "A First Class Man"
Preceded by Aasif Mandvi's "Tandoori Blue Eyes", a new screenplay in development.
Nov 4-8, 2001

IAAC Film Festival: The Indian Diaspora.
Loews , Lincoln Square, NYC.
All screenings were followed by discussions between the filmmaker & a moderator as well as Q&A with the audience.
Films included

Merchant Ivory's "Shakespearewallah"
Hunt Ho's "Seducing Maarya"
Mira Nair's "My Own Country"
Harish Saluja's "The Journey"
Tony Gerber's "Side Streets"
Nagesh Kukunoor's "Bollywood Calling"
Revathy Menon's "Mitr"
Gaurav Seth's "A Passage to Ottawa"
Nisha Ganetra's "Chutney Popcorn"
Mira Nair's "Monsoon Wedding"
Sep 7, 2001

Faces of Tomorrow: Children of India - photography by Diana Barnett.
Sundaram Tagore Gallery, NYC.

May 18, 2001 India: A Chosen Destiny. Photographic exhibition by Giles Khan at the Consulate of India, NYC.
April 2001

India Trip: Town Meetings in Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Delhi to connect with the Indian Arts Community , build a rapport for the IAAC, and explain our presence and its significance to the Indian and Indian-American arts world. Travelled with The Battery Dance Company who performed in every city.

April 3rd, 2001

Mira Kamdar: Motiba's Tatoos.
Book reading and signing in cooperation with SAJA at Maharaja Restaurant, NYC.

February 16th, 2001

IAAC Gujarat Earthquake Relief Dinner at the Radisson Hotel, NYC.
Artwork donated by Indian-American artists, Auction conducted by Christies, Guest speaker: President Clinton.

September, 2000 Evening with Gerson da Cunha: reading and book signing of his book of Poems "So Far".
August, 2000 Screening of Kaizad Gustad's film "Bombay Boys" at the Roone Arledge Auditorium, Columbia university, NYC
Postscreening chat with Kaizad Gustad and NY film & TV's Muriel Peters.
Evening with playwright Vijay Tendulkar: Playreadings from his plays followed by an interview with Editor of Earth Times, Pranay Gupte at Dialectica Art Gallery, Soho.
July, 2000

Festival of Indian Theatre at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, NYC.
Mahesh Dattani's "Dance Like A Man" July 14-26; and "On a Muggy Night in Mumbai" July 27- Aug 2.
Post-performance chat moderated by Shashi Tharoor, United Nations on July 19th with director & cast of "Dance like A Man" and a second chat on July 26th moderated by Wynn Handman, American Place Theatre
Preperformance chat on July 22nd with playwrite Mahesh Dattani and Sunita Mukhi, Asia Society.
Preperformance chat on July 31st with playwrite Vijay Tendulkar and Tisa Chang, Pan-Asian Theatre.
Post-performance chat moderated by Aasif Mandvi, Actor on August 2nd wilh director & cast of On a Muggy Night in Mumbai.

December, 1999 "Shakti - A Dance Concert" with the Kathak Dance Ensemble at the Ames Auditorium. The Lighthouse, NYC.
October, 1999 Perspectives of Gandhi:
Shyam Benegal's film "Making of the Mahatma";
Feroz Khan's play "Mahatma vs Gandhi"
Pradeep Dalvi's play "Nathuram Godse: an experience"
Columbia University Panel Discussion on Perspectives Of Gandhi.
Film and plays followed by open discussions with director/cast and audience.
May, 1999

Celebration of Asha Putli's new album "The New Beat of Nostalgia"
Hosteb by the IAAC, Ismail Merchant, James Ivory, Cy Coleman, Lionel Hampton, Ved Mehta at a cocktail reception at Dawat Haute Cuisine, 210 East 58th Street, New York.

May, 1999 "Masters of Indian Music" concert with the World Music Institute, featuring Bala Murali Krishna, Pandit Jasraj, Zakir Hussein at the Town Hall, NYC.
March, 1999 Mallika Sarabhai's dance performance of "Devi: The Mother Godess" at theSmithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, NYC.
January, 1999 Screening of "Godmother" at the Asia Society, NYC followed by a discussion with lead actress Shabana Azmi and NY Times India Desk Chief Steven Wiesman.
November, 1998 "Chandralekha Dance Co" at Brooklyn Academy of Music, NYC: a limited number of tickets made available to young dancers
November, 1998 "Passport to Contemporary Indian Art" Open studio visits to New York based Contemporary Indian artists followed by dinner with the artists
October, 1998 Screening of "Earth" at the Manhattan Twin Theatre, 59th Street, NYC followed by a discussion with filmmaker Deepa Mehta, author Babsi Sidhwa and actor Rahul Khanna.

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