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Bacardi NH7 weekender- Saturday’s highlights

Bombay Metal Project at the Bacardi Black Rock Arena from 7.40 to 8.40 pm. The Bombay Metal Project will feature 15 musicians from Mumbai metal acts such as Scribe,Bhayanak Maut,Pangea,Zyngema,Goddess Gagged and more. The 90-minute set includes tracks by Fear Factory,Soilwork,Nine Inch Nails,Killswitch Engage and a few others. The project is being curated by Sunneith Revankar and Vinay Venkatesh of Bhayanak Maut and Prashant Shah of Scribe.

The Manganiyar Seduction by Roysten Abel at Jack & Jones The Other Stage from 9 to 9.50 pm. The Manganiyar Seduction is a grand musical production which will feature 43 Manganiyar artists in a dazzling combination of sound and lights.

A dancing shadow

A dance drama ‘PRATIBIMBA’ directed by Aditi Dravid will be held at Kalmadi Shamrao Auditorium,next to Pavitra Hotel on November 4,from 7 pm to 9 pm. The drama deals with the story of Aarohi,a 22 year-old-girl who wants to be a dancer like her mother Anuradha. But Aarohi is faced with several problems,the social pressure and the opposition of her family. This story about dance,two generations and mother-daughter relationship underlines the tension between Aarohi’s dreams,ambitions and exterior pressure. This dance show brings together performers like Keyura Karvekar,Ketki Ponkshe,Rutuja Ingle and actors like Kaustubh Deshmane,Parag Shrikhande and Shardul Kadam. The choreographers Aditi Dravid and Onkar Shahane will also do a peppy retro sequence with colorful costumes and concept-based set. The show features a fusion of different dance styles like contemporary,hip-hop,free style,ball room and bharatnatyam.

Orderly Chaos

“ Rangon,kisson,bhaagon mein bati hai zindagi; Doobte,ugte,suraj ki kahaani hai zindagi; Bujhti,jalti ummeed hai yeh zindagi …”

These words,inscribed in Devnagri script on a painting by artist Shubhra Chaturvedi gives it a newer dimension. Bold colours,neat shapes and orderly construction seems to be her forte. This artwork titled Zara si zindagi ,is a part of her exhibition “Samanvay” which has now travelled to Pune at Malaka Spice till November 15. The exhibition which was held in Delhi earlier this year,will showcase around 25 of the artist’s works here. Chaturvedi,who calls her collection an ‘orderly chaos’,will showcase artwork made with photographs,new media,paper,acrylic sheets,thermocol bits and other odds and ends. “Samanvay in Sanskrit means ‘coming together’ of things,” says the Delhi-based artist. “I have worked on this particular collection for a year-and-a-half now,and have added eight new works for the Pune exhibition,” she says. The exhibition “Samanvay” will be held at Malaka Spice,Lane 5,Koregaon Park till November 15,from 11 am to 11 pm.