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 Go Metro : Film Festival No
ordinary retro this. Merchant Ivory Productions celebrates 40 years of an
amazing partnership with a festival of some of its landmark films as well
as a premiere of its latest offering, Cotton Mary. Spanning several
decades, the week-long fest of this Oscar-winning team features The
Householder, Shakespeare Wallah, Howard's End, The Proprietor, Jefferson
in Paris, A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries and Heat and Dust from
February 18-24 at the Sterling Theatre in Mumbai and at PVR Anupam in
Delhi, before travelling to Bangalore. Cotton Mary, which has been
directed by Ismail Merchant and stars Greta Scacchi, Madhur Jaffrey, James
Wilby and Neena Gupta will be premiered -- with some of the cast present
-- in Mumbai on February 22 and in Delhi on February 24. Film
Club The
Bacardi Reserva First Cut Club is the rum-maker's way of getting
popular films to their target market. Each month they will screen Hollywood films
that are yet to be released in India, at halls in Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta,
Bangalore and elsewhere. Passes will be distributed to buyers at select
restaurants and clubs in these cities. For more
details, e-mail: firstcut@bacardi.com Go Mumbai : Restaurant The
newly revamped Shamiana restaurant at the Taj Mahal hotel, boasts of
elegant new interiors, more space and two private dining rooms. Also, some
new dishes. Try the sushi platter, roasted tomato soup with
tortilla chips, yellow Thai curry and smoked cheese lasagne,
washed down with wines from New Zealand, Chile, Argentina and the
Maldives. Breakfast averages Rs 375- plus, and lunch
for Rs 475 plus taxes. For reservations, call (022) 202-3636. Go
Delhi: Art It's a family affair. In a charming exhibition, titled The Burmans, Paris-based painter Sakti Burman shows his works along with wife Maite and daughter Maya at Art Today gallery. The family resemblance is unmistakable, particularly between the father and daughter: both quaintly ethereal, with a fairytale aura about them. Fantasy is more on leash in Maite's watercolours. On till February 28. Telephone: (011) 332-0689. |
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