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METROSCAPE
Literary Label
So now you know he likes Shakespeare. Designer
Manish Malhotra, famous for being the clothier of actresses Urmila Matondkar
and Karisma and Kareena Kapoor, made the Bard's jaunty comedy, A Mid-Summer
Night's Dream, the inspiration for his new pret line shown at Mumbai's
Sheetal Design Studio last week.
Malhotra said that he was impressed by the "breeziness,
romance, freedom and flowering" of the play that he had "browsed
through" to create what he titled, Enchanted Ensemble. "I have
ignored the present trend of using reds to give a softer touch inspired
by poetry and romance rather than passion," says the designer.
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| BARD OF HONOUR: Malhotra's designs
inspired by A Midsummer Night's Dream |
The 200-strong sets of apparel for both men and
women includes knit shirts, short kurtas, trousers in crepe, georgettes,
nets and silks is in pastels palettes and floral motifs. Wonder if the
literature convert is now browsing through the Greek tragedies for the
coming India Fashion Week?
-Himanshi
Dhawan
Play Pals And Pros
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| BE A RIVER: O'Hanlon with the school kids |
It isn't easy being a river. Or a park bench.
But last week, the 30-odd children who participated in a British Council-hosted
theatre workshop didn't seem to have a problem. When actor-instructor
Jacqui O'Hanlon, a member of the Royal National Theatre in the UK, asked
them to "be" a river, they mimed washermen, fishermen and even
turned into a human bridge. O'Hanlon was taken aback by their imagination
and flair. "In England, if I asked for a river, I would get a lot
of linked hands and winding movements," she says. "Here the
children just let their thoughts go."
That's exactly what co-instructors, actor Victor
Banerjee, theatrepersons Ujjal Kar, Geetanjali Alagh Jolly and Nina Jacques,
are hoping for when they put the children-members of five underprivileged
schools-through their paces for the forthcoming inter-school drama fest
organised by the Council. And though some of these schools already have
theatre training as part of their curriculum, this new act is a welcome
break.
-Labonita
Ghosh
Frame Fatale
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| LIFE OF A NATION: Post-war Germany
by Dieter; family protesting against nuclear war (right) |
When German photographer Willi Klar died in 1995,
his son Dieter made a simple promise. He would take all of dad's photos
and compile a book. But it wasn't easy-Willi had close to 10,000 b/w shots
of post-WW II Germany, right up to the Reunification. "I said to
myself 'Dieter, you're crazy," says the 64-year-old second-generation
lensman. When the book, Germany Since 1945: Seen by Three Generations,
and including shots by Dieter and son Reto, 34, as well was finally published
in 1995, it sold out in three months.
Here's why. Visitors to Kolkata's Goethe Institute,
where 300 blown up shots are exhibited agree it's the best walk through
history they have ever seen. There are still about 50,000 photographs
that haven't been touched. "Good for many more books on the subject,"
says Dieter. The wait might be worth it.
-Labonita
Ghosh
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