Dastangoi and MaFa in the US

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The creator and director of Dastangoi, Mahmood Farooqui is on a tour to the States, and has been invited by some leading American universities to perform the lost art of Urdu storytelling.

The schedule for the next three weeks is given below:

• September 27, 6 pm: Vandenberg Room, Michigan League, University of Michigan
• October 5, 7 pm: Room no. 1200, Rolfe Hall, Center for India and South Asia, UCLA
• October 6, 6 pm: The Bancroft Hotel, The Great Hall 2680 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
• October 12, 9 pm: Capitol Ballroom, Wisconsin, Madison

Dastangoi at Teen Murti

SAHMAT & Nehru Memorial Museum & Library,

as a part of the Seminar celebrating 100 years of Manto,

present

Mantoiyat

a dastangoi presentation on the life and times of Sa'adat Hasan Manto

Date: September 29, 2012

Time: 6 PM

Venue: Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, 

Teen Murti Bhawan, New Delhi.

Directed by: Mahmood Farooqui

Performed by: Danish Husain and Darain Shahidi

Open to all.

Celebrating Manto

On the occasion of Sa'adat Hasan Manto's birth centenary, 

Team Dastangoi presents 

Mantoiyat

A Dastangoi presentation on the life and times of Manto 

Compiled by Mahmood Farooqui 

Performed by Danish Husain & Mahmood Farooqui 

Date: August 11 and August 12, 2012

Time: 7:00pm

Venue: Indian Habitat Centre

Duration: 120mins with interval

Tickets at Rs.350, Rs.250 & Rs.100
Available at the Programmes Desk from Aug.3 for IHC members only. Open to all from Aug.6

Mantoiyat in Mumbai

Team Dastangoi premieres in Mumbai

On the occasion of Sa'adat Hasan Manto's birth centenary

MANTOIYAT

A Dastangoi presentation on the life and times of Manto

At Barry John Acting Studio, 301, Nanak Chambers, Opposite Fun Republic, New Link Road, Andheri West, Mumbai 400 053.


On Sunday, 29th July at 7.00 pm 


This is an open event but with limited seating.

Dastangoi AntiMattered

In our next round of Anti Matter we get 2 stalwarts together who have revived the art of Storytelling that was lost to us - Dastangoi

Mahmood Farooqui & Danish Husain

Mahmood Farooqui is a Rhodes Scholar, historian, filmmaker, and a Dastango. Mahmood has been a researcher as well as a practitioner and his various interests in cinema, theatre, literary Urdu and Indian history, are brought together by this form. Among his many accomplishments are co-directing the feature Peepli Live, penning the book Besieged: Voices from Delhi 1857, and reviving the lost art form of Urdu storytelling, Dastangoi.

Danish Husain is a poet, actor, theatre director, and a Dastango. He runs his own theatre and film company, The Hoshruba Repertory, and actively collaborates with Mahmood Farooqui in reviving the art form of Dastangoi. 

Today the conversation is about the revival of an ancient form of storytelling – Dastangoi, which has been honed for centuries by practitioners. It can be used to perform traditional stories and also to tell contemporary stories. Dastangoi extends the boundaries of poetic recitation and takes it to the level of performance and as a form of storytelling extends to drama through the device of using two actors.

AntiMatter on Saturday, July 28, 2012 at 8pm at Bonobo, Bandra, Mumbai. Entry Free.