20112024-LSTL-01.qxd 11/19/2024 7:50 PM Page 1 c m y b WITHOUT TICKETS, HUH? Diljit Dosanjh paused his performance in Ahmedabad after he spotted fans watching from the balcony of a hotel. He said, “Yeh jo hotel ki balcony mein baithe hai, aap ka toh bada accha bhi hoya. Yeh hotel waale game kar gaye (Those who are sitting in the hotel balcony this is good for you. The hotel outsmarted us). Without tickets, huh?” TRIBUNE Spotted Life LOHA KUTT A BOUT a thousand artistes, 25 plays, musical performances and ru-ba-ru with directors — the fifth edition of Theatre For Theatre’s 30-day festival is all set to roll today. This is one of the longest theatre festivals in the country. Along with plays from celebrated playwrights, interaction with directors, exhibitions by children, the 19th TFT Winter National Theater Festival 2024 will dedicate four days to music as well. LUDHIANA | WEDNESDAY | 20 NOVEMBER 2024 KANAK DI BALLI THE DOLL Mona Athiya Shetty, who is expecting her first child with cricketer KL Rahul, was seen at the Mumbai airport on Tuesday. The couple announced the news on November 8. HUNN MAIN SET HAAN The stage is set The TFT Winter National Theater Festival to celebrate Sirsa-born Devendra Raj Ankur’s 50 years of Kahani Ka Rangmanch Enthused about the mega show, festival director Sudesh Sharma, recipient of the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Theatre Direction for the Year 2021-22, shared, “This edition will see teams from six states/UTs – Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. About a thousand artistes will become part of it!” Scheduled for the evenings, different segments will begin from 5 pm, starting with activity/ ru-ba-ru with the directors, followed by exhibition, and the main event at 6:30pm. The duration of each play/performance is of 60 to 90 minutes. The festival is being organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, Haryana Kala Parishad and Language and Cultural Department of Himachal Pradesh. Festival coordinator Harwinder Singh is one busy man. This year is special for him as he is to receive Ustad Bismilah Khan Yuva Award 2022-23 later this month. Scheduling, managing meals, transport and stay of artistes, Harwinder is enjoying being at the helm of affairs, “We are a core team of about 10 people, who have been managing this massive project. In total, the team has as many as 30-32 persons.” This year, TFT celebrates Devendra Raj Ankur’s 50 years of Kahani Ka Rangmanch. The Sirasa-born, Sangeet Natak Akademi awardee is the National School of Drama alumnus. He joined it later as a faculty member and became the director in 2001. Through Kahani Ka Rangmanch, he stages stories as close to Sudesh Sharma (centre) annoucing the theatre festival with members of the organising committee their original form. Taking from Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and Bengali literature, his important productions include Mahabhoj, Anaro, Khanaba-dosh, Rustam-Sohrab, Yahudi Ki Ladki, Abhigyana Shakuntalam, Mrichhakatika, Ai Ladki and Uska Bachpan. And the festival will stage the veteran theatre director’s Mannu Ki Betiya, which is based on Mannu Bhandari’s short stories. The line-up includes Bhram-Dosh by Umesh Kant, Adakaar Aad Ant Ki Sakhi by Kewal Dhaliwal, Maadhvi by Abhishek Sharma, Hun Main Set Haan by Baninnderjit Singh Bunny, Lokmanya Tilak by Kehar Singh Thakur and The Doll by Ustad Bismilah Khan-awardee Kedar Singh Thakur among others. Theatre For Theatre will stage four of its plays during the festival, which are Sandhya Chhaya, Hind Di Chaadar, Kanak Di Balli and Loha Kutt. Putul Nacher Ashor, The Puppet Theatre Chandigarh will also be part of the festival with its play titled Ray Of Hope by Shubashish Neogi. Musical performances will include Punjabi folk singing by Sunita Dua Sehgal, a bhajan sadhya by Tejasvni Sharma and a classical concert titled Anubhuti – Soul of Ragas by Pt Vinod Pawar. There will also be a dastan-goi performance called Dastan-eChauboli by Munna Dhiman. Sudesh Sharma credits the successful run of the festivals to theater artistes, art lovers and critics of Chandigarh. “We hope to present another scintillating edition this winter,” said Sharma. On at Mini Auditorium, Tagore Theatre. Ru-ba-ru 5pm-6pm, plays/performances 6:30 pm onwards. Entry free WeddingKeerthy Suresh bells National Award winner to tie knot with friend Antony Thattil Dr Sumita Misra (third from left) with members of CLS Chandigarh Literary Society to organise Literati 2024 The Chandigarh Literary Society (CLS) is all set to present a power-packed lineup of authors and literary activities at the much-awaited 12th Edition of Chandigarh Lit Fest (CLF) — Literati 2024, from November 22 to 24 at the Chandigarh Lake Club. The CLF will commence with a soulful musical evening, Aaghaaz - ShaamE-Ghazal, featuring the renowned artist Kanwar Jagmohan. The event will be held on November 22 at Rani Laxmi Bai Bhawan, Sector 38, Chandigarh. Thereafter, on November 23 and 24 liter- World of words ary sessions will take place at Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh. Dr Sumita Misra, festival director and chairperson of CLS, shared, “Themed on Celebrating Creativity, the threeday literary festival promises an exciting mix of thoughtprovoking discussions, book launches, engaging sessions and book readings, featuring some of the most renowned names in literature, art and culture.” The festival will also witness the launch of as many as six books in the Book Buzz activities. These are Udaari (Punjabi) by Sarabjit Singh Madan, The Diva Who Died to Live by Sharat Ralhan, Sulagdi Dharti by Sanjeev Kumari RJ, The Diva Who Died to Live by Sharat; Sulagadi Dharti by Dr Sanjeev Kumar, Geisha in the Gota Patti by Chetna Keer, Udgar by Sarika Dhupar and Reflections of Ram Sevak by Anirudh Tiwari. Popular South Indian actress Keerthy Suresh is all set to tie the knot with her long-time friend Antony Thattil, a Kochi-based businessman. G Suresh Kumar, the father of Keerthy, said that the two have been friends since Class 12. “The wedding will take place in Goa in December. The exact date is yet to be decided as she is presently finishing her debut film in Hindi (Baby John),” said Kumar. “Antony is an engineer by profession and after working in Qatar he returned to Kochi briefly and is now engaged in wholesale business in Venetian Blinds,” added Kumar. He added that the wedding in Goa is going to be a very close affair and will see very few people. “We are deciding whether to have a reception and if it happens, it is likely to be in Thiruvananthapuram,” said Kumar. Keerthy (32) began her career as a child actress in the early 2000s and returned to films after studying fashion design. Her first lead role was in the 2013 Malayalam film Geethaanjali-directed by Priyadarshan. In 2018, she won the National Award for acting in the Telugu film Mahanati. Her younger sister Revathy Suresh is now an assistant to Priyadarshan. —IANS c m y b ‘I cry a lot in my bathroom…’ Shah Rukh on dealing with failures and moving on Shah Rukh Khan on Tuesday attended the Global Freight Summit in Dubai, where he got candid about his personal and professional life. During the conversation with the moderator, SRK not only talked about his stardom but also shared how he dealt with failures. Urging people to introspect rather than dwell on their failures, he said, “When you fail, you should not believe that your product or service or job went wrong. Maybe you just misunderstood the ecosystem you were working in. You have to understand how people are reacting. If I cannot elicit an emotion from the people I cater to, then my product is not going to work how wonderful it may be.” When asked if he is critical of his work sometimes, Shah Rukh candidly admitted, “Yes, I am. I hate feeling this way, and I cry a lot in my bathroom. I don’t show it to anyone. You must believe that the world is not against you. If your film did go wrong, it’s not because of you or some conspiracy. You have to accept that you made it badly, and then you have to move on.” He also emphasised how one should be focused on learning how to move on from failures. “There are moments of despair but there are moments which say, ‘shut up, get up and get on with it’. You have to do it because the world is not against you. You should not believe that things are going wrong only for you. — ANI