Gyaan Adab celebrates Munshi Premchand’s 135th birth anniversary through an audio-visual presentation and cinematic narratives featuring some of his famous short stories- Boodhi kaki, Kaffan and Idgah. A pioneer of modern Hindi and Urdu fiction, Munshi Premchand was the first Hindi author to introduce realism in his writings. By pioneering a new form of writing- fiction […]
Gyaan Adab cordially invites you to a charm-filled evening of interaction, book reading and screening, celebrating the genius of Shah Abdul Latif, the 16th century Sufi poet. About the book: Shah Abdul Latif: Seeking the Beloved is translated by Anju Makhija and Hari Dilgir. It is the first comprehensive English translation in India of Shah-Jo-Risalo, one of […]
“If you have to ask what jazz is, you’ll never know!” (Louis Armstrong) Gear up to restart our Sunday meetings! Pune Jazz and Blues Club bring to […]
Brought to you by British Council, Pune Gyaan Adab invites you to the screening of this film, which marks the continuation of a series of films presented by the British Council that will showcase an exciting range of British cinema. Based on Richard Yates’ debut novel by the same name, Revolutionary Road depicts the story […]
South American music has its own charm and magic, and the opportunity to hear and enjoy it live is what we present to you on the 7th evening. Gyaan Adab invites you to a captivating evening of music and melody from a melting pot of diverse cultures. It was in South America that classical music […]
A LIVELY FACE-OFF, FREE-WHEELING DISCUSSION, READINGS, AND REFLECTIONS. Two novelists explore the many shades of love, sexuality, attachment, self-discovery and the past. Siddharth Dasgupta and Shilpa Gupta, moderated by Pervin Saket, bring to the evening the themes and concerns of their novels. Siddharth Dasgupta’s Letters from an Indian Summer tells the tale of Arjun Bedi- a […]
‘Fast paced, action-packed…brims with dark humor…and yes, very, very funny!’ (The Hindu) Directed by Akarsh Khurana, The Job tells the story of a young candidate turns up for a job interview only to realize that this wasn’t the typical question and answer round he had imagined. Merging the power of cinema and magic of […]
'A flat-out, wonderful film!’ (Larry King) Brought to you by British Council, Pune Gyaan Adab invites you to the screening of this film, which marks the continuation of a series of films presented by the British Council that will showcase an exciting range of British cinema. A movie that succeeds as a pure story, The […]
Gyaan Adab invites you to savour the everyday happenings in the lives of ordinary people depicted in Sameer Dixit’s figurative paintings. Sameer’s inspiration for this series are the characters one comes across every day in one’s life. They may be your run-of-the-mill conventional individuals but each of them harbours a story within. From the fisherman […]
Gyaan Adab presents an acoustic guitar concert of Bhrigu Sahni's own compositions inspired by the minimalist music of Michael Hedges, drawing from the Sufi, Flamenco and Indian raga traditions to create a sound that is spiritually charged. For the evening, Bhrigu brings with him numerous creative collaborations having performed with Meshell Ndgeocello, Karsh Kale, Angelique Kidjo and […]
