Bhopal's Bharat Bhavan releases calendar of programmes

Bhopal, Aug 3 (UNI) Culture buffs in this City of Lakes are in for a veritable treat as multi-art centre Bharat Bhavan Board of Trustees Secretary Rameshwar Mishra Pankaj today released a calendar for six months' programmes.

''The Bhavan will celebrate its anniversary in February-March 2008. The programmes will be conducted in our four wings Roopankar (art), Anhad (music), Wagarth (literature) and Rangmandal (theatre),'' he told reporters.

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has been invited to recite his father Harivanshrai Bachchan's immortal poetry. Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia and Shubha Mudgal will also showcase their talents. A SAARC poetry convention is on schedule in February 2008.

Roopankar would host an exhibition of -- besides lectures and seminars on -- the works of Padmashri Raghunath Krishna Phadke, Devkrishna Jatashankar Joshi, Rudranhji, Avdharan Singh Bavni, Master Madanlal Sharma, S N Subbakrishna and Nagesh Yavalkar.

A B V Karanth Samaroh will witness leading theatre directors' works being staged from September 1 to 3 and a multi-lingual drama fest is on the cards for January 2008.

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