<p>Theatre troupe WeBhinna is organising ‘Sathyu Sambhrama’, a week-long celebration on the life and times of MS Sathyu, renowned filmmaker and theatre director, who turns 93 today.</p>.<p>The birthday celebrations of the iconic filmmaker began with staging of two of his plays, ‘Varasudaara’ and the musical ‘Gul-E-Bakavali’, on Monday and Tuesday respectively.</p>.<p>Sathyu rose to fame with the critically-acclaimed Hindi film ‘Garam Hava’, which dealt with the post-partition plight of the Muslims. A couple of his classic Kannada films — ‘Chitegu Chinte’ (1978) and ‘Bara’ (1980) — will be screened on July 6 and 7 respectively. The latter is a National Award-winning socio-political film based on UR Ananthamurthy’s novel of the same name. All events are held at the ADA Rangamandira on JC Road.</p>.<p>On July 8, Kannada filmmaker KM Chaitanya (‘Aa Dinagalu’) will talk to around 80-100 students from four theatre groups on the topic ‘Sathyu and Theatre Movement’ from 4 to 6 pm. It will be followed by Sathyu, a Padma Shri recipient in 1975, interacting with those closely associated with him in theatre and students from NSD and other theatre teams.</p>.<p>There will be a screening of a documentary on Sathyu on Saturday followed by a slide show of his works. The event will conclude on Sunday with many theatre stalwarts, including Arundathi Nag, Dattanna and Sundar Raj, talking about Sathyu.</p>.<p><em>All events are open for the public and the entry is free. For details, call 97396 14139 or 96325 42600.</em></p>
<p>Theatre troupe WeBhinna is organising ‘Sathyu Sambhrama’, a week-long celebration on the life and times of MS Sathyu, renowned filmmaker and theatre director, who turns 93 today.</p>.<p>The birthday celebrations of the iconic filmmaker began with staging of two of his plays, ‘Varasudaara’ and the musical ‘Gul-E-Bakavali’, on Monday and Tuesday respectively.</p>.<p>Sathyu rose to fame with the critically-acclaimed Hindi film ‘Garam Hava’, which dealt with the post-partition plight of the Muslims. A couple of his classic Kannada films — ‘Chitegu Chinte’ (1978) and ‘Bara’ (1980) — will be screened on July 6 and 7 respectively. The latter is a National Award-winning socio-political film based on UR Ananthamurthy’s novel of the same name. All events are held at the ADA Rangamandira on JC Road.</p>.<p>On July 8, Kannada filmmaker KM Chaitanya (‘Aa Dinagalu’) will talk to around 80-100 students from four theatre groups on the topic ‘Sathyu and Theatre Movement’ from 4 to 6 pm. It will be followed by Sathyu, a Padma Shri recipient in 1975, interacting with those closely associated with him in theatre and students from NSD and other theatre teams.</p>.<p>There will be a screening of a documentary on Sathyu on Saturday followed by a slide show of his works. The event will conclude on Sunday with many theatre stalwarts, including Arundathi Nag, Dattanna and Sundar Raj, talking about Sathyu.</p>.<p><em>All events are open for the public and the entry is free. For details, call 97396 14139 or 96325 42600.</em></p>