05 November,2016 10:07 AM IST | | Team mid-day
The city — sliced, diced and served with a dash of sauce
In full attendance
Theatre is often called cinema's poorer cousin. But if the turnout at the Prithvi Festival's opening day was anything to go by, we'd like to believe that achchhe din for theatre are here.
Neetu and Rishi Kapoor with uncle Shashi
Kunal Kapoor
While the Kapoor family was in almost full attendance many more filmmakers and actors graced the occasion too.
Tagore still contemporary
Stories from the past often give us courage to fight battles in the present. And when it is a classic from Rabindranath Tagore, it is essential reading.
Rabindranath Tagore. Pic/Getty Images
That was the idea behind the staging of the play Her Letters by Quissa Kothi, an adaptation of the Bengali story Streer Potro by Tagore. In the short story, a woman writes to her husband and gradually through the letter documents the way she has to live the life of a dependant.
At the end of the letter, she gathers enough courage to declare that she is leaving him. The attempt, the director says, is to rediscover the character writing the letter a hundred years after the story came out.
Remembering a legend in his style
It started when the legendary cricketer-commentator from Australia, Richie Benaud, was still alive. Fans of his cricket, but more so of his inimitable commentary, would show up in the stadium dressed in beige suits that have come to be associated with Benaud.
The Benaud army at the WACA in Perth yesterday. Pic/Getty Images
But what was a ritual with a few fans, gained momentum after the passing away of Benaud last year. Seen yesterday in Perth, during the ongoing Australia-South Africa test, was one such happy bunch of fans. Donning silver wigs with mikes in hand, they were quite a sight in the stands.
An attempt to beat the blues?
With Bandra's hipsters changing their hangouts as often as the emperor his clothes, some of the suburb's older hotspots are looking to revamp. This time it is the popular Carter road eatery, Out of The Blue. Apart from chic new interiors, it also has a new menu that features Mediterranean and European fare that will now be helmed by Chef Conrad D'Souza ( of Pali Village Café fame). "A new beginning needs a new look and feel. Also, the old Out of The Blue needed a major uplift," says D'Souza.
Chef Conrad D'Souza
"The new menu would focus on simple and honest food which the restaurant was known for initially. Our pizza bar and hearty salads will be the highlights, while there will be Asian and Indian influences on the mains and our deli section," he adds. The new avatar will also boast of a lavish bar with innovative cocktails. The restaurant is tentatively slated to open on 13th November.
Retro gift to the city
After playing host to Shaggy and a host of other retro acts in the recent past, the city is now all set to welcome Eric Martin, the frontman of Mr Big, tonight. The rock group was formed in the late eighties and scored a big hit with To Be With You, a song Martin wrote in his teen years.
Eric Martin
The group broke up in 2002, but reunited with the original line-up in 2009. Martin, for his part, has had a successful career even as a solo artist. We're expecting this one to be a nostalgia-fuelled night.
