Mumbai Diary: Tuesday Dossier

Mumrsquos the wordA couple looks forward to the birth of their child with a maternity shoot at Five Gardens in Wadala on MondayCulturing cinemaCine buffs celebrate From July 17 to 21 Culture Cinema 2021 a conceptbased film festival will be held to showcase films of different themes and perspectives introducing Indian and global audiences to several cultures and social dialogues with added events including workshops and panel discussions featuring artists filmmakers and more What was originally to be held on UNdeclared World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development on May 21 has been moved to July owing to the pandemic The festival also has support from platforms including UNESCO and Jaipur Literature Festival ldquoThe fest will play a vital part in pushing back the narrative of hatred and violence often stemming from the ignorance of minority communities and their culturesrdquo shared Sanjoy Roy member of the organising team for the eventClick for helpA photograph by Louie Banks that is being sold as part of the fundraiserLast week we had mentioned on this page about how arts platform Offset Projects had put up print versions of photographs clicked by noted shutterbugs for sale in order to raise money for Covid19 relief We are now happy to report that Hope 4 India another charitable organisation is putting together a similar exercise They are offering the works of Indian and international photographers including David Byrne Riddhibrata Burman and Louie Banks for 150 dollars 11000 a pop the money being spent on gathering emergency oxygen cylinders for people in need Log on to hope4indiaus and pick a photograph of your choiceA bitesized helping handThe saying goes ldquoWe are what we eatrdquo But sometimes what we eat also goes a long way in helping other people out Take the initiative Cooks for a Cause for instance which is back for its second edition This time it involves four star chefs in the city joining forces to rustle up a meal that costs 6000 and serves two They are Gresham Fernandes inset Hussain Shehzad Prateek Sadhu and Amninder Sandhu below The profits will be diverted to Athrout Kashmir an NGO that will use the funds to alleviate the misery of pandemicaffected people in the Valley Fernandes shared ldquoThis being the second edition we not only wanted to cook something completely different but also support a cause that hasnrsquot been highlighted enough Athrout is doing notable Covid19 relief work in Kashmir which needs everyonersquos attention We have cooked an amazing familystyle Kashmiri meal and hope that more people donate towards the causerdquo Call 9999931957 to order your shareCelebrating Vanrajrsquos legacyIndian film and television music lost one of its leading lights recently when Vanraj Bhatia passed away But his legacy will live on through his work which has been donated to The Film Heritage Foundation FHF founded by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur ldquoVanraj was a maverick composer who blended both western and Indian musical forms to create an unforgettable legacy that was captured so beautifully in the cinema of the Indian New Wave movementrdquo Dungarpur told this diarist He added that Bhatia had meticulously preserved the notations of his music which FHF will now take upon itself to preserve along with personal photographs that Bhatia and his family sharedDylan at 80He is truly a man who needs no introduction because who hasnrsquot heard of Bob Dylan The musician celebrated his 80th birthday yesterday Suman Chattopadhyay aka Kabir Suman an Indian musician who has famously covered Dylanrsquos music summed it up ldquoThere is everything that has been said before about him and I donrsquot know what else to addrdquo Letrsquos just say ldquoHappy birthdayrdquo in that case and add a ldquoThank yourdquo for the music