Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Books into films: the ToI literary carnival

The schedule for the Times of India Literary Carnival (December 2-4 at Mehboob Studios, Mumbai) is out – here’s the link. I’m participating in a session about book-to-film adaptation on the 4th evening, with Sooni Taraporewala (the screenwriter of Salaam Bombay and The Namesake, and director of Little Zizou), director Anurag Kashyap, writer S Hussain Zaidi (who wrote the book on which Kashyap’s Black Friday was based) and the multifaceted Anuvab Pal (with whom I was also on a panel at Kala Ghoda earlier this year).

One thing I like about the programme is that it allots an hour and a half to each session, instead of the usual hour. More latitude for elaborate discussion and hopefully for audience participation too.
Do drop by if you’re around.

7 comments:

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  2. Pessimist Fool: why did you remove your comment?

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  3. Jai - i thought i would mail you...

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  4. Probably am new to the whole thing but I'll ask anyway - Is there a sudden spate of these literary events/talks? Or have these things been happening all this while and I just developed new interest? Attended the Hindu Lit Fest Chennai edition and it had some excellent and some not-so-good talks.

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  5. Apart from the Jaipur one of course!

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  6. Hi Mr Singh,

    Look forward to your interaction with Anurag Kashyap, Hussain Zaidi and Sooni Taraporewala. Your's will be the last session of the TOI carnival, so expect to see a big crowd.

    What Books-To-Movies are you planning on discussing?

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  7. Is there a sudden spate of these literary events/talks?

    Gradwolf: yes, there has been a marked increase in lit-fests in the past couple of years - there seems to be a new one starting every month.

    Mumbai Events: not sure if Anurag Kashyap is part of the discussion now, but Anuvab Pal will be the moderator. Will work out what books and movies soon.

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