[jyotirmoy]

From 13t. April to 26th. Tom Alter, Zohra Segal and Shivardhan Trivedi will stage this adaptation of Dalrymple's City of Djinns. The story depicts the year Dalarymple and his artist wife  Olivia spent in Delhi. Their experience of Delhi's life,  loves, friendships, losses...
To add to the atmosphere there will be bangle sellers, kabab sellers, cock fights and Sufi music featuring works of Khusrau and Rumi.

[cyberhippie]

Is the play in Hindi Jyoti Da and where is it playing, is it the Habitat?? Sounds like something worth seeing!!
I'm sure you'll take in one of the shows...............take your video camera  

[jyotirmoy]

Dear CH the play is in English. It will be staged in Maati Ghar, IGNCA, Janpath. I will definitely try to catch it.

[dzibead]

Is Zohra Segal playing the landlady?  Or some other role?  (e.g., one of the old begums Dalrymple meets?) Or is she just a producer?  I love her!

[captmahajan]

City of Djinns, Amir Khusrao and Rumi.. wow. Enjoy, Jyoti.

The BBC production of COD had sufi music of sorts too... Michael Brooks and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, which was haunting.

Heres somthing by Rumi
"Remember, though I have done terrible things,
I can still see the world in your face."

Edited by captmahajan, 14 April 2007 - 10:45 PM.

[iwanttogoback]

someone gave me a cd of nusrat fateh ali khan's music for christmas, it's wonderful.

[tstan]

Thanks for the interesting report Jyoti - and belated birthday greetings Cyb - for those people in the Sydney area Dalrymple will be here in the autumnal city for the Sydney Writers' Festival in a few weeks.

http://www.swf.org.a...category/90/107

Watched "The Namesake" last night - brilliant movie in every respect.