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 KALA PHOOL and The Drum present Mother India – 21st Century Remix - The Drum, Birmingham Date: Saturday 2 August 2008 Times: 7.30pm Location: The Drum, 144 Potters Lane, Aston , Birmingham, B6 4UU Mother India – 21st Century Remix is a dynamic, live audio/visual project that re-scores and re-visualizes the groundbreaking tour-de-force of Indian cinematic history - Mother India.
Winner of the Oscar for the best Foreign Film in 1957, the film came to symbolise the post-colonial Indian psyche interpreted through the ambitions, struggles, compassion and sheer will to survive demonstrated by the central "mother" character Radha. Profoundly influential, Mother India was lauded for its stunning cinematography, indelible soundtrack and powerful storyline. KALA PHOOL has bought the film together with one of the worlds leading turntables and electronic composers, British Asian DJ Tigerstyle (former World DMC and ITF champion) to reinterpret the score through a unique live electronic performance to commemorate India and Pakistans Independence. Experimental, yet true to the source the film has been specially recut and remixed exclusively for this performance. The performance at The Drum marks the launch of an extraordinary film and extraordinary re-imaging.       Paul Chowdhry - Lost in Confusion - The Drum, Birmingham - 11/07/2008 Described as the must do show of the year by The Telegraph - Paul Chowdhry comes to Birmingham   West Yorkshire Playhouse presents - Mela - The Drum, Birmingham - 17/07/2008 Its summer, the Mela is just hotting up and the whole town is there. Troy is just back from Iraq and trying to be the model British solider; his old friend Ranjit is ready for a display of Sikh martial arts; and Sajjad and Mariam exchange barbed comments over his Al-Aqsa mosque calendars and her hand-made pottery. As Angela watches them from afar an unexpected explosion occurs throwing together old friends and even older enemies. | ||
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