Other highlights of the festival:

BOOK EXHIBITION . FOOD FESTIVAL . CALLIGRAPHY CORNER . URDU BAZAAR & LOTS MORE

SCHEDULE
#JASHNEREKHTA FRIDAY - 17TH FEBRUARY, 2017
Registration opens 5PM onwards

DIWAN-E-AAM [STAGE LAWN]

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6:30PM
INAUGURATION graced by GULZAR & USTAD AMJAD ALI KHAN
7:00PM

7:30PM

8:00PM A MUSICAL EVENING with

8:30 PM
AMAAN ALI BANGASH & AYAAN ALI BANGASH
Program & attendance of participants is subject to change owing to factors beyond the control of organisers 9:00PM
 SCHEDULE
SATURDAY, 18TH FEBRUARY 2017
Registration opens 10AM onwards

DIWAN-E-AAM STAGE LAWN DIWAN-E-KHAAS AUDITORIUM BAZM-E-RAVAA AMPHITHEATRE KUNJ-E-SUKHAN TREE LAWN

11:00AM HINDUSTANI ZINDAGI KA NAQSH-NIGAAR:

HUM SOORATGAR KUCHH KHWAABON KE NAGHMA-E-NAUKHEZ ZABANI KHELA BY KABULI WALA
PREMCHAND
GULZAR in conversation with JAVED SIDDIQI Sufi performance by child prodigy KHANAK JOSHI Urdu storytelling for children
11:30AM ABDUL BISMILLAH, ALI AHMAD FATMI, ALOK RAI &
MANAGER PANDEY 11:00AM-12:00NOON
12:00PM Moderator: TARIQ CHHATARI
DASTANGOI: DASTAN BACHPAN KI
AAMIR AHMED & HIMANSHU BAJPAI
12:30PM DURAAYE NAINA BANAYE BATIYAN:
THEATRE KE BHOOLE HUE RANG BOOK RELEASES BY GULZAR Directed by MAHMOOD FAROOQUI
KHUSRO KI KARISHMA-KAARI Produced by ANUSHA RIZVI 12:00NOON-1:00PM
M S SATHYU, NADIRA BABBAR, SALIM ARIF & Ghazal Usne Chhedi Vol - 2 by FARHAT EHSAS
01:00PM
SAURABH SHUKLA GOPI CHAND NARANG Blind translationby SUKRITA PAUL KUMAR of Nadeed by JOGINDER PAUL PADHANT: MERE MUNH MEIN KHAAK
Moderator: DANISH IQBAL Discussion with GULZAR, IRTEZA KARIM & SUKRITA PAUL KUMAR [A HUMOROUS RECITATION]
01:30PM
AZHAR IQBAL & KOKAB FAREED 1:00PM-2:00PM
02:00PM
JAB FILMEIN URDU BOLTI THI DILLI JO EK SHAHR THA URDU SHAYARI MEIN ANGREZI ALFAAZ KA
ISTEMAAL: TAARIKH, MISAALEIN AUR KUCHH YOUNG POETS MUSHAIRA
02:30PM JAVED SIDDIQI, PREM CHOPRA & SHARMILA TAGORE IRFAN HABIB in conversation with RANA SAFVI
KHAYAAL
2:00PM-3:00PM
Moderator: BHAWANA SOMAAYA
SALMAN AKHTAR in conversation with SAIF MAHMOOD
03:00PM
TAZMIN-E-GHALIB
[POETRY MODELLED ON GHALIBS GHAZALS]
03:30PM ASHOK LAL 3:00PM-3:30PM
HUM BULBULEIN HAIN USKI : SONGS OF MAQBOOL-E-AAM ADAB YA ADAB KA SUKHAN
THE PROGRESSIVES QUBOOL-E-AAM SUNO KAHANI
04:00PM 3:30PM-4:00PM
ANEES ASHFAQ, KHALID JAWED, KHALID QADRI & NAJMA REHMANI
Performance by VIDYA SHAH with DANISH HUSAIN Blending of poetry and music
Moderator: KHURSHID AKRAM
04:30 PM
MAZAHIYA MUSHAIRA
A presentation of humorous Urdu poetry 4:00PM-5:00PM
05:00 PM
URDU MEIN HINDUSTANI TAHZEEB KA JASHN
SHAMIM TARIQ, SUBODH LAL, USTAD IQBAL AHMAD KHAN &
05:30PM
QAWWALI ZAMAN AZURDAH
Moderator: QURBAN ALI
06:00PM DHRUV SANGARI & GROUP

06:30PM

07:00PM FILM SCREENING

07:30PM MANDI 6:30PM to 9:00PM

BAZM-E-SUKHAN: MUSHAIRA
08:00PM ABHISHEK SHUKLA, AZHAR INAYATI, BHARAT BHUSHAN PANT,
FARHAT EHSAS, GULZAR DEHLVI, LIAQAT JAFRI, MOIEN SHADAB
08:30 PM SHAKEEL AZMI, SHAKEEL JAMALI, SHEEN KAAF NIZAM,
VIKAS SHARMA RAAZ & WASIM BARELVI

09:00PM

SCHEDULE
SUNDAY, 19TH FEBRUARY 2017
Registration opens 10AM onwards

DIWAN-E-AAM STAGE LAWN DIWAN-E-KHAAS AUDITORIUM BAZM-E-RAVAA AMPHITHEATRE KUNJ-E-SUKHAN TREE LAWN

11:00AM
URDU KE ZER-E-SAAYA FIRAQ GORAKHPURI: HIJR KI RAAT KA GHAZAL PERFORMANCE KHULI NISHIST
PRASOON JOSHI in conversation with FARIDOON SHAHRYAR SITARA An open house of poetry recitation moderated
11:30AM
SHAMIM HANFI in conversation with DIPA BAGAI AMRISH MISHRA by KAVISHALA
11:00AM-12:00NOON
12:00PM
KAHTE HAIN JISKO URDU
12:30PM MOHAMMAD ZAKIR in conversation with ABDUR RASHEED
MAIN JO HOON JAUN ELIYA URDU KA ADAALATI LEHJA URDU TAHZEEB KA HUSN-E-ZAIQA & OMAIR MANZAR 12:00NOON-1:00PM
JUSTICE AFTAB ALAM, SALMAN KHURSHID, ALI KHAN MAHMUDABAD. DIPA BAGAI & PUSHPESH PANT
01:00 PM
KUMAR VISHWAS in conversation with RJ SAYEMA
TAHIR MAHMOOD & JUSTICE T S THAKUR FAUZIA ARSHI: GHAZAL
Moderator: SAIF MAHMOOD Moderator: ATIYA ZAIDI PERFORMANCE & CD RELEASE 1:00PM-1:30PM
01:30 PM

NUKKAD NATAK
02:00PM DASTANGOI: DASTAN RAJA VIKRAM KE ISHQIYA SHAYARI AUR SHRINGAR RAS KI KAVITA IZHAR-E-ISHQ AUR SHAYARI: SEASON 2 Street performance by BIGUL 1:30PM-2:00PM
ISHQ KI [ WO FIRAAQ AUR WO VISAAL KAHAAN ]
ABUL KALAM QASMI, AMBAR BAHRAICHI, ASHOK CHAKRADHAR &
02:30PM DARAIN SHAHIDI & POONAM GIRDHANI
Directed by MAHMOOD FAROOQUI
SHEEN KAAF NIZAM
DANISH IQBAL KHAWATEEN KA MUSHAIRA
Produced by ANUSHA RIZVI Moderator: FARHAT EHSAS 2:00PM-3:00PM
03:00PM

03:30PM ALFAAZ AAPKE, AAWAZ HAMARI

BAITBAAZI AALAMI BAZAAR MEIN HINDUSTANI TAMSEELI MUSHAIRA
R J SAYEMA
ZABAANEIN 3:00PM-4:00PM
04:00PM
A Game of Urdu Poetry: Celebrating a Tradition ALOK RAI, QAZI AFZAL HUSAIN & UDAY PRAKASH Dramatic representation of a mushaira HOTA HAI SHAB-O-ROZ TAMASHA MIRE AAGE
04:30PM Moderator: ANISUR RAHMAN ZAKIR KHAN 4:00PM-4:30PM

05:00 PM MUSICAL RENDITION BY DIFFERENTLY-ABLED

GHALIB, HALI AND URDU RENAISSANCE CHILDREN
Presented by HOSLA CHARITABLE TRUST 4:00PM-5:00PM
05:30PM IRTEZA KARIM, SYEDA HAMEED & TAQI ABEDI
URDU SURO KA MAUSAM-E-BAHAAR SHAAM-E-GHAZAL
Moderator: SAFDAR IMAM QUADRI
06:00PM ANNU KAPOOR with RUMY JAFERY SUDEEP BANERJEE

06:30PM

07:00PM

07:30PM CLOSING CEREMONY 7:15PM-7:30PM

AN EVENING OF SUFI MUSIC

08:00PM

08:30PM HANS RAJ HANS

09:00 PM