Weekly Planner: 5 Opportunities that show the best art, food and theater | Mint

The best film The Habitat Film Festival (HFF) is back with its 17th edition and shows films in 24 Indian languages. This year, the HFF focuses on classical and contemporary theater through retrospective, master classes and performances. One of the highlights is the retrospective of Shyam Benegal with a special performance of his debut film Ankur. Some of the master classes include the Neville Tuli session on the cinema as a critical and interdisciplinary educational resource, and a talk by Prof. SV Srinivas in celebration of 50 years of Rajinikanth and Chiranjeevi in ​​the film. Until May 25, at India Habitat Center, Delhi. Admission is free, online registration compulsory via www.indiahabitat.org. A Taste of Coorg enjoys a pop-up of Kodava kitchen compiled by Priya. Pandhi Curry, Neyi Cabbage, Mange Pajji, Coconut Soufflé, as part of ‘A Taste of Home’, is presented. In Tijouri, Radisson Blu Atria, Ambedkar Veedhi, Bengaluru, until May 18. Visit Urbanaut.App for more information. ‘Asen Me Nasen Me’ in the NCPA Marathi Theater in the spotlight, a four-day festival, Pratibimb Marathi Natya Utsav, celebrates the world of the marathi theater. Among the plays is Tuji Aukat Kaye?, A bilingual musical inspired by folk traditions, and Sobaticha Karar, a show of poetry and music. In the National Center for the Performing Arts, Nariman Point, Mumbai, between May 22-25. Visit in.bookmyshow.com for more information. Experiments with materiality compiled by Rahul Bhattacharya, the group exhibition, alchemy of matter: material as memory, studio as website, examine how artists of Vadodara experiment with materials such as cloth, clay, glass and bronze. Among the 16 participating artists are Ajay Lakhera and Mayur Gupta. View until June 10, 11am to 7pm. Lexicon Art Gallery, Connaught Place, New -Delhi. ‘After Silence’ by Harshh Kumar Parallel Worlds Method Kala Ghoda in Mumbai offers two solo exhibitions: After silence by Harshh Kumar, and heritage of a feeling by Deeraj Jadhav. Both shows seek to create a contemplative space to soak in two different visual languages ​​around abstraction and memory. Viewers can take the contrasts between the artists’ practices. While Kumar’s works are layer and alive, an emotional turbulence is by gesture abstraction; Jadhav’s series of ink float works is almost entirely in black and white, with just one artwork in color – a symbolic gesture, “the curatorial note mentions. On the Kala Ghoda, Mumbai method, until June 15, 12-8 Nm, closed on Monday Tuesday.