Dastan-e Guru Dutt (Hindustani/120 mins with interval) Written, Directed and Performed by Mahmood Farooqui. Produced by Anusha Rizvi. A Dastangoi presentation that places Guru Dutt amid the big four of the 1950s—Raj Kapoor, Bimal Roy, Guru Dutt, and Mehboob Khan—charting Bombay noir, its rain-lit streets, and the ache of homelessness as the city’s fatal music. It recalls P.C. Barua’s romantic modernity and the studio era of Himanshu Rai and V. Shantaram, showing how systems forged auteurs. It walks with Balraj Sahni, K. A. Abbas, Indian People's Theatre Association, and the Progressive Writers' Association, where people’s theatre soldered politics to popular feeling. It holds, in one breath, Geeta Roy’s asphyxiation, Waheeda Rehman’s ascent, and Guru’s fracturing intimacies. It sings Sahir, S. D. Burman, Majrooh, and Naushad, where the Hindi film lyric minted a new, durable modernity of love. It converses with Ghatak and Ray, widening cinema’s grief and grace. Prod. Dastangoi Collective. Tickets at Rs.500, Rs.350 & Rs.200 are available online on bookmyshow.com and at the Habitat Programmes desk.

This Month's

Programmes

  • 9th Oct | 7:00 PM

    Dance | The Stein Auditorium

    LalitArpan Festival 2025. Antah-Shakti: Courage and Hope. Day 2

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  • 10th Oct | 7:00 PM

    Music | The Theatre

    Hindustani Classical Vocal

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  • 11th Oct | 7:00 PM

    Theatre | The Stein Auditorium

    Dastan-e Guru Dutt

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  • 11th Oct | 7:00 PM

    Workshop | The Theatre

    A Transient Life: Archival Art and Erasure Writing

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  • 11th Oct | 7:00 PM

    Talk | Gulmohar

    Tourism Matters

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  • 12th Oct | 7:00 PM

    Theatre | The Stein Auditorium

    Dastan-e Guru Dutt

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  • 12th Oct | 6:30 PM

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    Shri Ram

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  • 13th Oct | 6:00 PM

    Talk | Gulmohar

    Indian Perspective on Myanmar Elections and its Aftermath

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  • 14th Oct | 7:30 PM

    Music | The Stein Auditorium

    What Inspired Chopin & What Chopin Inspired

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  • 15th Oct | 7:00 PM

    Dance | The Stein Auditorium

    15th Swathi Thirunal Festival

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  • 15th Oct | 7:00 PM

    Talk | Gulmohar

    Habib Tanvir Memorial Lecture

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  • 16th Oct | 7:00 PM

    Music | The Theatre

    15th Swathi Thirunal Festival

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  • 16th Oct | 7:00 PM

    Talk | Casuarina

    Social Sector and Role of Media and Advocacy

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  • 17th Oct | 7:00 PM

    Talk & Music | The Theatre

    Geeton Ka Safar: From Gramophones to Playlists Part 2

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  • 18th Oct | 6:00 PM

    | The Habitat Lounge

    IHC Members Meet

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  • 23rd Oct | 7:00 PM

    Music | The Stein Auditorium

    Piano recital

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  • 24th Oct | 6:00 PM

    Talk | Gulmohar

    Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia

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  • 24th Oct | 7:00 PM

    Dance | The Stein Auditorium

    Samarpanam - An Offering in Kuchipudi

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  • 24th Oct | 7:00 PM

    Music | The Theatre

    A Tribute to Pt. Vikas Kashalkar

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  • 25th Oct | 7:30 PM

    Music | The Stein Auditorium

    O Gaanewali

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  • 25th Oct | 6:00 PM

    Film & Talk | Online

    5,000 Years of Sculpture: Part - I

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  • 26th Oct | 3:00 PM

    Film & Theatre | The Stein Auditorium

    Inter Alia

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  • 26th Oct | 7:30 PM

    Music | The Stein Auditorium

    TĀL FRY

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  • 26th Oct | 10:30 AM

    Music | Amphitheatre

    IHC Morning Ragas. Guru-Shishya Parampara

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  • 27th Oct | 7:00 PM

    Music | The Stein Auditorium

    Flamenco Guitar Concert

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  • 28th Oct | 7:00 PM

    Dance | The Stein Auditorium

    Anantha Katha: Some Tales Never End

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  • 28th Oct | 7:00 PM

    Music | The Theatre

    7th Ibtida. Day 1

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  • 28th Oct | 7:00 PM

    Talk | Gulmohar

    How the Art World Works

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  • 29th Oct | 7:00 PM

    Music | The Stein Auditorium

    7th Ibtida. Day 2: Colour of Saurangi

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  • 30th Oct | 7:00 PM

    Music | The Stein Auditorium

    Indian Classical vocal

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  • 30th Oct | 7:00 PM

    Film | Gulmohar

    A Boy Who Dreamt Of Electricity

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  • 31st Oct | 7:00 PM

    Film | The Stein Auditorium

    Memory Lane (De Terugreis)

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  • 31st Oct | 7:00 PM

    Talk | Gulmohar

    Blue Zones Secrets: Inculcating a Healthy Heart, Mind, and Soul for Vibrant Longevity

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