World-Renowned Indian Musician and Flautist Naveen Kumar on His Passionate Journey, Including Playing the Flute with Eyes Closed
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Page 10 Page 15 2 GULF TIMES Sunday, February 17, 2019 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT PRAYER TIME Fajr 4.51am Shorooq (sunrise) 6.08am Zuhr (noon) 11.48am Asr (afternoon) 3.03pm Maghreb (sunset) 5.30pm Isha (night) 7.00pm USEFUL NUMBERS Racetime against conceited newcomer Zac, who is not above cheating a DIRECTION: Benoît Godbout, Jean-François Pouliot little to win a sled race. CAST: Sonja Ball, Lucinda Davis, Tod Fennell SYNOPSIS: Frankie-Four-Eyes and his team face off THEATRES: Royal Plaza, Landmark, The Mall Emergency 999 Worldwide Emergency Number 112 Kahramaa – Electricity and Water 991 Local Directory 180 International Calls Enquires 150 Hamad International Airport 40106666 Labor Department 44508111, 44406537 Mowasalat Taxi 44588888 Qatar Airways 44496000 Hamad Medical Corporation 44392222, 44393333 Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation 44845555, 44845464 Primary Health Care Corporation 44593333 44593363 Qatar Assistive Technology Centre 44594050 Qatar News Agency 44450205 44450333 Q-Post – General Postal Corporation 44464444 Humanitarian Services Offi ce (Single window facility for the repatriation of bodies) Ministry of Interior 40253371, 40253372, 40253369 Ministry of Health 40253370, 40253364 Hamad Medical Corporation 40253368, 40253365 Qatar Airways 40253374 Gully Boy parents worked hard to get him educated so that he could have DIRECTION: Zoya Akhtar a white collar job. Meanwhile, Murad realises his calling to be CAST: Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh, Kalki Koechlin a rapper. SYNOPSIS: The fi lm is about a 22-year-old boy Murad from a ghetto in Mumbai, India. The son of a driver, his THEATRES: The Mall, Landmark, Royal Plaza ote Unquo Qu te The Mall Cinema (1): Allu Peranbu (Tamil) 11:15pm. Ramendran (Malayalam) Royal Plaza Cinema Palace “Education 2:15pm; Kumbalangi Night (1): Gully Boy (Hindi) 3pm; is what remains after (Malayalam) 4:45pm; Happy Peranbu (Tamil) 6pm; Gully Death Day 2U (2D) 7pm; Gully Landmark Cinema (1): Boy (Hindi) 8:30pm; Gully Boy one has forgotten what one Boy (Hindi) 8:45pm; Gully Boy Peranbu (Tamil) 2:15pm; (Hindi) 11:15pm. has learned in school.” (Hindi) 11:30pm. Alita: The Battle Angel (2D) Royal Plaza Cinema Palace The Mall Cinema (2): 4:45pm; Alita: The Battle Angel (2): Racetime (2D) 2:30pm; — Albert Einstein Racetime (2D) 3pm; Alita: The (2D) 7pm; Kumbalangi Night Kumbalangi Night (Malayalam) Battle Angel (2D) 5pm; Alita: (Malayalam) 9:15pm; Oru Adaar 4:30pm; Alita: The Battle Angel The Battle Angel (2D) 7:15pm; Love (Malayalam) 11:30pm. (2D) 7pm; Kumbalangi Night The Quake (2D) 9:30pm; Landmark Cinema (Malayalam) 9:15pm; Oru Adaar Oru Adaar Love (Malayalam) (2): Racetime (2D) 3pm; Love (Malayalam) 11:30pm. 11:30pm. Kumbalangi Night (Malayalam) Royal Plaza Cinema Community Editor The Mall Cinema (3): Dev 5pm; Gully Boy (Hindi) 8pm; Palace (3): Oru Adaar Love Kamran Rehmat (Tamil) 2:15pm; Peranbu (Tamil) Gully Boy (Hindi) 11pm. (Malayalam) 2:15pm; Alita: The e-mail: [email protected] 5pm; #Qesat_Hob (Arabic) Landmark Cinema (3): Oru Battle Angel (2D) 5pm; Stan 7:30pm; The Vanishing (2D) Adaar Love (Malayalam) 3pm; And Ollie (2D) 7:15pm; Allu Telephone: 44466405 Allu Ramendran (Malayalam) Fax: 44350474 9:30pm; Peranbu (Tamil) Ramendran (Malayalam) 9pm; 11:30pm. 6pm; Peranbu (Tamil) 8:30pm; Peranbu (Tamil) 11:30pm. Sunday, February 17, 2019 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY Arabic Calligraphy Workshop WHEN: Saturday – Wednesday TIME: 6pm Arabic Calligraphy workshop is back. Come and learn the artistic practice of Arabic handwriting and calligraphy at Music and Arts Atelier. The lessons will take place every Saturday, Monday and Wednesday at 6pm. For more information, contact [email protected] EVENTS Syria Matters Exhibition Where: Museum of Islamic Art Baladna Cultural Festival When: Ongoing till April 30 WHERE: Baladna Park Time: 9am – 7pm WHEN: Ongoing till March 1 Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) in Doha invites all cyclists, runners and walkers yoga. Additional services include dance Baladna Park will embark you on a presents a major exhibition, co-curated by to train under the floodlights of Losail education and choreography. For details, delicious and rich journey this time of year, MIA Director Dr Julia Gonnella and Rania International Circuit every Wednesdays. call 33897609. through the Baladna Culture Festival. The Abdellatif, as part of the MIA ten-year festivities will take place each Friday and anniversary celebrations. Dance and Instrument Classes Saturday of the month of February and will WHERE: TCA Campus, Behind Gulf include food, dance shows, entertainment Artistic Gymnastic Classes Times Building and cultural handicrafts from across the WHERE: Qatar Academy Msheireb WHEN: Wednesday – Monday world. For further information 44246000. WHEN: Ongoing till February 28 Learn the movements of dance styles TIME: 3:15pm – 4:15pm in Bollywood, Hip Hop and also the MIA Park Bazaar 2019 The olympic sport using horizontal bar, musical instruments such as Piano, Guitar, WHERE: Museum Of Islamic Art rings and floor exercises on mats for the Keyboard for adults as well kids and move WHEN: Ongoing children from age 4 till 16. in the world of music. For details, contact TIME: 12pm – 8pm 66523871/ 31326749. MIA Bazaar will be having a vibrant mix of 350 stalls. MIA Park Bazaar is a Hobby Classes modern version of the old souq tradition. WHERE: Mamangam Performing Art The stalls are going to offer a wide range Centre of gastronomies from all over the world. WHEN:Wednesday – Monday You can also browse and grab handcrafted Mamangam Performing Art Centre, is artefacts, accessories, canvases, fashion a holistic performing arts institution and wears, designer ornaments. a one stop solution for adults as well as children looking to explore their talents in various art forms. We offer classes in contemporary, Bollywood, hip-hop and Indian classical dance forms, along with classes for music, art and crafts, karate and Ballet Lessons WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier WHEN: Ongoing TIME: 4pm – 8pm For more info e-mail at registration@ atelierqatar.com or call on 33003839. Cycling: Losail Circuit Sports Club WHERE: Losail Circuit Mehaseel Festival WHEN: Ongoing WHERE: Katara Cultural Village TIME: 5pm WHEN: Ongoing till March 31 Losail Circuit Sports Club, in association Mehaseel Souq will be open every with Qatar Sports For All Federation, Thursday, Friday and Saturday until 31st of March. It is a perfect market to get amazing local fresh produce. After School Activities WHERE: Atelier WHEN: Ongoing Music and arts activities for students taking place after they finish their day in school includes Group Music lessons, Hip-hop, Ballet, Drawing and Painting, Drama Theatre & Taekwondo. Ages between 5 and 10 years old after school hours. Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Sunday, February 17, 2019 COMMUNITY COVER STORY “There is no Naveen without flute” —Naveen Kumar, Indian musician and fl autist Music cannot live without flute. The instrument will ‘ always stand out SUNDAY CONVERSATION’ by Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra By Mudassir Raja and the Embassy of India in Qatar in connection with ongoing Qatar- India 2019 Year of Culture. s a child, he used to Community caught up with the make fun of singing easy going fl autist glean his musical but with the passage journey. of time, he has become Talking of his origins, Naveen a world-renowned said: “I come from a small town in Amusician and fl autist. south of India. My father worked Naveen Kumar has not only in telecommunication sector. He is gained international fame but also the one who used to push me to sing created nine diff erent new flutes. when I was two or three years old. His contributions to Bollywood My grandfather used to be a singer. and orchestra music have duly been He used to sing folk songs. I used to recognised. mimic him. I have a daughter and Naveen recently visited Doha. He a son. led a performance entitled ‘Music “When I was in Grade 7, I got an of Bollywood With Naveen Kumar.’ opportunity to sing in our school. Photos by Jayan Orma The orchestral music was organised I took my dad’s fl ute and played Sunday, February 17, 2019 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY BREATHTAKING: Naveen Kumar during the performance with the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra in Doha. it. My school headmistress was so Chennai. In 1986, the studio caught better and get a kind of spiritual have also performed in Los Angeles. About his future plans, he said: impressed that she gifted me two fi re and all my fl utes were burnt. help. I took the words and I just My recent performance here in “I am going to start master classes fl utes. Then I started playing fl ute I was really upset and thought all did it. I have created many fl ute Doha is the third with an orchestra. in India in the near future. My long and it came naturally to me. My of my life was lost. My mother compositions.