Other highlights of the festival: BOOK EXHIBITION . FOOD FESTIVAL . CALLIGRAPHY CORNER . URDU BAZAAR & LOTS MORE SCHEDULE FRIDAY - 17TH FEBRUARY, 2017 #JASHNEREKHTA Registration opens 5PM onwards DIWAN-E-AAM [STAGE LAWN] /Rekhtaforum @Rekhta 6:30PM INAUGURATION graced by GULZAR & USTAD AMJAD ALI KHAN 7:00PM 7:30PM 8:00PM A MUSICAL EVENING with 8:30PM 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-RAVAAÑ AMPHITHEATRE KUNJ-E-SUKHAN TREE LAWN AM 11:00 HUM SOORATGAR KUCHH KHWAABON KE HINDUSTANI ZINDAGI KA NAQSH-NIGAAR: 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 THEATRE KE BHOOLE HUE RANG DURAAYE NAINA BANAYE BATIYAN: 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 THIÑ DILLI JO EK SHAHR THA URDU SHAYARI MEIN ANGREZI ALFAAZ KA ISTEMAAL: TAARIKH, MISAALEIN AUR KUCHH YOUNG POETS MUSHAIRA PM IRFAN HABIB in conversation with RANA SAFVI 02:30 JAVED SIDDIQI, PREM CHOPRA & SHARMILA TAGORE KHAYAAL 2:00PM-3:00PM Moderator: BHAWANA SOMAAYA SALMAN AKHTAR in conversation with SAIF MAHMOOD 03:00PM TAZMIN-E-GHALIB [POETRY MODELLED ON GHALIB’S 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 PM Moderator: KHURSHID AKRAM 04:30 MAZAHIYA MUSHAIRA A presentation of humorous Urdu poetry 4:00PM-5:00PM PM 05:00 URDU MEIN HINDUSTANI TAHZEEB KA JASHN 05:30PM SHAMIM TARIQ, SUBODH LAL, USTAD IQBAL AHMAD KHAN & 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 08:30PM 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-RAVAAÑ 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 11:30AM An open house of poetry recitation moderated SHAMIM HANFI in conversation with DIPA BAGAI AMRISH MISHRA by KAVISHALA 11:00AM-12:00NOON 12:00PM KAHTE HAIN JISKO URDU PM 12:30 MAIN JO HOON JAUN ELIYA URDU KA ADAALATI LEHJA URDU TAHZEEB KA HUSN-E-ZAIQA MOHAMMAD ZAKIR in conversation with ABDUR RASHEED & OMAIR MANZAR 12:00NOON-1:00PM JUSTICE AFTAB ALAM, SALMAN KHURSHID, ALI KHAN MAHMUDABAD. DIPA BAGAI & PUSHPESH PANT 01:00PM 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 01:30PM 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 ABUL KALAM QASMI, AMBAR BAHRAICHI, ASHOK CHAKRADHAR & [ WO FIRAAQ AUR WO VISAAL KAHAAN ] 02:30PM DARAIN SHAHIDI & POONAM GIRDHANI SHEEN KAAF NIZAM Directed by MAHMOOD FAROOQUI DANISH IQBAL KHAWATEEN KA MUSHAIRA Moderator: FARHAT EHSAS 2:00PM-3:00PM 03:00PM Produced by ANUSHA RIZVI 03:30PM ALFAAZ AAPKE, AAWAZ HAMARI BAITBAAZI AALAMI BAZAAR MEIN HINDUSTANI TAMSEELI MUSHAIRA R J SAYEMA ZABAANEIN 3:00PM-4:00PM 04:00PM ALOK RAI, QAZI AFZAL HUSAIN & UDAY PRAKASH A Game of Urdu Poetry: Celebrating a Tradition Dramatic representation of a mushaira HOTA HAI SHAB-O-ROZ TAMASHA MIRE AAGE PM 04:30 Moderator: ANISUR RAHMAN ZAKIR KHAN 4:00PM-4:30PM 05:00PM MUSICAL RENDITION BY DIFFERENTLY-ABLED GHALIB, HALI AND URDU RENAISSANCE CHILDREN PM Presented by HOSLA CHARITABLE TRUST 4:00PM-5:00PM 05:30 URDU SUROÑ KA MAUSAM-E-BAHAAR IRTEZA KARIM, SYEDA HAMEED & TAQI ABEDI 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 09:00PM.