Still life
Manish Waghdare is an expert in metal crafting and has had shows in Colarado, USA, and ice sculpture shows in France. He believes that objects evolve just like you and I do, and explores and revisits the life of seemingly mundane objects, their shape, colour, sound and at times even the brand is so deeply imbibed on man’s mind that just a glance at them triggers off emotions capable of transporting you to far-off world. He explores in this exhibition, timeless stepping stones in the evolution of man by making their larger than life sculptures.

At Jehangir Art Gallery, Kala Ghoda, April 13 to 16
Nature calls
Prakash Ghadge’s paintings and drawings reflect his 30-year-old love affair with nature. His pen and ink drawings are inspired by natural objects found in the countryside, shoreline and in and around his home. From collections of seeds, leaves, fruit and berries, and other interesting natural forms the resulting work is meticulously drawn with intricate detail. His exhibition titled, Pen & Ink Drawings, is a tribute to nature.

At Museum Gallery, April 12 to 19
Shorts for summer
It's the scorching hot month of April and Shamiana promises to sizzle with a line of very exciting short films this month—with no less than three movies premiering this month at your favourite film club, it’s just set to get hotter than ever before. Dream Off is about a woman doubting her husband, made by Amit Khanna and Rahul Dagli. Farmer and the Goat is a cute day-in-the-life story of the farmer and his goat, while Mehbooba is an animation by Tejinder Singh that talks of love in a very humorous manner. There are two more premier films: Instantaneous, a futuristic film about the telephone taking over our lives by Suchita Bhatia, and Shunyata, a dry exploration of the duplicity of our political scenario by Rohan Sabharwal.

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