A kaleidoscope of art
The female lead is a Chinese actress, Zhu Zhu, who makes her acting debut.
Kabir Khan was recently asked in an interview if he believed Tubelight would bring positivity and a change in the Indo-china relationship.
He said: “Absolutely – that is something we’ve always stood by, that war is created by politics.
“There should never be hostility between people. This is something we explored in Bajrangi Bhaijaan, and we explored the same attitude with Tubelight.
“Whenever there is peopleto-people contact, there should It is hoped this film will improve Indo-china relations. never be hostility.”
Of the potential for the release of the movie in China, he said: “We don’t have a day or date for a release in China. To release a film in China involves a long process. They watch the film after its release. We are hopeful about a release in China because of our lead actress.”
The film was released on the circuit in South Africa on Friday. JAYSHREE PARASURAMEN
THE collaboration by the country’s six performing arts institutions in Joburg to showcase their development programmes in the past week was groundbreaking.
The Arts Incubator Trade Fair at the Market Theatre ends today.
Riveting poetry, dance and drama offerings came from Artscape, the Performing Arts Centre of the Free State (Pacofs), the Durban Playhouse, the State Theatre, the Windybrow Arts Centre and the Market Theatre.
In the past two years, each of these state-funded institutions received cash injections from the Department of Arts and Culture’s Incubator Fund to run programmes that would unleash the economic potential of the creative sector.
Arts practitioners were subjected to a structured programme of skills training and development to produce local content for the performing and visual arts sectors.
Having made an impact in their own spaces with projects they had developed, the six brought their kaleidoscope of acts to the Market Theatre during the week.
As part of proceedings, artists participated in a series of capacity-building workshops led by some of Joburg’s most dynamic writers, directors, designers and arts administrators.
The Durban Playhouse performed a play inspired by post-apartheid youth called /’fri:d?m/, which draws on classical South African theatre, images and sound to find meaning for what we have achieved as a country.
• Parasuramen is well known on the local arts scene.