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Attend: Photography exhibition by students

Bharati Vidyapeeth School of Photography presents ‘Albus Atrum – 14’, an exhibition of photographs by its second batch of students.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

Photography as a subject fascinates most of us, but some take their passion for the subject to quite another level. Ask the students of Bharati Vidyapeeth School of Photography (BVSoP) – the second batch of the institution is putting up a three-day exhibition starting today, July 4, 2014.

Titled ‘Albus Atrum – 14’, this is BVSoP’s second photography exhibition, and was put together using 150 images from its second batch of students that graduated from the school’s Diploma Programme in 2014. The exhibition will be on till July 6, 2014 and prominent personalities like Bharat Dabholkar, Avinash Gowarikar, Subhash Awchat, and Sudarshan Shetty, will inaugurate the exhibition.

The photographs on display span disciplines like fashion, portraiture, still life, food and beverage, automobiles, travel and people, among others. Says celebrity photographer Avinash Gowarikar, “I am very happy to be closely associated with BVSoP for the last one year. The students have really worked hard at gathering knowledge and expertise required to be good photographers. I wish them the very best for this exhibition.”

Head to Tao Art Gallery, Worli, from July 4 to 6, 2014.
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Cult classic: At a PVR near you

Digitally restored Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron opens for the public today at PVR Cinemas in 10 cities. Go watch it!
by The Diarist | thediarist@themetrognome.in

Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron is the classic. You remember most of its dialogues, you chortle at all the jokes you’ve already replayed in your head, and you just can’t get that iconic Mahabharata play (and what really happens to it) scene out of your head, ever. But most of us have watched this film on TV. If you want to relive this gem of a film on the big screen, today’s your big chance.

The Worli-based National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) has re-released this film in association with PVR Cinemas in 10 cities in India – Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Pune, Surat, Chandigarh, Vadodara and Ahmedabad. The film – directed by Kundan Shah and starring Naseeruddin Shah, Vivek Baswani, Bhakti Barve, Om Puri, Satish Kaushik, Neena Gupta, and Pankaj Kapur in his first film role – has been digitally restored and can be played on a 2K projection. This is NFDC’s first film restoration project for a theatrical release – previously, the organisation has only restored home videos.

“It took about six months to restore the film entirely, and this included cleaning up the sound, colour and picture quality, too,” said a member of the team that worked on the project. The entire restoration work was done in-house. “We had to be careful to select the film – it had to have a mass appeal, it had to have a connect with today’s audiences, and it had to be entertaining. Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron ticks all these boxes.”

However, NFDC is only testing the waters with the release of this film, and will wait to see audience response to the experiment before turning to other, equally important films. “The thing about these films is, and especially with Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron, is that the current generation has not seen it and don’t know what it is about. It is important for the youth to watch this film in the present time – not only have they missed out on a fantastic film, but they must see it because it is so relevant in today’s times as well,” the official said.

In Mumbai, Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron will be showcased at PVR Juhu, PVR Phoenix Mills, PVR Goregaon and PVR Mulund.

(Pictures courtesy www.boxofficeindia.co.in, NFDC)

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You’re so polluted, Bandra!

…but Sion and Worli, not much. MPCB readings for one month show rising trend of air pollution and particulate matter.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

If you’re in Bandra, you should probably not breathe till you get the hell out of there. You’re not much better off elsewhere in the city, but Bandra is the worst.

For the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board’s (MBCB) findings for air quality in Bandra for the period September 21, 2012 to October 19, 2012 are not just startling, they will literally take your breath away. As per the MPCB’s daily findings for its station at Government Polytechnic (Kherwadi), Bandra, the suburb has been breathing very polluted air for 18 days out of the 28 days of recent monitoring.

You don’t have to take the MPCB’s word on air pollution in the city alone – an environmental status report for Mumbai was recently released by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC); the report’s findings were similar to those of the MPCB.

What constitutes air pollution? As per the MPCB, there are three parameters for measuring air pollution – sulphur dioxide (SO2), oxides of Nitrogen (NOx) and RSPMs, or Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter. This last, if it exceeds the permissible level of 100 µg/m3, gives rise to such respiratory disorders as asthma or bronchitis.

The RSPM levels for Bandra in the period monitored have been above 100 µg/m3 for the most part. The average reading for Bandra is 111.61 µg/m3; the highest has been 176 µg/m3 on September 30, while the lowest has been 60 µg/m3 on October 10.

The corresponding sulphur dioxide and nitrous oxide levels, however, have been within the permissible range of 80 µg/m3 for Bandra throughout the monitoring period.

Meanwhile, though Sion has recorded below permissible levels of RSPMs, exceeding it only thrice in the monitoring period, the levels of nitrous oxide have been higher than the permissible levels, throughout. Experts cite city-wide construction activities and rising vehicular traffic for the rise in air pollution levels. All recorded levels of pollutants at Worli are below the permissible levels.

The areas that the MPCB monitoring stations are present in the city and the state are chosen for high traffic density, industrial growth, human population and its distribution, emission source, public  complaints if any and the land use pattern.

(Picture courtesy: www.mpg.de. All figures sourced from MPCB)

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