Mumbai: The third day of the silver jubilee edition of Kala Ghoda Arts Festival mesmerised the attendees with music, cinema and art big wigs of the country. Legendary singer Usha Uthup, Bollywood director Vikramaditya Motwane and master sculptor Arian Khambatta gripped the audience in a variety of multidisciplinary art events.
Mumbai’s iconic Kala Ghoda area turned into an art district on Saturday as the week-long annual Kala Ghoda Arts Festival commenced for its silver jubilee edition. The 25th year of the historic festival saw visual arts on the theme of horses reimagined by artists in different forms and sizes, each expressing unique artistic thoughts.
Bollywood director Vikramaditya Motwane
Started in 1999, KGAF was the first-of-its-kind multi-disciplinary street arts festival in Mumbai started by the Kala Ghoda Association with the aim to maintain and preserve the heritage of Kala Ghoda area. The celebrated arts festival is back with its 25th edition featuring an exceptional lineup spanning literature, dance, music, theatre, food, architecture, and design, stand up, visual arts etc.
The highly sought after visual art installations on the K Dubash Marg featured a uniform theme this year as the silver jubilee edition pressed on the symbolism of horses. Artists made out huge art pieces in different shapes and forms of horses expressing unique artistic thoughts behind their creations.
KGAF also launched ‘Lifestyle’ as its 15th vertical that brings to life fashion, wellness, youth centric engagement and sustainability at the festival. Keep Moving with Milind Soman will feature Roopa Pai speaking to Milind Soman, Usha Soman, and Ankita Konwar about staying young in mind and body. The vertical will include a fashion trot in the precinct, a fashion show at Cross Maidan, a series of talks, workshops and activities.
The third day of the festival on Monday saw participation of legendary singer Usha Uthup at Living Pages event, where the singer talked about her life and journey in the world of music. Similarly, Bollywood director Vikramaditya Motwane and film writer Satyanshu Singh joined for an acting workshop along with the cast of Motwane’s latest TV series Black Warrant.
Master sculptor Arzan Khambatta engaged children at the Quicksilver children’s sculpting workshop showing off their sculptures at Kala Ghoda Art Festival.
