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<DIV><EM><FONT face="comic sans ms" size=3>An Evening With Mahesh Dattani</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Rasik Arts is pleased to offer an opportunity for you to meet and greet director-actor-playwright- and filmmaker Mahesh Dattani during his first visit to Toronto for the Canadian premiere of his newest film, <EM>Morning Raga</EM>, starring Shabana Azmi. On <U><STRONG>Tuesday, April 19</STRONG></U>, we will be at the <U><STRONG>Sage Restaurant</STRONG></U>, 1033 Bay St. (2 blocks South of Bloor), at <U><STRONG>7pm</STRONG></U>. We're providing some wine, hors d'oeuvres, and a great setting, while you mingle and meet with Mahesh.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Mahesh Dattani is India's leading English-language playwright, having won the prestigious Sahitya Akademi literary award in 1998. He runs a studio in Bangalore where he teaches playwriting, acting, and directing. His plays, <EM>Dance Like a Man, Final Solutions</EM>, and <EM>On a Muggy Night in Mumbai</EM> have been staged to critical and public acclaim all over India and abroad, including the U.S. Rasik Arts was the first to present his work in Canada with <EM>Tara</EM> in 2004. He has taken to the screen recently as a writer and director, and his first film, <EM>Mango Souffle</EM>, won the best motion picture award at the Barcelona film festival in 2003. He is in Toronto for the ReelWorld Film Festival with Shabana Azmi, touring for the international release of his film <EM>Morning Raga</EM>. (You can check the ReelWorld website for information about their closing gala on April 17 featuring <EM>Morning Raga</EM>. <A
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><STRONG><EM>An Evening with Mahesh Dattani</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><STRONG>When:</STRONG> Tuesday, April 19</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><STRONG>Where:</STRONG> Sage Restaurant, 1033 Bay St. - 2 blocks South of Bloor St.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><EM><U>Advance booking is necessary</U></EM>: <STRONG>Tickets:</STRONG> $35</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><STRONG>Tickets for</STRONG> <U>An Evening with Mahesh Dattani</U> <STRONG>available by calling:</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Deborah Barretto (416) 656-0520,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Sumita Chatterjee (905) 495-5384, or</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Rasik Arts (416) 654-9231</FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><p>
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