Inviting all for a five day "CounterCulture Film Festival" at Lamakaan. As a part of this, there will be screenings of films that have shown 'a way of life and set of attitudes opposed to or at variance with the prevailing social norm'.

Today's screening is a Telugu masterpiece 'Aakali Rajyam" that showcased the agonising 80s with India at cross roads - to chose between Tradition Vs Progression.

An amazing movie from an amazing director K. Balachander. His characterisation of an unemployed, multilingual, straight-forward, honest and a sincere person in the shallow, twisted world based on favoritism and "corporateised" world has been played to perfection by kamal Hasan. His recitation of SriSri's lines and their timing couldn't have been better tribute to the socialist poet. This is a tribute to doyens like Director KB, writer Ganesh Patro, Poet Sri Sri. MS Viswanathan, Acharya Athreya and thespian Kamal himself and other Techinicians.

Aakali Rajyam dwells on the premises of social satire and through its characters, critically analyzes the state of Indian polity and social situation.

Entry - Free.