Discussions as prelude to SAF to begin tomorrow

As a prelude to the Serendipity Arts Festival (SAF) scheduled to be held in December in Goa, several interactive discussions will be held on the sidelines of ongoing IFFI festival.
"Let's Talk", a collaboration of Serendipity Arts Festival and IFFI is scheduled between November 23-27 in Goa," SAF organisers said today.
"This will be an integral pre-event feature of the inter-disciplinary festival's inaugural edition, set to take place from December 16-23 in Goa," they added.
"A series of speedy and interactive discussions will be hosted in Panaji. With the aim of challenging the norms of seeing the unseen, speakers and audience both, will participate in these riveting debates," said the organisers.

The panel will comprise speakers like Santosh Desai, MD and CEO of Future Brands Ltd, Bharat Bala, Film Director, Screenwriter and Film Producer, Naved Khan, Radio Jockey, Jeeveshu Ahluwalia, Stand-up Comic, Vipul K Rawal, Scriptwriter and a Story Consultant, Sanjeev Bhargava, Founder and Director of Seher.
Uma daCunha, scribe and researcher, Rajkumar Jha, Creative Director, Social and Developmental Communication, Ogilvy and Mather Advertising, and filmmaker Anupam Barve will participate in the interactions.
"Topics related to film, entertainment, art and culture will be spoken about in an intimate environment where the audience has an opportunity to not only lead the conversation on-ground, but with the discussion being broadcast live on the Internet, real-time participation from web audiences will also take place," said the organisers.

Goa will host week-long Serendipity Arts Festival, a multi-disciplinary event with a special focus on music, dance, theatre, crafts, visuals and culinary arts.