- Day 5 of GLF kicked off with The 3D or Dhvanit and Devaki Dynamics show, featuring an interesting conversation between two of the most popular radio jockeys of Gujarat
- One of the sessions featured a talk by writers Dhiti Desai, Kavya Shah, and Darshi Shah, who are barely out of their teens and in their early twenties, who utilised the time and opportunity because of the Covid-19 pandemic to follow their passion to write.
NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, MAY 16
The 9th edition of Gujarat Literature Festival (GLF), the largest and most popular literary event of Gujarat, culminated on a high with scores of fully packed sessions and events on the final day on Sunday.
More than 100 speakers, performers, authors, and artists took part in interesting discussions and talks over close to 50 unique sessions throughout the five days of GLF 9.
“We had close to 50 sessions as a part of GLF 9, and each of them was very well-received. We are thankful to all the speakers, guests, participants, sponsors, volunteers, and especially the audience for making GLF a huge success, and supporting our efforts to promote Gujarati literature across mediums and attract more youngsters to it,” said Samkit Shah, Producer, GLF.
Day 5 of GLF kicked off with The 3D or Dhvanit and Devaki Dynamics show, featuring an interesting conversation between two of the most popular radio jockeys of Gujarat. Another session featured Kirit Dudhat and Rajesh Vyas ‘Miskin’ discussing some of the best names and works in Gujarati literature that did not achieve as much success as they deserved due to one or the other reason.
Another session featured individuals dedicated to promoting and conserving Gujarati literature by digitising it and making it accessible in digital format to a wider audience talking about the opportunities and challenges they face.
“We are thrilled by the response to the 9th edition of Gujarat Literature Festival, which has come a long way since its first edition in 2013. GLF was conceived with a vision to promote reading and writing and the creation of contemporary Gujarati literature, but back then, we were not sure what lay in store for the future. GLF has emerged as the most popular and largest literary festival of Gujarat because of the love people of Ahmedabad and Gujarat have showered on us. We will soon be announcing the dates of the 10th edition of GLF, which will mark a big milestone in our journey,” said Shyam Parekh, Director, GLF.
A unique event on GLF day 5 was the interesting session between two filmy couples, featuring real-life couples Aarti & Sandeep Patel and Twinkle & Vijaygiri Bava, who run film production houses together. The two couples spoke about the pros and cons of sharing professional life with their life partners.
In sync with GLF’s commitment to providing a platform to young and emerging writers, one of the sessions was about novels written by up and coming authors such as Drushti Soni, Parakh Bhatt, Devangi Bhatt, Ravi Virpariya, and Nimit Oza.
Folk music is an integral part of literature, but the key to its popularity is making it contemporary. In a conversation with Preeti Das, Mayur Narvekar, Aishwarya Joshi and Bhargav Purohit of Dadasaheb Phalke award-winning group Bandish Projekt spoke about the inspirations, challenges and the secret of telling stories through contemporary music.
The standout feature of Indian films is the film song. In a session moderated by actor RajitKapur, lyricists Shellee, Kausar Munir, and Anvita Dutta shed light on how the songs are put together by lyricists, composers, and singers, the charm of film songs, the difference between the film music of today and yore, and other facets of song-making.
In another session, Rajit Kapur and Gujarati theatre writer and director Kabir Thakore shared their insights about the impact of adaptations on theatre, the impact of OTT boom on theatre, the future of theatre, and more.
The new generation of Gujarati screenwriters such as Parthi Dholakiya, Bhargav Trivedi, Mitai Shukla, Nehal Bakshi, Jay Bhatt, and Bhargav Purohit, who are working on various films, television, and web series, spoke about the challenges, work certification, and future of Gujarati content in a conversation with Ram Mori.
One of the sessions featured a talk by writers Dhiti Desai, Kavya Shah, and Darshi Shah, who are barely out of their teens and in their early twenties, who utilised the time and opportunity because of the Covid-19 pandemic to follow their passion to write.
Another highlight of the final day of GLF was the curated quiz of business books, history, and literature by quizmaster Sanjay Chakraborty. Vultures, a book by Dalpat Chauhan, which has been translated from Gujarati to English by Hemant Ashwinkumar, was released as a part of Tabariya, the specially designed fest for children.
