Gearing up for Bradford Mela (From Asian Image)

Gearing up for Bradford Mela

10:04pm Tuesday 9th June 2009

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Bhangra group Nachdha Panjab are gearing up for a performance at Bradford’s Mela this weekend.

The team was revived last year by young members of the family that originally formed the group in the 1980s.

It will combine a traditional northern Indian form of bhangra dancing with a more modern UK version. The Mela takes place on Saturday and Sunday at Peel Park, and this year’s event is the 21st.

Bradford Mela was the first of its kind in Europe and has grown each year with more than 100,000 visiting over two days. Each year there is a mix of performers, street artists, market stalls and food. This year sees specially-created artworks and a new children and family zone.

Nachdha Panjab will be appearing on the Sunday. In addition the Mela will screen the multi-Oscar winning film Slumdog Millionaire in a cinema.

The Bradford City of Film project and Fabric, Bradford’s arts development organisation, will present the movie as part of a film programme in the City of Film Cinema. It is the first time that film has been a major part of the Mela.

Slumdog Millionaire will be screened alongside a programme of films made by Bradford film-makers some of which received their first showing earlier this month at Bradford Playhouse.

Six of the films were commissioned by Bradford City of Film as part of the Made in Bradford short film competition. The film-makers were given a budget of £1,000 and just six weeks to cast, shoot and edit their films.

Fabric’s director Gideon Seymour said: “By showing films by Bradford filmmakers alongside Slumdog Millionaire we hope to show that there will be more film making talent coming out of Bradford to follow Keighley’s Simon Beaufoy, the Oscar winning scriptwriter of Slumdog.”

Nigel Rice, project manager of City of Film, said “The City of Film Cinema at the Mela is an important part of our plan to make film part of the district’s cultural landscape and attract and develop film making and film makers to the district.”

For details of the Mela programme visit bradfordmela.org.uk.

Events at the Mela include: Saturday The Mango Stage noon DJ Tareck Gonheim – Sticks & Stones 1pm Desi Vibes 1.15pm Back 2 Back 2pm Desi Bravehearts & Shakti Arts 3pm Sur Sangeet 4.15pm 2 Steps Ahead 5pm Jazzy B 6.30pm Tranquil Productions – Breakdancers 7pm Adil 7.45pm Bombay Rockers Sunrise Masti Stage 12.30pm Sunrise Radio Spice Entertainment 12.45pm Sur Sangeet 1.15pm Goldi and Baldev 1.45pm Explosive Dhol Players & Desi Vibes 2.15pm Sunrise Radio 3pm Jaswinder Dhakama & Gupsy 15.45 Dance For Life 4.15pm Sunrise Radio 4.30pm Shree Vasuki Sanskrutik Group Thangadh 5pm Sunrise Radio 6.45pm Desi Bravehearts 7pm Sunrise Radio 7.15pm Jaz Dhami 8pm Sunrise Radio Guava Stage 1pm Imani Hekima & Alpesh Moharir 1.30pm Darren Dutson-Bromley 2pm Shree Vasuki Sanskrutik Group Thangadh 2.45pm Bougarabou 3.45pm Harlem Gem 4.45pm Mighty Zulu Nation 5.30pm Laiba Ali 6pm Milan 6.15pm Shree Vasuki Sanskrutik Group Thangadh 7pm Threads 8pm Annapurna Dance Company Sunset Stage 1pm Paula Ryan 2pm Laiba Ali 5pm ArtsEast Presents Kala Sangam Stage noon Sukha Mahilpuria – dhol 12.10pm Manushi – Kathak dance 1.10pm Roop Singh – storytelling Gatka 2.10pm Devika Rao – Yakshagana dance 3.10pm Manushi – Kathak dance 4.10pm Rashmi Sughir – Kuchipuddi dance 5pm Devika Rao – Yakshagana dance 5.40pm Roop Singh – storytelling Sunday The Mango Stage noon DJ Banaris Iqbal – Asian Beats 1pm Jaipur Kawa Circus 2pm Nachda Sansaar 2.15pm Waris Punjab De (UK) 3pm Melody Arts 4.30pm DJ Aunt Sally 5pm Hussain Brothers Qawwali 6.30pm DJ Liaqat Hussain 7pm Mona Singh & Alaap Sunrise Masti Stage 12.30pm Sunrise Radio featuring Spice Entertainment 12.45pm Hussain Brothers Qawwali 1.15pm Sunrise Radio 1.30pm JSH Breakdancers 2pm 2 Steps Ahead 2.30pm Nachda Punjab 3pm Sunrise Radio 3.15pm Integrity Beatz 3.45pm Sunrise Radio 4pm Brutal Artistry 4.30pm Sunrise Radio 5pm AG Dolla 5.30pm Sunrise Radio 6pm Veronica & Mumzy 6.45pm Sunrise Radio 7pm RDB 7.45pm Sunrise Radio Guava Stage noon Kevin Kitchen 1pm Imam Hekima 1.45pm Kwame D 2.30pm JSH Breakdancers 3pm DJ Aunt Sally 3.30pm Dance for Life 4.30pm Jus 1 Jam & BVGS 4.45pm Fari 5pm Brutal Artistry 6pm Alibi Adam 6.30pm Shaheen Khan & Strings of Kashmir 8pm Metz & Trix Sunset Stage 2.30pm Sarah Smout 4pm Adrian Byron-Burns 5pm ArtsEast Presents Kala Sangam Stage noon Sukha, Goldy & Chimta– dhol and vocals 12.10pm Drum Arts Ngoma – African drumming & dance 1.10pm South Indian percussion 2.10pm Nachda Sansaar – Bhangra drumming & dance 2.35pm Dhol, mandolin, tumbi & vocals 3.10pm Remya Mypalli – Kuchipuddi dance 4.10pm Drum Arts Ngoma – African drumming & dance 5.10pm Gujarati dancers

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