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The Seagull Foundation for the Arts, in collaboration with National Film Archives of India (Pune), Films Division and Nandan, presents A Retrospective of Films by Adoor Gopalakrishnan. The festival includes daily film screenings, Adoor in Conversation at Max Mueller Bhavan (December 21, 6 pm) and Adoor Talks to Students at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre (December 22, 4 pm). Featuring all his major full-length films and most of his documentaries, today?s show comprises documentary Kalamandalam Ramkutty Nair and feature film Swayamvaram (One?s Own Choice; picture above). A trip from illusion to reality, it tells the story of two young lovers, Viswam and Sita, contending the realities of city life. Film screenings are open to all.
Event: A retrospective of the feature and documentary films of Adoor Gopalakrishnan
When: Till December 23, 2 pm & 6 pm
Where: Nandan
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art
Till December 15 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Open Window presents the works of Amitava Dhar, Dipali Bhattacharjee, Hiran Mitra, Janak Jhankar Narzary, K. Muralidharan, Pradip Rakshit, Samir Aich, Sudeshna Halder, Sunil Dey and Tapas Konar.
Till December 15 at Chemould, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Paintings by Sanjoy Majumder and Chitralekha Kanjilal.
Till December 16 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Diya.
Till December 17 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings in oil and watercolour by Sisir Kanjilal.
Till December 17 at Galerie 88; 3 pm - 7 pm: In Search of Sublimity ? recent works of Prabhakar Kolte.
Till December 21 (Sunday by appointment only) at Gallery Katayun, 4A Auckland Square; 2 pm - 7 pm: A Passion for the Pencil, a solo exhibition by Mrinal Mandal. Inauguration by Ramananda Bandyopadhyay today at 6.30 pm.
Till December 20 (except Monday) at Gallery Nakshatra, 2/1 Outram Street; 12 noon - 7.30 pm: Nagna Upashana ? paintings with poems by Samir Aich and Subodh Sarkar.
DRAMA
December 13 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Chetna presents Aapni Kon Dikey.
December 13 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: The concluding evening of Durgadas Natyotsav features Aasarer Ekdin, produced by Durgadas Smrity Sangha. Direction: Tirthankar Chattopadhyay.
December 14 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: ACT presents Ki Nilay Faou? Direction: Subho Gupta Bhaya.
December 15 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: PLT presents Utpal Dutt?s Bibighar. Direction: Mrinal Ghosh.
December 15 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Rakshasbadh Pala, presented by Hattamela and directed by Gurudas Bandyopadhyay.
December 15 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Theatron presents Shey. Direction: Saswati Biswas.
December 18 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Swabak will stage Brecht?s Teen Paisar Pala. Translated and adapted by Ajitesh Bandyopadhyay. Direction and acting: Nilima Chakraborty.
TALK
December 13 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Bikash Sinha will speak in English on Human Face of Modern Science and Technology.
December 13 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19A & B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Atmabodhananda will discuss in Bengali Sri Sri Mayer Katha.
PERFORMING ARTS
December 13 at Girish Mancha; 6 pm: Shilpi Jajabar presents an evening of songs and poetry. Participants include Sraboni Sen, Arati Mukherjee, Sreeradha Bandyopadhyay, Prajnaparamita Roy, Chitralekha Dutta, Anuradha Goswami, Tanusree Dutta and Sarmistha Das in songs, and Piyu Roy, Basudeb Nandy and Reshmi Choudhury in recitation.
Till December 14 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: Uday Shankar Dance Festival 2005. Today: Subikas Mukherjee (Odissi), Kasturi Sengupta (Mohiniyattam), Araunasalam Bhaktam and T.S. Gayathri (Bharata Natyam), and Srijan (Orissa; Odissi; Direction: Ratikanta Mahapatra).
Till December 18 at Uttam Mancha; 5 pm: To celebrate the birth centenary of Pandit Krishna Kumar Ganguly (Natu Babu), Tollygunge Sangeet Piyasi presents a classical music festival. Today: Sanjay Mukherjee (tabla lahara) with Hiranmay Mitra (harmonium), Arun Bhaduri (vocal) with Gopal Mishra (tabla), and Monilal Nag (sitar) with Ananda Gopal Banerjee (tabla).
December 15 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Hansa Veena recital by Barun Kumar Pal, with Abhijit Banerjee on the tabla.
LAUNCH
December 13 at Emami Landmark music section; 6.30 pm: The launch of a T-shirt designed by Net Trek to depict the nine emotions of navarasa of Natyashastra. The proceedings from the T-shirt will go towards the development of Institute of Child Health. The launch will be followed by a musical soiree by Tanmoy Bose.
December 13 at Oxford Bookstore; 6.30 pm: Jawhar Sircar, principal secretary, higher education, WB, will release Cross Currents in the Modern Short Story published by Loreto College. The launch will be followed by a panel discussion.
EXHIBITIon
Till December 14 at Rotary Sadan; 12 noon - 7 pm: Karma Kutir?s exhibition of products crafted by underprivileged women.
Till December 14 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street: Exhibition of award-winning designer?s silk, crepe, georgette hand embroidered saris, Pasmina shawls, stoles, etc. from Tripura and Kashmir.
Till December 17 at Ciao Bella, 3 Queens Park: An exhibition of menswear, womenswear and accessories.
December 15 - 17 at Kanishka?s, 2/1 Hindustan Road; 10.30 am - 8 pm: Tussar Utsav showcasing a collection of handpicked tussars from the looms of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal.
FILM FESTIVAL
Till December 18 at Priya, Swabhumi urban courtyard & 89 Cinemas: 1st India International Women Film Festival 2005, hosted by Calcutta Film & Media Studies. Today at Priya: Avinar (9 am), Hell of a Day (11 am), How I Killed My Father (7.15 pm) and The Day I Became a Woman (9.15 pm). Today at 89 Cinemas: Wolf Chalet (9 am), The Wind Bird (11 am) and The Day My Aunt Was III (11 am).
All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less
than a week ahead to:
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