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A bold, experimental production with a distinct political message, Sansriti?s latest play, Phataru, challenges the audience to accept it with its radical message or leave it as it is. Based on a story by Nabarun Bhattacharya, it indicates a movement towards building a classless society. The plot revolves around the revolutionary struggles of the subaltern class in its attempts to destroy the foundations of capitalism. Structurally supported by an apparently absurd and loose plot, the play introduces the audience to its three eccentric characters: Madan, Purandhar Bhatt and DS. In its use of unrealistic dramatic devices, such as its flying militants who can take flight on chanting their magical mantra, Phat Phat Sai Sai, and a richly metaphoric but imaginary language, the radical thoughts and ideas of the three protagonists can be found hidden. Direction: Debesh Chattopadhyay.
Event: Play in Bengali, Phataru, produced by Sansriti
When: Today at 6.30 pm
Where: Madhusudan Mancha
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Art
Till June 11 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Shankar Ghosh, Barid Goswami, Pintu Paul, Malay Datta, Dinonath Saha, Ashis Chatterjee, Souradeep Saha, Prasanna Chaudhuri, Sankar Bhowmick and Indrajit Ghosh.
Till June 6 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Sukanta Das, Subrata Das, Dipankar Chanda and Dewashish Das.
Till June 6 at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park; 3 pm - 8 pm: Steps That Seek, paintings by Ganesh Haloi.
Till June 7 at Gallery Chemould, Park Street; 11 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of recent works of a group of young painters Kajori Ghoshal, Raju Sarkar, Ranjit Roy, Avijit Soren and Kumar Singha.
Till June 11 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Dr Sankar Chatterjee?s seventh solo exhibition of paintings.
Till June 15 (except Monday) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 4th floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Tripti Roy.
June 6 - 11 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 2nd floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of the works of students and teachers of The Indian College of Arts and Draftsmanship. Participating students include Madhuja Dhar, Mithu Das, Pintu Sikdar, Subha Basu, Subrata Biswas, Sukanta Dutta and Ushasi Paul, and teachers whose works feature in this exhibition are Debashis Mitra, Dipankar Dutta, Hari Mohan Bagli. Subhas Roy, Subhashis Saha, Sukhendu Shekhar Saha, Swapan Kumar Mallick and Tanmoy Mridha. Inauguration today at 6 pm by Shuvaprasanna.
Till June 10 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings and prints by Debamitra Chakravarty, Prabin Kumar Nath, Subhakar Laskar and Manika Devi.
Till June 13 (except Sunday) at Gallery Sanskriti; 11 am - 8 pm: Tribute, paintings by Shyamal Dutta Ray.
Till June 15 (weekdays only) at Masters Collection Art Gallery, G5/G7 Malayalay Apts, 3 Woodburn Park Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Touch of Art, featuring works of Suhas Roy, Prokash Karmakar, Sanatan Dinda, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Suman Roy, Sekhar Kar, Beena Pradhan and others.
Till June 17 (except Sundays) at G.C. Laha Centenary Fine Arts Gallery; 1 pm - 7 pm: Paintings by renowned artists of Bengal.
Till June 30 at Vikalp Art Shop, Swabhumi; 4 pm - 8 pm: Vikalp Art Shop presents New Signatures ? works of 10 promising painters Anirban Seth, Arindam Chakraborty, Biswajit Mukherjee, Debarati Roy, Gauranga Beshai, Kakoli Misra, Mrinal Mandal, Palash Bhaduri, Pranab Roy, Santanu Roy and sculptures in porcelain by Debojit Chakraborty.
drama
June 6 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Ekush Shatak presents Ramnidhi. Drama: Partha Chattopadhyay. Dir: Runu Chowdhury.
June 11 at Padatik?s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 6.30 pm: Padatik presents its latest production, Ballabhpur Ki Roopkatha, written by Badal Sircar. Direction: Pradip Roy.
PERFORMING ARTS
June 6 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: Mudra presents Diganta Dur Noy, a creative dance performance accompanied by songs and recitation. Participants include Asit Bhattacharya, Mahua Chakraborty, Sraboni Sen and Bratati Bandyopadhyay.
June 6 & 7 at Bharatiyam, IB 201 Sat Lake; 6 pm: EZCC presents folk dances and music of eastern India, with gurus performing with their shishyas: Bordoishikla folk dance (Guru Barlanfa Narzary) of Assam, Pung Cholom (Guru Y. Senkho Singh) of Manipur, folk songs of West Bengal (Guru Amar Pal) and Chhau dance of Purulia (Guru Bhagaban Das Kumar) on June 6; and Kushan folk dance of Assam (Guru Sushmita Adhikari), Gotipua (Guru padma Shri Maguni Das) and Paika (Guru Dinabandhi Biswal) of Orissa, Maruni (Guru Y. Kalyan Singh) of Sikkim and Natva (Guru Sutrodhar Sahis) of West Bengal on June 7.
talk
June 6 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Turiyananda Hall; 5.30 pm: Sitanath Goswami will speak on Panchadashi.
June 6 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7 pm: Parimal Kanti Das will speak on the Creative pursuit of Swami Vivekananda in the field of art, sculpture and culture.
June 6 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 7 pm: Swami Atmabodhananda will discuss in Bengali Sri Sri Mayer Katha.
AUDIO-VISUAL
June 6 at Oxford Bookstore, 17 Park Street; 6 pm: Oxford Bookstore, in association with Exterior Interiors Pvt. Ltd, presents Spaces ? A Guide to Good Living, in an audio-visual presentation by students highlighting designs on residential and office spaces to be followed by an intercation with guests.
workshop
June 8 & 9 at Crossword Bookstore, 8 Elgin Road; 11 am - 2 pm: Workshop on Parenting with Love, designed to meet the needs of parents with children aged between 2 years and 12 years. Details at #2283 6501-05.
June 9 at Dignity Day Care Centre; 10 am - 2 pm: The Unretirement Workshop, to be conducted by Sumit Roy of Univbrands for Dignity Second Careers. Participants should be above 50. Registration before June 8 at #24614954.
Till June 10 at Gurukul, 66E South End Park; 9 am - 10.30 am: Introducing children to Hindusthani classical music. Details at #9830185519.
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than a week ahead to:
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