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Founded 25 years ago on this day, Natya Shodh Sansthan is a reputed archiving and research centre on Indian theatre. It is committed to the collection, study and dissemination of records and material related to Indian theatre and possesses the largest collection of archival documents. Its founder members include eminent theatre-personalities and educationists Vijay Tendulkar, Kumar Roy, Shyamanand Jalan and Pratibha Agarwal, among others. Commencing this evening (at Sisir Mancha; 6 pm), the inaugural programme of the Sansthan?s silver jubilee celebrations features the release of Bharatiya Ranga Kosh, Sandharva Hindi Part II, followed by screening of some rare recordings from its archives. An exhibition on 25 Years of Theatre in Eastern India will be inaugurated tomorrow (at Gaganendra Pradarshasala; 6 pm). Also, Vinod Nagpal and his group will present theatre songs in Hindi, Punjabi, Marathi and Urdu. The celebrations will conclude with a performance of Bohurupee?s Deepadanda, directed by Kumar Roy (July 21 at Sisir Mancha; 6 pm).
Event: Silver jubilee celebrations of Natya Shodh Sansthan
When: July 19 - July 21, 6 pm onwards
Where: Sisir Mancha and Gaganendra Pradarshasala
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Art
July 19 - July 24 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: MAC presents its 19th group show featuring the works of Ranjan Paul, Balu K. Sadalge, Dip Narayan Paul, Mintu Mallick and Chandrakant Kusnoor.
Till July 19 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 1st floor, Orbit Enclave, 12/3A Hungerford Street; 3 pm - 7 pm: Art of Young Bengal, paintings curated by Pranabranjan Ray. Featuring paintings by Chandra Bhattacharya, Chandrima Bhattacharya, Habibur Rahman, Mithu Sen, Prasanta Sahu, Samindranath Majumdar, Tapas Konar and others.
Till July 19 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings, sculptures and ceramic works by Bappaditya Roy Chowdhury, Partho Protim Das, Bibek Nath Pandit and Gourav Malakar.
Till July 19 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Apurba Mazumdar.
Till July 21 at Gandhara Art Gallery, 1B Gurusaday Road, Flat 5A; 2 pm - 7.30 pm: Framed Spaces: Boundless Limits II, paintings by Sekhar Baran Karmakar, Rima Kundu, Debasish Manna, Apu Dasgupta, Prasun Ghosh and Kazi Nasir.
Till July 22 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm (Saturday, 10 am - 3 pm): Paintings by Krishna Dey and Arpita Khaskel.
Till July 24 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Hooghly Chinsurah Art Forum presents Chitradeep, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures.
Till July 28 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: The Masters of Imagination, works of eminent artists including Prokash Karmakar, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Sanatan Dinda and Suhas Roy.
Till July 29 (except Sundays and public holidays) at CIMA Gallery; 3 pm - 7 pm (Mondays), 2 pm - 7 pm (Tuesdays - Saturdays): Primal Force, paintings, graphics and sculptures. Featuring over 90 artworks from Madhya Pradesh.
Till July 29 at Gallery Kanishka?s, 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Shrishti, paintings, sculptures and prints by 22 reputed artists of Shantiniketan.
drama
July 19 at Madhusudan Mancha; 5.45 pm: Dhakuria Paritosh Memorial Veteran?s Club celebrates its 12th anniversary with a performance of Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay?s Dui-Purush. Dir: Subhendu Mukherjee.
July 19 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Charbak presents Chalo Patol Tuli. Dir: Arindam Ganguli.
July 20 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents Bappaditya. Dir: Goutam Halder.
July 21 (6 pm) and July 22 (3 pm & 6.30 pm) at Academy of Fine Arts: Inauguration of Ganakrishti Natya Utsav followed by the play Megh Manabi (dir: Jahar Das), a Ganakrishti workshop production. July 22, 3 pm: Chhut (dir: Romaprasad Banik), produced by Barasat Anusilanee; at 6.30 pm: Aguner Barnamala (dir: Anirban Bhattacharya), produced by Biswapat.
July 21 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB-201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: In collaboration with EZCC, Yaksha Manjusha of Karnataka will present Yakshagana, a traditional operatic folk theatre in Hindi.
PERFORMING ARTS
July 19 at Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture, 3 Regent Park; 6 pm: To mark the birth anniversary of lyricist-composer Dwijendralal Roy, an evening of music featuring Prasun Dasgupta, Swastika Mukhopadhyay, Anubha Ghosh, Chandrabali Rudra Datta and Prabuddha Raha.
July 19 at Swabhumi; 6.30 pm: Srishti Path celebrates its anniversary with a programme of music, dance, recitation and audio-play.
July 20 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: An Evening of Malhars featuring Ronu Mazumdar (flute) with Abhijit Banerjee (tabla) and Gaurav Mazumdar (sitar) with Subhankar Banerjee (tabla).
July 20 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB-201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: EZCC presents an evening of classical violin recitals featuring Purabi Kakoli Sharma and 12 year-old Sampreet Kalita of Assam.
July 21 at Sarat Sadan, Behala; 7.30 pm: Drum Dance by Mallar Ghosh Creations, Bengali songs by Dhiren Basu and recitation by Satinath Mukhopadhyay.
July 22 at Gyan Manch; 6.30 pm: Bharat Natyam recital by Dhanya Chandramohan.
talk
July 19 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Narendrananda will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Lila Prasanga.
July 19 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Prabhananda will speak in English on Chhandogya Upanishad.
discussion
July 19 at Padatik Little Theatre; 6.30 pm: Ranan hosts Proximities, an informal forum of discussion and exchange. Topic: Symbols and Beliefs in Dance: Elasticity and Rigidity presented by Vandana Alase Hazra.
book reading
July 19 at The Saturday Club; Phoenix Room; 7 pm: Reading of Abhijit Bhaduri?s bestseller, Mediocre But Arrogant.
exhibition
July 19 - July 26 at 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road: Soumya?s Creation presents Budget Dressing, featuring a collection of garments, sarees, jewellery and accessories.
Till July 22 at 113 Park Street: Zenon presents the Sindhara Collection of suits, sarees, lehengas and kurtis for the monsoon.
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