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Social pressures of modern urban living can cause so much mental fatigue as to drive a person to lose his sanity. Roopkatha tells the story of Swapnamoy Mitra, who falls victim to such a psychological disease. The first symptoms become apparent when he fails to recognise an old friend he meets on the street one day. Then, a woman he clearly does not know, comes to him and says that she was a close friend and that she had been cheated by him. His wife, Deepabali, unaware of his illness, begins to suspect that he is a liar and that he is merely pretending not to recognize old acquaintances. Understanding his condition, a doctor asks Mitra to recall memories of his childhood. Through his reminiscences, he begins to behave like a 16 year-old, developing more complications for him and his family. When his wife gets romantically involved with another man, his alienation leads him to attempt suicide. Finally, he leaves home. His crisis is over only when he meets new people and identifies with their joys and sorrows. Direction: Sekhar Samaddar.
Event: Play in Bengali, Roopkatha, produced by Abhaash
When: Today at 6.30 pm
Where: Madhusudan Mancha
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art
August 17 - August 24 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Indrani Sengupta.
Till August 18 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: 7 Perspectives, paintings by a group of artists.
Till August 19 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery & West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Annual art exhibition by members of Contrivance.
Till August 19 at G.C. Laha Centenary Fine Arts Gallery; 1 pm - 7 pm: Monsoon Collection, paintings by artists from Bengal.
Till August 20 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 108 Southern Avenue; 2 pm - 8 pm: Reflection of Another Day (RAD) presents Aranya 2006, an exhibition of paintings, graphics and sculptures.
Till August 26 (weekdays only) at Masters Collection Art Gallery, G7 Malayalay Apts, 3 Woodburn Park Road; 11 am - 7 pm: New Horizons, paintings by 25 emerging artists of Bengal. Showcasing the works of Parag Adhikary, Beena Pradhan, Debabrata Chakraborty, Mihir Paul, Ananda Das and others.
Till August 27 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A Hungerford Street, 1st floor; 3 pm - 7 pm: Shilpakriti, sculptures by Satish Gujral, Uma Siddhanta, Bipin Goswami and other well-known artists.
Till August 31 at Gallery Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindustan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: New Works, paintings by talented young artists. Featuring works by Debabrata Sarkar, Dibyangshu Das Gupta, Pradip Das, Santosh Chattopadhyay, Sudipto Dutta and Tapas Sardar.
Till August 31 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Reba Hore.
Till September 29 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: The Realms of Expression, paintings by well-known artists.
drama
August 17 at Gyan Manch; 6 pm: Lok Krishti presents Page 4, Its Also A Game. Drama, direction and acting: Bratya Basu.
August 17 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Kasba Arghya presents Bharat Katha. Direction: Manish Mitra.
August 17 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Ekush Shatak presents its new production, Krishnaranga. Direction: Loknath Bandyopadhyay.
August 18 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Swapnasuchana presents Hemlat — The Prince of Garanhata. Drama, direction and acting: Bratya Basu.
August 19 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Theatron presents Shey. Direction: Saswati Biswas.
August 20 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Sanglap Calcutta presents its latest production, Astoraag. Direction: Kuntal Mukhopadhyay.
performing arts
August 17 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: An evening of classical music featuring Washim Khan (vocal) with Samar Saha (tabla) and Sanatan Goswami (harmonium); and Amitabha Chatterjee (sitar) with Anubrata Chatterjee (tabla).
August 18 at Max Mueller Bhavan; 6.30 pm: This Is Not Fusion, music concert by Amit Chaudhuri and other musicians, along with discussions with audio clips and visuals by Amit Chaudhuri and Prof Ananda Lal.
August 19 at Calcutta School of Music, Sandré Hall; 7 pm: Evening of Easy Listening, a programme of light western classical music and Latin-tinged jazz. Participants: Shashi Puri (piano), Debabrata Mitra (piano/keyboard), Debashish Banerjee (drums), Mainak Nag Chaudhuri (bass) and Ananya Biswas (vocals).
August 21 at Max Mueller Bhavan; 6.45 pm: Raga & Rasa, a journey of impressions and expressions through music and poetry, presented by Dr Sudeshna Basu and Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee.
talk
August 17 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19 A&B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Samshuddhananda will speak in Bengali on Mandukya Karika.
August 17 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7.15 pm: Swami Ramananda will discourse on Sri Sri Ramakrishna.
janmashtami
August 17 at Birla Academy auditorium; 6 pm: Kirtan by Nupurchhanda Ghosh and Kuchipudi recital of Vidyapati’s Padavali by Madhuri Majumder and disciples, on the occasion of Krishna Janmashtami.
seminar
August 17 at Max Mueller Bhavan; 5.30 pm: Indo-German Association hosts a seminar on Quality Assurance and Standardization.
August 18 at Academy of Fine Arts; 2 pm: Arena Multimedia hosts a seminar-cum-workshop on 2D animation. For passes, mail to info@arenaparkstreet.com or call #22492300.
demonstration
August 17 at ITC Sonar Bangla; 2.30 pm - 5 pm: Jyotirmai Club presents a live demonstration of Japanese cuisine (pan Asian).
competition
August 17 & August 18 at Kala Mandir; 6.30 pm: Padatik’s Dance Carnival ’06, a western dance competition involving 1200 students. Showcasing salsa, bollywood style, jazz and more, along with 60 songs.
workshop
August 19 onwards at The Creative Arts, National Library Avenue: An intensive theatre workshop including various aspects of theatre and on-camera training. Sessions by Ananda Lal, Ramanjit Kaur, Anindita Sarbadhicari, Arthur Cardozo and others. For details, call Ramanjit Kaur at #9830775677.
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