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Films Division, Government of India and Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre host the second season of Classical Singers on Celluloid, featuring documentaries on eminent contemporary music legends. These films unfold stories of some of the pioneers of the highest distinction of Indian classical music. Gangubai Hangal (dir: Vijaya Mulay; 6 pm) introduces the foremost woman vocalist of the Kirana gharana of Hindust ani classical music. Including an interview with Hangal, it shows the difficulties the singer had to face in learning music in a conservative society. The film portrait of Girija Devi (dir: Bijoy Chatterjee; 6.30 pm) has been etched through a series of interviews and recitals. The last living Queen of Thumri is seen practising and performing her special forte Poorab Ang Thumri. Through her documentary Pandit Jasraj (dir: Madhura Jasraj; 7.30 pm), its director and wife of the music maestro has presented an elaborate, intimate picture of her husband’s biography, his philosophy of music and life.
Event: Documentary shows on well-known Indian classical singers When: Today; 6 pm onwards Where: Nandan II
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art
Till June 14 at Asutosh Birth Centenary Hall, Indian Museum; 12 noon - 8 pm: Personalities, an exhibition of paintings, chiefly portraits in oil on board, by Samir Ghosh.
Till June 14 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, #2475 2275; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of graphic works by Samita Nag.
Till June 14 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place; 11 am - 7 pm: Tibetan Sacred Art, an exhibition of Tibetan Thangkas and sculptures. Curated by Prabhash Kejriwal.
Till June 14 at Gallery Kolkata, 41 Shakespeare Sarani, 2nd floor, Duckback House, #2287 3377; 11 am - 7 pm: Exhibition of works on paper by Prakash Karmakar and Kartick Chandra Pyne, and sculptures by K.S. Radhakrishnan.
Till June 15 at Gaganendra Pradarshasala; 2 pm - 8 pm: A solo exhibition of paintings by Jayanta Bera.
Till June 15 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 2nd floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Amar Dey, Dr Debasis Bhattacharya, Paritosh Das, Syamal Ganguly, Uma Almol, Premangshu Mitra, Sanjib Narayan Dutta, Tapan Bhattacherjee, Sudatta Basu Roy Chowdhury and Samir Karmakar. Hosted by Behala Fine Arts Society.
Till June 15 at The Promenade Lounge, Taj Bengal; 10 am - 11 pm: A solo exhibition of Subrata Ghosh’s recent work. The artist will be painting live from 3 pm to 6 pm.
Till June 15 at Gallery Arti Visual, 1/1W Gariahat Road (South), Jodhpur Park: Inner Space, in association with World Art Society, presents its fifth exhibition by a group of contemporary painters Ashis Kabasi, Kuntal Dutta, Prakash Maji, Shekhar Biswas, Debasish Kabasi, Debasish Podder, Sujata Chakraborty, Rashmi Sikand Yadav, Pranab Roy Choudhury and Mousumy Bhattacharya.
Till June 15 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 4th floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: Achin Potua presents its annual exhibition of drawings, paintings and sculptures. Participants: Asish Gupta, Raktim Mukherjee, Gopal Das, Indrajit Narayan, Arunesh Choudhury, Sandip Mukherjee, Swapan Kumar Ghosh, Mohammad Fokhrul Islam and Sabyasachi Sengupta.
Till June 16 at Academy of Fine Arts (South B); 3 pm - 8 pm: A solo show of paintings and drawings by Debnath Biswas.
Till June 16 at Academy of Fine Arts (New South Gallery - A); 3 pm - 8 pm: Horizon presents its third exhibition of paintings by Apurba Debnath, Nirmal Kanti Chakraborty, Pradip Bhowmick, Ashis Mondal, Jiban Biswas and Sakti Karmakar.
Till June 16 at The Halo Heritage Gallery, 26 Ritchie Road, Maddox Square, 98300 50568; 2 pm - 8 pm: Inner Eye, an exhibition of paintings on canvas by Jonaki Pal.
Till June 17 (except Sunday) at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park, #2464 2617; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of recent work by Susmit Biswas.
Till June 17 at Metropolitan Art Salon, Suite 18, 7 Jawaharlal Nehru Road, #2228 9719; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Sibaji Bhattacharjee, Dibakar Chakraborty, Piyali Hom Choudhuri and Sahanaj Parvin.
Till June 17 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street, #2229 3886; 2 pm - 7 pm: Showcasing a host of latest works by contemporary, radical artists.
Till June 21 (except Sundays & holidays) at the Museum & Art Gallery of Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Gol Park; 10.30 am - 1 pm & 2.30 pm - 6 pm: Exploring the Unexplored — Artists of 20th Century Bengal, an exhibition of the works of those artists who had made substantial contribution to the development of art in India but had not received due recognition.
Till June 26 at Samokal Art Gallery, Gol Park; #98362 76110; 4 pm - 8 pm: The 36th group exhibition of Painters ’80. Participating artists: Alik Das, Amit Chakrabarti, Amitava Dhar, Bhabatosh Sutar, Dipankar Dutta, Debasish Chakraborty, Pradosh Paul, Tarun Dey and Tanmoy Biswas.
Till July 5 (except Sundays & public holidays) at CIMA Gallery, Sunny Towers, 43 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, #2485 8717/8509; Mondays: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2 pm - 7 pm: Summer Show featuring works by Jayasri Burman, Rashmi Bagchi Sarkar, Rameshwar Broota, Jogen Chowdhury, Rini Dhumal, Ramendra Nath Kastha, Paresh Maity, Uday Mondal, Santosh More, Rm. Palaniappan, Manu Parekh, Ganesh Pyne, Malay Saha, Dilip Kumar Samanta, Kingshuk Sarkar, Shambhavi, Lalu Prosad Shaw, Mayank Kumar Shyam, Sanjeev Sonpimpare and others.
Till July 31 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #6550 8418; 11 am - 7 pm: In the Realms of Fantasy, an exhibition of the works by Sanatan Dinda, Prokash Karmakar, Suhas Roy, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Sibsaday, Samir Paul, Subrata Pal, Gourango Beshai, Bratin Khan, Kamalaksha Gangopadhyay, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay and others.
Till July 31 (except Sundays) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #2465 3212; 11 am - 7 pm: Installation Photographs Video Art. Participating artists: Jayashree Chakravarty, Aditya Basak, Chhatrapati Dutta, Paula Sengupta, Sanjeet Chowdhury, Debnath Basu, Tapati Chowdhury and Adip Dutta. Curated by Jayashree Chakravarty.
DRAMA
June 13 at Tapan Theatre; 7 pm: Niva Arts presents Bidushak. Direction & acting: Koushik Sen.
June 14 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3.15 pm: Rang Roop will stage Byaram Biram. Direction: Seema Mukhopadhyay.
June 14 & 15 at Padatik Little Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: Padatik and Rikh present Ho Sakta Hai Do Aadmi Do Kursiyaan, a play in Hindi, written and directed by Vinay Sharma.
June 15 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Shohan will stage its latest production, Helmet, a comedy written by Rajat Ghosh and directed by Anish Ghosh.
June 15 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Hattamela presents its latest play for children, Hetamgare Hoi Choi. Direction: Gurudas Bandyopadhyay.
TALK
June 13 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Swagatananda will speak in Bengali on Katha Upanishad.
DISCUSSION
June 13 at Bangla Academy, 1st floor; 6 pm: Centre for Cultivation of Cognitive Science organises a discussion on Time and Life. Participants include Debajyoti Mishra, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Amala Shankar and scientist Sajal Bandopadhyay.
PERFORMING ARTS
June 13 at Gyan Manch; 6 pm: A variety performance of dance, song, recitation and audio-drama by students of Nehru Children’s Museum.
June 13 at Girish Mancha; 6 pm: Abhisar presents Shudhu Tomar Bani, a solo recital of Tagore songs by Dipanwita Mukhopadhyay.
June 14 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Academy Theatre presents Theatre O Cinemar Gaan: Ekaal Sekaal. Participants: Riddhi Bandyopadhyay, Soumitra Chattopadhyay and Debajit Bandyopadhyay.
PHOTOGRAPHS
June 13 at Bose-Pacia, Stephen Court, 18 Park Street; 6 pm: Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi will inaugurate Minutes to Midnight, an exhibition of photographs by Trent Parke.
AUDIO-VISUAL SHOW
June 13 at Calcutta School of Music; 6.30 pm: A Bonus Friday presentation by Thiri PoSaw on Andres Segovia in Portrait, which celebrates the extraordinary quest of Andres Segovia, the Andalusian guitarist par excellence.
EXHIBITION
June 13 - 15 at Rangmahal Theatre hall; 3 pm - 9 pm: Gargi, a philanthropic organisation, hosts Kala Mela, a fair by performing artistes, groups, institutions (in the field of dance, music, theatre, puppet, mime), make-up artistes, light designers and manufacturers of other accessories for the stage.
WORKSHOP
June 13 at at K.P. Basu Memorial Hall, Jadavpur University; 10.30 am onwards: Dissemination workshop on SANDEE (South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics) research projects. The workshop aims to reach out with latest information to major stakeholders who can follow up on building appropriate strategies for addressing institutional issues and prospects of pro-poor eco-tourism programme for the forest dependent community as an alternative livelihood. Organised by Global Change Programme (GCP-JU) and Centre for Rural & Cryogenic Technologies, Jadavpur University.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to: Time out, The Telegraph, 6, Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700 001; Fax: 2234-8244
All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less
than a week ahead to:
Time out, The Telegraph, 6, Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700 001;
Fax: 2234-8244
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