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Founded on June 29, 1960 by a group of committed, young theatre-persons, Nandikar has indeed come a long way. Today, as it steps into its 50th year, it is no longer just a performance-oriented theatre group, but an institution with a wide range of socially-oriented creative projects, including its popular annual National Theatre Festival. To mark this glorious occasion, the group stages this evening its latest production, Ajnatobass. The play begins with a lady, well past her middle-age, looking for a place to rest. Payel, a newly-married woman, offers a glass of water to the old lady. In fact, she is also looking for someone to talk to, as she is very lonely. Apprehensions and fears dominate the lives of Payel and her husband Soumik. They are faced with an extraordinary situation regarding the old lady. They do not know how to handle someone who remembers nothing of her past, and yet, is so alive, so fascinating. The open-ended play leaves the audience asking a number of questions: Does the old woman remember her past at all? Where will she go from here? Will Payel and Soumik also follow in her footsteps? Directed by Sumanta Gangopadhyay. Directorial advisor: Rudraprasad Sengupta.
Event: Play in Bengali, Ajnatobass, produced by Nandikar When: Today at 6.30 pm Where: Academy of Fine Arts
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Art
Till August 1 (except Sundays and public holidays) at CIMA Gallery; Mondays: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2 pm - 7 pm: Summer Show 2009. Featuring works by Rashmi Bagchi Sarkar, Sumitro Basak, Shreyasi Chatterjee, Jogen Chowdhury, Sougata Das, Anita Gopal, Farhad Hussain, Paresh Maity, Ganesh Pyne, Satyajit Roy, Suhas Roy, Lalu Prosad Shaw and many other artists from across India.
Till July 19 at Aakriti Art Gallery (12/3A Hungerford Street, #22893027, 11 am - 7 pm, Sundays closed), Akar Prakar (P238 Hindustan Park, #24642617, 2 pm - 7 pm, Sundays closed) and The Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre (36C S.P. Mukherjee Road, #24556942, 2 pm - 8 pm daily): On the occasion of K.G. Subramanyan’s 85th birthday, Aakriti Art Gallery, Akar Prakar and The Seagull Foundation for the Arts present Recent Works by K.G. Subramanyan — a new collection of canvases, reverse paintings, gouaches on paper and terracotta works.
Till June 30 at Tejas Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, #98300 49825; 12.30 pm - 7.30 pm: Paintings by young, upcoming artists Atish Mukherjee, Arunava Mondal, Avijit Mukherjee, Ranjan Mukhopadhyay, Sanjay Kr Samanta, Tanay Paul, Bibek Pal, Goutam Sarkar and others.
Till June 30 at Emami Chisel Art Pvt. Ltd, Emami Towers, 687 Anandapur, EM Bypass, #40113182/3; 11 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of sculptures by contemporary artists.
Till July 1 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: Utopia presents a group exhibition of the works of Arindam Sarkar, Arup Bhowmick, Dharmen Das, Swaraj Sarkar and Shyam Thakur.
Till July 1 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of sculptures by Alakananda Sengupta.
Till July 2 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: The fifth solo exhibition of the works of Amit Banerjee.
Till July 3 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Bangiya Sangeet Parishad’s 13th annual art exhibition.
Till July 3 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Spectacles - an exposition, an exhibition of the works of contemporary artists Samir Bhandari and Sounetra Chatterjee.
Till July 3 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings and drawings by Biki Banerjee, Debabrata Singha, Surajit Chakraborty, Samir Dhar, Pintu Sengupta, Manash Mondal, Santibrata Karmakar, Sushanta Baral, Subhra Chakraborty, Soma Dey and Niloy Kanti Biswas.
Till July 10 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Monsoon Show — an exhibition of paintings by Gautam Mukherjee, Bratin Khan, Shyamal Mukherjee, Dhananjay Mukherjee, Subrata Das, Partha Pratim Deb, Sukanta Das, Arunabha Karmakar and others.
Till July 15 (except Sundays) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #2465 3212; 11 am - 7 pm: Trying to Make Sense of it All — an exhibition of the recent works by Somit Gupta, Debraj Goswami, Rajiba Lochan Pani and Pampa Panwar.
Till July 29 (except Sundays) at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road, #24630465/ 40012289; 11.30 am - 7.30 pm: Experimenter presents SEZ Who? a unique activism-based collaborative art project, curated by Tushar Joag. This is a project led by a group of artists and Experimenter exploring the impact and rationale of setting up Special Economic Zones in India.
Till July 31 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #65508418; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Sensorial Realities, an exhibition of paintings by Subrata Gangopadhyay, Suhas Roy, Prakash Karmakar, Shyamal Mukherjee, Samir Paul, Bratin Khan, Sanatan Dinda, Gourango Beshai, Sibsaday Chaudhuri, Atin Basak and others.
DRAMA
Till July 17 at Ramgopal Mancha, Howrah; 6.30 pm: A theatre festival, in aid of cyclone victims, organised by Ramgopal Mancha Natyakendra. Today: Manush Kenar Galpo by Shatabdi Andul and Kalipurer Kali by Roopan.
June 30 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Sansriti presents Surjo-pora Chhai. Direction: Debesh Chattopadhyay.
June 30 at Gyan Manch; 7 pm: Natyalok presents Samanya Kshati, based on Tagore’s poem. This contemporary drama is an amalgam of Kathakali, Koodiyattam, Kalarippayat, Teyyam and the activities of Vellichapad. Creative directors: Kalamandalam Piyal, Kalamandalam Goutam and Biswajit Das.
June 30 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Ekush Shatak presents Krishna Ranga. Direction: Loknath Bandyopadhyay.
July 2 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Sundaram will premiere its new production, Ja Nei Bharatey. Drama, direction & performance: Manoj Mitra.
July 2 at at Rabindra Sadan, July 3 at Girish Mancha & July 4 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Swapnasuchana will stage Biddho Aakash. Direction: Sudipta Sarkar.
July 2 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Bisarga will stage Ekal-O-Sekal. Direction: Nupu Banerjee.
July 3 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Ganakrishti presents Jhara Samayer Kabya. Playwirght: Sumitra Bandyopadhyay. Direction: Amitava Dutta.
ALBUM LAUNCH
June 29 at Starmark, South City Mall, 2nd floor; 6.30 pm: Launch of Bickram Ghosh’s latest album, White Note, to be followed by a panel discussion on Is Fusion Everywhere Leading to Homogeneity or Loss of Identities? Panelists: Usha Uthup, Wasim Kapoor, Anjan Dutt, Agnimitra Paul, Jayabroto Chatterjee, Ashoke Viswanthan, Chetna Jalan and Bickram Ghosh. Also, a live performance by Ghosh from White Note. Hosted by Sony Music India.
PERFORMING ARTS
Till July 1 at Swabhumi, The Heritage Plaza; 6.30 pm onwards: Ratha Yatra and Orissa Festival. Today: Sabar dance by Jeypore Kala Kendra; cultural programme by Ghoomra and Odissi by child artiste Asmita Mohanty.
June 30 at Jorasanko Thakurbari, Uday Shankar podium; 2 pm: A programme to celebrate the International Day of Reading/Reciting Rabindranath Tagore’s Verses. Participants: Gouri Ghosh, Partha ghosh, Jagannath Basu, Urmimala Basu, Soumitra Chatterjee, Pankaj Saha and others in reading. Also, songs of Geetanjali will be rendered by the artistes of Bishwabharapran, Gopa Roy, Pradip Sarkar, Shamit Roy, Sumona Bhattacharya, Tapan Singha, Jonaki Choudhury, Sanhita Banerjee, Mita Ghosh and Nirmal Ghosh, under the direction of Shraboni Sen.
TALK
June 29 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Tattwasarananda will speak on Mahabharate Dharma.
June 29 at Abanindranath Sabhagriha; 6 pm: prof. Sovon Som will speak on A Lyrical Vision, Inter-relation between Tagore’s Songs and Paintings. Organised by Lalit Kala Akademi, regional Centre, Calcutta.
June 29 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Somatmananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Mayer Katha.
June 29 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 7 pm: Nripendra Nath Dutta will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita.
EXHIBITION
Till June 30 at Soumya’s Creation, 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 11.30 am - 6.30 pm: Monsoon Magic — on show will be mixed weave saris, printed and woven unstitched suits, both costume and silver jewellery, a small range of brocade zardozi evening bags and a comprehensive range of children’s clothes.
Till June 30 at The Halo Heritage Art Gallery, 26 Ritchie Road, #24190133; 11.30 am - 9 pm: Halo Hertitage, in collaboration with Mohini, presents Parampara, an exhibition of traditional textiles.
Till June 30 at Pumpkin Patch, South City Mall, Shop #S-210, 2nd floor: Mid-season show of Pumpkin Patch products, an international kids clothing brand.
Till June 30 at Design, 108 Raja Basanta Roy Road: Paramita Viswanathan’s special summer collection of printed Tangails and Rajasthani Kotas.
Till July 2 at Finesse, 11/1B New Road, Alipore; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Exquisite hand-woven sarees in summer colours, kotas, maheshwaris, cotton/silk with block prints and surface embroidery.
Till July 4 at Swati Guha’s, 78, Mezanine Floor, Manohar Pukur Road, #24646594; 11 am - 8 pm: Exclusive Puja collection of Dhakai Jamdani, cotton Jamdani, Muslin, Katan silk, Tasar print, Pashmina, Tant print.
AUDIO-VISUAL SHOW
July 3 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: The Great Masters of Etawah (Part 1), an audio-visual presentation by Prof. Amlan Dasgupta, assisted by Subhranil Sarkar.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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than a week ahead to:
Time out, The Telegraph, 6, Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700 001;
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