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To mark the 55th anniversary of India-Mongolia diplomatic relations, Cine Central, Calcutta, in association with Embassy of Mongolia, New Delhi, Consulate of Mongolia, Calcutta and Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre, hosts a two-day Mongolian film festival, to be inaugurated this evening by Damdinglin Demberei, Chairman (speaker) of the State Great Hurai (parliament) of Mongolia. Justice Shyamal Kumar Sen, president of Cine Central, Calcutta, will preside over the inaugural function. The Mongols (a scene from the film appears here), a renowned Mongolian film, will be screened on the occasion. Directed by Sergei Bodrov, this epic tale explores the early life of Genghis Khan, ruler of one of the largest empires in history. The first part of a planned trilogy following the life of Timojin, more famously known as Genghis Khan, it offers an intriguing look into a time and place little seen on film.
Event: Mongolian Film Festival When: December 13 & 14; 6 pm onwards Where: Nandan II
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ART
Till January 8 (except Sundays & public holidays) at CIMA Gallery, Sunny Towers (2nd floor), 43 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, 2485 8717/8509; 3 pm - 7 pm (Mondays) & 2 pm - 7 pm (Tuesdays - Saturdays): Ganesh Pyne: His Mahabharata.
December 13 & 14 at Weavers Studio centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, 2461 3145; 10 am - 7 pm: Spiracle — an exhibition of paintings by Krishna Dutta.
December 13 - January 11 (except Sundays) at Gallery Image Kraft, 56/E, Block D, New Alipore, 32567425; 11 am - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by renowned contemporary Bengal painters.
Till December 14 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, 24752275; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Ashis Sen and Jagadish Majumdar.
Till December 15 at ECA Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Nabakishore Chanda.
Till December 16 at Gandhara Art Gallery, Palm Spring, Flat 5A, 1B Gurusaday Road, 22801790, 22811225; 1 pm - 8 pm: Do You Still Happen? — recent works by Amritah Sen.
Till December 16 at Gallery Kolkata, 41 Shakespeare Sarani, 22873377/88; 11 am - 7 pm: Sculptures and sculpture-based installations by five young artists Bamdeb Mondal, Bhaskar Chowdhury, Kartick Ch. Soren, Tuhin Kundu and Rathin Barman.
Till December 18 at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park, 2464 2617; 2 pm - 7 pm: Looking for Bapu, an exhibition of sculptures by Debanjan Roy.
Till December 20 (except Sunday) at Eye on Art, 3 Pretoria Street, Chandrakunj Building, 2nd floor; 1 pm - 7 pm: The second solo exhibition of paintings by Tapan Karmakar.
Till December 31 (Sundays by appointment) at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, 9831005003, 65508418; 10.30 am - 6.30 pm: Rhetorical Dreams — an exhibition of the works by Prokash Karmakar, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Suhas Roy, Bratin Khan, Sibsaday Chaudhuri, Gourango Beshai, Subrata Das, Shyamal Mukherjee, Sukanta Das, Samir Paul, Atin Basak.
Till December 31 (except Sundays) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, 24653212; 11 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of Iranian contemporary art.
DRAMA
December 13 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Pancham Vaidic presents Poshu Khamar. Direction: Arpita Ghosh.
Till December 13 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Natyaranga drama festival. Today: Binodini Katha, presented by Natyaranga and directed by Swapan Sengupta.
Till December 19 at Laban Hrad Mancha, BD Block, Salt Lake; 6.30 pm: Salt Lake Theatre hosts its ninth drama festival. Today: Nandikar presents Madhabi, directed by Swatilekha Sengupta.
December 14 at Madghusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Kushilav presents Surer Bandhone. Drama & direction: Runu Chowdhury.
December 15 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nandikar will stage Ajnatobaas, directed by Sumanta Gangopadhyay.
December 15 at Minerva Theatre; 6.30 pm: Nirbak Abhinoy Academy presents Teen Guchhir Binuni. Direction: Suranjana Dasgupta.
December 16 - 25 at Academy of Fine Arts: Nandikar’s 27th National Theatre Festival.
December 18 at Girish Mancha; 6.45 pm: Rang Roop presents its latest production, Maayer Moto. Direction & performance: Seema Mukhopadhyay.
PERFORMING ARTS
December 13 at Gyan Manch; 5 pm - 9 pm: Rejoicing the Spirit of Youth — South Asia Youth Consultation, dance-drama Bidhir Bidhan Bhangbe Tumi, based on issues of trafficking to be performed by survivors of trafficking, violence and abuse who have braved odds and overcvome challenges, and release of a report, ‘Vulnerability of children living in the red light areas of Calcutta - A youth-led study’. Organised by Sanlaap,a developmental organisation working against child trafficking and for the rights of women and children.
Till December 14 at Rabindra Sadan auditorium and Prangan Mancha; 5.30 pm: West Bengal State Music Academy presents a dance festival as a tribute to Uday Shankar. Today at Rabindra Sadan auditorium: Rinki Mahato (Manipuri), Praveena Kutty (Kuchipudi), Srutirekha Tripathi (Odissi), Sudeshna Moulik (Kathak), and Ananda Shankar Centre for Performing Arts (dir: Tanusree Shankar). At Rabindra Sadan Prangan Mancha: Srobona Mitra (Manipuri), Anindita Pal (Kathak), Moushumi Dutta (Bharata Natyam), Tamali Sheet (creative), Moumita Ghosh (Odissi), and Kalangan (dir: Manik Poddar).
December 15 at The Calcutta School of Music, Sandre Hall; 7 pm: A piano concert by American pianist Gretchen Sterling.
December 16 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: A jugalbandi by Aayush Mohan Gupta (sarod) and Lakshay Mohan Gupta (sitar) with Subhankar Banerjee (tabla).
December 17 at Madhusudan Mancha; 10 am: Madhumanjeer presents Aamader George-da, a programme on the birth centenary of Debabrata Biswas. Participants: Soumitra Chattopadhyay (narration & dialogue) and Arun Gangopadhyay (songs). Also, tunes of Tagore songs on the guitar by Abheek Bhattacharya.
December 17 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: Bhavna presents an evening of Tagore songs by Aditi Mohsin, Jonaki Chowdhury, Rakhi Sen, Raja, Lopamudra Mitra and Sasha Ghoshal.
December 18 at Science City auditorium; 6.30 pm: Inner Voyage Communication presents a classical music concert featuring Ashis Khan and Zakir Hussain.
December 19 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: Biswabhara Pran presents an evening of Tagore songs, readings and dance-drama Chitrangada.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Till December 16 at Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 11 am - 7 pm: Women Changing India — works of six Magnum photographers on women who are changing India in various spheres. Participants: Martine Franck, Alex Webb, Patrick Zachmann, Alessandra Sanguinetti, OliviaArthur and Raghu Rai.
Till December 18 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S. P. Mukherjee Road, 2455 6942/ 43; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents Incidents, photographs by Bishan Samaddar.
TALK
December 13 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 5.30 pm: Swami Divyananda will speak on Satkatha.
December 13 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Ritananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Lilaprasanga.
December 13 at Ramakrishna Mancha, Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda’s Ancestral House and Cultural Centre, 3 Gour Mohan Mukherjee Street; 6.30 pm: Swami Satyapriyananda will speak on Vivekachudamani.
EXHIBITION
December 13 & 14 at Hotel Hindusthan International; 4 pm - midnight: In aid of charities, Calcutta Alipore Ladies Circle- 3 has organised Panache, the night market. Media partner: t2.
Till December 18 at Weavers Studio, 5/1 Anil Moitra Road, 24408926; 9.30 am - 6.30 pm: An exhibition of old & rare embroideries & sale of contemporary reproductions in saris, sets, tunics, stoles.
Till December 19 at The Harrington Street Arts Centre, 8 Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 11 am - 7 pm: An exhibition on children’s book illustration.
Till December 31 at Verandah, 75A Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road, 9830329179; 10.30 am - 7 pm: A display of Christmas decorative items.
WORKSHOP
December 15 - 19 at Seagull Bookstore, 31A S.P. Mukherjee Road, 24765865, 24862636; 10 am - 12 noon: Adventures in Storyland: A creative winter camp for 5- to 7-year-olds.
December 17 & 18 at Nehru Children’s Museum; 10 am - 7 pm: A two-day workshop on Abhinetar Prastuti for 18 yrs and above. To be conducted by theatre icon Rama Prasad Banik.
December 18 - 26 at 27B Camac Street; 2 pm - 4 pm: Creative Art workshop to express oneself through different mediums of colour and techniques of using them. Call 9836665651 to register.
B> n December 22 onwards at Jotirmaya Club (37/1A Garcha Road) and at CD-69 Salt Lake City: Pogo M.A.D and Smart Potato art and craft workshop (3 yrs -12 yrs). Roland will train (4 yrs - 64 yrs) participants in the musical workshop (guitar, drums, piano, keyboard). Salsa and Latin American dance to be conducted by London-trained teacher. For registration, call 9830227778, 9830229898.
BOOK LAUNCH
December 13 at Oxford Bookstore, 17 Park Street; 6.30 pm: Oxford Bookstore Calcutta and Sampark host the launch of Calcutta: A City Lived in and Remembered by Samir Mukherjee. The author will be in conversation with Rosinka Chaudhuri.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-700001; 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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