Bohurupee 60 To celebrate the sixtieth year of its foundation, Bohurupee is hosting a drama festival dedicated to the memory of its founder, legendary thespian Sombhu Mitra. Featuring some of the group’s most popular plays, the four-day celebration will also witness intellectual interaction among well-known stage personalities of the city, besides other theatre-related events. The inaugural day’s performance features the premiere show of Kalsandhya (a scene from the play appears above; at 3 pm & 6.30 pm), a play by Buddhadeva Bose being staged on his birth centenary. Putting an episode from The Mahabharata in contemporary perspective, it dramatises universal human dilemmas and conflicts. Also to be staged are Fullaketur Pala (May 2; 6.30 pm), Mister Kakatua (May 3; 3 pm), Chhanch Bhanga Moorti (May 3; 6.30 pm) and Beerjashulka (May 4; 3 pm). The concluding day’s programme also includes a felicitation ceremony (at 6 pm) to be followed by the presentation of Bohurupee’s theatre-songs. Event: Drama festival to mark Bohurupee’s 60th anniversary When: May 1 - 4 Where: Academy of Fine Arts

art

Till May 2 at Tejas Art Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, #98300 49825; 3 pm - 7.30 pm: On cloud nine as it is: An exhibition of drawings and video by Uma Roy. Till May 3 at Kanvas Art Gallery, 53 Syed Amir Ali Avenue, #3052 3243; 3 pm - 7 pm: Staring Inscriptions, featuring art works by Jayanta Naskar, Lina Ghosh, Maneswar Brahma, Paula Sengupta, Pinaki Barua, Rajen Mondal, Romendra Nath Kasthya, Sabita Pegu, Samita Nag, Siddhartha Ghosh, Som Sankar Roy and Srikant Paul. Till May 3 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of recent paintings by Subrata Chowdhury. Till May 3 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, #24604246; 11 am - 7 pm: Visual Rhapsody, an exhibition of paintings by contemporary Bengal artists. Showcasing the works of Paritosh Sen, Suhas Roy, Jogen Chowdhury, Parthapratim Deb, Ashok Bhowmik, Tapas Konar, Samir Aich, Manoj Dutta, Prabhat Basu, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Atanu Bhattacharya, Chhatrapati Dutta, Abheshbivore Mitra, Atin Basak, Prabal Roy, Prasun Ghosh, Suman Roy, Partha Dasgupta, Debasish Manna, Tanup Nath, Sk. Sahajahan, Debashish Barui, Rejesh Deb, Sandip Roy and others. Till May 5 (except Sunday) at Mon Art Gallery, 6 Hungerford Street, Regency, 3rd floor, #22895438; 11.30 am - 7 pm: Shizen, an exhibition of recent paintings by Prabir Sen, Krishnendu Chaki and Nilanjan Banerjee. Till May 5 at Gallery with Difference, Avishek Point, 2nd floor, 152 S.P. Mukherjee Road: Black and White Lines, an exhibition of paintings by Nabyendu Chatterjee. Till May 5 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: The fifth group exhibition of Trayee, a group of young artists. Participants: Soumya K. Chakraborty, Supriya Polley, Sukanta Bakshi, Mrinmoy Mondal, Chanchal Khan, Chandan Bhowmick and Shivkumar R. Pundkar. Till May 7 (except Sunday) at Emami Tower, ECA, EM Bypass, 687 Anandapur; 11 am - 7 pm: Emami Chisel art presents the art expo, Art Now - A Glimpse, an exposition of 10 contemporary artists’ works. Till May 9 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #6550 8418; 10.30 am - 6.30 pm: Figurative Expressions, an exhibition of the works by Kamalaksha Gangopadhyay, Sanatan Dinda, Subrata Pal, Shyamal Mukherjee, Prakash Karmakar, Suhas Roy, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Sibsaday Chaudhuri, Gourango Beshai, Bratin Khan and Ramananda Bandyopadhyay. Till May 10 (except Sunday) at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 7 pm: The Street, an exhibition of paintings by Yusuf Arrakel. Till May 15 (except Sundays and public holidays) at Gallery K2, 35 Lansdowne Terrace; 11 am - 7 pm: Beyond Figuration, an exhibition of works by Sunando Basu, Vishal Bhand, Susmit Biswas and Shilajit Ghosh. Till May 15 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street, #2229 3886; 2 pm - 7.30 pm: Endless Resonances — an exhibition of recent paintings by well-known artists. Till May 17 (weekdays) at Masters Collection Art Gallery, G7 Malayalay Apts, 3 Woodburn Park Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Stretch of Imagination: A show of exclusive artworks by 30 well-known artists. Till May 25 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road, #2455 6942/43; 2 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of the works by Somnath Hore.

DRAMA

Till May 4 at Purbashree, EZCC, IB 201 Salt Lake; 6.30 pm: Dishari Natyotsav 2008, hosted by Disahri in collaboration with EZCC. Today: Basbhoon, produced by Sayak and directed by Meghnad Bhattacharya. Tomorrow: Ekla Pagol, produced by Nehru Children’s Museum and directed by Rama Prasad Banik. May 1 at Nandan Prangan; 4 pm: Rangakarmee presents Khela Gadi. Design & direction: Usha Ganguli. May 1 at Mukta Angan Rangalaya; 6.30 pm: On the occasion of its 52nd foundation day, Shouvanik presents Fakka, directed by Chandan Das. Drama: Ashok Basu. May 1 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Niva Arts presents Lagle Bolben. Drama, direction & acting: Arun Bandyopadhyay. May 2 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: Rangakarmee presents Antar Yatra. Design & direction: Usha Ganguli. May 3 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandipat presents Kah.... Drama: Ujjwal Chatterjee. Direction: Bimal Chakraborty. May 4 at Sujata Sadan; 6.30 pm: Kasba Uttaran will stage Bhalo Thaka. Dir: Sujit Ghosh. May 4 at Girish Mancha; 6.45 pm: Rang Roop will stage Byaram Biram. Direction: Seema Mukhopadhyay.

PERFORMING ARTS

May 1 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 10.30 am: Jodhpur Association presents Utsav, a musical extravaganza depicting the colourful festivals, traditions, folk dances of different states. May 1 at Netaji Indoor Stadium; 5 pm: Featuring Manna Dey on his 87th birthday and to mark 65 years of his musical journey. May 1 at Boys’ Own Library, Goabagan; 6 pm: EZCC presents an evening of baul folk songs of Bengal by Kaushik and Antara. May 3 & 4 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6.30 pm: Naba Pratisruti presents Ora Tin Jan, featuring Pubali Debnath (Rabindrasangeet), Sutapa Bandyopadhyay (recitation), Locket Chatterjee (dance accompanied by Tagore songs) and Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya (reading) on May 3; and Mohan Singh (Rabindrasangeet), Jiten Singh (dance accompanied by Tagore songs), Soumitra Chattopadhyay (recitation) and Sabitri Chattopadhyay (reading) on May 4. May 3 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, #24604246; 6.30 pm: Amar Roechhe Bishwalok: “The wider world too is mine…”, celebrating the emancipation of women through the creations of Tagore. Readings by Chaitali Dasgupta and Saswati Guha Thakurta, and songs by Rohini Raychaudhuri. Concept, Script & Direction : Chaitali Dasgupta. May 4 at Rabindra Sadan; 5 pm: On the occasion of its foundation day, Bhavna Records & Cassettes presents Kavi Pranam, an evening of Tagore songs by Anurupa Mitra, Anuradha Biswas, Anindya Narayan Biswas, Rituparna, Chandrabali Rudra Dutta, Chandana Chowdhury, Dipak Rudra, Damayanti Bhattacharya, Pramita Mallick, Pubali Debnath, Pabitra Sarkar, Bikram Singh, Mrinmay Roy, Manisha Murali Nair, Manoj Murali Nair, Rakhi Sen, Shampa undu, Sreeradha Bandyopadhyay, Sharmistha Sinha, Swastika Mukhopadhyay, Sudeshna Basu and Subrata Sengupta. Also, chorus by artistes of Ananda Dhwani, Baikali, Manjish, Madhuri and Surangama. Compere: Debashis Basu.

TALK

May 2 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Ramaranjan Mukherji will speak in Sanskrit on Bhavabhutir Uttararamacharit. May 1 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Samshuddhananda will speak in Bengali on Srimad-Bhagavat. May 1 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7.15 pm: Discourse on Sri Ramakrishna Punthi by Dr Bhupendra Nath Sil.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till May 3 at CIMA Gallery, Sunny Towers, 2nd floor; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of photographs, Calcutta: Chitpur Road and Neighbourhoods. Results of the Kolkata Heritage Photo Project executed in November 2006 by Peter Bialobrzeski and 21 of his photography students from University of Arts Bremen. Hosted by Goethe-Institut Max Mueller Bhavan and Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA). May 2 - 30 (except Sundays) at Gallery Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Portraits of a Director — an exhibition of photographs on Satyajit Ray by Asit Poddar.

SEMINAR

May 1 at British Council; 5.30 pm - 8 pm: Management seminar on Craft your CV. The seminar is for students and young corporate executives. Through interactive discussions, participants will focus on understanding how to present their skills and strengths through their CVs and helping them to approach the job market. For registrations, call 4007-4329 or write to manish.gupta@ in.britishcouncil.orgAll 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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