Tapan Sinha in focus Since a little over five decades, Tapan Sinha has remained a striking figure in the world of Indian cinema, with the rare distinction of making successive commercial hits while staying away from the safe parameters of formulaic blockbusters. Always the quintessential Bengali bhadralok, a man of deep conscience and versatility, his films are more than merely aesthetically wholesome entertainments. Casting an alert eye over critical social concerns and carving out a personal celluloid diction, Sinha has never repeated themes in his career. Almost each of his over 40 thematically different films, from the classy historical thriller (Jhinder Bandi, 1961) or the sheer fantasy of a middle-class Bengali family (Galpo Holeo Satyi, 1966) to a super hit children’s film (Safed Haathi, 1978) or the crisis of a scientist in the face of social antagonism (Ek Doctor Ki Maut, 1991), are redoubtable milestones in the history of Indian cinema. The World of Tapan Sinha, the ongoing exhibition of photographs coinciding with his birthday today, features the master director and his works through the lens of Sukumar Roy along with a selection from his personal archives. Also showcasing some of the maestro’s film memorabilia. Hosted by Sensorium. Conceived and curated by Sounak Chacraverti and Arpan Mitra. Event: An exhibition of photographs on Tapan Sinha along with some film memorabilia When: Till October 3; 11 am - 7 pm Where: Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani

art

October 2 - 15 (except Sundays) at Aakriti Art Gallery, 1st floor, Orbit Enclave, 12/3A Hungerford Street, #2289 3027; 12 noon - 7 pm: GenNext III, the annual show of Aakriti Art Gallery featuring works by contemporary artists below 40 years of age, including foreign participants from different continents. Till October 3 at Gandhara Art Gallery, Flat 5A 1B Gurusaday Dutta Road, #2280 1790; 1 pm - 7 pm: Fresh Marks — Works by a bunch of fresh artists Anirban Mitra, Haraprasad Tripathi, Mrinmoy Debbarma, Nantu Behari Das, Rajendra Pradhan, Rajesh Dev and Sajal Kaity. Till October 3 at World View Bookstore, Jadavpur University campus: Devi, an exhibition of the works of Gautam Ghosh, Debangshu Das, Partha Dey, Sujit Das, Abhijit Mollick and Santanu Chatterjee. Till October 4 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street, #2229 8641; 2 pm - 7 pm: Pyramid presents the fifth solo exhibition of metal collage by Dr Arun Kumar Majumder. Till October 4 at Bose Pacia, Stephens Court, 18 Park Street; 11 am - 7 pm: Alone in the Crowd — an exhibition of paintings, installations and prints by Josh P.S. Till October 4 at Creative Ritu, 3/2A Chandranath Chatterjee Street, Bhowanipore; 4 pm - 8 pm: Academy of Creative Art presents Himalayan Experience in Watercolour by Anil Kumar Dutta. Till October 4 at Galerie Karma, P-505 Keyatola Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Celebrating Life, a solo exhibition of paintings by Pintu Biswas. Till October 5 at Academy of Fine Arts, Gallery New South - B; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Anjan Das, Binit Sinha, Pradip Chanda and Subrata Barik. Till October 5 at Gallery Sunayan, P-271, B Block, Lake Town; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by yesteryear’s masters: Basanta Kumar Ganguly, Gopal Ghosh, Sunil Kumar Pal, Dhirendra Nath Brahma, Ranenayan Dutta, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay and Krishna Bandyopadhyay. Till October 7 at Gallery 79, 79 Raja Basanta Roy Road, 1st floor; 4 pm - 7 pm: A solo exhibition of collage by Indrani Sen. Till October 31 at Gallery K2, Supra Court, 35 Lansdowne Terrace, #2465 1444; 11 am - 7 pm: Contemporary Art on Display — works by Partho Pratim Deb, Paresh Maity, S. Pranam Singh, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Shilajit Ghosh, Nabendu Roy, Sudipto Karmakar, Saumya Kanti Mukhopadhyay and others.

DRAMA

October 2 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Sudrak presents Purbo Nirdharito. October 2 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Shohan presents Utpal Dutt’s Megh, directed by Anish Ghosh. October 2 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.45 pm: Nat-Ranga will stage Gulbaaj, the Man of the Match, directed by Sohan Bandopadhyay. October 3 at Academy of Fine Arts & October 4 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Durgadas Smriti Sangha presents Manansoi Khelaghar. Drama: Ramaprasad Banik. Direction: Teerthankar Chattopadhyay. October 3 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Rangapat presents Jhumjhumi, based on Parashuram’s story. Direction: Biplanu Moitra. October 4 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Dum Dum Shabdamugdha Natya Kendra presents Sparshokator. Direction: Rakesh Ghosh. October 5 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Arghya presents Bharat Katha. Concept: Manish Mitra. October 5 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Howrah Dakshinayan presents Hawa Badal. Direction: Kunal Mukhopadhyay.

DRAMA FESTIVAL

October 3 & 4 at Sodpur Lok Sanskriti Bhavan; 11 am: Sukhachar Pancham hosts Tiner Talowar, the 4th annual inter-school drama festival. Participating schools: Sodpur Chandrachur Boys, Belghoria Mahakali Girls, Sodpur Deshbandhu Boys, Ushumpur Adarsha Girls, Agarpara Mahajati Vidyapith, Sodpur Sushilkrishna Girls, Sodpur High School, Rahara Bhavnath, Ushumpur Adarsha Boys and Panihati Balika Vidyalaya. Concept & direction: Malay Mitra.

PERFORMING ARTS

October 2 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: Bhavna Records and Cassettes presents an evening of Tagore songs and dance. Participants: Gopa Roy, Shrabani Sen and Mrinmoy Roy in songs; Madhumita Roy (Kathak dance), and Mahua Chakraborty and Asit Bhattacharya in creative dance. October 3 at Aikatan, IA 290 Salt Lake; 6 pm: EZCC will host Agomoni Gaan – Bengali songs on the coming of Goddess Durga – to be presented by Chandrabali Rudra Dutta and Sudeb Chattopadhyay. October 4 at Gyan Manch; 6.45 pm: Living with Odissi: Sharmila Biswas, Oindrilla Dutt and the repertory dancers of OVM share with the audience the sacred domain within which they experience and celebrate dance. Also, release of the book, Knowing Odissi.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till October 3 at Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 11 am - 7 pm: The World of Tapan Sinha, an exhibition of the director and his works through the lens of Sukumar Roy and a selection from his personal archives. It also showcases some of the maestro’s film memorabilia. Till October 3 at 46 Satish Mukherjee Road (behind Kalighat Park), #24556942/43; 2 pm - 8 pm: Tasveer and The Seagull Foundation for the Arts present Listening Camera, an exhibition of black-and-white photographs of jazz musicians taken by Navroze Contractor. Till October 5 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8A Middleton Street, #2229 3886/2837; 12 noon - 7 pm: Shakti: Women of India — the debut exhibition in city by UK-based photographer Jenny Borgerhoff Mulder, who has done a series on Indian women.

FESTIVAL

Till October 9 at Sankara Hall, 93 Southern Avenue, #2466 1767: Sri Sarada Navarathri Celebrations 2008, organised by Sankara Hall and Sankara Institute of Philosophy & Culture. Today (Alankaram Kamadhenu): Pooja, Archana at 7 am; Devi Mahatmya Parayanam, Nava Chandi Mahayagnam; Lalitha Sahasranama Archana, Recitation of Slokas at 6 pm; and Sangeetha Seva featuring P. Aravindan (vocal), V. Ramkumar (violin) and S. Venkataraman (mridangam) at 6.45 pm.

INTERACTIVE SESSION

October 2 at Emami Tower, ECA, EM Bypass, 687 Anandapur, Calcutta 700 107; 4 pm - 7 pm: Emami Chisel Art presents an interactive session on The Trends in De-contextualizing Art Today. To be presided by Prayag Shukla and initiated by Amit Mukhopadhyay. Concluding speech by Ashok Vajpeyi. Panelists: Abha seth, Abhijit Gupta, Anooradha Ghose, Anshuman Dasgupta, Arpan Mukherjee, H.A. Anil Kumar, Nanak Ganguly, Nivedita Deshpande, Sharmila Samant, Shukla Sawant, Sujoy Mukherjee, Vivan Sundaram and Jagannath Panda.

EXHIBITION

Till October 5 at CIMA Gallery; 11 am - 8 pm: Art in Life 2008. Till October 3 at Photographers’ Gallery, 59A Southend Park; #98303 31556; 3 pm - 8 pm: A collection of sand paintings, glass paintings, pen & ink works, M-seal ornaments and decorative items by Aparajita Dey and Manas Dey. Till October 6 at Darbari showrooms, P-249 Purna Das Road (#24644027, 24658537) & CB 68 Salt Lake Sector I (#40043486): A Milestone, as part of its 10th anniversary celebration, Darbari presents a collection of designer sarees, fabrics, tunics, skirts and accessories. Till October 6 at the emporium of Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Ltd, 7 Jawaharlal Nehru Road; 10 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of sarees and ready-to-wear clothes. Till October 6 at 108 Raja Basanta Roy Road, #2466 4315: Design’s Puja exhibition of classical sarees.

QUIZ

October 4 at 24 Pally Sarbojanin Durgotsav Puja Mandap, Konnagar; 2.30 pm: Open-to-all quiz conest for two-member teams. Quizmasters: Arup Ratan Aich (98304 91858) and Rajib (98362 33772).

WORKSHOP

October 13 - 17 at Mad Science Activity Centre, B 184 Survey Park: Journey into Outer Space Mad Science — a five-day morning camp in association with NASA brings the excitement and wonder of space; for children 7 yrs to 12 yrs. The programmes are in eight-week modules and will be held every Saturday. For details, call #2416 4342, 98306 27921 or visit www.madscienceofkolkata.comAll 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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Fax: 2234-8244