Trials of the entertainer Academy Theatre presents Bangarangamancher Binodini, based on the achievements of actress Binodini Dasi (1863-1941), the prime of her genre who was deprived of her deserved glory by her colleagues as well as her guru, Girish Chandra Ghosh, but blessed by Ramakrishna Paramhansa. Joining the Bengali stage at the tender age of 11, Binodini became a phenomenal star. But like many of her female colleagues, she had to depend on patrons and protectors for survival. In 1883, a young man became very enamoured of her and offered to build a theatre in her honour, if she agreed to become his mistress. After much deliberations, she succumbed, and it was decided the theatre would be named B. Theatre after her name. However, when it was finally built, her guru and colleagues felt it would not be apt to name a theatre after her, as society regarded her as a fallen woman. It was named Star Theatre instead. Binodini was compelled to accept defeat and take deprivation in her stride for the sake of Bengali theatre. That was 125 years ago. The ongoing festival is an effort to pay homage to the bold, talented artiste who was instrumental in developing and enriching Bengali theatre, and paving the way for female actors. The festival consists of performances by theatre groups of Delhi, Calcutta and Dhaka, along with performance of theatre songs on the related perspective. Also, an exhibition on Binodini Dasi and her contribution to the rangamancha (stage) of Bengal is being showcased. Event: Drama festival Bangarangamancher Binodini presented by Academy Theatre When: Till November 4; 6.30 pm Where: G.D. Birla Sabhagar

art

Till November 3 at Academy of Fine Arts (New South Gallery - A); 3 pm - 8 pm: Solo exhibition of paintings by Arpita Sengupta. Till November 3 at Tejas Arts Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, opp. Ice Skating Rink; 3 pm - 7.30 pm: Tejas presents Devi — eighteen artists’ versions of Goddess Durga. Participating artists: Abhijit Ghosh, Anita Gurbaxani, Anirban Seth, Ashok Ganguly, Barun Saha, Biswarup Haldar, Debasish Sen Gupta, Dhiren Sasmal, Goutam Sarkar, Palash Paul, Partha Ray, Ritu Poddar, Runu Misra Banerjee, Samir Aich, Sarbani Ganguly, Shambhu Saha, Sudipto Tiwari, Swapan Kumar Saha, Tarun Chakravorty, Ujjwal Debnath and Buddhadeb Bose. Till November 4 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: Glimpses & Traces, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Rahul Tarafdar, Sankar Ghosh and Arunangshu Roy. Till November 4 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Kalpanirjhar presents Discoveries, a group show by artists, old and new. Exhibition curated by Sandip Ray. Till November 7 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Rang Tarang, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures to celebrate 50 years of Mallhar. Participating artists: Bikash Bhattacharjee, Shyamal Dutta Roy, Dharmanarayan Dasgupta, Aditya Basak, Amitava Banerjee, B.R. Panesar, Chanchal Mukherjee, Dipankar Dasgupta, Jogen Chowdhury, Kanchan Dasgupta, lalu Prasad Shaw, Manoj Dutta, Manoj Mitra, Partha Shaw, Pradip Maitra, Rabin Mondal, Ranjan Sarkar, Sadhan Chakraborty, Sailen Mitra, Sanat Kar, Shyamal Sen, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Suhas Roy, Suman Roy, Swapan Kumar Das, Wasim R. Kapoor, Bimal Kundu, Manik Talukdar, Niranjan Pradhan, Sankar Ghosh, Sunil Kumar Das and Tapas Sarkar. Till November 10 at G.C. Laha Gallery, Laha Paint House, 7 Chittaranjan Avenue; 3 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of Joy Bhaduri’s works. Till November 10 at Gallery Exposure, 54B Mahanirban Road; 1 pm - 8 pm: Masters, Different Strokes — featuring works by Jogen Chowdhury, Bijon Chaudhury, Manoj Dutta, Paritosh Sen, Prakash Karmakar, Rabin Mandal, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Suhas Roy and Suman Roy. Till November 25 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street; 2 pm - 7.30 pm: Divine Lovers, a solo exhibition of recent paintings of the Radha-Krishna series by Nitya Kundu. Till November 26 at Gallery Nakshatra, 2/1 Outram Street, 2nd floor, #22892928; 12 noon - 7.30 pm: A Route to Eternity, a journey of Indian art from 1960s to 2007. Showcasing works by Avijit Dutta, Bratin Khan, Dhiraj Chowdhury, Manoj Dutta, R. Muralidharan, Prakash Karmakar, Prasenjit Sengupta, Partha Bhattacharjee, Ramananda Bandopadhyay, Shyamal Dutta Roy, Suhas Roy, Suman Roy, Sunil Das, Shuvaprasanna, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Sekhar Kar, Shipra Bhattacharjee, Sanatan Dinda, T. Vaikuntham and Wasim Kapoor. Till November 30 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #65508418; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Celebrations on Canvas, showcasing Indian art and sculpture by Gourango Beshai, Suhas Roy, Prokash Karmakar, Sanatan Dinda, Bratin Khan, Sibsaday, Subrata Pal, Tapas Sardar, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Kartick Pyne, Samir Paul, Sukanta Das, Subrata Das and others.

TALK

November 1 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Ramaranjan Mukherji will speak in Sanskrit on Bhavabhutir Uttararamacharit. November 1 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Samshuddhananda will speak in Bengali on Srimad-Bhagavad.

PERFORMING ARTS

Till November 4 at Uttam Mancha: Rasikhapriya presents its 15th anniversary celebrations of Carnatic classical music. November 2 at 6.15 pm: Hyderabad Brothers D. Raghavachary and D. Seshachary (vocal) with Peri Sriramamurthi (violin) and V. Venkataramanamurthi (mridangam). November 3 at 5.15 pm: Nithyasree Mahadevan (vocal) with Shertalai R. Sivakumar (violin), I. Sivakumar (mridangam) and H. Sivaramakrishnan (ghatam). November 4 at 9.30 am: Lecture-demonstration on Pallavis - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow by Prof. T.R. Subrahmanyam; at 5.15 pm: Sudha Raghunathan (vocal) with Shertalai R. Sivakumar (violin), Neyveli Skandasubramaniam (mridangam) and R. Raman (mosring). Till November 4 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6.30 pm: Academy Theatre hosts Bangarangamancher Binodini (Binodini of the Bengali Stage), a festival of three theatrical productions on Binodini Dasi (1863-1941) from the different approach of artistic translation by theatre groups of Delhi, Calcutta and Dhaka along with the stage performances of the theatre-songs on the related perspective. November 2: Nati Binodini (Bengali; Performance: Tapasi Roy Chowdhury; Dir: Tridib Ghosh) by Bharat Teertha Jatra Samaj, Calcutta. November 3: Binodini (Bengali; Solo acting: Shimul Yusuf; Dir: Nasiruddin Yusuf) by Dhaka Theatre, Bangladesh. November 4: Binodini-kaler Natya Sangeet (Songs by Riddhi Bandyopadhyay and Debajit Bandyopadhyay; Narration: Soumitra Chattopadhyay. November 2 at Tantra, The Park; 8 pm - 10 pm: An evening of electronic music by Lychee Lassi, Germany.

DRAMA

November 2 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: PLT presents two plays written by Utpal Dutt: Itihaser Kathgaray (dir: Diptesh Bandyopadhyay) and Louha Manab (dir: Utpal Dutt). November 3 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Sayak presents Chandan Sen’s Dildar. Direction & acting: Meghnad Bhattacharya. November 3 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Spandan IPTA presents Anticlock. Direction: Sangram Guha. November 3 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Bohurupee presents its latest production, Aayna Harin. Direction: Tarapada Mukhopadhyay.

VARIETY

Till November 9 at DePOT, E Mall, 6 Chittaranjan Avenue: DePOT, a one stop shop for books, music and gift, presents fun events like magic show, harbola, puppet show and a workshop on candle-making and mehendi. Details at #39836642.

WORKSHOP

November 2 at The Homeland, 18B Asutosh Mookerjee Road, 4th floor; 3 pm: The Homeland Diwali Décor Expert Session with Pinky Kapoor, Vaastu & Feng Shui specialist, on special Diwali decoration tips to help attract health, wealth and prosperity. Details at #9830724272, 9831569558, 9332154949.

EXHIBITION

November 2 at The Crystal Room, Taj Bengal; 10 am - 8 pm: In aid of charity, Inner Wheel Club of Central Calcutta presents Fashion Quotient, an exhibition showcasing the latest trend in fashion, jewellery, accessories and home decor. Till November 5 at Soumya’s Creation, 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Home Scapes, an exhibition of home linens and accessories, enhanced by small paintings and desktop sculptures by well-known artists and sculptors. Till November 7 at 85 Lansdowne, 85B Sarat Bose Road; 11 am - 7.30 pm: Featuring fall winter collection by Rajesh Pratap Singh and Amit GT; launch of two resident designers Wendell Rodricks and Pankaj Ahujya; men’s wearline by Anamika Khanna and Kiran Uttam Ghosh; and the festive line by 42 resident designers. Till November 9 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place; 11 am - 7 pm: Colour in Crystal, an exhibition of hand-blown glass by Srila Mukherjee.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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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