Celebrating Tagore To commemorate Tagore’s 65th death anniversary, department of information and cultural affairs, government of West Bengal and Happenings host Rabindra Utsav, a rediscovery of his plays through multilingual interpretations directed by nationally acclaimed directors. The festival marks the maiden celebration of an annual cultural event in which a distinctive form of the numerous creative genres explored by Tagore will be showcased. It commences this evening with the staging of Dakghar (direction: H. Kanhailal), presented in Manipuri by Kalakshetra, Imphal. Also featured are Raja (August 4; direction: K.N. Panikkar), presented in Malayalam by Sopanam, Trivandrum, Raktakarabi (August 5; direction: Suman Mukhopadhyay), presented in Bengali by Tritiyo Sutra, Calcutta and Raj-Rakt (August 6; direction: Habib Tanvir), presented in Chattisgarhi by Naya Theatre, Bhopal. All plays will be staged at Rabindra Sadan at 6.30 pm. Apart from them, there will be opportunities to interact with directors on their productions a day after their performance, at Bangla Akademi Sabhagriha, 11 am - 1 pm. Samik Bandyopadhyay will moderate all sessions. Supported by Airtel. Event: A festival of Tagore’s plays in multilingual renditions When: August 3 - August 7

art

Till August 4 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Solo exhibition of paintings by Anindita Saha. Till August 5 at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani; 3 pm - 7 pm: Pioneer Printmakers of Bengal, featuring the works of Somnath Hore, Krishna Reddy, Dipak Banerjee, Sanat Kar and Lalu Prasad Shaw. Till August 5 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Road; 11 am - 8 pm: A Variegated Odyssey, a retrospective of the works of Sailen Mittra. Till August 5 at Akar Prakar, P-238 Hindustan Park; 7 pm: Erostrade, installation performance by The Alternative Art Group. Till August 5 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by a group of women painters. Till August 6 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings and graphics by a group of artists. Till August 6 at Samokal Art Gallery, 23 Gariahat Road, 1st floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by eminent artists of Bengal. Till August 6 at Gallerie 52D, 52D Hindustan Park; 12 noon - 7.30 pm: Ode to Masters, paintings, sculptures and graphics by old masters and renowned contemporary artists of Bengal. Till August 6 at Proscenium’s Art Centre, 46 AJC Bose Road; 4 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by a group of talented young painters. Till August 7 at Vikalp Art Shop, Swabhumi; 4 pm - 8 pm: Top Notch, paintings by Paritosh Sen, Shanu Lahiri, Prakash Karmakar, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Shuvaprasanna and others. Till August 7 at Indian Museum, Asutosh Birth Centenary Hall; 2 pm - 8 pm: A mural painting on the life of Jain Acharya Tulsi by Dr Manju Nahata. Till August 26 (weekdays only) at Masters Collection Art Gallery, G7 Malayalay Apts, 3 Woodburn Park Road; 11 am - 7 pm: New Horizons, paintings by 25 emerging artists of Bengal.

drama

August 3 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Samikshan presents D.L. Roy’s Punarjanma. Direction: Pankaj Munshi. August 3 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.45 pm: Gandhar presents Satyaasatya. Direction: Shyamal Chakraborty. August 4 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Cinetel presents Homapakhi. Drama: Dr Amit Ranjan Biswas. Performance & direction: Soumitra Chattopadhyay. August 5 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Arghya presents Bharat Katha. Direction: Manish Mitra. August 5 at Sarala Roy Memorial Hall; 6.30 pm: Total Theatre stages its latest production Byas. Direction: Santanu Bandyopadhyay. August 5 & August 6 at Proscenium’s Art Centre, 46 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: Theatrecian theatre workshop participants will stage two, short one-act plays, 64 Squares and Is It Real? Is It Fake?. August 6 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Swapnasuchana presents Hemlat — The Prince of Garanhata. Drama & direction: Bratya Basu.

centenary celebration

August 6 at Sankara Hall, 93A Southern Avenue; 5.30 pm: Tamil Manram celebrates the centenary of His Holiness Kripananda Varrier, a great Saiva Siddhanta Tamil scholar. Speakers: Mu Na, Rama Le, Nehru Narayanan and Ludiana Krishnamurthy. Thirupugaz Bhajan by Gouri Natarajan and party.

performing arts

August 4 at Aikatan, EZCC, Salt Lake; 5.30 pm: Rabichhaya presents Ebong Rabindranath, featuring Pankaj Saha, Sriradha Bandyopadhyay, Sraboni Sen, Bimbavati Devi, Iravati Basu, Amlan Dutta, Biswarup Rudra and others. August 4 at Purbashree, Bharatiyam, IB-201, Salt Lake; 6 pm: Bhojpuri folk songs by M.K. Singh, Debojyoti Mishra and group. August 5 at Uttam Mancha; 6.30 pm: Bhavna presents Tagore songs by Manoj Murali Nair and Manisha Murali Nair. Also, Kathakali (Karna Kunti), Keralanatnam by Kalamandalam Murali and Bhama Murali. August 6 at Science City auditorium; 4.30 pm: Indradhanush 2006, a spectrum of dances and songs integrated in a concert based on the theme of Panchatantra.

film festival

Till August 3 at Nandan II: Nihongo Kaiwa Kyookai and Consulate General of Japan, Calcutta host 15th Cinemanippon — Japanese Film Festival. Today: When You Shine (4 pm) & Song of the Spring Pony (6 pm). Till August 3 at Gorky Sadan; 6 pm: Consulate General of Italy and Eisenstein Cine Club host Centenary Tribute to Luchino Visconti and Roberto Rossellini through a festival of films. Today: India as Seen by Rossellini.

talk

August 3 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Ramaranjan Mukherji will speak in Sanskrit on Bhavabhutir Uttararamacharit. August 3 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7.15 pm: Swami Jitatmananda will speak on Advent of Bhagavan Srikrishna.

award ceremony

August 3 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 11 am: Rotary Club of Belur and Rotary International District 3290 will confer Four Way Test Award to N.R. Narayanamurthy, chairman, Infosys.

exhibition

Till August 3 at Finesse, 11/1B New Road, Alipore; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Chanderi printed sarees from Barmer, Sanganer (Rajasthan).

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