Supreme sacrifice A tragic tale of love and sacrifice, Mohua Sundari rekindles finer human sentiments and passions that have all but withered away in an age of self-interest, self-seeking and gross materialism. This evening’s dance presentation of the love-story explores nuances of human emotion and sensitivity with a maturity of expression rarely found in this genre of the performing arts. Based on a tale in the Mymensing Gitikabya, it tells the story of Mohua, a beautiful, young, gypsy girl, who would dance, sing and perform magic acts as part of a travelling circus. When Mohua and Nouda Thakur, the zamindar of a village where the troupe had gone to perform, fell in love, the relationship was strictly opposed by the troupe leader, who wanted Mohua to marry his son. However, the two lovers secretly left the village and got married. When the couple was found, Nouda was captured and Mohua was ordered to kill her own husband. Seeing no way out, Mohua stabbed herself, after which her husband was killed by the troupe leader’s son. Choreography and direction: Sutapa Awon Pradhan. Event: Dance-drama Mohua Sundari, presented by Nrityalok When: Today at 6 pm Where: Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB-201 Salt Lake

art

Till September 7 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: A solo exhibition of paintings by Sambhu Chakraborty. Till September 7 at Bangladesh Gallery, 9 Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Sarani; 3 pm - 8 pm: Nagori, paintings by Kaushik Raha. Till September 8 at Gallery Nakshatra, 2/1 Outram Street, 2nd floor; 12 noon - 7 pm: Critical Imperatives — The Ethics of Identity, featuring works by 13 celebrated Indian painters. Till September 9 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Gautam Basu and Probal Chandra Boral. Till September 9 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Vivrta, paintings and sculptures by eminent artists. Till September 9 at Gallerie 52D, 52D Hindustan Park: Traces, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures. Till September 10 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: Sojourn, the recent works of Arindam Chakraborty. Till September 10 at Proscenium’s Art Centre, 46 AJC Bose Road; 4 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by a group of talented young artists. Till September 17 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A Hungerford Street, 1st floor; 3 pm - 7 pm: Folk in Modern, paintings by well-known artists including M.F. Husain, Paritosh Sen, K.G. Subramanyam, Satish Gujral, Haku Shah, Jogen Chowdhury and Ramananda Bandyopadhyay. Till September 23 (except Sundays) at Galerie 88; 3 pm - 7 pm: These Toys Are Not For Us — works on canvas and glass by Sisir Sahana.

drama

September 5 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.45 pm: Kasba Arghya presents Bharat Katha. Direction: Manish Mitra. September 6 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Rang Roop presents Mukhosh Nritya. Direction: Seema Mukherjee. September 7 at Padatik Buildwell Theatre; 7.30 pm: Stagecraft presents two one-act sketches, A Little Dancing and The Curator’s Proposal. September 8 at Madhusudan Mancha; 7 pm: Rangakarmee presents Kashinama. Design and direction: Usha Ganguli. September 9 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Swapnasuchana presents Hemlat — The Prince of Garanhata. Drama, direction and acting: Bratya Basu. September 9 at Sarala Roy Memorial Hall; 6.30 pm: Total Theatre presents its latest production, Vyasa. Direction: Santanu Bandyopadhyay. September 10 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents its latest productions, Lila Majumder’s Natun Chhele Natabar ( direction: Goutam Halder), Ashapurna Devi’s Rater Kutum ( direction: Swatilekha Sengupta) and Lila Majumder’s Pakhi ( direction: Swatilekha Sengupta). September 11 at Gyan Manch; 7 pm: The Performers’ Wing presents Sukumar Ray’s Laxmaner Shaktishel (Laxman Shellshocked). Direction: Joyraj Bhattacharjee.

performing arts

September 4 at Swabhumi Urban Zone; 6 pm: Bharata Natyam and creative dance recital by Srabonti Dance Group. Till September 5 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6 pm: Nrityanatya Utsav 2006, hosted by Paschimbanga Rajya Sangeet Academy. Today: Tustusir Gaan (Madhyamgram Nupur Dance Group), Panchatapa (Nriti Kalakendra) and Rudrabhairav (Creative Dance Workshop). September 8 at Kala Kunj; 6 pm: Ashwiner Aalo, Bengali songs by Jhumki and Sandip. September 9 at Aikatan, EZCC, Salt Lake; 6 pm: Shree Nandana presents a cultural programme featuring Barshar Gaan by Dr Sujit Chakraborty and Jayati Chakraborty, Tagore’s Shravangatha Pala (direction: Dr Sujit Chakraborty) and audio-play by Jagannath Basu and Urmimala Basu. September 9 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6.30 pm: Consulate-General of Japan, Calcutta, Japan Foundation and The Calcutta School of Music present Japanese Traditional Music Today, featuring Ai Kajigano (koto), Hiromu Motonaga (shakuhachi), Naoyuki Manabe (sho) and Mita Nag (sitar).

talk

September 4 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 5.30 pm: Sitanath Goswami will speak in Bengali on Panchadashi. September 4 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Gourinathananda will discourse on Bhakti Prasanga. September 4 at Max Mueller Bhavan; 7 pm: Prof Premamoy Ghosh will speak on Power From Solid Wastes.

exhibition

September 4 - September 6 at Jyotirmai Seva Mandir, 37/1A Garcha Road; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Explosion, an exhibition in aid of charity, presented by Shilpam. Inauguration at 2 pm. Till September 4 at 10 Satyen Dutta Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Toontooni’s presents an exhibition of handloom sarees and kantha items. Till September 5 at Shuma’s, 359 Jodhpur Park; 10 am - 8 pm: Shuma Mitra presents hand-crafted sarees with ethnic art patchwork, embroidered and batik-work cotton handloom and silk sarees. Till September 5 at Dresden Boutique, 2 Middleton Row; 11 am - 7 pm: Puja Collection 2006, of sarees, suits and kurtis. Till September 8 at Gallery 79, 79 Raja Basanta Roy Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: Nimble Fingers hosts Agomoni, traditional crafts of Bengal like hand-painted t-shirts and kurtas, batik printed sarees, designer salwar suits and jewellery made with semi-precious stones, dokra and terracotta.

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