Haute and happening Perhaps the most-awaited fashion exhibition of the season, Savoir Faire is back in town. And this time it is bigger and better and hosted in association with t2. “Last year was more of an experiment, a stepping stone. This year, it is full on,” smiles Gauri Bajoria, the brains behind the exhibition. The daylong exhibition will pack much more than last December’s offerings. More designers, lots of jewellery labels, bags, shoes and home accessories… it promises to be a shopping fest to remember. Amet & Ladoue, Barkha n Sonzal Couture, Charu Parashar, Gaurav Gupta, Gauri Bajoria, Minaxi, Moksh by Kanupriya Bajoria, Mynah by Renu Tandon, Nisha Merchant, Neetu Gupta, Not So Serious by Palavi Mohan, Ritika Bhasin, Sejal Kanoi, Varun Behl and Vinita Pittie will take care of the designer drapes. In the jewellery corner, names like Eina Ahluwalia, Hiteshi Gorsia, Shruti Tantia, Uma Bajoria, YS 18 and Umrao Jewellers will offer the latest. Accessories include bags by Sangita Chudiwala, Shelina & Camelia and Vanita Tandon and shoes by Rinaldi. Visitors can dress up their home with picks from Aduro, Rosebys, Serenity and Nana in India. The big international presence this year is Salvatore Ferragamo, giving shoppers an opportunity to lay their hands on their spring-summer range, fresh from the ramps of Milan. Event: An exhibition of personal, home and fashion accessories When: Today; 11 am - 8 pm Where: The Banquets, The Taj Bengal

ART

Till April 20 (except Sundays & holidays) at the Museum and Art Gallery of The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Gol Park; 10.30 am - 1 pm & 2.30 pm - 7 pm: Annual Exhibition 2010 of paintings, sculptures and print-makings of late Lalit Mohan Sen. April 6 at Birla Academy of art & Culture; 6 pm: Inauguration of In Quest of Green, an exhibition of paintings by Rakhee Roy. Till April 7 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Paintings by Dhananjay Saha. Till April 7 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings and sculptures by Prashanta Basu. Till April 7 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Phooler Mela Art School presents Jiva-Chakra, an exhibition of paintings by Dipankar Mani and his students. Till April 7 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Anjan Coomar, Arpita Chandra, Sumita Maity and Pradip Kr Sau. Till April 7 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Rina Mustafi. Till April 7 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery ‘B’; 3 pm - 8 pm: An art exhibition hosted by Kalakushali. Till April 7 at Mon Art Gallery, 6 Hungerford Street, Regency, 3rd floor, #2289 5438; 11 am - 7.30 pm: The Way We Are, a group show curated by Oindrilla Maity Surai. Featuring works by Arunkumar H.G., Baiju Parthan, Bhagyanath C, Chhatrapati Dutta, Gigi Scaria, Josh P.S., Saikat Surai, Sunil Padwal and Vinayak Bhattacharya. Till April 10 at Galerie 88, 28 B Shakespeare Sarani, #2290 2274; 11 am - 7pm, Mondays: 2 pm - 7 pm: The Metaphor and Beyond — featuring works by C. Douglas, P. Gopinath, K. Muralidharan and S. Nandagopal. Till April 10 at Srimati Art Gallery, Baitanik, 4 Elgin Road; 2 pm - 7 pm: Baitanik presents Symphony 2 — paintings by Aloke Kumar Paul. Till April 10 at G.C. Laha Centenary Fine Arts Gallery, 7 Chittaranjan Avenue, 1st floor; 2 pm - 7 pm: Creation — an exhibition of painting and sculpture. Featuring works by Siddhartha Patra, Subir Debnath, Umendra Prasad and Nitai Samanta. Till April 11 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, #2475 2275; 3 pm - 8 pm: Jamini Roy: A Painter’s Journey — an exhibition highlighting the stylistic changes that Jamini Roy pass- ed through before reaching his signature style. Till April 14 at Art Walk Gallery, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Dipankar Pahari. Till April 30 (Sundays by appointment) at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #98310-05003, 65508418; 10.30 am - 6.30 pm: The Voices of the Canvas, featuring works by Prokash Karmakar, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Suhas Roy, Bratin Khan, Subrata Das, Shyamal Mukherjee, Sukanta Das, Samir Paul, Atin Basak and others. Till May 31 (except Sundays) at Ahuja Museum for Arts, 26 Lee Road, ground floor; 12 noon - 7 pm: Ancient Love — a series of paintings by Ganesh C. Basu. Till June 30 at Srijanee, 11A & B Esplanade East; 10 am - 8 pm: God & Nature — the fourth solo exhibition of paintings by Sreesudip.

DRAMA

April 6 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Anya Theatre presents Aachhe Aachhe Sthan, with Bibhas Chakraborty in the lead role. Direction: Ramaprasad Banik. April 7 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandimukh presents Tetrish Tamo Janmodibas, based on Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party. Translated by Dr Pabitra Sarkar. Adaptation by Ajitesh Bandyopadhyay. Direction: Ashoke Chattopadhyay. April 7 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Ekti Dal presents the comedy, Bidhuda, written and directed by Rajat Ghosh. April 8 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandipat presents Shrinwantu Comrades, directed by Bibhas Chakraborty.

film Show

Till April 6 at Nandan-II; 4.30 pm: Dignity Foundation hosts Dignity Film Festival, a number of charitable screenings of Suchitra Sen classics for the welfare of senior citizens. Today: Uttar Falguni (starring Suchitra Sen, Bikash Roy). Till April 7 at Gorky Sadan; 6 pm: Eisenstein Cine Club, Calcutta, Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia and Russian Centre of Science and Culture present a festival of Slovenian films. Today: Installation of Love (Dir: Maja Weiss).

TALK

April 6 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Dr Aloke Gopal Ghoshal will speak in Bengali on Parivesh Dushan O Tar Pratikar. April 6 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra; 7 pm: Krishna Chatterjee will speak on Sri Sri Mayer Katha. April 6 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math; 7 pm: Swami Atmabodhananda will speak on Sri Sri Mayer Katha.

EXHIBITION

April 6 - 8 at Kausik Hall, 1/1/2A Gariahat Road (South), Jodhpur Park; 12 noon - 7 pm: Nari Seva Sangha, a home-cum-training centre for under privileged women, presents its summer show of products (cotton printed & batik sarees, children’s clothes, handicrafts, stationery, preserves, spices, frozen vegetables and snacks) made by its students. Till April 7 at Gaganendra Pradarshashala; 2 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of travel photography and books by the members of Travel Writers Forum. April 6 & 7 at Anusthan Bhawan, opp. Deshapriya Park; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Lions Club of Calcutta Circular Femina is organising a charity exhibition on sarees, kurtis, embroidery items, bedcovers, snacks, etc. Till April 8 at 10 Satyen Dutta Road, #2465 1697; 11 am - 8 pm: Toontooni holds an exhibition of exclusive handloom sarees and kantha items of different kinds. Till April 9 at Darbari, P-249 Purna Das Road, # 2464 4027: Spring show of block printed, embroidered and designer sarees, kameezes, patialas, dupattas, salwar suits, fabrics and men’s wear in cotton and fancy fabric. Till April 10 at Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 10 am - 7 pm: Spring collection of textiles for Poila Boishakh from Kamala, the craft outlet of Crafts Council of India. Till April 10 at Sujata Weaves & Prints, 8/1 Esplanade East, #9831604270; 11.30 am - 6.30 pm: Handwoven sarees/dupattas in kota, cotton silks in summer colours from weavers of India. Till April 14 at Design, 108 Raja Basanta Roy Road, #2466 4315; 11 am - 7.30 pm: Paramita Viswanathan’s special display of ‘Resist’ printed sarees, silks and south Indian cottons. Till April 14 at Green House, Tollygunge Metro station: Summer Surprise, an exhibition of latest summer wear, sarees, kurtis and suits.

INTERACTIVE SESSION

April 6 at Crossword Bookstore, 8 Elgin Road; 4 pm: Crossword Bookstore, in association with Harper Collins, hosts an interactive and book-signing session of The Japanese Wife (now a major motion picture) with author Kunal Basu and filmmaker Aparna Sen. Also in attendance will be actors Rahul Bose and Raima Sen.

SILVER JUBILEE

April 6 & 7 at EZCC: To mark the completion of its 25 years, Bidhannagar College presents drama Bhootnath by Samstab today; and Bharata Natyam by Madhuboni Chatterjee and drama Shesh Raksha by staff and teachers of the college tomorrow.

WORKSHOP

April 7 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 1.30 pm - 4 pm: Workshop by bassist Victor Wooten. To be followed by a live performance (7 pm - 9.30 pm) by Wooten, guitarist Prasanna, Dr Karthik (ghatam) and Bangalore Amrit (kanjira). April 7 at 94 Ballygunge Place; 4 pm onwards: Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts presents Hindustani classical music limited edition workshops with Ustad Raza Ali Khan, who will teach eight ragas in eight sessions: four morning ragas and four evening ragas in Kasur-Patiyala gharana; style Aakar. Time: 4 pm - 5.30 pm (for juniors) and 5.30 pm - 7 pm (for seniors). For registration, call 24613145.

QUIZ

April 10 at International School of Business & Media, EN22, Sector V, Salt Lake: General quiz for 4-member teams. Registration from 4 pm. Entry fee per team: Rs 200. Limited to first 40 teams that register. Contact Abhijit (9830487023) or Deepanjan (9831541077).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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