Sacred heresies Based in Israel, the United States and France, internationally reputed Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai has a body of work that has been appreciated by juries and audiences alike. His films probe into layers of cultural history in West Asia. Kadosh (a still from the film appears right), meaning ‘sacred’, attempts to underline the hypocrisies practised by the patriarchal society. The film is a part of the trilogy set in Mea Sherim, the ultra-orthodox neighbourhood of Jerusalem. Meir and Rivka have been married for 10 years, but will have to divorce as they have failed to produce a child. Malka, Rivka’s sister, is in love with Yaakov, who has chosen to live outside the community. The Rabbi decides that Malka will marry Yossef, his assistant. While Rivka falls prey to solitude, Malka chooses another path: rebellion. The film addresses universal themes; among them are the demands of an orthodox religion and the suffering of those men and women whose faith comes before love, but whose culture lacks a vocabulary for expressing personal pain. The film has won acclaim at the international film festivals of Cannes, Toronto and Teleride, besides being a commercial success. To be preceded by the screening of Music School and a Boy (dir: Bimal Majumder). Event: Screening of award-winning Asian films When: Today at 6 pm Where: Gorky Sadan

art

Till October 12 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: An Artists’ Rainbow, an exhibition of art and sculpture by renowned and contemporary artists. Till October 12 at Gandhara Art Gallery, 1B Gurusaday Road, Flat 5A (Palm Springs): A solo exhibition of paintings by Kazi Nasir. Till October 12 at Samokal Art Gallery, 23 Gariahat Road, 1st floor; Gol Park; 4 pm - 8 pm: Group show by contemporary painters Binit Sinha, Dewashish Das, Dipankar Chanda, Kausik Raha, Ranadip Das, Shyamal Mukherjee, Snehasish Maity and Subrata Das. Till October 12 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of graphics and paintings by Jayanta Naskar. Till October 13 at Chemould Art Gallery, Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Celebrations — Chandana Khan’s latest paintings. Till October 14 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents Music of Colours and Textures — recent works of Jacob Jebaraj. Till October 14 at Taj Bengal: Second solo exhibition of paintings by Atin Mitra. Till October 14 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: A group show of paintings by Ramkrishna Malo, Santu Saha, Pintu Sengupta, Abhijit Halder and Shyamal Sikder. Till October 15 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A Hungerford Street; 3 pm - 7 pm: Gen Next II, paintings and sculptures by 40 Indian contemporary artists. Till October 15 (except Sunday) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Ganges Art Gallery, Calcutta and Gallery Espace, New Delhi host Surfaces and Textures. Participating artists: Kishore Shinde, Dattaraya Apte, Mona Rai, Rooshika Patel, Manjari Chakrabarty, Mekhla Bahl, Mithu Sen, Ranjith Raman, Neha Turakia, Shobha Broota, Yashwant Deshmukh, Yogesh Rawal and Tapati Chowdhury. Till October 17 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Hall; 3 pm - 8 pm: The Search of the Phoenix, an exhibition of paintings by Shukla Chowdhury. Till October 17 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘A’ & ‘B’; 3 pm - 8 pm: Sixth annual art exhibition by the students of Bengal Fine Arts College, Chandpara, North 24 Parganas. Till October 17 (weekdays only) at Masters Collection Art Gallery, G-7 Malayalay Apts, 3 Woodburn Park Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Small is Beautiful 2 — the world of miniature art works. Featuring works of renowned artists. Till October 17 at Gallery Yapanchitra, Flat - 12/1A, 3rd floor, Lift no. 2, Stephen Court, 18A Park Street; 11 am - 7 pm: Written Image, solo exhibition by Hiran Mitra. Till October 15 (except Sunday) at Gallery Kanishka’s; 11 am - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings and sketches, titled Works on Paper, featuring well-known contemporary artists Amit Ambalal, Anjolie Ela Menon, F.N. Souza, Ganesh Pyne, Himmat Shah, Jogen Chowdhury, Kartik Chandra Pyne, Prabhakar Kolte, Prakash Karmakar, R.B. Bhaskaran, R.M. Palaniappan, Sakti Burman, Satish Gujral, Shuvaprasanna, Somenath Hore and Sunil Das Till October 28 (except Sundays) at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 8 pm: An Evening in Paris — experiences of a group of artists as they traversed through various museums and art galleries of Paris, Rome, Venice and London. Till October 15 (except Sunday) at Kanvas Art Gallery, 53 Syed Amir Ali Avenue, Shivam Chambers, 2nd floor; 3 pm - 7 pm: A Spiritual Tribute, a duet - lens and brush. Fine art photography by Partha Choudhury, and mystical strokes by Nitya Kundu, Sanjib Roy, Subrata Pal, Subrata Das and Jiban Biswas. Till November 3 (except Sundays) 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.

drama

October 12 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Aneek presents Punorujjiban. Direction: Amalesh Chakraborty.

PERFOrMING ARTS

October 12 at Birla Academy; 5 pm: Autism Society West Bengal presents a cultural programme by children and adults with autism. October 12 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: ‘Mitali’ India-Bangaldesh Sanskriti Sansad commemorate the 83rd birth anniversary of Kanika Bandyopadhyay with a solo recital of Tagore songs by Rezwana Chowdhury Banya. Narration and reading by Bratati Bandyopadhyay. October 12 & 13 at Aikataan, EZCC; 5 pm: Rabichhaya presents Anandadhwani featuring Tagore songs by various artistes and a tribute to Kanika Bandyopadhyay through songs and dance. October 12 at Netaji Indoor Stadium; 7.30 pm: McDowell’s No. 1 Cheers India Tour with noted Bollywood music trio Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy.

TALK

October 12 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Jushtananda will speak on Bhagavat Katha.

EXHIBITION

Till October 12 at 12/2A Bakul Bagan Row; 12 noon - 7.30 pm: Kreasions exhibits designer tant, crepe, georgette, chiffon and silk sarees, crepe batik suits, kurtis, tunics, skirts, fashion belts and batuas. Till October 13 at 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Soumya’s Creation presents an exhibition of constume jewellery in new designs and innovative craftsmanship. Till October 13 at 114/L Selimpur Road, 1st floor, Dhakuria; 3 pm - 8 pm: Nibedita Boutique’s exhibition of designer sarees in silk, batik, tant, crepe and kantha with matching costume jewellery. Till October 16 at Avishek Point, 2nd floor, 152 S.P. Mukherjee Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: Gallery with Difference presents a collection of traditional and modern kanthas in Bengal. Collection: Shamlu Dudeja, Darshan Shah, Anita Bhattacharya and Arjina Biwi. Till October 17 at CIMA Gallery; 11 am - 8 pm: Art in Life, an exhibition of fashion wear, T-shirts, decorative art, masks, exculsive textiles, stoles and scarves, tribal art, jewellery, wall hangings, books, carpets, linens, brass items, embroidered bags and dhurries. Till October 18 at Cottage Industries, 7 Jawaharlal Nehru Road; 10 am - 7 pm: Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Ltd hosts a saree and ready-to-wear exhibition. Till October 18 at P 249 Purna Das Road: Darbari hosts Sharadiya Shimeeta Sankhya - A Limited Edition Affair, an exhibition featuring saris, suits, kurtis, patialas, tunics, skirts and leather accessories.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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Time out, The Telegraph, 6, Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700 001;
Fax: 2234-8244