Chronicle of immortal lives Max Mueller Bhavan, Calcutta hosts Docu-Forum, the screening of two documentary films by Navina Sundaram, a television journalist and independent filmmaker who lives and works in Germany. Portrait of a Patriot: Search for a Rebel (a still from the film appears right), a film on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, traces his adventurous journey on his escape from India, concentrating on the period between 1941 and 1943, when the Indian freedom-fighter operated from Britain. Bose’s political work and activities in Nazi Germany are reflected upon by key witnesses of that period like A.C. Nambiar, Balakrishna Sarma and Alexander Werth. Also including reminiscences by Bose’s wife Emilie Schenkl, it is a fascinating document of its time that retains its freshness to this day. Amrita Sher-Gil, A Family Album, offers a personal account of the life and work of the filmmaker’s legendary aunt. Using old photographs, letters, diary entries and newspaper cuttings, as well as nuggets from stories her mother told her, Sundaram investigates the art and life of Amrita Sher-Gil both as a journalist and a family member. Event: Screening of two documentary films by Navina Sundaram When: Today at 6.30 pm Where: Max Mueller Bhavan auditorium

art

April 14 - 16 at 85 Lansdowne; 11 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of sculptures being presented by Indian Art World. Till April 14 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Nature, recent paintings by Bageshree Dutta. Till April 14 at Akar Prakar, P238 Hindustan Park; 3 pm - 8 pm: Recent works of Ganesh Haloi. Till April 15 at Taj Bengal; 3 pm - 6 pm: Workshop and exhibition of paintings by Dipak Roy. Till April 15 at Gandhara Art Gallery, 1B Gurusaday Road, Flat 5A (Palm Springs); 1 pm - 7 pm: Paintings by Manjari Chakravarti. Till April 15 at Gallery Nakshatra, 2/1 Outram Street; 12 noon - 7.30 pm: Ripe Green — an exhibition of the works of Biman Das, Gautam Khamaru, Jayanta Kumar Paul, Jayanta Roy, Pappu Bardhan, Paramita Chakraborty and Rajesh Deb. Curated by Pranabranjan Ray. Till April 16 (except Sunday) at Gallery Katayun, 4A Auckland Square, Flat 21; 3.30 pm - 7.30 pm: The Beauty of Watercolour — recent works by Tapas Kanti Mitra. Till April 16 at Sabhaghar-II, Swabhumi; 5 pm - 8 pm: Vikalp Art Shop presents Between the Lines, an exhibition of the works of Paritosh Sen, Shanu Lahiri, Rabin Mondal, Prakash Karmakar, Gopa Sanyal, Sanat Kar, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Suhas Roy, Sunil Das, Shuvaprasanna, Biswapati Maiti, Shipra Bhattacharya, Sushobhan Adhikari, Ashoke Mullick, Sekhar Roy, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Somenath Maity, Sekhar Kar and Chandra Bhattacharjee. Till April 17 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 1st floor, Orbit Enclave, 12/3A Hungerford Street; 3 pm - 7 pm: Agony and Ecstasy, figurative paintings by Aditya Basak, Ashoke Mullick, Asit Mondal, Chhatrapati Dutta, Kanchan Dasgupta, Manoj Dutta, Manoj Mitra, Paresh Maity, Partha Pratim Deb, Prasenjit Sengupta, Sekhar Roy, Sheikh Sahajahan and Tapas Konar. Till April 17 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Achho Tumi Hriday Jure, a solo exhibition of paintings by Ganesh Dey. Till April 17 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Zerosphere presents In Zero Hour, paintings by Tridib Chandra, Hari Mohan Bagli, Sukhendu Sekhar Saha, Kamal K, Mukherjee, Deba Prasad Guha, Swapan K. Mallick and Kallol K. Roy. Till April 17 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Expression of Love, an exhibtion of paintings by Minati Nath. Till April 17 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: The annual exhibition of the works of Choukas Kalakendra’s students. Till April 18 at Spandan Art Gallery, 87 Park Street, 1st floor; 10 am - 7 pm: Art, featuring works of Keshav Roy. Till April 21 (except Sunday) at Gallery Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Contextual Vocabulary — paintings by Arghyapriya Mazumdar, Anant Nikam,Babu Xavier, Dhiraj Choudhury, Habibur Rahman, Ramprasad De, Sankar Mondal, Somenath Maity, Somnath Adhikary and Sk. Shahjahan. Till April 21 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Summer Splendour — art works by Babul Basak, Bhagat Singh, Dharmendera Rathore, Gautam Mukherjee, Harish Kumar, Jiban Biswas, Jyotirmoy Ash, Krishnendu Porel, J. Nandakumar, Nikhil Biswas and others. Till April 27 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road: Readings Fragments From Time, an exhibition of Sudip Roy’s paintings.

drama

April 13 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Durgadas Smriti Sangha presents Tagore’s Chirakumar Sabha. Dir: Tirthankar Chattopadhyay. April 14 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Rangapat presents Tusher Aagun. April 14 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Aneek presents Punorujjiban. Dir: Amalesh Chakraborty. April 14 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Howrah Dakshinayan presents Hawa Badal. Dir: Kunal Mukhopadhyay. April 14 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nandipat presents Mrityu Na Hatya. Dir: Bivash Chakraborty. April 14 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sundaram presents Ranger Haat. Dir: Manoj Mitra. April 15 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 6.30 pm: Padatik and BrainChild Theatre present Late Lateef, a play in Hindi directed by Kunal Padhy. April 16 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Howrah Dakshinayan presents Hawa Badal. Dir: Kunal Mukhopadhyay.

PERFORMING ARTS

April 13 at Kala Kunj; 6.15 pm: Amritasya Kanyah, a programme of Tagore songs and reading. Participants: Dr Tania Das, Tanusree Bandyopadhyay and Suchhanda Ghosh in songs, and Madhumita Basu, Madhuchhanda Tarafdar and Sulagna Basu in reading and recitation.

DRAMA FESTIVAL

April 13 at Madhusudan Mancha, 6.30 pm: Sanglap Natyotsav 2007. Featuring Swapna Suchna’s Hemlat (dir: Bratya Basu).

PLAY-READING

April 14 at Bangla Akademi Sabhaghar; 6.30 pm: Gandhar presents Rudraprasad Chakraborty’s Yajnaseni - Agnikanya in a play-reading session.

talk

April 13 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Prabhananda will speak in Bengali on Amukhya Gita.

SEMINAR/DEMONSTRATION

April 14 at Sisir Mancha; 6 pm: Taru Shruti, in collaboration with ministry of culture, government of India, hosts Ashoketaru-Sandhya, an evening of seminar and demonstration on some of the pioneering ventures of the Rabindrasangeet maestro. Highlighting his efforts to promote (1) first solo recital in Rabindrasangeet; (2) first staging of Tagore’s prose plays with songs in the form of shruti natak; (3) his technique in teaching Rabindrasangeet; and (4) excerpts from Valmiki Pratibha. Participants: Partho Ghosh, Gouri Ghosh, Debashis Roychowdhury and disciples of Ashoketaru Bandyopadhyay. Concept and direction: Koushiki Bandyopadhyay.

EXHIBITION

Till April 13 at Sravasti, 14/97 Golf Club Road; 1 pm - 9 pm: KeyaChaitali’s exclusive T shirts, photuas, short kurtas, kurtas, salwar-kurtas, wrap-around sets, saradins, nakshikantha, batik, applique, fabric-painted, block-printed cotton sarees and silk sarees, blouse pieces and costume jewellery. Till April 14 at Sreemayee, 58 Dr Sarat Banerjee Road; 4 pm - 9 pm: Sreemayee’s summer display of sarees and ladies garments. Till April 15 at Ananya boutique, 46/18 Babu Bagan Lane, Dhakuria; 11 am - 9 pm: A spring summer collection of hand embroidered, batik, block-printed sarees and suitpieces. April 16 (1 pm - 8 pm); April 17 - 19 (10 am - 8 pm) at Calcutta Ice Skating Rink: In aid of charity, Rotary Club of Calcutta Chowrenghee presents Parampara 2007, an exhibition of innovative and aesthetic crafts, lifestyle products, wooden handicrafts, fashion wear and jewellery.

QUIZ

April 14 at International School of Business & Media, IB-163, Sector III, Salt Lake (near Mizoram House/EZCC); 5.30 pm: Calcutta edition of the Canada-UK-USA-India Quiz, organised by International Quiz Association. Details with Gautam Ghosh (9830044093) or Rahul Basu (9831334607).

WORKSHOP

May - June at Proscenium Art Centre: Theatrecian will conduct a Film and Theatre workshop. Registration till April 15. Details at 9830241007 between 1 pm and 3 pm.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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