When the twain meet Two classical dance forms, Odissi and Manipuri, are interwoven in Mohanam, a choreographic presentation portraying the theme of love. The similarities and differences between the two forms are retained and revealed through its solo performances. Champu (the classical style of singing in praise of Lord Krishna and Radha in Odissi) and Ras (the Manipuri style of singing and dancing) have been exploited to their fullest through compositions enriched with spiritual expressions of the sentiments of Radha and Krishna. Gotipua (male dancers of Orissa who performed in temples) and Pung (Manipuri mridanga performed as invocation during Raslila) artistes capture the mood of the presentation through pulsating performances that captivate the attention of the viewers. Choreography and direction: Suman Sarawgi and Piyali De. Event: Dance presentation based on Manipuri and Odissi classical forms When: Today at 6 pm Where: Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB-201 Salt Lake

art

March 15 at ITC Sonar Bangla Art Gallery; 7.30 pm: Art, paintings by Keshav Roy. Hosted by ITC Sonar Bangla and Spandan Art Gallery. Till March 14 at Samokal Art Gallery, Gol Park; 4 pm - 8 pm: Lines & Strokes: Contemporary Bengal. Works of Partha Pratim Deb, Suchibrata Deb, Shyamali Mukherjee Bhattacharjee, Shakti Chakraborty, Swapnendu Bhaumik, Tapas Shankar Basu, Barnali Das, Dr Debasis Bhattacharya, Dipankar Ray, Anjan Bhattacharjee, Debabrata Hazra, Alok Bhattacharya and Swapnesh Choudhury. Till March 17 at CIMA Gallery; 2 pm - 7 pm: Charged Figures — the art of Jatin Das. Till March 17 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm (weekdays); 10 am - 3 pm (Saturday): Tahader Katha — an exhibition of paintings by Tapan Karmakar, Malay Dutta and Dinonath Saha. Till March 17 at Angan Art Gallery, 11 Fern Place; 4 pm - 8 pm: A solo exhibition of drawings and paintings by Badal Paul. Till March 18 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Susmita Ghosh. Till March 20 at Academy of Fine Arts (all galleries); 12 noon - 8 pm: Anant Art Gallery presents Found Objects, an exhibition of paintings, installations and mixed media works by Probir Gupta. Till March 23 at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue: Shakti: Journey Beyond Platitude — an exhibition of works of eminent women artists. Participants include Anita Roy Choudhury, Shyamasree Basu, Dipali Bhattacharya, Bratati Mukherjee, Bharati Chowdhury, Eleena Banik, Uma Roy Chowdhury, Tandra Chandra, Anjali Sengupta, Seema Barua and others. Till March 24 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Art Unlimited — art works by various artists and sculptors. Till March 26 at Masters Collection Art Gallery, G7 Malayalay Apts, 3 Woodburn Park; 11 am - 7 pm (weekdays) & 3 pm - 7 pm (Sundays & holidays): Small is Beautiful, miniature works of Indian contemporary artists.

drama

March 14 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Scud Theatre presents Kuhu Jamini. March 14 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Ajantrik presents Pratham Path, written and directed by Ramaprasad Banik. March 14 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Doubarik presents A Parabasey. Direction: Sarbadaman Som. March 14 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nat-Ranga presents Megapod. Direction: Sohan Bandyopadhyay. March 15 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Theatron presents Bernarda Albar Bari, based on Federico Garcia Lorca’s last play, The House of Bernerda Alba. Translated into Bengali by Salil Bandyopadhyay, the play is directed by Saswati Biswas. March 15 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Theatre Passion presents Bhyablai Bhalo. Drama, direction & acting: Ramaprasad Banik. March 16 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents Abanindranath Tagore’s Bappaditya. Direction: Goutam Halder. March 16 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandipat presents Mrityu Na Hatya. Direction: Bibhas Chakraborty. March 16 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Ensemble presents Snirir Neechey. Direction: Sohag Sen. March 16 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents Jasimuddin’s Sojon Badiyar Ghat. Direction: Goutam Halder. March 17 at Sarala Memorial Hall; 6.30 pm: Total Theatre presents Vyassa. Direction: Shantanu Bandyopadhyay. March 17 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Howrah Dakshinayan presents Hawa Badal. Direction: Kunal Mukhopadhyay. March 17 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Sundaram presents Ranger Haat. Direction: Manoj Mitra. March 17 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.45 pm: Arghya presents Bharat Katha. Direction: Manish Mitra. March 17 & 18 at Max Mueller Bhavan auditorium; 6.30 pm: Agunmukho, the Bengali adaptation of Marius von Mayenburg’s contemporary German play Feuergesicht (Fireface) by Bratya Basu will be performed by Tritiyo Sutra and directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay. March 18 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Rang Roop presents Mukhosh Nritya. Direction: Seema Mukhopadhyay. March 18 at Laban Hrad Mancha (Salt Lake); 6.30 pm: Shruta-Sanglap presents two one-act comedies, Paracharchar Upakarita and Paona Ganda, both written and directed by Nirup Mitra.

PERFORMING ARTS

March 16 at Gyan Manch; 6 pm: A solo performance by Dohar Bangla band. March 16 at Kala Kunj; 6.15 pm: Srijan presents an evening of Tagore songs, recitation and reading. Participants: Suchhanda Ghosh, Tanusree Bandyopadhyay and Dr Tania Das in songs, and Madhumita Basu, Madhuchhanda Tarafdar and Sulagna Basu in recitation and reading. March 16 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 7 pm: Sangeet Ashram presents Holi Hai, featuring thumri singers Purnima Chaudhury, Subhra Guha and Dalia Rahut. Accompaniment: Ananda Gopal Bandyopadhyay and Subhankar Banerjee (tabla) and Rajendra Prasad Banerjee (harmonium). March 17 at Uttam Mancha; 6 pm: An evening of Tagore songs to raise funds for Friends Foundation of Asia. Featuring Sraboni Sen and Sutapa Bandyopadhyay in Sedin Dujane, and a solo by Ifafat Ara Dewan in Basante Ifafat. March 18 at Rabindra Sadan; 5.30 pm: St Michael’s Alumni Association Calcutta Chapter presents Links & Bonds, a musical evening featuring percussionist Bikram Ghosh along with Rhythmscape, and danseuse Tanusree Shankar and her troupe.

DRAMA COMPETITION

Till March 18 at Bijon Theatre; 6.30 pm: Sayak hosts a full-length drama competition. Today: Galpo Hekim Saheb (dir: Dipankar Roy) by Udeechi, Jalpaiguri. March 15: Kanya Daan (dir: Jayanta Ghosh) by Aajker Theatre, Burdwan. March 16: Ghare Baire (dir: Pradip Bhattacharya) by Prantik, Behrampore. March 17: Manush Manushi (dir: Shantanu Das) by Kalyani Kalamandalam. March 18: Rather Rashi (dir: Koushik Chattopadhyay) by Shantipur Sanskritik.

talk

March 14 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Prabhananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita. March 14 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 5.30 pm: Swami Tattwajnanananda will discourse on Kenopanishad. March 14 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Buddhatmananda will speak in Bengali on Bani O Bichar.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till March 21 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents Mera Naam Joker — circus photographs by Saibal Das. It is the fourth exhibition of Tasveer - Opening Season.

EXHIBITION

Till March 14 at Sasha shop, 27 Mirza Ghalib Street; 10 am - 7 pm: Rhythm n Blues, a celebration of the colours of Holi through an exhibition of contemporary and traditional blue pottery, utility and decorative studio pottery, silk handbags and lacquer ware from Vietnam, colourful stuffed cotton hangings and beaded jewellery from Gujarat and scarves and stoles from Sasha groups. Till March 15 at 113/2 Selimpur Road, opp. Jodhpur Park; 12 noon - 8 pm: Nibedita’s Boutique presents a summer special exhibition of hand-printed sarees and costume jewellery. Till March 17 at Anusthan Bhavan, Deshapriya Park: Sundari Silks, Chennai presents an exhibition of silk and cotton sarees from the weavers of south India.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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