In step with the times Arriving in Calcutta as a newly-wed in 1958, Guru Thankamani Kutty spent the next 10 years preparing the ground for setting up of an institution that could nurture and spread the essence of a classical dance form, at the same time evolving a unique style of her own. In 1968, she founded Kalamandalam Calcutta, which went on to become a leading academy of classical dance arts in eastern India, teaching dance forms like Bharata Natyam, Mohiniyattam and Kathakali. With the support of her husband, Kathakali exponent late Kalamandalam Govindan Kutty, she instilled in her students the ideals of spiritualism associated with classical dance forms, training many dancers who have now become successful artistes in their own right. This evening’s programme celebrates 50 years of her stay in the city where she has dedicated her life’s work, inspiring and enthralling students and audiences as much with her performance as with her devotion to her craft. Beginning with a dance by senior students of Kalamandalam Calcutta and felicitation to the Guru, it features performances by some of her most well-known students Anita Mullick, Abhoy Pal, Debjani Majumder, Molly Roy and Anusua Banerjee. The programme ends with a classical dance presentation by Malabika Sen and artistes of Kalamandalam Performing Wing. Event: A programme to mark Guru Thankamani Kutty’s 50 years in Calcutta When: Today at 6 pm Where: Kala Mandir

art

Till September 15 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of solo artworks by Nabarun Talukder. Till September 15 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: The Untainted Space, an exhibition of paintings, prints and drawings by Nidhu K. Mondal, Amit Kumar Das, Sushanta Baral and Manoj Kumar Das. Till September 15 at Photographers’ Gallery, 59A Southend Park; 3 pm - 8 pm: Mood presents solo exhibition of Arup Lodh’s paintings. September 15 - 23 at Samokal Art Gallery, 23 Gariahat Road, Gol Park; 4 pm - 8 pm: Paintings and sculptures by Asim Basu, Aloke Bhattacharjee, Biman Das, Chandrasekhar Acharya, Hiran Mitra, Partha Pratim Deb, Ratan Banerjee, Ramaprasad Ghatak, Swapnendu Bhowmick, Swapnesh Chowdhury and Tapas Sankar Basu. September 15 - 23 at Chitrakoot Art gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, #24752275; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Provas Chandra Banerjee. Inauguration today at 6.30 pm. September 15 - 30 (except Sundays) at Tejas Art Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, #98300 49825; 1 pm - 7.30 pm: Impressions, a solo exhibition of oil paintings by Shambhu Saha. Till September 18 at Abanindranath Tagore Gallery, 2nd floor, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 11 am - 7 pm: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan presents an exhibition of of paintings of Navagraha / Rashi / Nakshatra Mandala by H.N. Suresh, director, programmes & projects, BVB Bangalore. Till September 21 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road, #2455 6942/43; 2 pm - 8 pm: Second Skin, an exhibition of sculptures by Venkat Bothsa. Till September 21 (except Mondays) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: Dancing Colours, an exhibition of paintings and photographs by Komala Vardan. Till September 27 at Galerie Karma, P-505 Keyatola Road, #2463 6731/32; 10 am - 7 pm: Through the Glass Unbroken, an exhibition of the works of Rebanta Goswami. Till September 27 (except Sunday) at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani, #2290 2274; 11 am - 7 pm, Monday (2 pm - 7 pm): A special exhibition of the works of Sudhir Ranjan Khastagir to mark his birth centenary. Till September 27 (except Sunday) at Gallery Kolkata, 41 Shakespeare Sarani, #2287 3377/88; 11 am - 7 pm: In Small Format, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by well-known artists. Participants: K.G. Subramanium, Akbar padamsee, Paritosh Sen, Jogen Chowdhury, Ganesh Haloi, Suhas Roy, Prakash Karmakar, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Kartick Ch. Pyne, Rabin Mondal, Shuvaprasanna and others Till October 4 (except Mondays) at Bose Pacia, Stephens Court, 18 Park Street; 11 am - 7 pm: Alone in the Crowd — an exhibition of paintings, installations and prints by Josh P.S.

DRAMA

September 15 at Indian Institute of Management, Joka; 3.30 pm: Little Thespian presents Katha Collage-4 cosisting of two stories: Do-Pahar (by British playwright Ismail Choonara) and Ishq Par Zor... (by Prof. Muzaffar Hanfi). Design & direction: Uma Jhunjhunwala. September 15 at Gorky Sadan; 6 pm: War & Peace and Gentle Leo presented by Souvik Sanskritic Chakra. September 15 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Lok-krishti presents Ihai Satya? Direction: Phalguni Chatterjee. September 15 at Madhusudan Mancha & September 17 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Taki Natyam presents its latest production, Good Morning Nishikanto. Drama & direction: Ramaprasad Banik. September 16 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Hattamela presents Hetamgarhe Hoi Choi. Drama: Subhabrata Ghosh. Direction: Gurudas Bandyopadhyay. September 17 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Pratikriti will stage Kenaram Becharam. Direction: Aalok Deb. September 19 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents its latest production, Ajnatobaas. Story: Sukanta Gangopadhyay. Music concept: Swatilekha Sengupta. Music composition: Mayukh-Mainak. Cast: Sohini Sengupta, Sumana Mukherjee, Swatilekha Sengupta, Sumanta Gangopadhyay, Swajan Srijan Mukherjee and Rudraprasad Sengupta. Directorial adviser: Rudraprasad Sengupta. Direction: Sumanta Gangopadhyay. September 20 at The Palladian Lounge, Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Third Level, 6 NS Road; 7 pm: The Palladian Lounge and Prerak, in association with Department of Sports & Youth Services, Government of West Bengal, present Just 10 Days, a play on cancer awareness conceptualised by the members of Stagecraft. Written and directed by Rohit Pombra.

PERFORMING ARTS

September 15 at Rabindra Sadan; 5.30 pm: Surolok presents Je Aamaare Diyechhe Dak. Featuring Tagore songs by Suchhanda Ghosh, Ratna Guha, Rita Roy and Alak Ry Choudhury; recitation by Biplab Sen, Anjana Mitra, Sucheta Chattopadhyay, Tapasi Mukherjee, Shikha Roy and Nandita Chattopadhyay; audio-play Chokher Bali (direction: Kajal Sur), and a solo recital of Tagore songs by Lopamudra Mitra. September 15 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, Salt Lake; 6 pm: Pratibha Utsav featuring performances by young, talented Government of India scholarship holders: Arindam Dasgupta (classical vocal), Rhitom Sarkar (electric guitar) and Jayeeta Banerjee (Bharata Natyam). September 15 - 17 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: The Dover Lane Music Conference and The Dover Lane Academy present a festival of dance. Today (in memory of Ruby Bandyopadhyay): Sreetama Biswas (Kathak), Kirti Ramgopal P (Bharata Natyam), Sagarika Debnath (Kathak), and Nivedita Mukherjee & group (Odissi). September 18 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: Prerna presents Dance with Moods,an evening of Kathak dances, to be performed by the students of Luna Poddar, who has choreographed the items. September 21 at Rabindra Sadan; 5.30 pm: Rabi-Tirtha’s 63rd annual programme and convocation. On this occasion, Tagore’s Tasher Desh will be staged. Concept & direction: Suchitra Mitra. Assistant music direction: Kashinath Roy and Robin Mukhopadhyay. Dance direction: Aditya Mitra and Asit Bhattacharya. Dialogues: Suchitra Mitra and Subir Mitra.

TALK

September 15 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Ritananda will speak in Bengali on Swamijir Patravali.

FILM SHOW

September 15 - 18 at Uttam Mancha; 3 pm & 6 pm: As a tribute to Tapan Sinha on 50 years of filmmaking, Cine Central, Calcutta presents a retrospective of his films. Today: Upahaar (at 3 pm) and Nirjan Saikatey (at 6 pm). Till September 16 at Nandan-II; 3 pm & 6 pm: Screening of Shakti Samanta’s films Hosted by Samalaya and Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre. Today: China Town (at 3 pm) and Aradhana (at 6 pm)

EXHIBITION

September 15 - 30 (except Sundays) at the adjacent space of the Vidyasagar Hall, The Asiatic Society; 12 noon - 5.30 pm: Annual Book Fair 2008. Till September 16 at 356/11 NSC Bose Road, Naktala petrol pump, #97489 52380; 12 noon - 8 pm: Kottage Kraft presents a selection of sarees, bags, purses, chocolates, handicrafts, jewellery and gift items. Till September 29 at 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Soumya’s Creation presents an exhibition oriented towards getting ready for the Pujas, with varied products and designs in sarees, clothes, salwar suits, jewellery, accessories, home linens, etc. This week’s (Sept. 12 - 18) special: Stitched and unstitched salwar kurtas. Till October 6 at Darbari showrooms, P-249 Purna Das Road (#24644027, 24658537) & CB 68 Salt Lake Sector I (#40043486): A Milestone, as part of its 10th anniversary celebration, Darbari presents a collection of designer sarees, fabrics, tunics, skirts and accessories. Till October 6 at the emporium of Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Ltd, 7 Jawaharlal nehru Road; 10 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of sarees and ready-to-wear clothes.

WORKSHOP

September 15 - 25 at Marudhara, 6 Merlin Park, #2460 7356: Workshop on Rajasthani folk painting (on marble) to be conducted by Ram Singh of Rajasthan.

QUIZ

September 21 at Vidyasagar Mancha (Barasat Municipality Auditorium); 10 am onwards: Quiz Maniacs Society and Rotary Club of Barasat (District 3291) host Quiz Festival 2008 for two-member teams. Category: School & open. For details, call Pijush (9830495857) or Partha (9830318721) or Sarfaraj (9231664533).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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