Priceless gem of love Based on a legend from the Mahabharata, Saradindu Bandyopadhyay’s Monikahini tells an enchanting tale about the innocence and bravery of youth. Satrajit, a poor farmer, became rich after he found the precious Syamantak gemstone. But he always lived in fear that someone would steal it. When Lord Krishna arrived at his palace, he secretly had the gem sent out of the country for fear that his guest might steal it. However, the gem was lost in an accident and was ultimately recovered by Lord Krishna, who fell in love with Satrajit’s daughter Satyabhama and eventually married her. Performed entirely by child actors, the play is embellished with verse, music and dance, with parodied songs of Bengali music bands as its background score. Script, music and direction: Suranjana Dasgupta. Event: Drama, Monikahini, produced by Nirbak Abhinoy Academy When: Today at 7 pm Where: Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road

art

July 16 - 19 at Gaganendra Shilpa Pradarshashala; 3 pm - 8 pm: Art Fair-08, the Assam-Bengal state level exhibition participated by budding artists of North Bengal, Santiniketan and Assam. Till July 16 at Artvisual, Jodhpur Park, #92318 51160; 3 pm - 8 pm: Colours of Bengal, an exhibition of paintings by Nabendu Roy, Swapan Roy, Anup Prasad Sharma, Suvankar Misra and Mihir Kayal. Till July 18 at Gandhara Art Gallery, 1B Gurusaday Dutta Road, Flat 5A (Palm Spring), #2280-1790, 22811255; 1 pm - 7 pm: Magic of Monochrome, a group show of drawings and paintings by eminent Indian artists. Participants: Akbar Padamsee, Aditya Basak, Amitava Das, Chandra Bhattacharya, Ganesh Haloi, Jayashree Chakraborty, Jogen Chowdhury, Mona Rai, Paritosh Sen, Partha Pratim Deb, Paula Sengupta, Prabir Gupta, Rameshwar Broota and Sudhir Patwardhan. Till July 19 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Arpita Khaskel. Till July 20 at Studio Aloke, 1/42 Shahid Nagar, Dhakuria: A solo exhibition by Aloke Paul. Till July 20 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 2nd floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: Creation presents an exhibition of paintings by Suvasish Chattopadhyay, Shibu Basak, Kakali Misra, Raju Kar and Dhrubajyoti Nath. Till July 21 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Sanjoy Kumar Samanta, Sutapa Dutta and Subrata Karmakar. Till July 21 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South-B; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of sculptures by Subrata Paul. Till July 23 (except Sunday) at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park, #2464 2617; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of recent work by Sandip Roy. Till July 25 (except Sundays) at Aakriti Art Gallery, Orbit Enclave, 1st floor, 12/3A Hungerford Street, #2289 3027/5041; 3 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings by various artists. Till July 26 (except Sunday) at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place; #2440 8937; 11 am - 8 pm: Kolkata Smiles 08, an exhibition celebrating the cartoon heritage of Calcutta, displaying both rare vintage and contemporary cartoons. Exhibition curated by Candi Lahiri. Today at 6 pm: Screening of interview-based films on master cartoonists Chandi Lahiri, Amol Chakraborty and Rebotibhushan Ghosh; Interviewer: Debasish Deb. Till July 26 at Gallery Exposure, 54B Mahanirban Road; 3 pm to 8 pm: Art Mela, an exhibition of affordable art featuring the works of about 50 artists from Calcutta and Santiniketan. Till July 29 at ArtFolio, 29 Lansdowne Place; 3 pm - 8 pm (Saturday to Tuesday): An exhibition with different participating artists every week, including old Bengal, contemporary Masters etc. Call 9831088469 for details. Other days by appointment. Till July 30 (except Sundays) at Gallery Kanishka's , 2/1 Hindusthan Road, 11 am - 8 pm: Confronting Masters – an exhibition of paintings featuring the works of Paritosh Sen, F. N. Souza, Ram Kumar, Amit Ambalal, Ganesh Pyne, Kartick Pyne Ganesh Haloi, Rabin Mandal and Shyamal Datta Ray. Till July 31 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #6550 8418; 11 am - 7 pm: In the Realms of Fantasy, — works by Sanatan Dinda, Prokash Karmakar, Suhas Roy, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Sibsaday, Samir Paul, Subrata Pal, Gouran-go Beshai, Bratin Khan, Kamalaksha Gangopadhyay, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay and others. Till August 8 (except Sundays) at Gallery Kolkata, 41 Shakespeare Sarani, 2nd floor, Duckback House, #2287 3377/88; 11 am - 7 pm: Glimpses — showcasing paintings and sculptures by modern and contemporary Indian artists.

PERFORMING ARTS

July 17 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: An evening of Malhars featuring Pandit Jagadish Prasad (vocal) with Sujit Saha (tabla) and Sohanlal Sharma (harmonium); and Biswajit Ray Chawdhury (sarod) with Ram Kumar Mishra (tabla). July 18 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre; 7 pm: Ranan presents Rangeeniyan, a journey through the sensuous and romantic poetry of Indian musical genres and the lyrical beauty and imagery of Kathak. Conceived and choreographed by Debashree Bhattacharya and Vikram Iyengar.

DRAMA

July 16 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Ekush Shatak presents its latest production, A Maya Kajal. Drama: Shekhar Samaddar. Direction: Adhir Bose. July 16 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Adventure Karey Koy — Aneek’s latest production, directed by Malay Biswas. July 17 at Sujata Sadan; 6.30 pm: Arghya and Niva Arts present two plays, Meghadootam and Pandavani. Direction: Manish Mitra. July 17 at Girish Mancha; 6.45 pm: Gandhar presents Kachher Manush, a play by Dr Sirish Atawale; translated by Kamal Sanyal and Bijoylakshmi Barman. Direction: Gautam Haldar. July 17 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre; 7 pm: Little Thespian presents Katha Collage-1, consisting of three stories by Saadat Hassan Manto: Khol Do, Thanda Ghost and Aulaad. Design & direction: S.M. Azhar Aalam.

TALK

July 16 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Narendrananda will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Lilaprasanga. July 16 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Somatmananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri mayer Katha. July 16 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake, #2334 9265; 7 pm: Sanjeeb Das Sharma will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita. July 16 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Buddhatmananda will speak in Bengali on Bani O Bichar.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till July 19 at 46 Satish Mukherjee Road, behind Kalighat Park; 2 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of photographs by Martine Franck. Till July 19 at at Seagull Arts & Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: Tasveer and The Seagull Foundation for the Arts present exhibitions of photography by Swapan Nayak (Title: Refugees in Their Own Land and Nowhere People) and Tim Hall (Title: Pilgrimage). Till July 19 at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani; #2290 2274: Mark Him (Second Half) — a project on Indian football by Riyas Komu. Till August 12 at Photographers’ Gallery, 59A Southend Park, #65406499, 98303 31556; 3 pm - 8 pm: Bouquet of Photographs, featuring images taken by Atanu Paul and members of Third Eye.

EXHIBITION

July 16 at Ocio Club, 5 Belvedere Road, Alipore; 10.30 am onwards: Festive Flavours by Mala Neotia. Featuring an exhibition of rakhis, gifts, bags, dress material and accessories. Till July 19 at Aranya, 124B S.P. Mukherjee Road, opp. Kalighat tram depot; 11 am - 8 pm: A wide range of rain items, in various shades of blue, including posters, notebooks, bags, and Brishtir Khata, to mark the Monsoon Week. Till August 3 at Shoppers Stop, Elgin Road, City Centre & South City Mall: Monsoon Makeovers fest. Till August 15 at Starmark (3 Lord Sinha Road, G-202 City Centre, and South City); 10.30 am - 8 pm: An exhibition of Penguin Classics Collection covering Greek and Roman works, and Victorian literature and modern classics. July 17 - 19 at Nari Seva Sangha, Kaushik Hall, near Jodhpur Park Post Office; 12 noon - 8 pm: Monorama Events showcases a collection of batik, kantha stitch items, hand-painting, applique, dress material, sarees, tops, children’s garments and costume jewellery.

FILM SHOW

July 16 at Nandan-3; 6 pm: The Shop that Sold Everything, an award-winning film by Abhyuday Khaitan. Duration: 31 minutes. Entry free.

WORKSHOP

July 16 onwards at Bharatiyam Karamshala, EZCC, Salt Lake; 11 am - 1 pm / 3 pm - 5 pm: World Dance Alliance and Kolkata Sanved, in collaboration with EZCC, are organising a week-long workshop on body conditioning, contact improvisation and basics of Western ballet. To be conducted by Ashley Fargnoli (USA). For details, contact Sohini, #92392 64160 (10 am - 5 pm). July 16 - 22 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB 201 Salt Lake; 11 am - 5 pm: A workshop on songs of Tagore, Atulprasad, Dwijendralal and Rajanikanta. To be conducted by Sushmita Banerjee. For details, call #2335 6796. July 16 at Bhowanipore Gujarati Education Society, Elgin Road, 2.15 pm - 4.15 pm; July 17 at St James School, AJC Bose Road, 11.30 am - 1.15 pm: The vedic Mathematics Forum conducts two live workshops on Vedic Maths, to be conducted by Prof. Kenneth R. Williams.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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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