Autumn sonata Nandikar presents Nana Ranger Din, a Bengali adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s Swan Song , one of the finest plays in theatre history, where Chekhov draws on the eternal preoccupation with oblivion and mortality that the artist faces. The play opens dramatically with a dark stage in an empty theatre house. The show is long over and the silence is stifling and still. On the stage appears an ageing actor moving about like a ghost. He is attired in his actor’s clothes and carries a lighted candle in his hand. Though a little sleepy, he playfully and somewhat sentimentally recounts his life and offers the audience glimpses into his colourful, glorious past. This actor’s voice sometimes cracks and he pants and puffs. He betrays his fears of mortality and a decline in his own talent. Yet, while departing, his voice resonents the pervading atmosphere as he recites Othello’s farewell speech, proving how his powerful histrionics have defeated the barriers of time and space. One cannot help recalling the famous pronouncement of Shakespeare’s Macbeth when he says that an actor is like a ‘brief candle’ whose oblivion is imminent and inevitable. The play has been scripted in Bengali by Ajitesh Bandyopadhyay. The evening will also have a performance of Chokh Gyalo (direction: Goutam Halder). Event: Play in Bengali, Nana Ranger Din, produced by Nandikar When: Today at 6.30 pm Where: Academy of Fine Arts

art

Till October 20 at Galerie Karma, P-505 Keyatola Road, #24636731/2; 10 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Arunava Mondal, Ashok Bhowmik, Atin Basak, Dhiren Sasmal, Diptish Ghosh Dastidar, Pradip Das, Pradip Pradhan, Pradip Rakshit, Partha Dasgupta, Rajib Bhattacharjee, Saikat Maity, Sanjay Manna, Subrata Sen, Sudhangshu Bandopadhay, Sudipta Tewari, Swapan Ghosh and Swapan Kumar Saha. Curated by Akumal Ramachander. Till October 20 at Galerie La Mere; 4 pm - 8 pm: Durga, an exhibition of paintings. Participating artists include Jogen Chowdhury, Paritosh Sen, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Wasim Kapoor, Uma Siddhant and Niranjan Pradhan. Till October 24 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahar Road, #24752275; 3 pm - 8 pm: Chitrakoot presents an exhibition of paintings and sculptures, Devi Durga. Till October 26 (except October 18 - 21) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, 11 am - 7 pm: Surfaces and Textures — works by Dattatraya Apte, Kishore Shinde, Manjari Chakravarty, Mekhala Bahl, Mithu Sen, Mona Rai, Neha Turakhia, Ranjith Raman, Rooshika Patel, Shobha Broota, Tapati Chowdhury, Yashwant Deshmukh and Yogesh Rawal. Till October 27 at Mon Art Gallery, 6 Picasso Bithi (Hungerford Street), Regency Building, 3rd floor, #22895438; 11.30 am - 7 pm: Three Amigos, an exhibition of abstract paintings by the trio from Goa: Deviprasad C Rao, Suhas Shilker and Swatee Nair. Till October 27 (except Monday) at Bose Pacia Kolkata, 18 Stephen Court, #65459955; 11 am - 7 pm: Equinox Shift — new paintings and works on paper by Joydip Sengupta. Till October 28 (except Sunday) 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 30 (except Sundays) at Gallery Kolkata, 41 Shakespeare Sarani, 2nd floor, Duckback House; 11 am - 7 pm: A Brush with Durga, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Jogen Chowdhury, Prakash Karmakar, Shuvaprasanna, Suhas Roy, Rini Dhumal, K.S. Radhakrishnan, Ashoke Mullick, Aloke Sardar, Arup Das, Manoj Mitra, Dwijen Gupta, Ram Kumar Manna, Mehazabin I Mazumder, Bratin Khan, Suman Roy, Sudipta Datta, K. Muralidharan, Sadhan Chakraborty, Shyamal Roy, Shyamal Mukherjee, Debabrata Chakraborty, Shekhar Kar, Subroto Biswas, Chanchal Mukherjee, Sanatan Dinda and Swapan Kumar Das. Till October 31 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. October 22 - 27 at G.C. Laha Centenary Fine Arts Gallery, 7 Chittaranjan Avenue; 1 pm - 7 pm: Self Transformation, an exhibition of paintings by Premendra Mitra. October 23 - 30 at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue; 2 pm - 7 pm: Three Wheel Drive, an exhibition showcasing the works of Sukanta Hazra, Subhadeep Dawn and Soureya Chakraborty.

DRAMA

October 20 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Nandikar presents Abanindranath Tagore’s Bappaditya. Main performance: Sohini Sengupta. Music & direction: Goutam Halder. October 20 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents its new production, Nana Ranger Din (Drama: Anton Chekov/ Ajitesh Bandyopadhyay; Performance: Prathapratim Deb and Rudraprasad Sengupta; Dir: Rudraprasad Sengupta) and Chokh Gyalo (Story: Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay; Main performance: Swatilekha Sengupta; Dir: Goutam Halder). October 22 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Natyaranga presents Dena Paona, based on Saratchandra Chattopadhyay’s work. Drama: Surajit Bandyopadhyay. Direction: Swapan Sengupta.

FESTIVAL

Till October 21 at Sringeri Sri Sarada Peetham Sankara Hall, 93 Southern Avenue, #24661767: Sri Sarada Navarathri Celebrations 2007. Today: Pooja, Archana and Devi Mahatmya Parayanam at 7 am; Laksharchana concludes, Kanyaka Pooja and Suvasini Pooja at 10 am; Deeparadhana at 11 am; Prasada vinoyogam at 11.30 am; Ladies Day - Manjalkumkum at 4 pm; Lalitha Sahasranama Archana recitation of slokas at 6 pm, and Sangeeta Sabha - Classical vocal duet by Kumar Mukherjee (Hindustani) and R. Sreenivasan (Carnatic) with N. Shankar (mridangam) and Chiranjeev Mukherjee (tabla) at 6.45 pm. Tomorrow: Suryanamaskaram at 6.30 am; Pooja, Archana, Upanishad Parayanam and Veda class at 8.30 am; Anjaneya Utsavam, Bhajan by FMC Bhajan Group at 6.30 pm. Till October 21 at Swabhumi: Swabhumi presents Dandiya Utsav, a programme based on Dandiya.

DURGA PUJA

Till October 20 at Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math: Sri Sri Durga Puja 2007 according to Vishuddha Siddhanta Almanac. Mahanavami (October 20): Puja begins at 5.40 am; Homa after Bhogarati of Sri Sri Devi. Vijaya Dashami (October 21): Puja begins at 7 am; Immersion and Shantivari after evening arati of Sri Sri Thakur. Special launch services throughout the day by West Bengal Surface Transport Corporation Limited.

LECTURE

October 20 at Iran Society Hall, 12 Dr M. Ishaque Road (Kyd Street)l 10.30 am: The Amina Halim Memorial Lecture 2007 will be delivered by Dr Miratun Nahar, reader and head, department of philosophy, Victoria Institution College. Topic: The Contribution of Roqaiyya Sakhawat Husain to Femal Education among Muslims. Dinsha B. Surti, president of Iran Society, will preside.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till October 20 at Kalyani Clinic & Laboratory, 872 Sarat Chatterjee Road, Belepole, Batore, Howrah; 6 pm - 10 pm: Picturesque, a group of contemporary photographers, presents its seventh annual show.

MIME SHOW

October 23 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB-201, Salt Lake; 6 pm: EZCC hosts Abanchhita, a mime show by Thakurnagar Mime Academy of Culture, Thakurnagar, North 24 Parganas.

EXHIBITION

Till October 25 at Utopia, 94C Bakul Bagan Road, Paddapukur; 10 am - 6 pm: An exhibition of lifestyle products comprising platters, candles, boxes, mats, trays, vases and ornate mirrors.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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