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Timeout 25-10-2010

Diwali carnival

The Telegraph Online Published 25.10.10, 12:00 AM
Diwali carnival
As you look forward to a well-lit Diwali, it’s time for that special exhibition that will surely make your Diwali shine brighter. Parampara Pret, partnered by The Telegraph, this destination shopping exhibit boasts 72 brands. Drop in for clothes, jewellery, artifacts, home furnishings and décor items and Diwali accessories. If haute couture is what you are looking for, check out Eshaani Jayaswal, Myoho, Abha Choudhary, Mansha Mody and Couture by Swati Agarwal. To buy off the rack, look out for brands like Studio Moda, Kishore Ramani, Anuradha Raman, Nazar and Aditi Bagchi. Dress up your home with bric-a-bracs from Aesthetically Yours, ST Unicom and Cane Craft Indonesia. For Diwali knick-knacks, hit stalls like Kayva Creation, Shakun, Urja Utsav and Magnificence. Want to buy yourself some glitter for Diwali? Hit Jewelz by Manju Agarwalla, Silver by Bipin Jewellers Sidhi Jewels and many more. Hosted by Rotary Club of Calcutta Chowrenghee in association with Studio AV.

Event: An exhibition of Diwali accessories, ethnic wear, jewellery and artefacts When: October 25 (11 am - 8 pm) & October 26 (10 am - 8 pm) Where: Taj Bengal

ART

Till October 25 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street, 2229 3886; 2 pm - 7 pm: Autumn Hues — an exhibition of paintings by Laxman Aelay, Sachin Jaltare, Shyamal Mukherjee and Subrata Das. Till October 25 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘A’ Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Variables — the first solo exhibition of paintings by Tuhin Suvra Pradhan. Till October 25 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Unbounded, a group of youg artists. Participating artists: Sanjeeb Sarkar, Protap Mondal, Priyabrata Shee, Kowshik Ghosh, Amit Ganguly, Prasenjit Pal, Subir Saha, Supriya Sarkar and Kabita Biswas. Till October 25 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Dr Gayatri Chakraborty. Till October 25 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Inner Space — an exhibition of paintings and sculptures. Featuring works by Jatisankar Bhowmik, Partha Kabiraj, Manojit Bera, Umakanta Das, Shbyasachi Bora, Manoj Barui and Chandra Nath Saha. October 25 - 29 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Art in Life by Sadhan Sengupta. Till October 29 at The Promenade, 3rd floor, 3 Mirania Gardens, 11F East Topsia Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Kanvas interior.art presents Showcase — paintings by Prangopal Ghosh and metallic sculptures by Sudha Dalmiya. Till October 30 at Mon Art Gallerie, 6 Hungerford Street, Regency, 3rd floor, 22895438; 11 am - 7.30 pm: Isolation, Black Ship, etc., an exhibition of recent paintings by Kazi Nasir. Till October 31 at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road, 2463 0465 / 4001 2289; 11 am - 7 pm: Experimenter presents Say Everything, an exhibition of installation and new-media works by a group of young artists: Baptist Coelho, Pushkar Thakur, Sajad Malik, Shreyas Karle and Sukanya Ghosh. Till October 31 at Eye on Art Gallery, 3 Pretoria Street, Chandrakunj Building; 2 pm - 7 pm: The first solo exhibition of paintings by Abhijit Halder. Till November 4 (except Sunday) at Gallery Kolkata, 41 Shakespeare Sarani, 2nd floor Duckback House, 22873377/88; 11 am - 7 pm: The 46th anniversary (1964 - 2010) exhibition of Calcutta Painters. Participating artists: Anita Roy Chowdhury, Animesh Nandi, Barun Roy, Bijan Chowdhury, Bipin Goswami, Debabrata Chakrabarti, Dhiraj Chowdhury, Dwijen Gupta, Gautam Bhowmik, Isha Mahammad, Jogen Chowdhury, Niren Sengupta, Nikhilesh Das, Pradip Mondal, Prokash Karmakar, Rabin Mondal, Shyamasree Basu, Sibaprasad Karchoudhuri, Subrata Ghosh, Sudip Banerjee, Susanta Chakraborty, Subhabrata Nandi, Surajit Das, Tapan Ghosh, Tapan Mitra and Wasim Kapoor. Till November 4 (except Sunday) at Gandhara Art Gallery, 1B Gurusaday Road, Flat 5A (Palm Springs), 22801790, 22811255; 1 pm - 7 pm: Visual Alphabets, a group show of drawings. Participating artists: Adip Dutta, Chhatrapati Dutta, Chandrima Bhattacharya, Debnath Basu, Debashis Manna, Kazi Nasir, Manjari Chakravarty, Mallesi HV, Nantu Behari Das, Reji Arakkal, Sambaran Das and Sunil Padwal. Till November 15 (except Sundays) at Ahuja Museum for Arts, 26 Lee Road, ground floor, 40034974 / 22894745; 12 noon - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Sujit Karmakar.

drama

October 25 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Naye Natua will stage Michael Madhusudan Dutt’s epic, Meghnadbadh Kabya. Performance, music, costume & direction: Goutam Halder. October 25 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Calcutta Performers presents Mando Meyer Bhalo Katha. Direction: Tamal Roy Choudhury. October 26 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Tritiyo Sutra will stage Tagore’s Bisarjan. The main cast includes Goutam Halder, Biplab Bandyopadhyay and Koushik Sen. Direction: Suman Mukhopadhyay. October 26 at Madhusudan Manch; 6.30 pm: Bratyajan presents Ruddha Sangeet, with Debshankar Halder in the role of Debabrata Biswas. Drama & direction: Bratya Basu. October 27 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Purba-Paschim will stage Tagore’s Raktakarabi, with Chaiti Ghoshal, Shubhrajit Dutta and Soumitra Mitra comprising the main cast. Music: Amaan Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan. Direction: Gautam Haldar, filmmaker. October 29 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place; 6.30 pm: Sakubai, a powerful play in Hindi, written by Nadira Zaheer Babbar, adapted and directed by Asoke Singh, with solo performance by Renu Roy. A Spandan production.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till November 13 (except Sundays & national holidays) at The Harrington Street Arts Centre, 8 Ho Chi Minh Sarani, Harrington Mansions, Flat # 5 & 25B, 2nd floor; 2282 9220/1; 12 noon - 7 pm: The Harrington Street Arts Centre hosts Raghu Rai: Calcutta, Kolkata “It Never Begins, It Never Ends”, an exhibition of the works by the country’s most renowned photographer. Presented by Ina Puri.

SCREENING

October 25 - 28 at Max Mueller Bhavan; 6.30 pm: Film screenings Klima, Kultur, Wandel. Today: Konsequenz (Consequence); Dir: Klaus Georgi, 1986, colour, 2 min; and Before the Flood: Tuvalu; Dir: Paul Lindsay, 2004, colour, 62 min.

TALK

October 25 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Chidrupananda will speak in Bengali on Yuganayak Vivekananda. October 25 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, Abhedananda Memorial Hall; 7 pm: Prof. Amalendu Chakraborty will speak on Sri Ramakrishna Lila Paarshad.

EXHIBITION

Till November 7 at Homeland Mall (near Exide); 11 am - 9 pm: t2 & Homeland present Ghar Banao Ghar Sajao Festival 2010. Till November 4 at Sasha shop, 27 Mirza Ghalib Street; 10 am - 7 pm, Sunday: 10 am - 1 pm: Sasha’s Diwali Bazaar offers interesting gift hampers, candles, diyas, pottery and a wide range of crafts and textiles. Till October 26 at Ashirbad Hall (beside Pantaloons), Kankurgachi, 9339536389; 11 am - 8 pm: Astha organises Diwali Dhamaka, an exhibition-cum-sale. October 25 - 30 at 8/2 Loudon Street, 2nd floor, Loudon Manor, 2281 1524: Earthy Myths showcases an element of fun and fashion in womenswear for Diwali. October 26 - November 5 at Starmark, 3 Lord Sinha Road, South City Mall, Mani Square & City Centre, Salt Lake; 10.30 am – 9 pm: Lights — an exhibition of exotic diyas and candles for Diwali.

PERFORMING ARTS

October 27 at Kala Mandir; 7.30 pm: Mélange 2010 — a symphony of sorts by merging the West and the East for a divine blend of music. Featuring Trilok Gurtu (percussion), Nishat Khan (sitar), Larry Coryell (guitar), Frank Martin (keyboard), Lili Haydn (violin) and Itai Disraeli (bass).

WORKSHOP

November 1 - 6 at Minerva Theatre; 9 am - 5 pm: Acting workshop for the juniors (10 yrs to 14rs) to be conducted by Debshankar Halder, Tirthankar Chanda and Moloy Mitra.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-700001; Fax: 2234-8244

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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