An eye for cinema Besides influencing his country’s cinema in one of its most interesting phases, German cinematographer Michael Ballhaus also made a significant impact on Hollywood film aesthetics. His name is inseparable from the films of Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Martin Scorcese. Michael Ballhaus — The Roving Eye, the ongoing retrospective of his works, features nine films from his German phase (1970-1980). To be screened today are The Station Master’s Wife (dir: Rainer Werner Fassbinder; at 4.30 pm) and The Marriage of Maria Braun (dir: Rainer Werner Fassbinder; at 6.30 pm). Ballhaus’s last as Fassbinder’s cameraman, the latter film (a still from it appears above) contains one of the best screenplays written from the director’s own outline. Event: A retrospective of cinematographer Michael Ballhaus When: Till March 28; 4.30 pm & 6.30 pm Where: Max Mueller Bhavan

art

Till March 29 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Anju Chirimar, Ayan Ghoshal, Jyoti Tibrewal and Subrata Bhowmick. Till March 30 at Anant Art Gallery, 18A Alipore Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Exhibition of paintings: The Light of the Mind by Tanmoy Samanta and Emblem of Fear by Mehula Ghosh. Till March 30 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 4th floor AC gallery; 4 pm - 8 pm: Fourth solo exhibition of paintings and drawings by Santanu Roy. Till March 30 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: Hooghly Chinsurah Art Forum presents Chitradeep, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures. Till March 30 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street, #22293886; 2 pm - 7.30 pm: Mythology 2 Metaphysics, a duet exhibition of paintings by Ashok Kumar Dey and Pinaki Acharyya. Hosted by Temporal Hues. Till March 30 at Proscenium’s Art Centre, 46 AJC Bose Road; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Pravat Kumar Manna, Prosenjit Pal, Shiv Shankar Chatterjee and Subir Saha. Till March 31 at Mon Art Gallerie, 6 Hungerford Street; #2289 5438; 11.30 am - 7 pm: Mon Art Gallerie, in association with Bakul Foundation, Orissa, presents Dimensions and Directions: Contemporary Orissan Artists. Curated by Prof. Deba P Patnaik. Till March 31 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Anubhab presents its 26th annual exhibition by its student artists. Till March 31 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: A group show by Shrea Ghosh, Srimanta Das, Tania Bhattacharya and Bappa Haldar. Till March 31 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: The 11th annual exhibition of paintings and sculptures presented by Behala Fine Arts Society at North Gallery; and A tribute Ranjit Kumar Sutar through his paintings at New South Gallery. Till April 4 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, #2475 2275; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings (mixed media and oil on canvas) by Murshida Arzu Alpana. Till April 5 at Gallery K2, Supra Court, 35 Lansdowne Terrace, #2465 1444; 11 am - 7 pm: A Million Lines — an exhibition of drawings and installation art by Partha Pratim Deb. Till April 5 at Tejas Art Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road; #9830049825; 1 pm - 7.30 pm: Gaia, an exhibition of painting and sculpture celebrating nature. Till April 6 at By the Way, Taj Bengal; 10 am - 11 pm: A solo show of recent works by Dilip Chaudhury. Till April 8 (except Sundays and public holidays) at CIMA Gallery, #2485 8717/8509; Mondays: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2 pm - 7 pm: On the Verge — recent works by Sumitro Basak. Till April 20 (except Mondays) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: Revelation 2008 — an exhibition of works by Subrata Saha, Dipankar Sinha, Partha Pratim Saha, Madhubanti Banerjee, Pratima Seal, Swati Mukherjee, Ranadip Das, Dip Banerjee and Piyush Kanti Gayen.

PERFORMING ARTS

March 27 at Gyan Manch; 6.30 pm: Parampara presents Samparka, featuring Tagore songs by Anil Pal, poetry-reading by Prabal Kumar Basu and narration by Subir Mitra. Direction: Amit Dasgupta.

DRAMA

March 27 at Padatik; 6 pm - 9 pm: Rotaract Club of Kalighat celebrates World Theatre Day with performance by groups Monirath (Bengali; 6 pm - 7 pm) and Theatrecian (English; 8 pm - 9 pm). March 27 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Samikshan presents Manmoyee Girls School. Direction: Pankaj Munshi. March 27 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Aneek presents Dwitiyo Basanta. March 27 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Niva Arts presents Bidushak. Direction & acting: Koushik Sen.

DRAMATISED READING

March 27 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: Oedipus (Bengali) — a solo performance by Supreeti Mukhopadhyay along with chorus. Presented by Sreecharaneshu.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till March 30 at Gallery Rasa, 828/1 Block P, New Alipore, #2400 7348; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of photographs by Jyoti Bhatt. Till March 31 (except Sunday) at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, #24408937; 11 am - 7 pm: Quest for Harmony: Bangladesh — an exhibition of photographs by Dr Noazesh Ahmed. Till April 19 (except Mondays) at Bose Pacia, 18 Park Street; 11 am - 7 pm: India Shining, India Crying - A tale of contemporary India: An exhibition of photographs by Johann Rousselot.

TALK

March 27 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Somatmananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Mayer Katha. March 27 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 6.30 pm: Debesh Pal will speak on Paramartha Prasanga.

BOOK RELEASE

March 27 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 5 pm: Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi will release Bengali Translation (in verse) of Valmiki Ramayana by Late Dr Ganga Prasad Mookerjee. Speakers: Govinda Gopal Mukhopadhyay and S.A. Upadhyay. President: Swami Sarvabhutananda.

EXHIBITION

Till March 28 at Gaganendra Pradarshashala; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of a galaxy of musical instruments used by V. Balsara. Organised by V. Balsara Memorial Committee and Calcutta United Cultural Society. March 27 at Ivory Banquet (Grain of Salt), 5th floor, Block D, 22 Camac Street; 10 am - 6 pm: ETC showcases sarees, suits, Indo-westerns, traditional and contemporary jewellery, chocolates & lifestyle products. March 27 at Ivory (Grain of Salt), 5th floor, Block D, 22 Camac Street; 10 am - 6 pm: Sujata Sarawgi presents handwoven blockprinted summer sarees and suit pieces. Till March 29 at Anusthan Bhavan, 132 Rashbehari Avenue, #98310 93115: Sundari Silks Chennai conducts its summer show of exquisite silk and cotton sarees from some of the finest weavers of south India. Till March 31 at 1/57B Dover Place; #98301 92087; 2 pm - 7 pm: Gharoya Boutique’s summer collection features sarees, salwar-kameez, lungi sets, mekhlas, tops, kurtis and other ladies wear. Till April 15 at 108 Raja Basanta Roy Road, #2466 4315; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Summer show at Paramita Viswanathan’s Design. Items: silk, tassar print, chiffan, crepe print, mull, kota, tangail print.

WORKSHOP

March 27 at Crossword, 8 Elgin Road; 11 am: Workshop on craft (glass flower making) for children aged between 8 and15 years.

COUnselling

April 1 onwards at Kornash, 139B Rashbehari Avenue: Kornash, the Lifestyle Management School offers psychological counselling through its course, Mind-Gym, comprising 10 classes, once a week in three batches. Details at #98300 32232 (10 am - 5 pm).

---

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