Not a love story The complexity of human relationships is never more conspicuous than is evident between husband and wife. And when former spouses meet, their inter-personal dynamics become all the more difficult. Dealing with such an episode, in which Anish and Seema, a divorced couple, meet each other accidentally, Anything But Love explores the entire gamut of emotions that runs through their minds during this chance encounter. Offering an interesting study of human psychology and character and the repercussion they have on the lives of people with whom they are connected, it is a comedy that lays bare human insecurities and follies in a light-hearted manner. Through a fast-paced plot charged with emotive dialogues, it shows us whether Anish and Seema take the second chance that life offers them or decide to go their own ways. Full of satirical humour blended with stirring poignancy, the play takes us on a whirlwind theatrical joyride. Direction: Vikranth Pawar. Event: Play in English, Anything But Love, produced by Ace Productions, Mumbai When: Today and tomorrow, 6.30 pm Where: G.D. Birla Sabhagar

Art

Till January 28 at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue: Lines Unbound, a solo exhibition of Prakash Karmakar?s works. Till January 29 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A Picasso Bithi, 1st floor: An exhibition of paintings by Kartick Chandra Pyne.

PERFORMING ARTS

Till February 3 at Sree Thyagaraja Hall: Rasika Ranjana Sabha, Calcutta celebrates its diamond jubilee year and 159th anniversary of Saint Thyagaraja Swami with a festival of music and dance. Today at 5.30 pm: Vocal recital by Bombay Jayashri Ramnath. Tomorrow at 5.30 pm: Violin by M. Chandrasekharan. January 28 & 29 at Madhusudan Mancha; 9.30 am & 3 pm: Ballygunge Maitreyee Music Circle, in association with Paschim Banga Rajya Sangeet Academy, presents the 8th Annual Sangeetacharya Radhika Mohan Maitreya Memorial Conference featuring (today) Rahul Chatterjee (sitar), Zainul Abedin (vocal) and Purnima Chaudhury (vocal) at 9.30 am; and Dwaipayan Ray (sarod), Debasish Bhattacharya (sarod), Arun Bhaduri (vocal), and Ali Akbar Khan and Alam Khan (sarod) at 3 pm. Tomorrow: Soumik Dutta (sarod), Anjana Nath (vocal) and Jagadish Prasad (vocal) at 9.30 am; Rajyashree Ghosh (vocal), Abir Hossain (sarod), Sandipan Samajpati (vocal), Manilal Nag and Mita Nag (sitar) and Nayan Ghosh (sitar) at 3 pm. January 28 at Bharatiyam, IB 201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: EZCC hosts the presentation of Tagore?s dance-drama Chitrangada by Sanjukta Banerjee and Kaushik Chakraborty. January 28 at Padatik Little Theatre-II; 6.30 pm: Ghazal and thumri by Debasish Sarkar and students of Padatik Dance Centre. January 29 at Kala Kunj; 10.30 am: P&M Records presents Tagore songs by Iffat Ara Dewan, Laisa Ahmed Lisa and Aditi Mohsin. January 29 at Bharatiyam, IB 201 Salt Lake; 5 pm: EZCC presents Gotipua folk dances of Orissa.

FILM SHOW

Till January 30: Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Calcutta, in association with AHEAD, Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy and Manovikas Kendra, will present about 25 award-winning documentaries and short fictions from 10 countries on disability, selected from the last five editions of the international short film festival organised by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Behinderung und Medien? (Association for Disability and the Media) in Munich, under the title The Way We Live! Festival director Gregor Kern and theatre/film personality Mohan Agashe will intrioduce the sessions and interaat with the audience. Session II: January 28 at Max Mueller Bhavan, 3 pm.

DRAMA

January 28 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Natya-Anan presents Surjya Shikar. Dir: Chandan Sen. January 29 at Academy of Fine Arts; 10 am: Pancham Vaidic presents Chandali, based on Tagore?s Chandalika. Direction: Saoli Mitra. January 29 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Rupdarshan presents Jal Jangaler Kabya. Direction: Buddhadeb Bhattacharya. January 29 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Deepdanda, Bohurupee?s latest production, directed by Kumar Roy. January 29 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sameekshan presents Manmoyee Girls School. Direction: Pankaj Munshi. January 29 at Bharatiyam, IB 201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: Kashinama, produced by Rangakarmee. Direction: Usha Ganguli.

TALK

January 28 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 5.30 pm: Swami Paripurnananda will speak on Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita. January 28 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Somatmananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Mayer Katha. January 28 at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, 8 Shakespeare Sarani; 6.15 pm: Prof. Arabinda Basu of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry will speak on Sri Aurobindo. January 28 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math; 7 pm: Swami Paramatmananda will speak on Yog O Tahar Abhyas.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till January 30 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Sketches from Overseas, an exhibition of digital contemporary photographs by Toshiki Ozawa of Japan. Till January 31 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Images of Stones and Bricks, an exhibition of photographs of Delhi?s medieval monuments by Pranab Kumar Mukhopadhyay.

FESTIVAL

Till January 29 at Sree Guruvayurappan Temple, 3/1/1A Nakuleshwar Bhattacharjee Lane: 11th Partishta Anniversary and Dravya Kalasam organised by Sree Guruvayurappan Samajam, Calcutta.

BOOKS

Till January 31 at the Seagull Bookstore, 31A S.P. Mukherjee Road; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm (weekdays) & 2.30 pm - 7.30 pm (Sunday): A display of a wide range of imported titles.

READING

January 29 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 11 am: Professor P. Lal reads Sanjaya?s report to Dhritarastra of the 11th day?s battle at Kurukshetra in which, after a series of bloody skirmishes, Duryodhana is unable to isolate Arjuna from Yudhisthira, as planned strategically by Drona, in the 313th weekly Sunday session of his sloka-by-sloka English transcreation of Vyasa?s complete Mahabharata.

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