All’s fair in war game It’s a spoof on typical thrillers complete with gun wielding men in black, rival dons, conspiracy, murder, vamps, music, dance, the conscientious but quickly suppressed policeman... Bratya Basu’s play introduces viewers to the less familiar face of our city, the world of Page 4, where everything is a game for power. Where the celeb dinners, cultural dos, awards, even the annual Puja sharodias are part of a war. The individual is no longer safe, his expressions artistic or otherwise are under constant censor and threat. In the backlanes the silence is repeatedly broken by flashes of AK 47s, grenades and knives as dons Giridharilal Gurguria and Mohandas Dibakar Haptulla clash for total control. But just how safe are the dons and their companies? Are they really in control of all the strings or is there someone else manipulating them? Who caused the explosion in Giridharilal’s godown? Who initiated the police raids? Just what is or isn’t fair in this game? Event: Play in Bengali, Page 4 — It’s Also a Game, produced by Lok-Krishti When: Today at 6.30 pm Where: Girish Mancha

art

Till September 28 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: Maa Durga, paintings by various artists. Till September 28 at 46 Circus Avenue; 2 pm - 7 pm: Artists’ Circle presents Celebration for New Horizons, paintings by well-known artists. Featuring the works of Paritosh Sen, Jogen Chowdhury, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Sunil Das, Suhas Roy, Robin Mandal, Bijon Chowdhury, Prakash Karmakar, Wasim Kapoor, Suvaprasanna, Dhiraj Chowdhury, Aditya Basak, Biswapathy Maity and others. Till September 28 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Arun Kumar Samadder. Till September 28 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Ananya Sarkar, Diptajit Das, Saptamita Ghosh, Dakshineswar Majhi, Pabitra Baur and Writendra Chatterjee. Till September 28 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Roop O rekha presents an exhibition of paintings and artwork by Atanu, Jagannath, Shyamal, Swarup and Kanchan. Till September 28 at Gallery Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindustan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: The Monsoon Show, paintings and sculptures by 19 eminent women artists including Shanu Lahiri, Anita Roy Chowdhury, Uma Siddhanta, Anusua Chakraborti, Sohini Dhar and Banasri Khan. Till September 28 at The Address, 28/1 Shakespeare Sarani, 1st floor; 11 am - 7 pm: Paintings by Sarbani Ganguly. Till October 1 (except Saturday) at Gallery La Mere, 3 Regent Park; 4 pm - 8 pm: Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture presents Durga, an exhibition of paintings and drawings. participating artists include Atin Basak, Asoke Mullick, Chandra Bhattacharyya, Debabrata Chakraborty, Isha Mohammad, Jogen Chowdhury, Manoj Mitra, Munindra Rajbongshi, Paritosh Sen, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Rabin Mondal, Suhas Roy, Samit Aich, Sanatan Dinda, Sekhar Roy, Shanu Lahiri, Suktisubhra Pradhan, Uma Siddhanta and Wasim Kapoor. Till October 4 at Gallery Nakshatra, 2/1 Outram Street, 2nd floor; 12 noon - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Tanup Nath. Till October 10 (except Sundays and holidays) at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Mukham, a series of studies in charcoal by Thota Vaikuntam. Till October 15 (except Mondays) at Gallery Rasa, 828/1 Block P, New Alipore; 4 pm - 8 pm: A retrospective show of graphic prints by Ramendranath Chakravorty.

drama

September 28 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Ekti Dal presents Krishna Gobardhan. Dir: Chinmoy Chattopadhyay. September 28 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Barasat Anusilanee presents Chhut. Dir: Romaprasad Banik. September 28 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents Maromiya Mon. Direction: Goutam Halder. September 29 at Academy of Fine Arts; 2.30 pm: Nandikar presents Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay’s Chokh Gyalo. Direction: Goutam Halder. September 29 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6 pm: Nandikar presents its latest productions, Lila Majumder’s Natun Chhele Natabar ( direction: Goutam Halder), Ashapurna Devi’s Rater Kutum ( direction: Swatilekha Sengupta) and Lila Majumder’s Pakhi (direction: Swatilekha Sengupta). September 30 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Sundaram presents Munni O Saat Chowkidar. Direction: Manoj Mitra. September 30 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Rang Roop presents Mukhosh Nritya. Direction: Seema Mukherjee. October 1 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Ekush Shatak presents its latest production Krishna Ranga. Direction: Loknath Bandyopadhyay. October 1 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Theatre Passion presents Satyajit Ray’s Anukool. Direction: Romaprasad Banik.

performing arts

September 29 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB-201 Salt Lake; 7.30 pm: EZCC, in collaboration with Happenings, Calcutta presents The Story of Durga by Purulia Chhau and Rhythm Extravaganza by Bikram Ghosh. September 30 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: Happenings Calcutta and Sanskriti Sagar present Argho — a creative dance performance by Mamata Shankar Ballet Troupe.

durga puja

September 29 - October 1 at Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math: Sri Sri Durga Puja to be observed by Ramakrishna Math. Day-long launch services by West Bengal Surface Transport Corporation Ltd.

EXHIBITION

Till September 28 at CIMA Gallery; 11 am - 8 pm: Art in Life, showcasing books, apparel, textiles, tribal art, jewellery, mats, carpets, artefacts and more. Till September 29 at 2 Middleton Row; 11 am - 7 pm: Dresden Boutique hosts a Kurti Festival. Till October 15 at Ananya, 2 Bishop Lefroy Road, 2nd floor; 10 am - 2 pm: An exhibition of diamond jewellery, sarees, suits and tunics.

WORKSHOP

October 10 - 20 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB 201 Salt Lake; 11 am - 5 pm: EZCC hosts a workshop on Kathak dance, to be conducted by Rajendra Gangani of Jaipur gharana.

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