The devil’s deal EZCC’s monthly theatre show features Banijya Bistar (a scene from the play appears right), a play that recalls Christopher Marlowe’s Dr Faustus. It unfolds the story of Sikander, a man of poor means, who becomes an easy victim of avarice. One night, he meets Shylok, a stranger who claims to be a businessman who buys whatever is offered for sale. He proposes to buy anything that Sikander may possess, even his past, and offers for it an unimaginably high price. Sikander sells his past and becomes a rich man. He buys a car and returns home armed with expensive goods and fashionable dresses for his family. Stricken by greed, Sikander now wants to sell all else that he possesses to Shylok, including the future of his son. His family is shocked and frightened. They try to reason with him, but in vain. Sikander also tries to free himself from greed, but it is too late as he has already sold his soul to the devil. Direction: Ashoke Pramanick. Event: Play in Bengali, Banijya Bistar, produced by Blind Opera When: Today at 6 pm Where: Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB-201 Salt Lake

art

Till July 30 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Exhibition of painting and wood cut print by Prabhat C. Sen, Swapan Roy, Milanendu Mondal, Dilip Sasmal, Subrata Pal and Sushanta Dutta. Till July 30 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery ‘A’; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Chitralekha Kanjilal. Till July 30 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: A solo exhibition of paintings by Munmun Das. Till July 31 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Recent sculptures in bronze by Bipin Goswami, Shankar Ghosh and Tapas Sarkar. Till July 31 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Argha Pattanayak, Shib Sankar Das, Arindam Debnath, Hemanta Sur and Mantu Mondal. Till August 2 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 8 pm: My Butterfly Life — paintings by Tapan Karmakar. Till August 3 at Pachishe Baishakh Art gallery, 152 S.P. Mukherjee Road, 2nd floor: Art from Life — works by Sujata Chakraborty, Siomnath Chakraborty, Pradip Sur, Nirmal Kumar Mallick, Mohi Pal, Joydeep Chatterjee, Dipankar Mukherjee and Bikash Mukherjee. July 31 - August 5 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: Personalities, paintings by Samir Ghosh. Inauguration tomorrow at 5 pm. Till August 5 (except Monday) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 1st floor; 3 pm - 8 pm: Svikriti, an exhibition of the works of six awardees in Academy’s 40th Annual Exhibition 2007. Participating artists: Animesh Dutta, Pappu Bardhan, Shuvrakanti Mitra, Koushik Coomar, Subhas Chandra Nath and Gourab Malakar. Till August 5 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 1st floor, Orbit Enclave, 12/3A Picasso Bithi (Hungerford Street); 3 pm - 7 pm: Birth centenary show of Gobardhan Ash (1907- 2007). July 31 - August 6 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: The third solo exhibition of watercolours by Ekta Singha. Inauguration tomorrow at 6 pm. Till August 6 at Gallery with Difference, Avishek Point, 2nd floor, 152 S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: A group show by Bengal contemporary artists. Till August 6 at Gallery K2, Supra Court, Lansdowne Terrace, #2465-1444; 11 am - 7 pm: Power of Three, showcasing paintings by Amal Ghosh of London, Dr Nabanita Javed of Calcutta and Kashmiri Khosa of Delhi. Till August 11 (except Sunday) at G.C. Laha Centenary Fine Arts Gallery, 7 Chittaranjan Avenue, 1st floor; 1 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of sculptures from a dokra workshop, some tapestries and ceramics. Till August 11 (except Sunday) at Kanvas Art Gallery, 53 Syed Amir Ali Avenue, Shivam Chamber, 2nd floor; 3 pm - 7 pm: Paintings by Sanjib Roy.

drama

July 30 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Samokalin Shilpidal presents Hisabgul. Direction: Ambar Roy. July 30 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Blank Verse presents Furrut, based on Upendra Kishore Roychowdhuri’s masterpiece. Drama & direction: Raja Bhattacharya. August 2 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nabamayukh Nattya Sangstha presents Gopichand. Direction: Rishi Mukhopadhyay. August 3 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: Little Thespian presents Katha Collage-2, comprising four short stories by four writers of Calcutta: Sayeed Premi’s Rihaee (Urdu), Shailendra Srivastava’s Sapne Ki Baat (Hindi), Madhu Kankria’s File (Hindi) and Anis Rafi’s Polythene Ki Deewar (Urdu). Design & direction: Uma Jhunjhunwala. August 4 at Madhusudan Mancha; 7 pm: Rangakarmee presents Court Martial, designed and directed by Usha Ganguli. August 5 at Sujata Sadan; 6.30 pm: Samskar Bharati presents Jakhan Eka, based on Arnold Wesker’s The Roots. Direction: Asit Basu.

PERFORMING ARTS

July 31 at Sisir Mancha; 5 pm: Madhyami presents an evening of classical music and dance featuring Rina Jana (Odissi), Moumita Mojumder (vocal), Harashankar Bhattacharya and Deepsankar (sitar) and Dilip Das (vocal). August 1 at Rabindra Sadan; 5.30 pm: Ananya Music presents Jakhan Brishti Namlo, an evening of Tagore songs by Rajeshwar Bhattacharya, Pramita Mallick, Sreeradha Bandyopadhyay, Swastika Mukhopadhyay, Debarati Shom, Pubali Debnath, Rajasree Bhattacharya, Rachayita Roy, Chandrabali Rudra Dutta, Suman Panthi, Madhabi Dutta, Ananyabrata Das, Debasree Biswas, Rima Mitra, Sharmila Mukhopadhyay, Apala Basu, Irabati Bose and others. Also, recitation by Soumitra Mitra, Sumantra Sengupta, Basabdatta Majumdar and Debaleena Brahma.

talk

July 30 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 5.30 pm: Sitanath Goswami will speak in Bengali on Panchadashi. July 30 at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, 8 Shakespeare Sarani; 6 pm: Prof. Subhas Chandra Saha will discuss Prayers and Meditation. July 30 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7.15 pm: Swami Vamananandaji Maharaj will speak on The Great Heritage and its Holy Impact of Guruvad.

FILM SHOW

Till July 30 at Nandan-1; 3 pm & 6 pm: Shilpi Sansad hosts Uttam Chalachitra Utsav to mark the 27th death anniversary of Uttam Kumar. Today: Saptapadi.

FESTIVAL

July 30 at the Golf Tower Community Hall, 9 Prince Gulam Mohammad Shah Road; 5.30 pm: The holy Guru Purnima festival will be celebrated by the devotees of Sri Gouranga Ashram to pay obesience to His Divine Grace Nitya Lila Pravishta Om Vishnupad 108 Tridandi Swami Sri Srimat Bhakti Sravan Tirtha Goswami Maharaj. On this occasion, devotional songs and kirtan will be rendered by kirtaniyas and a dance recital by Dr Mohua Mukhopadhyay of Gaudiya Nritya Bharati and her troupe. July 30 at Kala Kunj; 5.30 pm: Saccidananda Society celebrates Guru Purnima in holy presence of Sadguru Swasanvedya Swanubhavdev Sri Sri Babathakur. On this occasion, bhajans will be rendered by Kedar Narayan Bodas.

IN MEMORIAM

July 30 at Gyan Manch; 6 pm: Raag Reet commemorates the first death annuversary of renowned footballer Kajal Mukherjee with the release of a souvenir, an audio-visual presentation on Kajal Mukherjee, and vocal recital by Kumar Mukherjee accompanied by Ashok Mukherjee (tabla), Roshan Ali Khan (sarangi) and Hiranmoy Mitra (harmonium).

EXHIBITION

August 1 & 2 at Ivory Banquet, 22 Camac Street, 5th floor, Block D; 11 am - 9 pm: An exhibition of handcrafted contemporary/traditional jewellery, wooden/children accessories, chocolates, men’swear, handwoven sarees, suit pieces and kurtis.

CAMP

August 4 at 15/3C Naskarpara Lane, Calcutta 31; 10 am: Free confidential memory screenings and followup resources and educational material to those concerned about memory loss. Organised by Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India, Calcutta Chapter.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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