Game of death Critically acclaimed Indian novelist Aasif Wadia is working on his new story. It’s about an architect who designs the most perfect crime. It’s about a pawn and a king and their tilting equations within the realms of 64 squares, and it’s about an act of betrayal in love, born out of love. It’s Wadia’s most calculated, most conniving and most well-conceived story ever. But this time, his story is not meant to be written into a novel! This evening, Nine Point Blank presents its maiden Hindi production, Ahliyat. Based on a Tony Award winning play, it is a dark, edgy, comic thriller about lies, deceit, murder, mayhem and a game of chess. Devious, ingenious and full of twists and turns, this play has all the ingredients to make it an evening to die for! Cast: Anshuman Bagri, Aamil Keeyan Khan and others. Event: Play in Hindi, Ahliyat, produced by Nine Point Blank When: Today at 6.30 pm Where: Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani

ART

Till January 8 (except Sundays & public holidays) at CIMA Gallery, Sunny Towers (2nd floor), 43 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, 2485 8717/8509; 3 pm - 7 pm (Mondays) & 2 pm - 7 pm (Tuesdays - Saturdays): Ganesh Pyne: His Mahabharata. Till January 8 (except Sunday & public holidays) at Studio 21, 17L Dover Terrace, 2486 6735; Monday: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesday - Saturday: 11 am - 7 pm: Tarang: New Wave from Santiniketan. Exhibition of recent works by members of SPAN (Santiniketan Practicing Artists Network). Participating artists: Apu Dasgupta, Atanu Mukherjee, Bimalananda Roy, Deepak Rajbhar, Mahmud Hussain, Md. Sabir Ali, Mrinmoy Debbarma, Naba Kumar Maji, Pradip Kumar Patra, Pushpal Sarkar, Rajendra Kumar Pradhan, Rishav Gandhar Narzary, Sajad Hamdani, Sajal Kaity, Sanatan Saha and Shekhar Baran Karmakar. Till December 31 at Oxford Bookstore, Park Street; 11 am - 9 pm: Colour, Life and Beyond, an exhibition of paintings by Rupa Mitra. Till December 31 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, 9831005003, 65508418; 10.30 am - 6.30 pm: Rhetorical Dreams — an exhibition of the works by well-known artists. Till December 31 at Emami Chisel Art Pvt. Ltd, Ground & First floor galleries; 11 am - 7 pm: Unravelling Sweden, an exhibition of artworks by artists from Sweden. Till December 31 at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, 24653212; 11 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of Iranian contemporary art. Till December 31 at ECA Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Sadek Ali. Till January 2 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12-F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: A group exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Eight. Till January 4 at Gallery 33, 33 Shakespeare Sarani; 10 am - 8 pm: An exhibition of recent paintings by Babita Das. Till January 5 (except Sunday) at Gallery Nakshatra, 2/1 Outram Street; 11.30 am - 7.30 pm: Inner Quest — a group show by eminent artists of Bengal. Till January 8 (except Sunday) at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road, 4001 2289 / 2463 0465; 12 noon - 7 pm: Experimenter presents the first ever showing of 2010 Turner Prize nominee, The Otolith Group. Till January 8 at Tejas Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, 9830049825: A group exhibition of small format artworks. Till January 11 (except Sundays) at Gallery Image Kraft, 56/E, Block D, New Alipore, 32567425; 11 am - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by renowned contemporary Bengal painters. Till January 15 (except Sundays) at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani, 2290 2274; 11 am - 7 pm, Monday: 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of recent works by Dipak Banerjee. Till January 16 (except Mondays) at Shree Art Gallery, 11 Gurusaday Road, Kusum Apartment, Flat no. 61, 30222040; 3 pm - 7 pm: A group exhibition of paintings.

DRAMA

December 30 at Minerva Theatre; 6 pm: Beadon Street Subham, a children’s group theatre, presents two plays, Ki Korey Bujhbo and Jakhan Dakghar Aachhe Amal Nei. Till December 30 at Bijon Theatre; 6.30 pm: Shohan presents 8th Desh-Bidesher Natya Mela, dedicated to Tagore. Today: Dakshineswar Komal Gandhar will stage Chandalika, directed by Murari Mukhopadhyay; and Radhanagar Darpan will stage Sadharan Meye, directed by Kishore Moitra. Till December 31: The 13th Ganga Jamuna Natya Utsav organised by Aneek. Today at Madhusudan Mancha, 6.30 pm: Raktokarabi (dir:Gautanm Haldar, filmmaker) by Purba Paschim. December 30 at Gyan Manch; 7 pm: salt Lake Monirath presents Antigone, directed by Santanu Bose.

PERFORMING ARTS

Till December 31 at Victoria Memorial Hall; 3 pm - 4.30 pm: Music for the Festive Season. Performed live by Calcutta Chamber Orchestra. December 30 at Sisir Mancha; 5.30 pm: Baikali presents a solo recital of Tagore songs by Dr Kakoli Ghosh and a dance-music programme, Loinu Sharan. December 30 at Kala Mandir; 6 pm: Tagore songs by Rajeshwar Bhattacharya, Mohan Singh, Dr Ananda Gupta and others. December 30 at Star Theatre; 6.30 pm: The concluding evening of Star Utsab 2010 features Bangla Band Live — a performance by Reshad from Bangladesh.

STORY-TELLING

December 30 at Oxford Junior Bookstore, Park Street; 11 am - 1 pm: A story-telling session for children (7 yrs to 13 yrs) by Arpita Chatterjee, eminent musician, writer and teacher.

TALK

December 30 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 5.50 pm: Swami Vamanananda will speak on Message of the Gita and Modern Society. December 30 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Prof. Pradyot Kumar Mukhopadhyay will speak in Bengali on Dharma, Darshan O Vijnan. December 30 at Ramakrishna Mancha, Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda’s Ancestral House and Cultural Centre, 3 Gour Mohan Mukherjee Street; 6.30 pm: Reading from the Life of Swami Shivanandaji Maharaj by Swami Niyatatmananda. December 30 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math; 7 pm: Parimalkanti Das will speak on Sri Sri Mayer Katha.

EXHIBITION

Till December 30 at Banquet Hall, 16/2 Gariahat Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Sparsh organises end-of-season exhibition of designer saris, kurtis, tupperware, gift items, home decor, etc. Till December 31 at Jain House, 8/1 Esplanade East, 9831604270; 11.30 am - 7 pm: Spinning dreams and weaving spells of handwoven, block printed saris and dupattas, from the looms of Andhra Pradesh, Bengal and Indore in the blends of Eri Gicha, Munga and dupion in myriad winter hues. Reviving the dying art of handloom weaving in India with Queens of Textile Silks is the concept of the exhibition by Sujata Sarawgi. Till December 31 at Finesse, 11/1B New Road: Handwoven, block-printed saris from the looms of India in vibrant winter colours from Madhya Pradesh, Bengal and Bihar. Till December 31 at Kreasions, 141/1-A Rashbehari Avenue, 98361 46239: Exhibition of kantha, Gujarati, Parsi, Ari Kashmiri, Kathiwar saris, suits, stoles, wrapper skirts, tops, mekhlas and gents kurtas in crepe, tussar, silk, chanderi and maheswari. Till December 31 at Bidhannagar Mela Ground; 11 am - 9 pm: Children’s Book Fair. Till December 31at all Starmark stores; 11 am - 9 pm: Children’s book exhibition with special offers and special promotion of Lonely Planet publications. Till December 31 at Verandah, 75A Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road, 9830329179; 10.30 am - 7 pm: A display of Christmas decorative items. Till January 3 at BE 97 Salt Lake City, near Kwality bus stop; 11 am - 8.30 pm: An exhibition of hand-crafted Christmas lamps made of thread, paper, tree bark, bamboo, etc.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

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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