A Bergman classic Being screened this evening as part of Bergman Evenings with Samik Bandyopadhyay, is Fanny and Alexander, perhaps, one of the filmmaker’s most successful works. Steering away from the pain, neuroses and heavy metaphysical questions showcased in his earlier films, Bergman created Fanny and Alexander (a scene from the film appears right) based on his childhood memories of the turn of the 20th century. It begins with the Ekdahl family’s Christmas celebration, their large home serving as the meeting place for a merry celebration by family members and servants. Ten-year-old Alexander’s charmed life is suddenly shattered when his actor-manager father suffers a heart attack and dies, leaving the widow to be calmed by an understanding bishop whom she eventually marries. She takes her two children, Fanny and Alexander, away from their warm family into the cold, strict world of the clergyman. Not only does Bergman manage to capture in the film the flavour and atmosphere of a Swedish town of 1907, he expertly reveals events as seen through the eyes of a child and, without any wordy dissertations on doctrines, makes a powerful statement against religious zealotry. A magical movie, it is likely to be one of the major reasons for which Bergman will be most remembered. lEvent: Film screening as part of a retrospective of Ingmar Bergman’s films lWhen: Today at 6 pm lWhere: Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road

art

August 31 at The Park; 7 pm: Spandan Art Gallery and The Park Hotels present Art for Giving, an exhibition of paintings by Keshav Roy. Till August 31 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Exhibition of paintings by Aditya Basak, Atin Basak, Manoj Mitra, Sadhan Chakraborty and Swapan Kumar Das. Till September 1 at Chemould, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm; Saturday (10 am - 3 pm): An exhibition of paintings by Prasanna Chaudhuri and Utpal Dutta. Till September 2 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 7 pm: Riddle of Colours, an art exhibition by Prakrit Arts and Ayya Arts Galleries of Chennai. Featuring paintings by Douglas C, Santhana Raj A.P, Senathipathi M, Chippa Sudhakar, Baala R, and Athiveera Pandian T. Till September 2 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 7 pm: A group show by Ajay Majumder, Kshadip, Papia Majumder, Sasanka Ghosh, Soma Das, Sushanta Baral and Uday Chowdhary. Till September 3 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings, sculptures, drawings and graphics by Chitri-O-Bhaskar Gosthi. Till September 3 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: The third solo exhibition of paintings by Ranajit Haldar. Till September 5 (except Sunday) at Kanvas Art Gallery; 3 pm - 7 pm: Young Expression, paintings by young artists of Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan. Participants: Bhaskar Goswami, Ramu Das, Deepak Rajbhar, Tathagata Mukherjee, Swapna Biswas, Mirnmoy Debburman, Bilassendu Sil, Mahmud Hussain and Anirban Mitra. Till September 7 (except Sunday) at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park; 2 pm - 7 pm: Objects, Images, Spaces — a show of installations by Chhatrapati Dutta. Till September 8 at Gallery Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Dynamic Stillnes, an exhibition of paintings curated by Mrinal Ghosh. Participating artists include Anasuya Chakraborty, Anupam Das, Arun Bain, Bhaskar Aditya, Debashis Barui, Jayanta Kr Paul, Jayanta Roy, Manash Saha, Manasjit Datta, Pratap Chandra Chakraborty, Santanu Maity, Sekhar Baran Karmakar, Sourav Chatterjee, Sourav Jana and Sumana Ghosh. Till September 8 (except Sunday) at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 8 pm: The 17th anniversary show of paintings and sculptures by Sakti Burman, Jogen Chowdhury, Anjolie Ela Menon, Laxma Goud, Surya Prakash, Dipak Banerjee, Prabhakar Kolte, Partha Pratim Deb, Thota Vaikuntam, Shuvaprasanna, Tapas Konar, Jaya Ganguly, Shipra Bhattacharya, Jayasri Burman, Paresh Maity, Chandra Bhattacharya, Debabrata De, Tushar Kanti Das Roy, Srinivas Reddy, Samindranath Mazumdar, Rajeswara Rao and Partha Shaw. Till September 15 (except Sundays & public holidays) at CIMA Gallery; Mondays (3 pm - 7 pm), Tuesdays - Saturdays (2 pm - 7 pm): An exhibition of Jaya Ganguly’s works (1984 - 2007).

drama

August 31 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Tokolosh — Pancham Vaidic’s latest production, translated and directed by Arpita Ghosh. September 1 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Purba-Paschim’s latest production, Agnijal, a play by Girish Karnad. Translated and directed by Bibhas Chakraborty. September 1 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Ekush Shatak will stage Krishna Ranga. Drama and direction: Loknath Bandyapadhya. September 1 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Anya Theatre presents Akhono Kshudha. Direction: Ranjit Chakraborty. September 2 at Academy of Fine Arts; 10.30 am: Sudrak presents its latest production, Purbo Nirdharito. September 2 at Mukta Angan Rangalaya; 6.30 pm: Shouvanik presents Abalilakrome. Drama and direction: Bimal Bandopadhayay.

talk

August 31 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Swagatananda will speak in Bengali on Katha Upanishad. August 31 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Dr Sasanka Bhusan Bandyopadhyay will speak on Chandogya Upanishad. August 31 at Sandre Hall of The Calcutta School of Music; 7 pm: Dr Reimer Volker, director of Goethe-Instituit, Calcutta, will present an exploratory and explanatory talk on Difficult Music? Contemporary German Composers. This talk is a curtain raiser to the concert by the Signum Quartet from Germany on September 12.

PERFOrMING ARTS

September 1 at Purbashree, Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, Salt Lake; 6.30 pm: On the occasion of the 73rd birth anniversary of Dr Manjusri Chaki Sircar, Dancers’ Guild, in collaboration with Ranjabati Foundation Trust, presents an evening of Navanritya. September 1 at Sangeetanjali Kaksha (CF 339, Salt Lake); 6.15 pm: Darbari presents an evening of classical music featuring Atanu Mazumder (sitar), Ambarish Das (vocal) and Kumarjit Ganguly (tabla accompaniment).

FILM SHOW

Till September 1 at Max Mueller Bhavan Auditorium; 4.30 pm & 6.30 pm: Film retrospective: Helmut Käutner. August 31: Sky without Stars (Himmel ohne Sterne) 1955, b/w, 103 min, at 4.30 pm & The Captain from Köpenick (Der Hauptmann von Köpenick) 1956, col, 89 min, at 6.30 pm. September 1: The Affairs of Julie (Die Zürcher Verlobung) 1957, col, 101 min, at 4.30 pm & The Redhead (Die Rote) 1962, b/w, 90 min, at 6.30 pm. Till September 4 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 6 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents Bergman Evenings with Samik Bandyopadhyay, a retrospective featuring 11 of Bergman’s varied works. Film scholar Samik Bandyopadhyay will be present during each screening to share his readings and impressions on Bergman. Today: Fany and Alexander (1982; 188 min). August 31 at Gorky Sadan; 6 pm: Eisentein Cine Club presents the screening of the Marathi feature film, Vastupurush, directed by Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukhtankar.

GOLDEN JUBILEE

August 31 at Bangla Akademi Sabhaghar; 2 pm - 8 pm: Kavi Patra’s golden jubilee celebration features poetry reading by Alok Ranjan Dasgupta, Pranab Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Shyamal Kanti Das, Mridul Dasgupta and others; song by Krishna Roychowdhury; Kavi Patrer Adda featuring Amar Mitra, Sanjay Mukhopadhyay, Ravi Shankar Bal, Tapan Bandyopadhyay and others in the first half; followed by a programme of recitation featuring Partha Ghosh, Gouri Ghosh, Ishita Das Adhikari and Manasi Sen Bandyopadhyay; and potery-reading by Dibyendu Palit, Pramod Basu and others.

PHOTOGRAPHS

August 31 - September 3 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Tales from the Woods II, an exhibition of photographic images, celebrating nature and wildlife, by the members of SENSE.

EXHIBITION

Till August 31 at Weavers Studio, 5/1 Anil Moitra Road, # 24408937; 9.30 am - 6.30 pm: Khadi - 1947 to 2007, an exhibition of wearable textiles: saris, fabrics, classic garments inspired by khadi weavers from villages of Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat. Till August 31 at Darbari, P-249 Purna Das Road, #9831185193; 11 am - 8 pm: Darbari’s collection of crisp and full tunics, kurtis, skirts, dupattas, unstitched as well as readymade ensembles, and sarees, bags and silver accessories.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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