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Making a mockery of true love and romance as popularised in fiction, Choopkatha?s production, Mrs. Soriano, is a satirical comedy that clearly exposes male hypocrisy in matters pertaining to marriage. Full of ironical humour, the play focuses on certain social mores that govern human character. A contemporary take-off on 17th century Jonsonian comedies, it subtly criticises the patriarchal social structure which leaves women with little or no means to lead their lives in an independent, dignified manner. The Bengali adaptation of Eduardo de Filippo's Filumena Marturano, it tells the story of Filumena, mistress and housekeeper to wealthy Domenico Soriano for 25 years. When she learns that he intends to marry a young, socially-acceptable girl, Filumena pretends to be dying and tricks Soriano into marrying her. But, no sooner than the ceremony is over, the truth is revealed and Soriano is left with no choice but to accept Filumena as his wife. Acting and direction: Dolly Basu.
Event: Play in Bengali, Mrs. Soriano, produced by Choopkatha
When: Today and tomorrow at 6.30 pm
Where: Madhusudan Mancha (today); Academy of Fine Arts (tomorrow)
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Art
Till January 31 at Gallery Katayun, 4A Auckland Square, Flat 21; 3 pm - 7.30 pm: Small Is Beautiful ? a group exhibition of the works of eminent artists.
Till January 31 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: The Pageant of Life ? an exhibition of Indian art and sculpture by renowned artists.
Till January 31 at Gaganendra Pardarsasala, 1st floor; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Arpita Sengupta.
Till January 31 at Arts & Ideas Designshop, UZ 213 Swabhumi; 12 noon - 8.30 pm: Arts & Ideas presents Down to Earth, an exhibition of Bengali pottery. Participants: Arun Mukhoty, Gourab Malakar, Manik Das, Manoj Kumar Das, Mousumi Roy, Payel Sarkar, Partha Dasgupta, Soumen Basu and Tanmoy Das.
January 31 - February 4 at Bani Chakra, 95/1A Rash Behari Avenue, 10 am - 8 pm: The 12th annual art exhibition of Bani Chakra. Inauguration today at 4 pm.
January 31 - February 11 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of the latest canvases of Baniprosonno.
Till February 4 at CIMA Gallery; 3 pm - 7 pm (Monday), 2 pm - 7 pm (Tuesday to Saturday): An Enchanted Space - the private world of Ganesh Pyne.
Till February 6 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street: An exhibition of paintings and sculpture by Bijay Basak and Sujit Kumar Karan.
Till February 14 at Space Circle, VIP Road: Saniya Sharma?s abstract art exhibition featuring oils, water colours, India ink, acrylic and mixed media on canvas and paper.
DRAMA
January 31 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Sayak presents Saanjhbela. Direction: Meghnad Bhattacharya.
January 31 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Blind Opera presents Tagore?s Raktakarabi. Direction: Suvasis Gangopadhyay.
February 1 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Choopkatha presents Mrs. Soriano. Direction: Dolly Basu.
February 4 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandipat will stage its latest production Ballavpurer Roopkatha. Drama: Badal Sarkar. Direction: Prakash Bhattacharya.
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 6.15 pm: Vocal recital by Smt. S. Sowmya.
January 31 at Swabhumi; 6 pm: An evening of creative dance by Sunways Dance Troupe.
February 1 at Sisir Mancha; 6 pm: Pratiksha presents a solo recital of Tagore songs by Arpita Bandyopadhyay.
February 1 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: In celebration of the birth anniversary of tabla maestro Ustad Keramatullah Khan, Rhythms and Connections presents a santoor recital by Pt. Tarun Bhattacharya accompanied by Abhijit Banerjee on the tabla and a Kathak performance by Sujanya Debnath accompanied by Prosenjit Poddar (tabla) and Srilekha Mukherjee (bole paran).
February 2 at Gyan Manch; 6.30 pm: Uma Memorial Kalalayam presents a Bharata Natyam recital by Chitraparna Saha, disciple of Kalamandalam Venkitt.
February 3 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 7 pm: Sangeet Ashram presents a sitar recital by Kushal Das, accompanied by Kumar Bose (tabla).
PHOTOGRAPHS
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.
panel discussion
February 3 at Gyan Manch; 5 pm - 8 pm: The fourth annual meet of Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) - Bengal Chapter features a panel discussion on Media, War & Conflict: Will the Media in South Asia Give Peace a Chance? Panelists: Manisha Aryal (Nepal), Mariam Rawi (Afghanistan), Rehana Hakim (Pakistan), Sharmini Boyle (Sri Lanka), Sumi Khan (Bangladesh) and Urvashi Butalia (India). Chairperson: Kalpana Sharma.
TALK
January 31 at Gurudas College campus; 1 pm: Prof. Romila Thapar will deliver the inaugural Gurudas Banerjee Memorial Lecture on Changing Interpretation of Early Indian History.
January 31 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Sarvabhutananda will speak in Hindi on Bhagavad-Gita.
exhibition
January 31 - February 15 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street: An exhibition of hand-knotted silk and woollen carpets, wedding bed-covers, cushion covers, pashmina stoles, shawls, tafta and rugs.
BOOK launch
January 31 at Oxford Bookstore; 5 pm: Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi releases Gautam Chakravarty?s English translation of Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay?s Bengali novel Kapalakundala.
BOOKS
Till January 31 at the Seagull Bookstore, 31A S.P. Mukherjee Road; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: A display of a wide range of imported titles.
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