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Theatre is a potent vehicle of social reform. As such, people involved in it are considered to be socially conscious and responsible citizens. Ek Rasik Doubarik, however, raises an important question regarding the morality of those supposed to lead by example. Tragedy strikes the village of Abinashpur, when Balai, a local youth, is killed by anti-socials at the venue of the performance of a play by Anyamanan, a popular theatre group from Calcutta. Naturally, the performance is abandoned midway and the group heads back to the city. A year later, the group is again asked to stage the same play on Balai?s death anniversary. But, on that very day, it has been invited to perform at the prestigious national drama festival in Delhi and is sure of winning national accolades. Subhajit Sengupta, its leader, is now faced with a dilemma between professional success and humane obligation. Drama and direction: Ramaprosad Banik.
Event: Play in Bengali, Ek Rasik Doubarik, produced by Barasat Anusilani
When: Today at 6 pm
Where: Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB-201 Salt Lake
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performing arts
May 4 at Rabindra Sadan; 5.30 pm: To celebrate its foundation day, Bhavna Records and Cassettes presents Kavipranam featuring Achin Mukherjee, Anasuya Chakraborty, Abhirup Guhathakurta, Indrani Bhattacharjee, Uday Bhaduri, Urmimala Basu, Urmi Guha, Riddhi Chatterjee, Gouri Ghosh, Chandrabali Rudra, Jagannath Basu, Tania Das, Dipak Rudra, Debashis Basu, Pabitra Sarkar, Pubali Debnath, Partha Ghosh, Barin Roy, Vikram Singh, Violin Brothers, Mohan Singh, Manoj Murali Nair, Manisha Murali Nair, Rokeya Roy, Rajeshwar Bhattacharya, Rajasree Bhattacharya, Rakhi Sarkar, Shibani Kundu, Shikha Pal, Srobona Bhattacharya, Shukti Lahiri, Subrata Sengupta, Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta, Subir Banerjee and Swapan Basu.
May 6 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, in association with Shakhri Begum Memorial Trust, presents Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma (santoor) and Ustad Rashid Khan (vocal).
May 7 at Calcutta Rowing Club; 8 pm: Romancing Silhouettes..., presenting the eternal lover in Tagore. To be sketched by veteran performers like Chaiti Ghosal, Bijoylakshmi Burman, Sudipta Chakraborty, Sudipa Basu, Sahana Chatterjee, Vikram Iyengar and Pramita Mullick. Concept and direction: Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee.
Art
Till May 5 at The Palladian Lounge, Third Level, 6 N.S. Road; 10 am - 8 pm: Art For Giving, featuring works of over 30 artists like Suhas Roy, Kartick Pyne, Shyamal Dutta Roy, Wasim Kapoor, Partha Bhattacharya and legendary master sculptors Ramkinkar Baij and Suren De.
Till May 6 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Museum & Art Gallery: Tradition & Continuity in the Bengal School of Painting, an exhibition by celebrated masters of the 20th century and veteran, contemporary and young artists.
Till May 6 at Samokal Art Gallery, 23 Gariahat Road, 1st floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: Graphic paintings by a group of artists.
Till May 7 at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park; 3 pm - 8 pm: Drawing show by Paritosh Sen, along with limited edition serigraph prints signed by the artist.
Till May 7 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: Second exhibition by Trayee, a group of young artists.
Till May 8 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: Frames of Memories, paintings by Arya Chandra Choudhury.
drama
May 4 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Anya Theatre presents Nakchhabita. Dir: Bibhas Chakraborty.
May 5 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm & May 7 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Nandipat presents its latest production, Ramanimohan. Dir: Prakash Bhattacharya.
May 6 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Ajantrik presents Pratham Paath. Drama and direction: Ramaprosad Banik.
May 6 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Samikshan presents Manmoyee Girls School. Dir: Pankaj Munshi.
May 7 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Shohan presents Utpal Dutt?s Megh. Dir: Anish Ghosh.
talk
May 4 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Sarvabhutananda will speak in Hindi on Sri Sri Narada Pancharatnam.
May 4 at Indian Association of Special Libraries & Information Centres, P291 CIT Scheme, #6M Kankurgachhi; 6.30 pm: Namita Dutta will deliver a lecture on CSIR E-Journals Consortia: Electronic Access to Journals at CGCRI Library.
May 4 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math; 7 pm: Swami Samshuddhananda will speak in Bengali on Srimad-Bhagavad.
May 4 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7 pm: Dr. Bhupendranath Sil will discourse on Anantaswarupinim Ma Sarada.
book launch
May 4 at Oxford Bookstore; 6 pm: Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi will release Eye in the Jungle, the commemorative edition of a book of photographs and writings by legendary photographer M. Krishnan.
exhibition
May 4 - 6 at Kanishka?s, 2/1 Hindustan Road; 10.30 am - 8 pm: Suti ? hand-woven cotton saris & dress materials sourced from master weavers from across the country.
Till May 5 at 10 Gurusaday Road, 1D Ajanta Apts; 11 am - 8 pm: Exhibition of silver jewellery in Turkish designs, bold gold, Victorian and kundan shoulder dusters.
film show
Till May 9 at Nandan II: Football As Never Before (dir: Hellmuth Costard; 4 pm) & The Eleven Devils (dir: Zoltan Corda; 6 pm)
Till May 6 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S. P. Mukherjee Road; 3 pm onwards: Travelling Film South Asia 2006, 15 outstanding documentaries from the subcontinent. Today: Continuous Journey (dir: Ali Kazmi); Teardrops of Karnaphuli (dir: Tanvir Mokammel) and The Legend of Fat Mama (dir: Rafeeq Ellias).
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