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Doyens of literature, music, art and theatre like Shakespeare and Tagore, R.D. Burman and Ramgopal Verma, as well as other lesser-known figures of popular entertainment in their time, come together in Swapnasuchana’s latest production, Hemlat — The Prince of Garanhata. A play that takes Shakespeare’s Hamlet and places it in the present milieu, it is a criticism of the extreme nonchalance and destructive character of the present generation. As in the original, the protagonist’s father, Sadhan, has been murdered by his uncle, Kadu. Kadu, who now lives with Hemlat’s mother, Manorama, runs a catering business and is trying to sell the family home to promoters. Other residents of Garanhata are Hemlat’s childhood love, Shefalia, her drunkard father, Paul, the local councillor, Sukhen and a host of other characters who are awaiting the dawn of a new day. The plot thickens when the ghost of Hemlat’s father suddenly appears, and events rush on to their inevitable end. Drama, direction and acting: Bratya Basu.
Event: Play in Bengali, Hemlat — The Prince of Garanhata, produced by Swapnasuchana
When: Today at 6.30 pm
Where: Girish Mancha
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art
August 18 - August 27 at Samokal Art Gallery, 23 Gariahat Road, 1st floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: Young Contemporaries, paintings by young artists. Inauguration this evening at 6.
Till August 18 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: 7 Perspectives, paintings by a group of artists.
Till August 19 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery & West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Annual art exhibition by members of Contrivance.
Till August 19 at G.C. Laha Centenary Fine Arts Gallery; 1 pm - 7 pm: Monsoon Collection, paintings by artists from Bengal.
Till August 20 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 2 pm - 8 pm: Reflection of Another Day (RAD) presents Aranya 2006, an exhibition of paintings, graphics and sculptures.
Till August 24 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Indrani Sengupta.
Till August 26 (weekdays only) at Masters Collection Art Gallery, G7 Malayalay Apts, 3 Woodburn Park Road; 11 am - 7 pm: New Horizons, paintings by 25 emerging artists of Bengal.
Till August 27 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A Hungerford Street, 1st floor; 3 pm - 7 pm: Shilpakriti, sculptures by Satish Gujral, Uma Siddhanta, Bipin Goswami and other well-known artists.
Till August 27 at Charnock City, KB 26 Salt Lake; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings and sculptures by eminent artists.
Till August 31 at Gallery Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindustan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: New Works, paintings by talented, young artists.
drama
August 18 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Anya Pesha Natya Nesha and Kuhak present Sesh Anker Sheshe.
August 18 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Durgadas Smriti Sangha presents Tagore’s Chirokumar Sabha. Director: Tirthankar Chattopadhyay.
August 19 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Theatron presents Shey. Direction: Saswati Biswas.
August 19 at University Institute Hall, College Square; 6 pm: The anniversary programme of Sambhunath Mukherjee Institute of Cancer features the Natasena production, Gorur Garir Headlight.
August 19 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6.30 pm: Sanskriti Sagar presents a mono-act musical play in Hindi Vivekanand. Written, composed and acted by Shekhar Sen.
August 20 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Sanglap Calcutta presents its latest production, Astoraag. Direction: Kuntal Mukhopadhyay.
August 20 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre; 6.30 pm: Padatik and Brainchild Theatre present the Hindi play, Thaneer Thaneer. Design and direction: Kunal Padhi.
performing arts
August 18 at Tapan Theatre; 6 pm: Surangama celebrates its anniversary with a performance of Tagore’s dance-drama, Chitrangada, by its students.
August 18 at Max Mueller Bhavan; 6.30 pm: This Is Not Fusion, music concert by Amit Chaudhuri and other musicians, along with discussions with audio clips and visuals by Amit Chaudhuri and Prof Ananda Lal.
August 18 at Calcutta School of Music; 7 pm: Ajoy Ray presents an audio-visual programme on bebop symbol Charlie Parker, for the Jazz Listeners’ Forum.
August 19 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre; 6.30 pm: Padatik Dance Centre presents Madhumita Roy and her troupe in a Kathak dance recital.
August 19 at Calcutta School of Music, Sandré Hall; 7 pm: Evening of Easy Listening, a programme of light western classical music and Latin-tinged jazz. Participants: Shashi Puri (piano), Debabrata Mitra (piano/keyboard), Debashish Banerjee (drums), Mainak Nag Chaudhuri (bass), Deboprotim Baksi (percussions) and Ananya Biswas (vocals).
talk
August 18 at The Asiatic Society, Humayun Kabir Hall; 4 pm: Prof D.N. Jha will deliver a lecture in observance of the centenary of Prof Kalikinkar Datta on Destereotyping Hinduism.
August 18 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Sugata Bose will speak in Bengali on Netaji Subhas Chandra O Azad Hind Andolan.
August 18 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19 A&B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Dr Sasanka Bhusan Bandyopadhyay will speak on Svetasvatara Upanishad.
exhibition
August 18 & August 19 at Nari Seva Sangha, Jodhpur Park; 12 noon - 7.30 pm: Mahila Sanskritik Sammelan hosts an exhibition-cum-sale of items made by women.
August 18 - August 21 at 169 Sarat Bose Road; 11 am - 7.30 pm: Nupur’s Boutique presents an exhibition of cotton, silk, crepe, chiffon and organza sarees in madhubani, kalamkari, block and batik prints.
competition
August 18 at Kala Mandir; 6.30 pm: Padatik’s Dance Carnival ’06, a western dance competition involving 1200 students. Showcasing salsa, bollywood style, jazz and more, along with 60 songs.
foundation day
August 18 at CMC House; 7 pm: Calcutta Medical Club celebrates its 106th foundation day.
entertainment
August 19 at Tollygunge Club main lawns; 8 pm onwards: The Tolly Monsoon Bash, a monsoon carnival featuring DJ Akash, DJ Jimmy Tangree, VJ Archana, the Challengers dance group and Indi-pop singer Preety Bhalla.
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