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Symbolising an important facet of the growing cultural relations between the European Union and India, the ongoing 12th European Union Film Festival comprises a bouquet of prestigious, award-winning films from the various member states of the Union. Today, the concluding day of the festival, features Summer with the Ghosts (dir: Bernd Neuburger, Austria; 1.45 pm) and The Death of Mr Lazarescu (dir: Cristi Puiu, Romania; 4.45 pm). The former is about the adventures of a boy and a girl who spend the summer with an elderly special-effects man and a troupe of eccentric ghosts. The latter (a scene from the film appears right) unfolds the crisis and confusion following the sudden illness of its eponymous protagonist. When Mr Lazarescu, a lonely widower, is taken ill, paramedics and neighbours who come to help, decide to take him to the hospital. However, what looked like a simple formality at first, turns into a terrible nightmare.
Event: 12th European Union Film Festival 2007 When: Till today; 1.45 pm and 4.45 pm Where: Nandan
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art
Till May 24 at Gaganendra Pradarsasala; 4 pm - 8 pm: Fourth Dimension presents its second exhibition of drawings and paintings. Participants: Sandip Das, Chandan Mukherjee, Babul Dey, Sankhajit Jana, Subrata Debnath and Indranil Banerjee.
Till May 25 at Gallery Nakshatra, 2/1 Outram Street; 12 noon - 7.30 pm: Abstract paintings by Arindam Chatterjee, Anwar, S. Harsha Vardhan, Nupur Kundu, Paresh Maity, Prakash Waghmare, Pradip Rakshit, Samir Aich, Sunil Dey, Subrata Kundu, Samindra Nath Majumdar and Samit Dey.
Till May 26 at Akar Prakar, P238 Hindustan Park; 2 pm - 7 pm: A show of recent works by Chandana Hore.
Till May 26 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Showcasing the works conceived and developed at the 2006 Gallery Sanskriti Maihar Workshop. Participating artists: Shuvaprasanna, Ashoke Mullick, Lalu Prasad Shaw, Suhas Roy, Dipali Bhattacharya, Suman Roy and Sipra Bhattacharya from Calcutta, and Sanjay Sawant, Vanita Gupta, Ashutosh Apte, Rajshree, Prakash Waghmare and Satish Wavbre from Bombay.
Till May 26 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm; Saturday (10 am - 3 pm): Harmony of Colours — paintings by Saroj Sarkar and Naba Chakrabarty.
Till May 27 at Gallery Kolkata, 2nd floor, Duckback House, 41 Shakespeare Sarani; 3 pm - 7.30 pm: Gallery Kolkata’s inaugural exhibition, Modern to Contemporary, showcases paintings and sculptures by eminent and upcoming artists from all over India.
Till May 27 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: Behala Fine Arts Society presents an exhibition of painting and sculpture. Participating artists: Amar Dey, Gautam Chowdhury, Jnanesh Sekar Ray, Kartick Chandra Das, Premangshu Mitra, Paritosh Das, Ranjit Kumar Sutar, Sudatta Basu Roy Chowdhury, Sanjib Narayan Dutta, Sanjit Halder, Samir Karmakar and Uma Almol.
Till May 27 at Taj Bengal (By the Way); 3 pm - 6 pm: Paintings by Samir Saha.
Till May 27 at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue; 2 pm - 7 pm: Symphony, a solo show by Kushal Mukherjee.
Till May 28 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: Annual exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Indian Society of Oriental Art.
Till May 28 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Reflection of Another Day (RAD) presents an exhibition of the works of its members Biplab Dutta, Chandan Sengupta, Maloy Chandan Saha, Nirban Ash, Sujit Ghosh, Sujit Saha and Suman Pal.
Till May 31 at Masters Collection Art Gallery, G7 Malayalay Apts, 3 Woodburn Park; 11 am - 7 pm (weekdays) & 3 pm - 7 pm (Sunday): Refined Strokes, an exhibition of paintings by Kartick Pyne, Prokash Karmakar, Sanat Kar, Suhas Roy, T. Vaikuntam, Shuvaprasanna, Samir Aich, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Sanatan Dinda, Sekhar Roy, Wasim Kapoor, Somenath Maity, Babu Xavier, Laxman Aelay, Samindranath Mazumdar, Atin Basak, Suman Roy, Bratin Khan and others.
Till May 31 at Silpi, 32B Judges Court Road; 1 pm - 8 pm: A solo show by Barun Simlai.
Till May 31 (Sunday by prior appointment only) at Gallery Katayun, Jassal House, 4A Auckland Square; 3.30 pm - 7.30 pm: The first solo exhibition of Souren Mitra’s paintings.
Till June 2 (except Sunday) at Gallery Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Rooted in Realism, an exhibition of paintings and drawings by Bhaskar Mukherjee.
Till June 12 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: Khela — new works on paper, canvas and enamel by Arunima Choudhury.
drama
May 24 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Howrah Dakshinayan presents Hawa Badal. Direction: Kunal Mukhopadhyay.
May 24 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Chokh presents Atahkim Mahayuddha. Drama & direction: Abhijit Kar Gupta.
May 24 and 26 at Gyan Manch; 7 pm: Neev presents Party, an Indian play in English. Direction: Udita Chakraborty.
May 25 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Ek Rasik Doubarik, a Barasat Anushilanee production, directed by Romaprasad Banik.
May 25 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Doubarik presents Ae Parabasey. Direction: Sarbadaman Som.
May 25 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.45 pm: Sandarbha presents Gahwar. Drama & direction: Soumitra Basu.
May 26 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sayak presents Dildar. Direction: Meghnad Bhattacharya.
May 26 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandipat presents its latest production, Kah. Drama: Ujjwal Chattopadhyay. Direction: Bimal Chakraborty.
May 27 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Andeek presents Dwitio Basanta. Direction: Malay Biswas.
May 27 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Bohurupee presents Pati-Paksha. Direction: Tarapada Mukhopadhyay.
May 27 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandipat presents its latest production, Kah. Drama: Ujjwal Chattopadhyay. Direction: Bimal Chakraborty.
May 27 at Mukta Angan Rangalaya; 6.30 pm: Shouvanik presents Abalilakrome. Drama & direction: Bimal Bandopadhayay.
PERFORMING ARTS
Till May 27 at Rathindra Mancha, Jorasanko Thakurbari; 5.30 pm: Rabindra Bharati Society presents Rabindra Janmotsav. Today: Songs by Swapna Ghosal, Dr Sreekumar Chattopadhyay and Debarati Shome, to be followed by O Mor Shishu Bholanath, a musical presentation by Rabi-Tirtha.
May 25 at Birla Academy; 6 pm: Bharatiya Sangeet Bhavan presents Rabindra-Nazrul Sandhya. Programme conducted by Manika Chakraborty Maitra.
May 25 at Calcutta School of Music; 6.30 pm: Opera evening with Crano de Bergerac, sung in French with English subtitles, about the multi-talented, great-hearted man with the nose, an AV evening presented by Thiri PoSaw.
May 25 at Aban Mahal (CLT); 6.30 pm: Brindar presents an evening of Kathak by the students of Debashree Bhattacharjee.
May 26 at Aikatan, Salt Lake; 5.30 pm: Unmesh presents Ekti Namaskare, a tribute to Tagore. Featuring readings and recitations from Tagore’s collections. To be presented by Urmimala Bose and Jagannath Bose.
talk
May 24 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Kana Chatterjee will speak in Bengali on Srimad Bhagavate Jnan O Bhaktir Samanvaya.
May 24 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7 pm: Swami Vamanananda will speak on How the Teachings of Gita can be Practised in Daily Life.
SEMINAR
May 24 at Kala Mandir; 11 am: Arena Animation hosts a seminar, Animation in India: Future & Careers.
QUIZ
May 27 at Pragyananda Bhavan, Moulali; 10 am: Mahaquizzer, a written general individual quiz. Details with Gautam Ghosh (#9830044093) or Souvik Basu (#9831445329) or at gautam08@gmail.com
EXHIBITION
Till May 28 at Soumya’s Creation, 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road: Linen & Things, an exhibition of home linen and 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
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;
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