Event Index

From Kerala: Gayatri Ramachandran, who besides being a painter, is ALSO an architect, cartoonist, writer and movie director, is exhibiting his paintings at Mahalsa Art Gallery. Till May 17, 1997. Time: 11.00 am to 8.00 pm.

The Best Laughs: Devendra Pem’s hugely successful comedy All The Best IS being staged in Hindi at Tata Theatre, NCPA. Time: 6.30 pm.

Friday

Flowing Creative: A chauraha session, on river as a creative theme, WILL be conducted by Anjan Ray and Girish Shahane. They will talk about creative output in literature, visual arts and music which has been inspired by the river. At Audio Visual room, NCPA. Time: 6.30 pm.

Saturday

Doctored: Bharat Dabholkar presents another play on the lines of his Bottoms Up series, Mind Your Stethoscope. The play is situated in a hospital and the cast includes Vijoo Khote, Vihang Nayak, Kishore Pradhan and Mohan Azad. At Tata Theatre, NCPA. Time: 6.30 pm.

Shakespearewallah: Bhupendra Deshmukh has directed Shakespeare’s Midsummer’s Night Dream in Hindi. Called Basant Ki Raat Mein, it stars Shiv Subramaniam, Divya Jagdale, Nitesh Pande and Suruchi Aulakh among others. Today and tomorrow at Experimental Theatre, NCPA. Time: 6.30 pm.

Calling a bluff: Pratibimb presents a Gujarati comedy play, Phek Bhai Phek, written and directed by Nitin Desai. It stars Nitin Desai, Alpana Chhel, Amar Babria and Tejal Shah. The music is by Jitendra Kalayni and lyrics by Pinakin Thaker.

Sunday

Will to fight: A Gujarati play, Revati, tells the story of a woman’s fight who unearths a scandal that involves the social and legal machinery. Directed by Arvind Vaidya and written by Supriya Sarwate, it stars Mukesh Raval and Meghana. At Tata Theatre, NCPA. Time: 6.30 pm.

Ego Tussles: Harin Thaker and Vandana Jhaveri present a Gujarati play, Abhimaan. A social drama, it is the story of the conflict between an egoist daughter-in-law, played by Zankhana Desai and her warm-hearted mother-in-law, played by Kalpana Diwan. At Birla Keeda Kendra, Chowpatty. Time: 7.45 pm.

Musical Chairs: Hosi Vasunia and Meher and Nosherwan Jehangir have produced an English Comedy, Don’t Dress for Dinner. At St Andrews, Bandra. Time: 7.30 pm.

Evil Obsession: Mudra Productions presents Savita Damodar Paranjape, a Gujarati play originally written by Shekhar Tamhane, adapted by Ashish Kapadia and directed by Sarita. Starring Ketki Dave, Rasik Dave and Rajiv Mehta, it tells the story of obsessive love. It reflects on the dark side of love and throws light on the possibilities of after-life. At Bhaidas, Parel. Time: 7.45 pm.

Mom’s Day Out: The Oberoi Hotel is celebrating Mother’s Day by offering special rates at five restaurants — Casa Mexicana, The Outrigger, Kandhar, La Rotisserie and La Brasserie. The pastry shop will offer special confectionery hampers on sale and women will receive special gifts, co-sponsored by Bombay Store. For details, contact Vipul Bondal at 2852262.

Wednesday

Classical Music

: A V Raja, who belongs to the Seni-Beenkar gharana of Maihar and has trained under Pt Ravi Shankar, will present a sitar recital. At Little Theatre, NCPA. Time: 6.30 pm.

Kidscape: Shivalik Arts has organised summer camps for children between 9 to 14 years, called Kaleidoscope at Nehru Planetarium. The TV Media workshop will be conducted by Nandu Ghanekar with others. From: May 20 to June 2, 1997. Time: 10.00 am to 1.00 pm. For details contact: Draupadi Rohera at 4930494 between 8.00 am to 10.30 am.