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Exhibition by Tikendra Sahu and Sataban Sarkar
Till 2 May
Sahu’s works are a social commentary, sometimes poignant, sometimes tongue-in-cheek. Human relationships and interaction colour his work. His technique is multilayered—Sahu uses wood carving to get the blind emboss effect. There is a subtlety inherent in this technique as light has to fall on the paper at just the right angle in order to bring out the image. But his favourite medium is watercolour—it is transparent, but you need to look through the different layers to see what is hidden underneath. At Rightlines Gallery, No. 270, 1st Main, 1st Block, Defence Colony, 1st Stage, Indira Nagar (5272827).
Film
Secret Ballot
26 April
Theatre
Hayavadana
29 April
Hayavadana deals, simultaneously, with multiple stories, each of which subtly undercuts, complicates or provides a counterpoint to the others. Set within the folk tale and theatre traditions of India, the play’s main plot is taken from the ‘Kathasaritasagara’ through Thomas Mann’s reworking in ‘The Transposed Heads’. The main plot follows the fate of Devadatta and Kapila, a pair of friends and the former’s wife, Padmini. The subplot narrates the travails of a ‘horseman’ who desires incompleteness to completeness and achieves it in the end, but the whole story seems to be incomplete. The play speaks of the identity of individuals and other psychological, contemporary problems, themes and social issues. Written by Girish Karnad, it is directed by Mounesh L. Badeger, a young theatre enthusiast who graduated in dramatics. Badeger teaches theatre at the Bangalore Film and TV Institute. The music is by Gajanana Hegade. At Rangashankara (next to JP Nagar post office), 2nd phase, JP Nagar (9448082927).
Compiled by Pavitra Jayaraman
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