City of Joy to host an evening of Rabindra Sangeet

Veteran Rabindra Sangeet exponent Dipak Rudra and noted elocutionist Jagannath and Urmimala Basu will take part in a programme at Rabindra Sadan to pay homage to Rabindranath Tagore on the eve of his 158th birth anniversary.

The programme, which will be held on May 3, will also celebrate the 20th anniversary of Bhavna Cassettes and Records. There will be 32 singers, elocutionists, and instrumentalists who will take part in the grand show.

Along with the well-known Rabindra Sangeet exponents including Jayati Chakraborty, Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta, Sraboni Sen, and Monomoy Bhattacharya, veteran elocutionists Pradip Ghosh and Pankaj Saha will also be present at the event.

Popular names like Sreya Guha Thakurata, Anindya Narayan Biswas and Arindam Ganguly will also mark their presence. Elocutionists Jagannath and Urmimala Basu will recite Tagore's poems along with Srijato and Bijaylakshmi Barman.

At the event, Manoj and Manisha, and Agnibho Bandyopadhyay will sing Tagore's songs. Mother and daughter Chadrabali Rudra Dutta and Deepaboli will also present their songs at the event. The programme will start at 6 pm.

The interesting part of the programme is that it will present Rabindrasangeet exponents from different generations. There will be instrumentalists who will play tunes of Tagore's songs.

The event is being organised to attract young singers and musicians, who have developed a love for Tagore's songs and music. The popularity of Tagore songs is ever increasing. In many documentaries and feature films made by young directors and music directors, songs of Tagore have been used with modern instruments like drums, saxophone among others.