The name Rabindranath Tagore holds immense importance for the people of both India and Bangladesh. Artistes of both the Bengals make an occasion out of everything related to the Nobel Laureate. Marking the 73rd death anniversary of Tagore, a cultural programme has been jointly arranged by the Delvistaa Foundation of Bangladesh and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) at the Satyajit Ray Auditorium, Kolkata on Friday at 6:15pm.
The event is titled “Shudurer Piyashi” and from Bangladesh, featuring artistes are Shwapnil Shojib, Samiul Islam Pollock, Asha Hossain, Puja Sengupta, Mustapha Khalid Palash. On the other hand, artistes from West Bengal features Imran Chakraborty, Bappa Chatterjee, Raktim Goswami and dance troupe Nrittolok.
In conversation with the Dhaka Tribune, Mustapha Khalid Palash said: “The event is being held in Kolkata because we were invited to jointly arrange the programme with ICCR as we at the Delvistaa foundation are all Tagore enthusiasts.”
So far, the Delvistaa foundation has released 14 Tagore albums of artistes such as Sazia Islam, Rezaur Rahman, Mustapha Khalid Palash, Shreya Guho Thakurata, Shom Chatterjee, Nandini, Rimi Biswas and others. In mid September this year, the foundation will be releasing four albums of Tagore simultaneously in Koltaka and Dhaka. One of the album is titled “Nayok Robi” and participating artistes include Ranjan Bandyopadhyay, Rimi Biswas, Mustapha Khalid Palash and others. The titles of the remaining solo albums of Sazia Islam, Palash and Rezaur Rahman are yet to be decided.
