Gaanmela

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Abhigyan has been successfully organizing Swalpasruto Rabindrasangeet-er Aashor for three consecutive years. Kudos to Agnibha Banerjee for conceptualizing a soiree where the Tagoreans find a welcome respite from singing the ‘over heard’ numbers. This years programme witnessed a jampacked Madhusudan Mancha and Lopamudra Mitra took over as the first artiste of the evening belting out rare songs like,`Shara borosh dekhi ney’,`Ja hariye jay’,`Amareo koro marjona’—–Lopamudra was not at ease with the songs except for the last one,missing rhythm in one of the songs.

Srikanta Acharya’s choice of songs like, Jagey natho jochonaraatey (set to dhamar taal), Aji nahi nahi nidra, Oi pohailo timiroraati (Alaiya Vilaval) was incongruent with the theme of the soiree. His forte was however evident in ‘Alokey kushumo na diyo’.

Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta came saw and conquered—–a complete singer,with an enviable range and an astounding dexterity in emoting the songs, Swagatalashmi enthralled the listeners in her renditions like, Shomoy karo jey nai, Shei to boshonto,a nd Lukiye asho (sung in memory of the late Vikram Singh).

Srabani Sen’s effortless presentation of rare numbers like, Jey phul jhorey (set to raag purabi), Modhuro milon (set to two rhythms), Boney emon phul phutechey, was a treat for the Tagoreans. She concluded her recital with a soulful O gaan aar gash ney.

Subrata Sengupta was pompous with his baritone rendition of Aji shanjher jamunay, and some other numbers which paled into insignificance as Agnibha, rendered classical based Horoshey Jago, Ek phaguner gaan and the romantic Momo joubononikunjey.