'Celebrating Tagore'- A Tribute Paid To Rabindranath Tagore By The Times Of India Group

“CELEBRATING TAGORE”- a concert organized by The Times Of India at Netaji Indoor Stadium yesterday evening as a tribute to TAGORE,once again  proved that how timeless and modern Tagore is and his creations are.

The program was divided into 3 segments. The first segment ‘K TUMI’ shows the relationship between Tagore and his sister-in-law Kadambari Devi,which was interprted by the evergreen Soumitra Chatterjee (as Rabindranath Tagore) and the beautiful charming Sharmila Tagore (as Kadambari Debi).They were accompanied in songs of Tagore by the power voice of Lopamudra Mitra and the new charming Parama Bannerjee. Songs like ‘eki labonye purno pran’,’ektuku choya lage’,’tumi kamon kore gan koro he guni’ mingled with the poetry’s of Soumitra Chatterjee and the beautiful narration by Sharmila Tagore touched the heart of thousands of audience in the stadium.

      The second segment had the performance of the melodious Shreya Ghoshal,who played her tribute to Tagore by songs like ‘fule fule dhole dhole’ (the track which was used in Parineeta),’j raat e mor duar guli vanglo jhore’,’pagla hawa’,’eki labonye purno pran’. Later she also sang her popular numbers,like ‘jao pakhi bolo’,’megher palok chader nolok’,'yea ishq haen','Rab ne bana di jodi' some of which was requested by the audience.As always her voice spreads its charm in the auditorium. But Sometimes her broken Bengali accent was very surprising.

    The third and the final segment had a very good concept,where our full national anthem (which is of five stanza) was shown audio visually in the screen and the whole auditorium stood up and shown their utter respect to both,Tagore and Mother India.It was really a moment of pride.This also ended the concert in a high note.

    Such beautiful performances  by some high profile performers,the presence of few high profile personalities,like sports minister Madan Mitra,Maor Sobhon Chatterjee,MLA Boby Hakim,Harsh Naotio, the concept of only 'Bengal' was really a perfect dish to serve to the audience and satisfy them.A huge credit goes to the Times Of India team for organizing such a beautiful program on Tagore.Yet a questions arises  that why the first segment ‘K tumi” which interpretted the love and bonding between Tagore and Kadambari Debi was selected as the theme of ‘Celebration Of Tagore’? Is this the topic to give tribute to Tagore? Is it the thing for celebration?