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Entertainment Report

To celebrate the 147th birth anniversary of Noble Laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore, Chhayanaut organised a musical soiree "Rabindra Jayanti- 1415" at the Shawkat Osman Memorial Auditorium, Central Public Library on May 12.

Chhayanaut holds special programmes to mark birth and death anniversaries of Tagore every year.

The programme started at 7 pm. Young theatre activist Zoglul Alam, who passed away recently, was remembered at the programme.

The musical programme opened with a chorus of the Tagore song Prothom juger udoy digongoney by members of Chhayanaut.

Aditi Mohsin rendered 'Shudhu Tomar Bani’, followed by Ashim Dutta's performance of 'Jogotey Anondo Jagney’. Ilora Ahmed Shukla sang 'Jotokhon Tumi Amaye’. Shaikat Mukherji rendered 'Aporup Tomar Bani’.

Other artistes who performed at the programme included Atikur Rahman, Shormishtha Sarkar, Satyam Dev Nath, Nilufar Jahan, Nirjhor Chowdhury, Mahmuda Khatun, Shahed Imam, Mrittika Shohita and Mita Haque. The programme wrapped up with a rendition of the National Anthem.