Speaking of Last year....

Kono ak advut Mayabi Shiter Sakal-ey ghum bhanglo... Saturday Chhilo... Ghum Chokhe armora bhenge paper haat-ey nilam... Bhitorer patrika-r pata Ta khullam... ki lekha? Abar Dourabe Ghora ra.... patta ditam na... bhebechilam hoyto ba Kolkata-r race Maidan niye kono nostalgic lekha hobe... Asadharon lage ei lekha gulo porte.. kintu Thik oiTa samay noy
seTar samay, dupur bala kheye uThe, akTa ciggarate hatey chhad-ey giye chadar gaye joriye.. halka rod-ey piTh diye porbar....

kintu tar nichei akTa chobi najar aslo....

ar seiTa dekhei ami ak jhaTkay soja....

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tar por sathe sathe fone-er par fone chaturdike.


EVENT:-Anandabazar Patrika And Levi's proudly presents....

Abar Bachhar Tirish Porey

Mohiner Ghoraguli with Philharmonic Orchestra

Symphony Conductor:- Abraham Majumder


Date:- 5th January, 2008

Time:- 5:00 PM

Venue:- Nicco Park....

Next Scene:-

bikel 4:30.. sabbai mile bose achi. mane bosoi ki achi? jani na... utkanThay, bhalobasay tagabag korchi takhon... kothay jano barbar mochor mere uThche buker bhitor Ta....

bikel takhon Thik 5 Ta..

Sei prabad purush.... Ranjan Ghoshal... Banglar Allen Ginnsbergh....

uThei akapaT swikarokti.. "khub gopone chara kono rakam recording amra allow korbo na"

ar tarporei abar bisforon.. "jara kashTo kore ticket keTe esechen ar jara eke oke take dhore chenasunor jorey guest pass niey esechen, tader onurodh.... miliye din nijeder.."

tar porey anusThan suru.. amra bhese gelam. kothay? jani na.. sotti bolchi...

hoyto bolte gele bolte hoy..

"jay bhese jay
nouko amar
sagar-ey"

Sur-er dariya te tufan uThechilo kaal.... Chinta nei, haal sakta haat-ei chilo... Mohammed na holeo amra kal Goutam-er naam niye bhese porechilam.... Haal-er kanDari ke?

The Maestro, The legend came on stage.. THE Abraham Majumder. He presented us with the philharomin orchestra

L'ATELIER de MUSIQUE de Calcutta, assisting them was the brass group, Frank Anthony Brass from Bangalore... From Chennai there were Bangalore School of Music-er musician ra... ar tar sathe chhilo Band Sahar-er electric instruments...

Composer, Arranger, Conductor:- Abraham Majumder
Assistant Conductor:- Anubrat Ghatak
Director:- Madhusree Majumder

The orchestra had
44 Violins
3 Cellos
4 Double Bass
1 Lead Guitar
2 Bass guitars
1 Classical Guitar
3 Drums
1 Keyboard
1 Percussionist
1 man on Voval support
1 Piano


Then there was the Brass Section:-
they had trumpets, trombone, harp, french horn, euphonium, tubas

And obviously last but not the least... THE SOUND ENGINEER Shubhayan Ganguly

tar por.. Abraham shot off, with a brilliant piece of composition of his... pagol kore rekhe dilen amader...

ar tarporey?

Bhalo lage dingi noukay chore bhaste
Projapoti, buno has bhalo lage dekhte
Janlar kon-ey bose udasi bikel dekhe
Bhalo lage akmone kobita porte....

ke ke gailo? bola bhalo ke gailo na?

Anindya Bose (Paraspathar),
PoTa
Rupam (Fossils)
Sayak
Sayantan
Deb Chowdhury (Sahar)
Bhaskar
Ritika Sahani
Antara Chowdhury
Dibyo Mukherjee
Madhusree
Anjan Dutt
Neel Dutt
Chandrabindoo


Stage-er singers list Ta dilam... but the 10,000+ audience? who will account for them? ke bolbe tara ki bhabe pagol kore diyeche gayak der?
Ami parbo na.. karon ami nije oi pagal der dol-er ak jon.. amio gala miliyechi sabbar sathe....

Tarpor ak ak kore moni mukto jhoreche kal Kolkata-r bukey..

Kakhono Anindya-r Galay Amar Priya Cafe... Kakhono sampuran ajana achena.. kintu saman guni Bhaskar Dutta-er gambhir Baritone-ey Sattala Bari... Mone poriye day Bula da-r sei advut asambhab bhari awaj....

kakhono ba Antara ar Ritika aksathe gola miliye oThe "Sei sab ful-er Dol" Abraham Sir thamiye dan orchestra ke... Daak diye bolen, "Subhayan, Sound THik asche na".. baar baar tin baar chaar baar... tarpor onar pachanda hoy sound.. abar geye oThe Antara-Ritika...

"Proti Sandhyay abar se papri mele diye
Hoy bhore jhora bokul..."

Antara-Ritika jakhon gola melay ak surey..

"Ami gai ghorey ferar gaan, utola kano e praan
Sudhu je daake, firey amake.
bidesh bibhuiye pore achi tobu,
chharena kano chharena pichuTan.."

haThat shiure uThi.. kano janina.. shiter utturey hawa? hobe-o ba.. kintu tar porei mone pore jay ki kore ta hobe? gaach-er akta pata-o je nore na.. bhitor theke sunte pai.. last year ei samay katto jolechi.... ar Thik takhuni paser ak choTTo ushno haat-er ch(N)oya amay aswas day....


Deb, Sayak ar Sayantan jakhon gola melay aksathe

"Bhese ashe Kolkata, Kuyasha Tulite aaka
Sahartollir bhor mone porey
kaThchanpa ar krishnachurar saisab sudhu khala kore
smritir bhitar tram-er dhwani bibagi sur gorey
ei prabas-ey calendar-er patai sudhu jhorey
kolkata, O kolkata, kolkata, o kolkata..."

chokh feTe jol chole ashey.... tar agei Ranjan jakhon bole oThen, "ei gaan Moni da bedhe chilen.. jakhon tini prabash-ey.. swechhay noy..aj Bishu Libya te, Moni da aro ekTu durey, chole geachen amader chere December '99" onar gola buje aste chay....

Takhon kano jani a, buker bhitor keu mochor mere geye oThe.. "Moni chhara Sunya lage"

Kal baar baar kore promaan hoye galo, Mohin..... Mohin-i. tar samne keu kichu na kothao na...

Rupam was sceduled to sing the second song... Binita....

Hardcore Mohin fan-ra jano gaan Ta...

originally Bishu-r (Biswanath Chattopadhyay) gawa.. pore recording-er samay Jhora Samay-er gaan ey Neel geyechilo gaan Ta.. kintu trust me... Mohin-er gaan oder haat-ey chhara improvization manay na... Rupam just killed the song.. sorry i'd rather prefer to use the word RAPED the song... he just tried to sing rock and landed up in no man's la-la land.. jekhane o matha duliye duliye ki kore galo keu bujhlo na.. khali neme jabar samay sabbai bollo je ar asis na gaite...

then chandrabindoo... they sang, manush chena day.. tader sambandhe-o ak-i katha.. they tried to make the song of their own and crash landed.....

dakho sabai, ami Rupam ba Chandrabindoo ke hyaTa korte chaichi na.. on the contrary, i am a die hard fan of both of them....

kintu amar point hochhe je ekhanei mohin jitey jaay...

tar por poTa.. ki bolbo chheleTar sambandhe? jato dekhi pagol hoye jai.. Telephone ki gailo? Rather gaan Ta ke ki bhabe sajalo? bhaba jay na... just bhaba jay na... ar nijer katha bole to gaan Ta.. tai aro dhakka day...


Tarpor Prithibi...
Sara Nalban, Nicco Park kepe uThechilo.. e chhara ar kichu bollam na....

Bujhiye dilo kaal Ghora-r dol.... ""Aj-o Mohiner Ghoraguli Ghaash khay kartiker jyotsnar prantar-ey"

Tai to Anjan geye uThechilo guitar haat-ey

"Ak je ache Ghora/ Take posh manano daay...
Ghorar janma samuddure, janma thekei se uttal...
Ghora boro-i baunDule, Ghora boroi damaal..."

Ami gaan gaite jani na... Janle porey hoyto ba kal stage-ey goye akTa gaan gaibar permission chaitam..

Gangajol-ey Gangapuja korbar moto kore... oder gaan-ei oder boltaam....

"Janate joto jai kathay haray tatoi mane
Bhalobasi tomay tai janai gaan-ey...."

Kaal Rater amar Diary theke entry tule dichhi in quotation....

"amar nijer mone ekTu ahankar chilo, ekTu ba garbo bodh.. sadharon garparota bangali-r theke ami bangla bhasaTa ekTu bhalo boli, ba likhi, Bhshar upor dakhol amar ekTu besi hoyto ba... promaan peye gelaam haat-ey naat-ey nijer naak-ey nije jhamaa ghose nilam... kono sabda khuje pachhi na, sab kamon jano elo melo, dh(N)oyaTe hoye jachhe,.. bhasha boro aprotul, abantor mone hochhe.
Dhora thak amar smritir monikoThay...

Aj ke ke gechilam? se-o jano boro abantor.. puro kolkata, amar priyo kolkata esechilo aj- tar boro adorer, boro besi banchito, boro besi bhul bojha, damal cheler dol ke dekhte.... Ami ar Hiya tar-i ak angsha matro... abar sab amader jonye....."

BHalobasi jyotsnay kash boney chuTte
chaya ghera meTho pathey bhalo lage haTte
dur paharer gaye godhulir alo mekhe
kache daakey dhaan khet sobuj digantey
tobuo kicui jano bhaloje lage na kano
udasi pather majhe man pore thake jano
kothay royeche bhabi lukiye bishaad tobuo.

bhalo lage dingi noukay chore bhaste
projapoti, buo has, bhalo lage dekhte
janlar kon-ey bose udasi bikel dekhe
bhalobasi ak mone kobita porte
tobuo kichui jano bhalo je lage na kano
udashi pather majhe mon pore thake kano
kothay royeche bhabi lukiye bishaad tobuo

jakhon dekhi ora kaj kore gramey bandarey
sudhui fasla folay gham jhoray, mathey prantarey
takhon bhalo lage na, lage na kono kichui
sudin kache eso, bhalobasi ak sathe ei sab kichu..

bhalobasi picasso, bunuel, dante
beatles, dyllan ar bethoven sunte
rabishankar ar ali akbar sune
bhalobasi bhore kuyashay ghore firte
tobuo kichui jano bhalo je lage na kano
udashi pather majhe mon pore thake kano
kothay royeche bhabi lukiye bishaad tobuo

jakhon dekhi ora kaj kore gramey bandarey
sudhui fasla folay gham jhoray, mathey prantarey
takhon bhalo lage na, lage na kono kichui
sudin kache eso, bhalobasi ak sathe ei sab kichu.......



Kaal function sesh hobar porey I just looked inside me and understood.. er porey ekhuni mara geleo kichu jay ase na amar....