Kabir Suman to sing kheyal gaan at a musical event

His voice had once reverberated across Bengal, especially among Kolkata youngsters, through

songs

that had brought in social and intellectual changes. Contemporary singers still vouch for his name and many of their songs are influenced by his iconic presence in Bengal. Kabir Suman is still the nostalgia Kolkata loves to recall. In keeping with this, a Kolkata-based organiser has arranged an event on March 21 at Southern Avenue where the singer will perform. Among other things, the event will witness Kabir Suman singing Bangla kheyal gaan. “Kheyal gaan is popular in many languages across the country. Why shouldn’t it happen in Bengali? It used be sung in

Bengal

too earlier. It’s important that these songs also gain popularity here. Since my childhood days, I used to learn

kheyal gaan

from an extraordinary teacher and artiste par excellence. But my learnings remained incomplete because I didn’t get an opportunity to sing kheyal gaan in my mother tongue. Like my contemporary songs, I try to focus on the words even while singing kheyal gaan,” said Kabir Suman.