A celebration of Bengali culture

On Friday evening, the precincts of

Lamakaan

echoed to the tunes of spring as the

Basanta Utsav celebrations

showcased a melange of Hindustani music, kathak, Bengali poetry and theatre.

The musical group consisting of vocalists

Barnali Bhattacharya

and

Lahari Bhattacharya

, tabla player Abhijit Bhattacharya and sitar player Nanda Kumar, played a host of traditional Bengali songs like

Chait Mashe Bole Re Koelia

, Ogo Amar Nabin Sakhi, Aji Kamal Mukula dala Khulilo and Hori Khelichhe Shyam in Hindustani style.

Madhurima Kanjilal then mesmerised the 100-odd people in the audience with a kathak performance while Sohini Basu’s Bengali poetry and Swapan Mondal’s monologue based on Rabindranath Tagore’s poem Camellia warmed the audience’s hearts.