Sheikh Arif Bulbon :
As autumn, the season of silvery Kashphul and white clouds, nears its end, Chhayanaut celebrated autumn recently at Bakultala of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Dhaka University. Artistes of Chhayanaut – in colourful attire – hailed the season through their mellifluous renditions highlighting Sharat, the third in a cycle of six seasons.
Adorned with the gentle and snowy ‘Kash’ flowers and brightly clad women, the Bakultala was lively with the presence of a large audience who thronged the venue to sing together with the performers, sitting under the large tree. But unlike previous years,
this year’s turnout was relatively low.
Choral rendition of Tagore song titled Pohalo pohalo bibhabori set the programme in motion, followed by another Tagore number Dekho dekho shuktara by Amiya Hasan. Esho Sharater aamol mohima by Abhoya Dutta followed.
Young artistes of Chhayanaut danced to Sharat tomar arun alor anjoli. Next was Jayanta Roy’s recitation, followed by Ummul Wara Binte Nayeem’s solo rendition of Bajilo kahar bina modhur sworey.
A group dance in sync with Sharatey aaj kon otithi followed by solo rendition of Tomar naam-e jani ne sur jani by Sutapa Saha took place later. Ebar abogunthon kholo, Helaphela sarabela, Aamar-e daak dilo ke bhitor pane, Aji megh ketey gechhey sokalbelay, Sharat-alor komolbon-e articulated the essence of the season.
Bikrom Das rendered Kon khela khelbo jey kokhon, while Manosh Bhattacharya sang Sokorun benu bajay ke.
Avijit Das, Marufa Monjori Soumi, Farzana Akhter Popy, Arpita Saha and Mostafizur Rahman Turjo also performed solos at the event. A group dance to the song Aaj dhaner khet-ey roudro chhayae closed the programme.
The celebration wrapped up with the National Anthem.
