A teary farewell for Pratik Choudhury

The music industry bid a teary farewell to their very own

Pratik Choudhury

, who breathed his last after a massive cardiac arrest on Tuesday. Several close associates of the singer were present at the Nimtala Burning Ghat this afternoon where the singer’s final rites were completed. Raghab Chatterjee, Pt Debojyoti Bose,

Pt Kumar Bose

, Srikanta Acharya, Bickram Ghosh,

Monomoy Bhattacharya

were among the many present at the crematorium.

The music industry is now looking forward to the show conceptualised by Pratik for International Mother Tongue Day on February 21. The show will feature artistes like

Shaheb Chatterjee

, Srijato, Sraboni Sen, Haimanti Shukla, Durnibar, Jimut and Dipannita.

Said Shaheb, “We have decided not to call off the show, Aa Mori Bangla Bhasha, as Pratik had put in months of hard work into it. We were in talks for months and recently met up at a café near my home for the date of the final rehearsal. Curiously, I suggested we do it on February 19, the day he passed away. I now regret not finding an earlier date for him.” said Shaheb. The actor-singer said he was introduced to television by the singer with whom he goes back a long way. “I know him from 2003, when he curated a show, Amar Bhalolaga Gaan, for a TV channel. I joined as the show host and got familiarised with the music industry,” he added.