Onno Nazrul, an evening dedicated to Kazi Nazrul Islam, saw the stalwarts of the city's music fraternity in attendance. The event, held at a city restaurant, was laced with music, poetry and the reading of some rare letters of Nazrul.Elocutionist SujoyProsadChatterjee
read out the only English translation of Bandhonhara
, the first Bengali novel written in the form of letters by Nazrul.
The litterateur's granddaughter, AninditaKazi
, also read out two of his unpublished love letters. The highlight of the evening was a session of unplugged Nazrulgeeti
by ManomayBhattacharya
. His beautiful recital of poetry, lyrics and classical nuances enchanted the select audience. We spotted the likes of LopamudraMitra
, Dolly Basu
, SayaniDutta
, BarunChanda
and RiddhiBandopadhyay
among others. Nazrul's
daughter-in-law, KalyaniKazi
, said. “This evening brought out unknown dimensions of Nazrul
and that's a way to reach out to the youth."Post the show, the guests had a great time savouringparanthas
and kebabs.