With Tony and Shantanu

Wednesday, December 14, 2011: Yesterday I was busy with an event that Prabha Khaitan Foundation organised. It was the music launch of Aparajita Tumi, the third film of National Film Award winning director, Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury (aka Tony), who is a personal friend of mine.

The idea was that apart from the music release of the film, which is the first of its kind, Shantanu Moitra did a show featuring his musical journey from Parineeta to Aparajita Tumi live on stage.

This was Shantanu’s first ever live performance on the stage accompanied by all the singers who sang his compositions. Among those who joined Shantanu on the stage were Shreya Ghoshal, Rupankar, Anindya of Chandrabindoo, Hamsika Ayaz and Monali Thakur.

We missed Suraj Jagan who had to cancel his Kolkata trip due to sudden illness in the family.

The event was held at Priya Cinema Hall which has a rich history of nostalgic performances since the younger days of Manna Dey and Kishore Kumar when their golden voice resonated in the hall here.

After Priya, I hosted a party at The Taj Bengal which stretched beyond 2 am. Today I missed the event of Kolkata Police Ceremonial Parade and Investiture Ceremony 2011 held at the Kishore Bharati Stadium, Jadavpur.

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