At the Chaltabagan Dhak Utsav 2016

At the Dhak Utsav

Today evening Governor of West Bengal Shri Kesharinath Tripathi inaugurated the Chaltabagan Durga Puja's Dhak Utsav 2016 at the Pala banquets of ITC Sonar. This year the event was in association with the Venkatesh Films and their new production Zulfikar's cast and crew were present.

It turned out to be a big event with the top Consul Generals, celebrities, sports persons, artistes, industrialists and eminent Kolkatans turning for the event. The presence of actors Dev and Prosenjit was the cynosure of the event. Many other celebs like Rituparna, Shreya Pande, Pallavi, Aanya, Chaiti Ghoshal, Srijit, DJ Akash, Tejendra Narayan, Tanmay Bose participated in Dhak Utsav 2016.

The event started with a special rendition of dhak beats by the Namit Bajoria's band Beat Blasters. This was followed by Meeryung Hall, wife of US Consul General in Craig Hall, performing a soprano version of Tagore's song Aguner Paroshmoni along with Soumyajit and Sourendra.

Actress Ananya, Pallavi and Shreya welcomed the guests with the blowing of conch shells while actor Prasenjit recited shlokas dedicated to the Goddess Durga. The General Manager of ITC Sonar Atul Bhalla officially welcomed all the guests.

With Rituparna Sengupta and Governor Kesharinath Tripathi

This was followed by the Governor formally inaugurating the Dhak Utsav 2016 with the customary breaking of a coconut. All the Consul Generals present namely of USA, Russia, Italy, France, Germany and other senior consulate members played the traditional dhak to mark the celebration of Pujas.

A short dhunichi naach was performed by Rituparna, Chaiti Ghoshal, Shreya and others. With predictions of rain, this year we took a decision to hold the Dhak Utsav indoors. I thank ITC Sonar for making the nice arrangements for hosting the event and Kutchina for being the presenter of this event.

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