Optimistic about the experiments with Bengali music, thespian Soumitra Chatterjee today called upon the general public to support new age singers.
The legend, having shared special rapport with late poet Sunil Gangopadhyay, said, "Like yesteryear singers, who were new at some point of time but turned out to be formidable names later on due to audience backing, let today's music loving public aid and support present day singers. Only this can give rise to timeless tracks for the future audience years from now."
Soumitra supported the spree of experiments in the current crop of Bengali music including Tagore numbers, and said change of taste is always paframount for the growth of music.
The Charulata actor launched Swapna Niye, a fusion of vocal and verse on the 80th Birth Anniversary month of Sunil Gangopadhyay rendered by RupnaR Dutta, a collage of Rabindrasangeet, Nazrulgeeti, Atulprasad's songs and recitations of the Neera number of Sunil, also the cult poetry magazine 'Krittivas' co-founder.
Cactus front man Sidhu said with Jaatiswar, the flick re-inventing of Anthony Firingee in modern milieu, set to be nominated for Academy awards as an Indian entry, it is a moment of reckoning for Bengali musicians and Indian musicians.
"We have an ecletic mix, a bouquet of every genre of music. Which makes it so enticing," Sidhu, having been part of the musical, with the score directed by Kabir Suman, said.
Rupnkar said, "While Swapna Niye script of music, recitation had been vetted by Sunil Gangopadhyay, hjis wife Swati Gangopadhyay heard the recorded excerpts. It is a tribute to Sunilda and Swatidi, the literary couple of Bengal.
