Doctors belonging to the Doctors and Sarees Kolkata group paid homage to Tagore as they sang in full-throated ease a medley of 10 melodious and popular Rabindrasangeet to the accompaniment of a grand piano on May 21 at Labanya Prabha. The programme, christened Labanya Prabha, commemorating the 162nd birth anniversary of Tagore, saw the ladies turn up in cotton Jamdani saris teamed with silver accessories. The meet also witnessed a vast array of draping styles. The aroma of jui and bel flowers wound around the wrist of the ladies lent a beautiful aroma to the afternoon’s proceedings.
The high point of the evening was of course Gaanbhashi, the medley of Tagore’s songs which included songs like Aguner poroshmoni, Prano bhoriye trisha horiye, Kotobar bhebechhinu, Momo chitte niti nritye and many others which the doctors had been practising in sequence for close to two weeks. The fruits of their labour were sweet indeed and the chorus was nearly flawless in tune and tempo, blending seamlessly with the pristine notes of the grand piano. The instrument was played by a music teacher who took the ladies through a couple of rehearsals on the spot before the final recording. The other activities of the four-hour meeting included the customary photo shoot and a fashion walk matching steps to the songs of Tagore, choreographed by Pinky Kenworthy. The day was rounded off with dancing on the floor but to songs very different from those played up until then, like The Time of My Life (Bill Medley, Jennifer Warnes), Express Yourself (Madonna), Modern Love (David Bowie) and Never Gonna Give You Up (Rick Astley).