Actor Khairul Alam Shobuj’s solo music performance at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy

Noted actor Khairul Alam Shobuj’s solo music performance was held at National Music and Dance Centre of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) on November 10.

Shobuj is mainly known as an actor, a recitor and an organiser, but the fact that he sings well surprised many in the audience. Shobuj’s performance was marked by an indomitable passion for music.

As the curtain went up, the performer along with the instrumentalists rendered a patriotic chorus “Amar desher matir gondhey.”

After the performance, Era Zaheer and Proteeti Purna welcomed the artistes and chief guest Kamal Lohani, director general of BSA, with flowers.

In his speech Kamal Lohani said, “Once I saw Shobuj bhai rendering a song on BTV. I was so surprised that I called him right away to congratulate him.”

Shobuj performed a number of popular songs from the ’50s and ’60s originally recorded by legendary artistes like Hemanta Mukhopadhyay, Shyamol Mitra and others. He started with “Tumi shondhya akashey tarar moto”, followed by “Naam rekhechhi Bonolata”, “Kato raaginir bhul bhangatey”, “Boshey achhi patho cheye”, “Tumi ki emni korei thakbey durey”, “Ma, amar shadh na mitilo” and more.

The artiste also rendered two ghazals — “Aa lautkey aaja” and “Ye mera deewanapan hain”.

Sunil Das on violin, Khokon on keyboard, Tina on ‘tabla’ and Sobhan on harmonium assisted the singer.

Assisted by BSA, the programme was the first offering of ‘Pancham’, a musical organisation in the city.

The programme was dedicated to the artiste’s recently deceased mother Rabeya Khatun