Shelu Barua's latest venture
Noted singer Shelu Barua will launch his latest solo album at the National Press Club Conference Lounge today. Titled “Bondhu”, the album contains renditions of eight Hemanta Mukherjee songs. Noted Indian composer Durbadal Chatterjee has directed music for it.
Eminent poet Helal Hafiz will attend as chief guest, while Chairman of Mercantile Bank Ltd AKM Shahid Reza will attend as special guest. Recorded in Kolkata, the album has been dedicated to Dhaka University's Finance Alumni Association, whose members will attend the ceremony along with other close associates and friends of the singer. “I was a Finance major in Dhaka University,” elaborated Barua, “and my friends there had chosen the songs for the album, which they also sponsored. At an intimate dinner with them, I had sung 15-20 songs, and they selected the songs they loved hearing me sing most.”
The songs in the album include “O Nodirey”, “Amar Prosno Kore Neel Dhrubotara”, “Ei Meghla Din-e Ekla”, “Ami Dur Hote Tomare”, “Oli'r Kotha Shune”, and more.
The singer added that he has already sold 1200 albums. “I have chosen to release it in the form of a CD, in the hope it will be collected and made part of people's homes. The internet negates this physical evidence, and the artiste also faces a loss of ownership over his work as his song is lost in various sites and online channels.”
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