Hindi song on Pahela Baishakh
On the hilarious occasion of Pahela Baishakh, a concert entitled "Nokia Fusion Baishakhi Concert" was held at Gulshan Youth Club. I could not attend that music feast but later came to know which artist performed which songs through The Daily Star dated April 16, 2008. To my utter dismay, James, my most favourite singer since childhood, performed Bhigi Bhigi, one of his popular hits in Hindi, on this very occasion whose spirit is nothing but Bangla!
James has enviably created and given voice to, no doubt, a good number of big hit Bangla songs throughout his long and colourful musical journey. By virtue of his uncommon voice together with inherent talent, he has surpassed many of the singers in terms of popularity and has showed the world once again that Bangladesh can produce world-class singers.
With popularity comes responsibility. In an interview with a leading national Bangla daily, James tells that he enjoys most singing in Bangla, no matter how much popular his Hindi songs are. That sounds really nice but this latest incident made me sorely sad. There are at least ten Bangla songs more popular than Bhigi Bhigi that he could have chosen for the concert celebrating this Bangla occasion - Pahela Baishakh!
I strongly expect that my most favourite singer would act more sensibly in future.
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