The film fest Ekagra featuring melodious music in Bollywood movies by Salil Chowdhury will have a grand opening with the discussion on personality of Salil Chowdhury on Wednesday.
Renowned music expert Pankaj Rag will throw light on works and personality of Salil Chowdhury.
Salil Chowdhury was an Indian singer-songwriter, music director, lyricist, writer and singer, who predominantly composed for Bengali, Hindi, and Malayalam films. He went on to compose music for films in 13 languages. This includes over 75 Hindi films, 41 Bengali films, around 27 Malayalam films, and a few Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Gujarati, Oriya and Assamese films. His musical ability was widely recognised and acknowledged in the Indian film industry. He was an accomplished composer and arranger who was proficient in several musical instruments, including flute, the piano. He was also widely acclaimed and admired for his inspirational and original poetry in Bengali.
Notably, Ekagra is one of the regular events of Bharat Bhavan which is dedicated to nationally and internationally acclaimed film directors, actors and producers. Also tribute was given to filmmakers like Sohrab Modi, Guru Dutt, William Shakespeare, Bimal Roy, Krishikesh Mukherjee and others.
The fest would begin here from May 1 i.e. Wednesday with the session by Pankaj Rag. On Thursday, movie Rajniganha will be screened. On Friday, Hindi movie Do Baiga Zameen will be screened. Further on Saturday Annadaata will be screened. On Sunday, film Ek Goun Ki Kahani will be screened.
Next, on Monday, film Usne Kaha Tha will be screened. The fest will have a grand closure with the Hindi movie Mere Apne on Tuesday. All the movies will be screened at Bharat Bhavan, at 7 pm.