Radio Misty partners with Bangla Gaan Utsav

Media News

Siliguri, October 22, 2008

Radio Misty 94.3 fm ,the first fm station of North Bengal and Sikkim have join hands with Bangla Gaan Utsav committee to organize path-breaking festival of Bengali songs in December in a bid to provide a platform for upcoming singers. The four-day festival will start from 12 th December. This is fourth year of this festival and it drows huge crowd from all over North Bengal.

Well-known singers from Calcutta and elsewhere in Bengal will also be performing on each day of the festival in an effort to rekindle a liking for all types of Bengali songs, from Rabindrasangeet to Adhunik (modern) songs.

This utsav will be inaugurated on December 12 at Sister Nivedita Auditorium in siliguri. Applications from both aspiring and established singers across the six north Bengal districts have started already coming in, judges from Calcutta would be arriving to conduct the auditions.

These selected singers will be selected to take part in the festival. Exponents of Rabindrasangeet, Nazrulgeeti, Dwijendrageeti, Atul Prasad, Rajanikanta, Sukantageeti, Lokgeeti, Puratani and Adhunik songs will perform in this utsav.

Radio Misty 94.3 fm Chief Executive Officer Nishant Mittal said that Bangla Gaan Utsav is biggest event held in siliguri.It Draws huge crowd from all over region. Its proud moment to be associated with this great event. We will erect a live studio at venue from where shows will be hosted by celebrity radio jocks. He added that bangla gaan utsav goes with our tagline gungunate raho and we will try that people dance to the tunes of this wonderful event.

Well known singers have taken part in Bangla Gaan Utsav in last years Dhiren Basu, Srabani Sen, Sanat Sinha, Indrani Sen, Indranil Sen, Mrinmoy bhattachrya, Nachiketa, Srikanto Acharya, Subhamita, Radha Bandopadhya and lopamudra.

For further information, please contact:

Radio Misty 94.3 FM

Dilip Dugar

Vice President

E-mail: dilipdugar@rediffmail.com

Mobile: 9800301111