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“Manusher Din Ashey”

Solo recitation by Hasan Arif

Jamil Mahmud
In a quiet auditorium full of enthusiastic audience, noted rccitor Hasan Arif rendered poems and excerpts from works of Rabindranath Tagore, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Shamsur Rahman and other contemporary poets.
An organisation of recitors, Muktak Padaboli, arranged the programme titled Manusher Din Ashey at the Shawkat Osman Audi-tonum. Central Public Library on Apnl 26,
Hasan Arif started the evening with a recitation of Tagore’s Sandhya o Probhat. Renditions of Kazi Nazrul Islam's Bangladesh and Dara Mahmud's Din Ashey were next.
Arif also recited Paribarer Chalchitra of Shapnomay Chakrabarty and Shamudrer Dikey Jachchhi of Muhammad Samad The renditions were dedicated to the memories of Waheedul Haq and Sanjib Chowdhury respectively.
Notes of flute and sitar -- performed by Hossain All and Ebadul Haq Shaikat respectively -- in the background created a serene ambiance.
"I always draw inspiration from some of these poems," said Arif at the programme.
Then he presented a montage of his favourite poems of Tarapada Roy, Nirmalendu Gun, Mir Mashrur Zaman and Rudra Muhammad Shahidullah.
A series of poems on love including Kurani of Manish Ghatak; Swapno of Rabindranath Tagore, Chitra Aar Chitra Nodi of Mustafa Meer and Muthophoner Kabya of Nirmalendu Guun followed.
Poems on everyday issues of women including Sari of Subodh Sarkar; Golap Baganey of Mallika Sen Gupta and Tumi Amar Pratikkhaye Thako of Sohel Anwar were rendered. Noted theatre personality ShimulYousuff accompanied Arif during the recitation of these three poems.
Nirmalendu Guun's satire Gov-ernment-er Taka followed.
Poems chronicling the years between the Liberation War to now -- Yahiya Kha'r Tandab Nritya of Shadhu Unmesh Das and Bhalobashar Banor of Tridib Dastidar came next.
Arif also rendered Shamsur Rahman's Akranlo Hoye. According to the rccitor, Rahman wrote the poem after being attacked by the fundamentalists.
The curtains came down with the rendition of Shubha Das Gupta's Shaheeder Maand Boat Berechhey.
Rccitor Hasan Arif was born in Comilla. His first solo performance was held at the Shiipakala Academy, Chittagong in 2005. Apart from recitation, Arif has also directed several programmes.