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Pratibha Anneshan

BSA’s talent hunt conies to an end

Jamil Mahmud
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) initiated a talent hunt programme titled "Pratibha Anneshan 2008-'09" across the country a few months back. The finale and prize giving ceremony of the programme was held at the National Theatre Hall, BSA on March 2.
Winners received prizes in seven categories -- Rabindra Sangeet, Nazrul Sangeet, Adhunik songs, recitation, dance, folk dance and folk songs. Cabinet Secretary M. Abdul Aziz ndc, chief guest at the event, handed over prizes among the winners. A cultural programme featuring performances by the winners was later held at the venue.
BSA initiated the programme to encourage budding talents across the country. Contestants, aged between 14 and 30, took part in the competition.
Initially, contestants took part at the district level; winners went on to participate at the division level. Winners of the division level moved up to the national level competition.
Mannan Hawladar, director, Training Department of BSA gave the welcome speech. Abedur Rahman Sikder, head of Corporate Affaires, BRAC Bank Ltd. was the special guest. Bhuiyan Shafiqul Islam, direc-tor general, BSA presided over the programme.
Dwip Narayan, Haimanti Dutta Hema and Ershadul Haque received the first, second and third prizes respectively in the dance category. Bipasha Malllck, Dwip Narayan and Lata Roy gained the first, second and third
prizes in folk dance.
Shubho Rakkhit bagged the first prize in recitation, while Afsana Islam and Zinat Rokhsana jointly earned the second prize. Kaisar Rizvi became third in the category.
Fatema-Tuz-Zohra, Tanzir Ahmed and Mohammad Sujon Rahman were awarded the first, second and third prizes in Nazrul Sangeet, while Sanchila Das Trisha and Yu Hi Sing Marma peeked the first and second
prizes in Rabindra Sangeet. Mehbuba Kamal and Farzana Farha Barsha jointly secured the third position.
In the Adhunik songs category, Sujon Rahman, Fatema-Tuz-Zohra and Sanchita Das Trisha received the first, second and third prizes respectively. In the folk song category, Madan Mohon Roy, Aranika Dutta and Debashish Chakrabarti secured the top positions.
After the prize giving ceremony, a cultural programme by the winners was held at the venue, which featured recitation, group dance and song as well as solo performances. Zinat Rokhsana recited poet Subho Das Gupta's "Aami Shei Meye." Shubho Rakkhit recited a poem of Nirmalendu Goon. Group rendition of "Aguner parashmoni" and a group dance were also part of the performance
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