Theatre troupe Swapnadal arranged a programme at the National Music and Dance Centre Auditorium of Bangladesh Shilapakala Academy (BSA) on Friday, to launch a DVD collection of Chorja Gaan. The collection has been compiled and composed by Professor Alim Mahmud.

Professor Emeritus Anisuzzaman attended the ceremony as chief guest, while BSA Director General Liaquat Ali Lucky and Professor Afsar Ahmad, Chairman of Theatre and Theatrics Department, Jahangirnagar University were the special guests. Cultural Affairs Secretary, Dr Ranjit Kumar Biswas, presided over the launching ceremony.

Following the album launch, musical group Sohojia performed Chorja Gaan.

Professor Alim Mahmud has been researching Chorjapod and Chorja Gaan for a long time. He composed and sang 47 verses of Chorjapod - the oldest document of Bangla literature — without altering the original verses.