September 2012

October 2012
Volume 2012-02
Bichitra Durga Puja Celebration
Oct 19th, 20th, 21st 2012
Friday
8,00 PM
8.30 PM
Dinner
Bodhon
Saturday
8.30 AM
Puja
10.00 AM
Anjali
11.00 AM
Prasad
11.30 AM
Lunch
12.30 to 5.30 PM Cultural Program
5.30 PM
Arati
6.00 PM
Dinner
7.00 to 11.15 PM Cultural Program
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BICHITRA: A BENGALI RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION
Puja Schedule:
Dear Friends,
I take great pleasure to invite you and your
family to our Durga Puja celebration.
We have planned a weekend of rich cultural program with artists from Kolkata .
Besides this there will be programs like
“Amar Sonar Bangla”, Natak-”Kenaram
Becharam” , recitals and lots of “Adda”.
We will also serve sumptuous lunch, snack
and dinner (Non-Veg and Veg) for everyone.
Special thanks to our Duga Puja committee
led by Deb Bonnerjee and assisted bySudha Bhattacharya, Pulak Bandyopadhyay, Ruma De, Partha De , Pinki Hazra
, SuSanta P. Sarkar, Pijush Nandi, Manoranjan Santra, Subhojit Sengupta and many
others.
Dates: Oct 19th,20th and 21st 2012
Venue: West Maple Elementary School
in Bloomfield Hills (6275 Inkster Road,
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301)
Look forward to seeing you there.
Best Wishes,
Shivaji Sengupta
President 2012-13
RSVP: [email protected]
Sunday
9.30 AM
Puja
11.00 AM
Anjali
11.30 AM
Prasad and Lunch
1.00 to 5.30 PM Cultural Program
5.40 PM
Arati and Bisharjan
6.30 PM
Dinner
Durga Puja Event Fees:
All Three Days Pass (Including Cultural Show
from All Kolkata Artists):
Member Family
$165.00
Non-Member Family
$190.00
Student Family
$140.00
Member Single
$120.00
Non-Member Single
$130.00
Student Single
$100.00
Saturday Only Pass (Including Cultural Show from
Kolkata Artists):
Member Family
$145.00
Non-Member Family
$180.00
Student Family
$125.00
Member Single
$110.00
Non-Member Single
$120.00
Student Single
$80.00
Sunday Only Pass (Including Cultural Show from
Rajyashree Ghosh):
Member Family
$100.00
Non-Member Family
$110.00
Student Family
$75.00
Member Single
$85.00
Non-Member Single
$90.00
Student Single
$50.00
Advance Passes purchased before October 15th
qualify for $10 discount. (Check must be received
before Oct 15th , payable to “Bichitra”)
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Come, experience the young sensations. Enjoy Bengali Musical
Prodigies and TV Stars from KOLKATA
This year we take pleasure in having some top rated Bengali artists perform at our Durga Puja Celebration.
Parnava Banerjee is a versatile singer who has won the Golden Voice Award from Zee TV Bangla. He has released multiple albums
out of which “Swapno Kuri” was selected as the best Music Album in 2007 & awarded the “Sharad Arghyo award-2007”.
Sounak Chattopadhyay has more than 22 years of experience and has received the First prize in Dover lane Music Conference talent
contest, Kal Ke Kalakar Mumbai, National Scholarship from the Govt. of India, and the Gyana Pravaha Scholarship.
BICHITRA: A BENGALI RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION
Rajyasree Ghosh is best known for her versatility. She has the special distinction of being equally adept at both Raga Music (Kheyal) as
well as the lighter semi-classical genres such as Thumri, Dadra, Bhajan, Nazrulgeeti, Bengali Tappa and Puratani Songs.
AMAR SONAR BANGLA by Sangeet
At Bichitra’s invitation, on Oct.20 members of Sangeet will present this special, hour-long program. The presentation will trace the rich history of Bengali music from the ancient to the modern times. The session will begin with an
immortal patriotic song, followed by songs representing Bhatiali, Kirtan, Tappa, Thumri, Shyama Sangeet, Rabindra
Sangeet, and Nazrul Geeti. A Modern Classic song, immortalized by a Bengali Music Composer, will conclude the
session. An interesting feature of the program is: Sing along with Sangeet. The audience will be invited to sing along
with the members when they present their group songs. Lyrics of these songs will be provided to the audience.
Saturday Program:
Amar Sonar Bangla— 12.30 PM
Sounak Part 1—1.40 PM
Kenaram Becharam—3.15 PM
Dance Program— 7.00 PM
Sounak Part 2—8.00 PM
Pranava Banerjee—9.15 PM
KENARAM BECHARAM —A drama written by Manoj Mittra
Becharam Chatterjee’s family has been trying to locate whereabouts of
him ever since Becharam left his family in disgust. Shrewd Nagen Panja
who claims to be an expert in filling in positions created by missing or
dead persons regardless of age shows up with vagabond Kenaram to fill
in Becharam’s place in the family. At Nagen’s bidding Kenaram tricks
Becharam’s son Subhendu, daughter Buri, son-in-law Pradip, daughter-in
-law Dipti and even Dipti’s attorney mother Charu Chameli Chowdhury
into believing that Becharam’s dead wife’s jewelry box, apparently containing lots of jewelry would be handed over to whoever takes care of
Kenaram. Greed takes over and they all fall for it except Becharam’s
granddaughter Tutul. To everyone’s dismay Becharam shows up and
discloses that all the jewelry have been used for building the house, education of the children and their wedding. He deliberately put metal scraps
in the box to sound like jewelry so his grown up children would take care
of him with an eye at the jewelry.
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