Amitabh And Sourav To Grace Dikhsha Manjari’s Crystal Celebration

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Dona Ganguly will perform live along with her Diksha Manjari students at Victoria Memorial .

Kolkata : It will be a glorious occasion on January 12 when the City of  Joy will witness a rare evening at the Victoria Memorial where the Sehenshah of  Bollywood, Amitabh Bachchan and the Prince of Kolkata, Sourav Ganguly will share the stage on the occasion of the crystal celebration of  Dona Ganguly’s school,’Diksha Manjari’. The programme will be jointly organized by Diksha Manjari and Victoria Memorial Trust .

Amitabh Bachchan has kept  his 10 year old promise to Dona and Sourav  by finally agreeing to be present as the chief guest in the ‘Dhrupadi’ dance show to promote the traditional arts of India. ”As a Bengali I am feeling very fortunate to have a personality like Amitabh Bachchan gracing my schools programme . His presence will no doubt add glamour to the evening . It is priceless to get the mega star even for  a single minute . So it was very sweet of him to agree. I am grateful to him.” said an elated Dona Ganguly.

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Sourav and Dona were present at the sets of Piku few months back to invite Mr Bachchan . Image Source : facebook

Diksha Manjari , who  had earlier presented Lata Mangeshkar  will have another icon lighting up the stage . ” Yes , we still remember inviting Lata Mangeshkar for our school function 15 years back . Few years ago when we first met  Amitji , we requested him to attend a function of my dance school . Both me and Sourav  also went to the sets of  Piku , when he was in Kolkata . It was during an ISL match last year , Mr Bachchan himself reminded  me of attending the function .” said an exited Dona.

An Odissi-style dance will be perormed by her students on the courtyard of the Victoria Memorial. The students will dance to the tunes of  baritone voice of  of Big B, ”Jodi tor daak shuney keu na ashey” as a tribute to Amitabh Bachchan. According to Dona, Victoria Memorial is an ideal setting for such an event.

As the vice president of the school Saurav Ganguly will be present on stage. And what exactly will Amitji do? ”The traditional dance forms of India are becoming extinct in the modern day. Hopefully Amitji’s presence will raise the event to a new cultural standard.”