Dhaka: The Indira Gandhi Culture Centre will give a tribute to Rabindranath Tagore on his death anniversary by arranging an evening of Rabindra Sangeet with Dr Chanchal Khan at IGCC’s Gulshan branch (house 35, road 24, Gulshan 1) at 6:30pm on Saturday.

Chanchal Khan is an established Rabindra Sangeet singer of Bangladesh. He has to his credit six albums, two of which were published in Kolkata, with the endorsement of Viswa Bharati Music Board. He has directed several plays of Tagore, including ‘Shyama’, ‘Chitrangoda’ and ‘Valmiki Pratibha’. He released a documentary on ‘Rabindranath in Bangladesh’, a historical visual analysis of Rabindranath’s works during his stay in East Bengal between 1890 and 1937.

Dr Khan worked in the 150th Birth Anniversary Celebration Committee of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Government of Bangladesh. He directed a documentary ‘Bangladeshey Rabindranath’, which was screened in India and Bangladesh during the joint celebrations in the two countries. He has released his second documentary titled ‘Timeless Gitanjali’ sponsored by the India-Bangladesh Foundation, High Commission of India in 2014 which was screened in India, Australia, USA and the UK.

Dr Khan is a founder member of Bangladesh Rabindra Sangeet Sammilan Parishad and Jatiyo Rabindra Sangeet Shilpi Sangstha. He regularly performs in different TV channels at home and abroad. He is the founder of Shurolok, a cultural organisation in Dhaka. He performed in India, Nepal, Australia, the USA and the UK.