93.5 RED FM organized a unique event titled Poila Boithak, to celebrate the beginning of Bengali year.

An evening dedicated to amalgamation of fusion and popular music with mind blowing performances from –  Pt. Subhen Chatterjee, Jojo (Mou Mukherjee), Sri Krishna Das Baul, Dipannita, ‘Sourendra – Soumyajit’ and ‘Somlata and The Aces’ kept the audiences hooked.

Poila Boithak started with some mood-lifting comedy by Suranjit and then one-by -one each musician created the magical ambience with their soulful tunes. While Bandish Fusion performed their improvised compositions influenced by sufi/folk songs, ‘Sourendro and Soumyojit’ presented amalgamation of contemporary and classical music. ‘Somlata and The Aces’ made sure that the crowd get to dance and groove to her popular filmy tunes. She also performed her exclusive thumri/dadra inspired tracks surprising everyone.

A variety of food stalls were present to serve the best cuisines –Felu Modak, Nalin Chandra Das, Chai Break,Wow Momo, Ilish, Solo Ana Bangali, Oudh 1590,Chowman ,Mach magic and Saptapadi. The entire venue was beautifully decorated by RED FM in collaboration with ‘Mangal Sobhajatra Gabesana o Prasar Kendra’ who emulated the ethnic Bangladeshi decoration style as new year celebration props to create an aura of Bangaliana rooted in ancient Bengal.