Through Tagore’s poetry, an attempt is being made to establish communication with Rabindranath after a century has passed. Gurudev asked who was reading his poems a century ago and again a century later. He left this unanswered question, which is meant to be read by a fictional poet a century after Tagore’s creation. Currently, Tagore and Gulzar are meeting through an artistic show that was started and carried out by the renowned musical team Sourendra-Soumyajit. Renowned poet-lyricist Gulzar responded to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’s poetry centuries later. On Rabindranath Tagore’s birthday, a special video was posted on Sourendra-Soumyajit’s official YouTube account. How did this idea occur?

“We always try to enrich the canvas of our imagination. We have been collaborating on music, melodies, and new, creative ideas for the past 20 years. We have always favored using music as a medium while creating art on a wider dispersion” said Sourendra-Soumyajit.

A call from an unidentified Mumbai number arrived during the lockdown, and the person on the other end had a baritone voice that was quite familiar with our work. The voice was that of Gulzar Saab in a matter of minutes. He had obtained their phone number from mutual acquaintances. What mattered was that he ended the call by extending an invitation to collaborate on something new. Following this, there were some poetry and music exchanges as people tried to get to know one another. Interestingly, Rabindranath composed a poem a century ago to have an unidentified, fictional poet read it a century later.

This is merely an artistic desire to comprehend his significance a century later! They concluded that Gurudev ought to use Gulzar Saab to discover the answer to this query. As a result, a plea to Gulzar Saab gave rise to a new poem. which, in this video, he recited himself. It seems like a poet from a different era is conversing with Gurudeb at this moment. responding to every query he posed.

On one occasion, Rabindranath read the poem aloud. This demonstrates the significance of the poem to him! AI technology is used in this video to replicate Rabindranath’s voice.

The video was published on the birth anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore on their official YouTube channel.

Priyanka Dutta