“There are about 150 renditions of the song Vande Mataram and this is like the 151^st version of the song. Our rendition will give you goosebumps and you will feel a surge of patriotism when you watch the song in the course of the film. I have watched the film so many times while composing the music for the film. I personally feel that this is Dhrubo and Dev’s best work to date” said Bickram Ghosh at the song launch of Vande Mataram from the upcoming Bengali film Golondaaj.

The event was graced by Dev, director Dhrubo Banerjee, John Bhattacharya, and others. This star-studded event was held at Fanatic Sports Museum.

Speaking at the event, Dev said “I don’t know how the film will fare. However, with this film, we want to make the Bengalis know that a Bengali is known as the Father of Indian Football. And had he not taken the initiative during the British rule, we would not have started playing this game so early on. Even before I signed this film, I was not aware of his contributions. With this film, we want to make every Bengali know about this great man and his contributions. Let every Bengali feel proud and take pride in his achievements. Let many youngsters go and Google about this man. It is very necessary to bring such unsung heroes to the spotlight and appreciate their achievements”.

While speaking about the song, the director revealed how he has re-shot the entire song due to a pronunciation mistake by Dev. However, later on, he realized that the first version was good and he went with that.

Bickram Ghosh revealed how Nirmalya Roy, the singer of this song had to sing this song a few times due to the pronunciation of the words Vande Mataram. He jokingly said that the singer, later on, got fully confused with the words.

The director added that he was getting requests of bringing out a book to share behind-the-scenes of the making of this film. He added that if he gets the time, he will surely fulfill this request of the fans.

SVF also has joined hands with North Tridhara Durga Pujo Committee to honor the extraordinary life of the unsung hero Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari.

The sports museum also has dedicated a section staged as memorabilia for Golondaaj.

The film Golondaaj will release on 10^th October.

Priyanka Dutta