Culture Desk
Jayanta Chattopadhyay is known as an actor. But he is also a prolific elocutionist. He has came in the another old form.This identity of him has become
virtually obscured due to his absence at recitation programmes in the last two decades. But elocution house Harbola tried to break this gap yesterday. Under the title “Arup Tomar Bani” the cultural troupe organised an evening of recitation featuring solo renditions by Jayanta at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. There Jayanta reminded the audience why he should yet be identified as someone other than just an actor in the contemporary cultural arena.
Zahir Raihan, coordinator of the programme said that the event even before its start created a buzz among elocutions
lovers. Harbola is celebrating its twenty years run this year. They have planned yearlong programmes under the collective name “Harbolar Ek Kuri.” Last night’s recitation evening was part of t
