Surojit O Bondhura made their social club debut at The Saturday Club on April 12 with Surojit of Bhoomi & Friends presented by The Saturday Club, in association with The Telegraph. “Bhoomi had performed here about eight years ago, but this was our first performance and we enjoyed it!” said frontman Surojit.

Besides Barandaye roddur, the band regaled with Prano sokhire, Rupnagar and one of Surojit’s favourites, Tumi Radhe koi koi. New year means new resolutions. “As a band, we want to continue with our music, rehearse and practice,” smiled Surojit.

Members of the audience like Chandan Mukherjee sang along. “We were glad that the show was such a hit!” said a satisfied Soumitra Ghose, entertainment convener of the club.

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Keshav Roy and Baisali Chatterjee Dutt in Is Anybody Listening? at Hindusthan Club. Picture: Arnab Mondal

Mid-life crisis of a middle-class couple mixed with a dose of humour and a message kept around 250 viewers glued to Is Anybody Listening? presented by Hindusthan Club, in association with t2 on April 12. The play, staged at the Sarat Bose Road address, was a combined effort of Spandan, Theatrecian and Inspirago Infinity, and was directed by Renu Roy of Spandan.

An adaptation of Neil Simon’s The Prisoner of Second Avenue, Is Anybody Listening? tells the story of Rohan (Keshav Roy) and Megha (Baisali Chatterjee Dutt), a couple living on Southern Avenue. Life takes a turn when their upscale flat gets burgled and Rohan loses his job. Megha manages to land a job but Rohan goes into depression and ends up taking recourse in therapy. They need help, but ‘is anybody listening?’

The Indianised plot and the urban picture that the play paints is easily relatable — honking cars, noisy neighbours, a malfunctioning garbage-disposal system, water scarcity, unemployment... Keshav and Baisali along with Nivedita Bhattacharya, Surjya Kar and Charu Gupta make this one-hour-40-minute play an amusing satire.

The play had interesting breaks between scenes — radio news bulletin performed by Ashoke Viswanathan, with witty headlines that had the audience in splits.

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Salute! CC&FC felicitated sports legends (L-R) left Keshav Dutt, Chuni Goswami and celebrated author Buddhadeb Guha on April 14 at the Gurusaday Road address. The evening also saw performances by singer Rupankar (right above) among others. “This is the first time we have done something like this. We thought of felicitating people who have done India proud,” said club president Subrata Das.

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Play time: Calcutta Club staged its annual Bengali drama recently. The play titled Subarna Golak 2, a take on Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s Subarna Golak, was staged by “members and dependants” over two days at GD Birla Sabhagar. It was written and directed by Debkumar Ghosh and starred the likes of Biswajit Chakraborty and Basudeb Mukherjee. “This has been a tradition for more than 30 years. Ever since I became a member, I have been attending it. Our English drama is staged in March. All the members who take part rehearse a lot despite their busy schedules. We all look forward to it,” said club president Kunal Roy Chowdhury.

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Happy New Year: Dalhousie Institute celebrated Poila Baisakh on April 14 at the Jhowtolla Road address. Besides a Bengal comedy titled Ram Dhakka, there was recitation and musical performances by children. Members and guests also enjoyed singer Sukanya Ghosh’s performance over Bengali delicacies like fish fry, mochar chop, mutton chop, aam porar sherbet and baked rosogolla.

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