Calcutta, Jan. 15 :    Calcutta, Jan. 15:  Sportspersons, morning walkers and, of course, passers-by will soon have a new edifice to look up to at Rabindra Sarobar. A life-size statue of Rabindranath Tagore, after whom the south Calcutta stadium has been named, will adorn a prominent corner off Southern Avenue in a few months. Provided, however, the Rs 15 lakh required for the 12-ft-tall bronze statue can be raised. AAMRA, a welfare organisation founded by actor-philanthropist Mithun Chakraborty, is behind the initiative as one of the organisation's efforts to contribute to the beautification of Calcutta. 'Rabindra Sarobar, since its inception about 40 years ago, has had no plaque or statue erected in memory of Rabindranath,' said AAMRA executive chairman Tushar Talukdar, former city police chief. 'We thought it was time that a memorial worth its name should be erected.' Rabindrasangeet exponent Suchitra Mitra, recently appointed Sheriff and who has been associated with AAMRA for some time, is taking a leading role in the initiative. A two-day 'festival' of music is being organised at nearby Nazrul Mancha on January 27 and 28 to raise a part of the funds. The first evening has classical singers Shipra Basu and Gobinda Basu, Shaheed Parvez and Ustad Rashid Khan. The second will feature Rabindrasangeet and recitation by Dwijen Mukherjee, Geeta Ghatak, Mohan Sinha, Bratati Bandopadhyay, Soumitra Chatterjee, Mamata Shankar and others, besides Suchitra Mitra herself. 'The CIT, which maintains and develops the Lake area and the stadium, has allotted us a small plot at the corner of the stadium facing Southern Avenue,' said P.K. Mookerjee, the organisation's honorary secretary. The sculptor appointed to recreate Tagore's life-size image is Sarbari Roychoudhury, professor at Kala Bhavan, in Santiniketan. She has already started work on it.