Bratati Bandyopadhyay

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Bratati Bandopadhay
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In Kolkata, 2011
Other namesBratati Banerjee
OccupationBengali elocutionist

Bratati Bandopadhay or Bratati Banerjee is a Bengali language elocutionist. [1] [2] [3] She is the founder head of Kabyayan, an institution for practising elocution and Bratati Parampara, an organization that works on elocution and other forms of performing arts. [4] She recites works of old and contemporary Bengali poets like Rabindranath Tagore, Nazrul Islam, Sukumar Ray and Shankha Ghosh to name a few. [5]

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Early life

She was born to Manjul Kumar Bandyopadhyay and Maya Bandyopadhya in Kolkata. Her education started at Bethune Collegiate School at Kolkata. During her college days, she moved to Barasat, Hridaypur, of Kolkata along with her parents and her younger brother. She secured first class in Masters examination in economics from the University of Calcutta. [6]

Works

Bratati gave more than 2000 poetry recitals in India and abroad. She has been invited by several countries all over the world including the US, UK, Australia, Kuwait, Muscat Singapore and Bangladesh. In December 1996, she gave her first three-hour-long solo recital titled Ek Sandhyay Eka Bratati which created a milestone in the cultural history of Bengal. Emotions and ecstasies charged the full-house audience as she put forth every brilliant poem with all its exquisite beauty and appeal. Till date Kolkata witnessed 7 solo recitals given by her, each of three-hour-duration, with full-house. Some of her highly appreciated recitals include Ek Sandhyay Eka Bratati (Part 2 and 3) Pachishey Bratati, Chirasakha and Chiradiner. Bratati set up Kabyayan, an institution for practicing recitation, which now caters almost 800 students. Recently it has completed 25 years of its journey. She is the founder head of Bratati Parampara that promotes recitation and allied forms of performing art in a more professional manner. She is a mentor for elocution in the schools run by the Techno India Group where she along with her students gives lessons to school children. She conducted a special workshop for inmates of Presidency Correctional Home in 2006. [7]

Albums [8]

Bratati has more than 60 albums to her credit till date. Some of her published titles are given below.

Based on Rabindranath Tagore's works:

Modern poems

For Children

Filmography

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  3. ↑ "Earthy and soulful". Telegraph Calcutta. Calcutta, India. 23 June 2012. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Home". bratati.in.
  5. ↑ "Carnival calendar". Telegraph Calcutta. Calcutta, India. 20 January 2012. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
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  7. ↑ "Bratati Bnadyopadhyay: Dream Realized". www.bratati.in. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "Bratati Bandyopadhyay: Albums". www.bratati.in. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
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