We have seen directors and actors doubling up as singers and vice –versa, but this time around it’s a rather unusual crossover from politics to singing; and well it’s our very own Mamata Banerjee who tried her luck at the art. We know Didi for all the wrong reasons, be it her hobby of calling Bandhs every now and then or her infamous stint at driving away, what could be termed as West Bengal’s industrial uprising- the Nano.
It now seems Didi is surely looking for an image change. When the famous reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, hosted one of its promotional tours in Kolkata, Didi showed up there. This time, surprisingly, it was not to protest but to show off her talent in singing. More than her singing spectators there were amazed at the fact that didi could do something constructive as well. While she sang ‘Ae mere vatan ke logo’ I could not help but think that it was the same voice that we hear in the microphone on a daily basis in Kolkata; but this time around it sounded much more pleasant and caused much less irritation than it usually does.
Though one cannot compare Ms Banerjee to any noteworthy singer, her attempt was not so bad either. It was amazing how this lady managed to have a pretty decent voice even after the continued assaults to her vocal chords by her own protest speeches. It was evident that didi needed help with her diction for the Bengali accent in the Hindi song was a little odd to the ears of a sane listener.
All said and done, Mamata Banerjee has got skill in something other than calling for bandhs. We recommend she nurtures this talent and devotes most of her time towards it for we would really like to see her voice her thoughts through melodious tunes rather than the unwanted Bandhs.
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