ওয়াশিংটন বাংলা রেডিও Washington Bangla Radio USA

Ganer Oparey is a forthcoming television show on STAR Jalsha Bengali TV Channel to commemorate Rabindranath Tagore's 150th birth anniversary this year.

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According to a report by The Telegraph, the lead star cast of the TV serial are Arjun Chakraborty and Mimi Chakraborty and the script has been written by famous film-maker and actor Rituparno Ghosh. The producer is Ideas Creations - a production house founded by Kolkata Tollywood movie hero Prosenjit Chatterjee. Music is directed by Debojyoti Mishra.

The show features singer Samantak Sinha (Sunny), the lead vocalist of the wonderful Bengali Art-Rock Band Empty Spaces whose debut album Jibon Britto is an innovative concept album that reflects the cycle of ambition, achievement, deprivation, self-realization and finally, enrichment that all humans go through over their lives. Read more about Empty Spaces and Jibon Britto on their crisp web-site www.emptyspacesmusic.com where you can download the album free under a creative commons license.

Ideas Creations can be reached at info@ideascreations.com.

STAR Jalsha is one of the most popular Bengali TV channels in Calcutta. It is a service of STAR India, a fully owned subsidiary of the American media company News Corporation www.newscorp.com owned by Rupert Murdoch.