Imagine a different musical rendition of Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali in the Nobel laureate’s cultural turf of Santhiniketan. Karivellur native and Santosh Kana, a teacher by profession, has achieved exactly that. Kana introduced this programme titled Gitanjali, a musical journey, to sway Tagore’s terrain. Kana selected 18 songs which imbibe the concepts included in Tagore’s Gitanjali for this unique musical initiative.

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Santhosh Kana. Photo: Special arrangement

Kana along with his team worked on this project for the last four to five years. He researched the appropriate ragas to be used for each poem, and captured its spirit and essence. Kana associated with Sitar player Paulson and Anandu Pai for the project. His genuine love and passion for Bengali literature, music, films and Tagore inspired him in the journey.

Kana, who live in Bengal for years, had dabbled with Gitanjali earlier also: He had given voice to K Jayakumar’s Malayalam translation of Tagore’s Gitanjali in 1997. It was during Covid that Kana decided to give Geetanjali a fresh impetus and treatment through a rendition. K J Paulson played the sitar and music composing was done by Ananthu Pai.

Santosh Kana is the son of M V Karunakaran and K Saudamini of Vadakkemanakkadu. A tutor with Kendriya Vidyalaya, Haryana, Kana is keen to indepth studies on Tagore’s Gitanjali.

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