Actor
Amitabh
Bachchan,
who
is
known
for
his
trademark
baritone,
has
been
applauded
by
several
Tagore
exponents
for
his
rendition
of
Rabindra
Sangeet
'Ekla
Chalo
Re'
in
the
film
Kahaani.
They
say
that
he
has
a
few
minor
glitches
of
pronunciation,
but
what
they
like
is
his
honest
effort.
Talking
to
PTI,
veteran
Rabindra
Sangeet
singer
Pramita
Mallick,
who
also
recorded
the
same
song
for
an
album
earlier,
said,
"He
is
not
a
Bengali
and
so
his
pronunciation
will
be
different.
But
he
has
made
an
honest
effort
and
given
full
respect
to
the
song."
Big
B
has
sung
'Ekla
Chalo
Re'
in
both
Bengali
and
Hindi,
which
has
been
composed
by
Vishal
Shekhar.
Talking
about
it,
classical
vocalist
Indrani
Sen
says
that
she
has
always
loved
the
baritone
of
the
megastar.
"If
you
talk
about
pronunciation
then
even
Asha
Bhonsle
has
sung
a
number
of
Tagore
songs
where
her
accent
wasn't
perfect.
But
they
were
all
hits
and
so
is
this
song," PTI
quotes
Sen
as
saying.
Singer-director
Debashish
Raychaudhuri
said,
"If
you
ask
me
for
a
critical
appraisal
then
I
will
say
that
he
could
have
worked
on
the
pronunciation.
But
even
then
his
voice
has
touched
my
heart."
Young
vocalist
Manoj
Murali
Nair
dubbed
the
69-year-old
actor's
rendition
as
'experimental'.
"The
song
is
experimental
and
can't
be
seen
as
a
proper
Tagore
song.
The
song
has
come
out
well
and
in
a
very
trendy
way
which
will
help
the
genre
to
find
new
listeners," he
said.
Describing
the
song
as
"truly
awesome
and
worthy
of
all
awards,
Bachchan
had
said,
"May
I
just
say
that
singing
Rabindrasangeet
for
the
first
time
was
the
greatest
revelation.
The
beauty
of
the
language,
the
lyricism
of
the
tune
and
its
'dhun'
(music)
are
outstanding."
The
song,
one
of
Mahatma
Gandhi's
favorites,
was
penned
in
1905
by
Tagore.