S D Burman’s house in Bangladesh set to be transformed into cultural advanced

Legendary musician and composer Sachin Dev Burman’s palatial house in Cumilla district of Bangladesh is all set to be reworked right into a cultural advanced, with the Sheikh Hasina authorities having sanctioned Taka 1.10 crore (Rs 86 lakh) for the mission.

Dev Burman, born in 1906, spent the primary 18 years of his life on this South Chartha village rajbari (palace) in Cumilla, mentioned Golam Faruk, an advocate and a prolific author who edited a 596-page ebook on the musician.

“His musical talent was honed under the supervision of his father, who was a sitarist. Dev Burman completed his schooling from Cumilla Zilla School and graduated from Victoria Government College in 1924,” Faruk, additionally a historian, mentioned.

His father, a descendant of Tripura royal household, had moved to Cumilla to take care of the princely estates.

The palace, the place the music maestro was born and raised, was listed as a protected monument on November 30, 2017, officers in Bangladesh mentioned.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had visited Agartala to attend the convocation of Tripura University in 2012 and guaranteed a delegation of writers and cultural activists there that the home can be preserved and transformed right into a cultural centre and museum, officers mentioned.

In May 2017, Hasina had visited Cumilla to attend the 116th start anniversary of poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, and laid the muse stones of seven tasks, certainly one of which was for the ‘Sachin Dev Burman Cultural Complex’, they mentioned.

Faruk identified that the palace was constructed on seven acres of land, however a serious a part of it was encroached upon, through the years, because it lay deserted.

“Cumilla MP AKM Bahauddin Bahar, however, was able to vacate the land to a considerable extent with the help of the district administration,” he informed PTI.

The MP, when approached, underlined that the federal government sanctioned Taka 1.10 crore for constructing the advanced.

The district collector of Cumilla, Md Kamrul Hasan, mentioned the administration was ready handy over the home to the archaeology division, have accomplished all restore work.

“The restoration work was completed long ago. Since the site is yet to be taken over by the archaeology department, the district administration is still looking after it. Two staff members of the district administration and the archaeology department are currently taking care of the house,” he informed PTI.

Faruk, additionally a ‘mukti joddha’ (freedom fighter), mentioned, “Many geniuses, including renowned Bengali poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, had visited Dev Burman’s house and played music with him.” An official mentioned on the situation of anonymity that the deserted home was used as a army warehouse through the Pakistan regime.

After the warehouse was eliminated, a part of the home was transformed right into a poultry farm, and since then, the place was often known as ‘Cumilla poultry farm’, he mentioned.

“Former cultural affairs minister and theatre personality Asaduzzaman Nur had earlier announced that a complex would be built around the house with a floating stage in the pond. A music library was also part of the plan. The poultry farm will have to be done away with,” he added.

Sachin Dev Burman, popularly often known as ‘sachin karta’, lived in Cumilla till 1924, mentioned Faruk.

“He left for Kolkata that year to pursue higher education and then later to Mumbai in 1944. Those of the Dev Burman family, who lived in the Cumilla house, migrated to India after 1947,” Faruk added.