Like every Bengali, Durga Puja holds a particular place in Shaan’s coronary heart, too. Yearly, the singer celebrates the five-day competition with plenty of enthusiasm. However this time round, the festivity for him is mellow as he’s been lacking his mum, Sonali Mukherjee, who handed away earlier this yr.
“I’ve been lacking maa so much through the pujas. She liked the spirit of Durga Puja. Yearly, I’d look ahead to visiting numerous pandals along with her throughout this time. It was at all times such a joyous expertise,” shares Shaan.
However, a studying from his mum which the 50-year-old cherishes is that life goes on. He’s been acting at numerous Durga Puja pandals. “Though the celebrations are low key, I’m acting at plenty of pujas. In truth, I will likely be performing in Vashi (Navi Mumbai) at the moment, Sanu da’s puja (singer Kumar Sanu) and Abhijeet da’s puja (singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya),” says Shaan, who has been acting at Durga Puja pandals “for the final 30 years”.
Sharing what the competition means to him, he provides, “I really like the truth that I get to be with my household and go to the pandals with them. Like each different Bengali, it’s an especially particular time for me too.”
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