New Delhi: “I am saying this as a fellow actor, I learnt so much from you today, thank you” – Anupam Kher applauds Arpita Chatterjee’s performance after watching My Name is Jaan.
It was a memorable evening at the Bal Gandharva Rang Mandir in Mumbai for Arplita Chatterjee who brilliantly portrayed the personality of Gauhar Jaan in the play ‘My name is Jaan’.
Much to the surprise of Arpita, the senior Bollywood actor Anupam Kher personally applauded her performance. Aprita remarked, “I am so blessed to have Anupam ji to bless me with his presence at the Mumbai premier of my play ‘My name is Jaan‘. It is wonderful to see that a Senior and well acclaimed actor like Anupam ji to have expressed his confidence in my performance.”
It wasn’t just Anupam Kher who expressed their appreciation for Arpita, as there was another Bengali stalwart in attendance – Rituparna Sengupta who has become an admirer of Arpita. Another notable personality to have supported and appreciated Arpita’s performance is Juhi Babbar who too was personally present during the show and seemed to be floored by Arpita’s performance.
It was on the 25th of October that Mumbai witnessed the grand launch of My Name is Jaan, a global premiere theatrical tour that brings to life the extraordinary story of Gauhar Jaan, a trailblazer in Indian music and recording history. This solo performance, starring the multifaceted Arpita Chatterjee, takes the audience on a captivating journey through Gauhar Jaan’s life, showcasing her pioneering role in shaping Indian classical music and her groundbreaking achievement as the first Indian artist to record a song on a gramophone.
Arpita Chatterjee, the star of the show, is a distinguished actress, trained classical dancer, and accomplished singer. She first gained fame in 1997 after winning the prestigious ‘Sananda Tilottama’ beauty pageant in Eastern India. With a career spanning more than two decades, Arpita has starred in over fifty films across Bengali, Hindi, Bhojpuri, and Odia cinema, making her a perfect choice to portray the legendary Gauhar Jaan.
The next Show Dates of My Name is Jaan are as follows:
27th October 2024 – Bal Gandharva Rang Mandir, Mumbai
24th November 2024 – Stadttheater, Gmunden, Austria
6th December 2024- G.D.Birla Sabhaghar, Kolkata
17th & 18th January 2025 – Sri Ram Centre, Delhi
24th January 2025 – Hyderabad
8th February, 2025– Kala Mandir, Kolkata
23rd February, 2025– G.D. Birla Sabhaghar, Kolkata
13th April 2025 – The Rose, Brampton, Canada
The tour promises to be an unmissable experience, celebrating the life and legacy of Gauhar Jaan while shining a light on her contributions to the global music scene.
My Name is Jaan was launched in Kolkata with multiple successful shows. It was applauded by eminent personalities from the performing arts fraternity and apart from Anupam Kher, Rituparna Sengupta and Juhi Babbar, the other are mentioned below –
“The Conceptualisation, the script, the stage, the music all came together in an absolutely brilliant way,” remarked Debanjan Chakravorty, Director British Council.
“Putting together such a long performance including acting and singing Arpita had worked really hard,” appreciated by Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty, Hindustani Classical Maestro.
“Arpita had done a wonderful job. A very difficult job. To sing the songs such beautifully, to bring out the generation through acting is an extremely difficult task done by Arpita,” says Goutam Ghosh, Film Director.
“To handle such a bold subject so deftly , that too acting solo and singing Gauhar Jaan’s songs is not an easy task,” remarked the legendary Sarod Player Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar.
