Soumitra Chattopadhyay’s recital of ‘Abol Tabol’ with animation VFX

Sukumar Ray’s ‘Abol Tabol’ has enthralled generations of children, youths and adults with its lucid language layered with oodles of humour. This literary creation is embedded into a Bengali’s life throughout their growing up years and beyond. These limericks are considered a landmark in the literary field.
For the first time, a new YouTube channel which promises to provide quality music and content, has come up to present Abol Tabol in an audiovisual format featuring the legend Soumitra Chattopadhyay. The teaser of ‘Abol Tabol’ is already out.

Soumitra Chattopadhyay like a rejuvenated soul, recorded all the 46 titled and 7 untitled rhymes over a span of two days at the Film Services studio in Kolkata. The video made will be further edited with stupendous animatic improvisations and will be released on Children’s Day i.e. 14th November. The project is entirely conceptualized by Mr Shiladitya Chaudhury, Founder and Director of Ministry Of Muzik, who put in all hefty efforts to make the entire production happen.
"Abol Tabol always transports me to my fond childhood memories of having them read to me my mother and grandmother. It has become a constant companion of me over the years. By presenting Abol Tabol we had tried to revive the nostalgia of childhood memories and to gift the audience a kind of classic which is incomparably brilliant in its richness of emotions. The Legend, Shri Soumitra Chattopadhyay was the best and the only choice to recite and do justice to these works. This journey of recording the finest of creation of Ray was a memorable experience,” said Shiladitya Chaudhury, Founder-Director, Ministry of Muzik.
Soumitra Chattopadhyay will be seen commenting in the teaser that when he breaths his last, he would like to take ‘Gitabitan’ along with ‘Abol Tabol’ with him. This fine tunes his likeness towards ‘Abol Tabol’, the literary work that will soon touch its centenary. It will not be an exaggeration to say that audience will surely wait for this beautiful piece of archival work.