The story of a myriad Man who gave birth to a whole lot of diversities. And finally showed us the way. Even on his 150th birth anniversary Rabindranath Tagore continues to be the most revered and controversial cultural icon of Bengal. His gigantic shadow still looms large, a mysterious chiaroscuro of reverence, apprehension, obsolescence, and cultural debates. A man who was shackled by the copyright strictures of Biswabharati till the beginning of the century, and the restrictions still dictate the cultural perception of the Bengali mind. How do we study this luminary and attempt our own assessment, which is free from institutional bindings? Is Tagore still a product of cultural merchandise, or an ever-rejuvenating intellectual inspiration, or a vast enough text to for the contemporary youth yet to relate to?

Primarily a Romeo and Juliet story. The boy Gora, a bohemian cosmopolitan youth, completely delineated from his cultural/traditional roots and the girl -Sohini, a traditional, cultured, evolved, young girl, brought up on all the archaic cultural values inculcated by her Thakurda (her Grandfather)- Chandrashekhar who has decided to raise his family according to the copybook values of life as laid down by Tagore himself.

This romantic tussle obviously encompasses a greater truth when Gora and Sohini meet. Is Tagore still a prisoner of academic footnotes, or a true embodiment of a free spirit of love, life and joy? The story engages in this debate very truthfully. A clash of two cultures, as we re-examine what Rabindranath means to us today. The form is that of an entertaining musical, where songs from Tagore, old and new, with renditions traditional and contemporary, help the narrative to proceed.

It, however, should not be looked upon as a dry fictionalized discourse. It contains all the standard TRP friendly dramatic ingredients, molded into a flesh and blood narrative with all its various moments of smiles and tears, of aspirations and anxieties, of trust and betrayals. And above all about a Man who inhabited and transcended all these mortal failings.