Penoa to stage theatrical concerts sharing stories behind ‘E Ruher Tole’
Music group Penoa from Cox's Bazar has released a new album featuring 13 songs titled "E Ruher Tole" (Beneath This Soul). The album is now available on YouTube and Spotify. The band has organised a concert series to perform the album live. The series includes three concerts in Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, and Dhaka, featuring theatrical performances alongside the music where band members will share the stories behind the songs.
The first event, titled "Album Completion Concert", will be held on November 20 at the Theatre Institute in Chattogram. Through theatrical performances, audiences will learn the many stories behind the album. The second event is scheduled for December 25 in Cox's Bazar, and the final concert will take place in mid-January in Dhaka.
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Yasir Arafat, the band's lyricist and vocalist, shared, "We've seen that internationally, almost everyone holds such events after completing an album. We don't have much of this practice here. Every album has a journey behind it, and we want to present that story to the audience. There's a one and a half year long story behind creating 'E Ruher Tole'. Working from Cox's Bazar to produce a complete album, we went through various challenges—all of this will emerge in the theatrical performance."
Several songs from the "E Ruher Tole" album have already gained listener popularity, notably "E Ruher Tole", "Rater Santar", "Rikto Golap", "Kuhu Daker Hon" and "Shunte Ja Chao". A film based on "E Ruher Tole" is also in progress. British-Bangladeshi filmmaker Aktanin Khair is producing the film, which is currently in the editing stage. According to the filmmaker, this movie is for people worldwide suffering from depression. The filmmaker believes that the song "E Ruher Tole" can serve as "music therapy" for people experiencing depression.
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