“Ami Banglar Gaan Gai”; the Indomitable Mahmuduzzaman Babu

During a program in Canberra attended by Soumitra Chatterjee, the legendary actor from Kolkata, I overheard a fellow Canberra-living Bangali, obviously from Kolkata, saying to Soumitra “Dada shunechhen, Pratul Babur Gantikey to Bangladeshira ekebarey Oder Jatiyo shongeet baniye phelechhey”. He