Aaj Tak, the Hindi news channel, will be presenting the Kolkata edition of its acclaimed and accomplished literature festival, ‘Sahitya Aaj Tak’.

The two-day event is scheduled for February 17 and 18, 2023. A number of well-known writers, scholars, authors, singers, actors, columnists, business executives, poets, and theatre performers will be featured in the Kolkata edition.

In November, over 2.5 lakh (250,000) people came to see over 300 luminaries from literature, art, cinema, music, theatre, and cultural activities at the ‘Sahitya Aaj Tak’ edition in Delhi, the channel said in a statement.

A total of 1,200,000 people registered for the event through walk-in/on-site registration. Following the huge success and popularity of AT Bangla and Ishq FM, ‘Sahitya Aaj Tak’ is getting a Bengali makeover.

The performance of Saraswati Vandana by Anup Jalota will kick off the programme.

The discussion of ‘Bangali Durgay Ache, Ram E Nei?’ will come next. (Bangaliyon me Durga hai, Ram nahi) in which Nrisingha Prasad Bhaduri converses with Shankar.

‘Banga Bhumi aur Hindi’ will include a discussion between three author-critics: Prem Shankar Tripathi, Prof. Manju Rani Singh, and Prof. Ramesh Mishra.

Usha Uthup will give a presentation titled ‘Queen of Indian Pop’, and Surajit and Bhoomi Band will talk about the theme ‘Bengali band e bimukh!’ with singer Lagnajitta.

During a session titled ‘Cinemar Raajneeti, Rajneetir Cinema’ (‘Cinema ki Rajniti, Rajniti ka Cinema), Rudranil Ghosh will be in conversation with Kamaleshwar Mukherjee, Arindam Sil, and Bratya Basu.

‘Digital Juge Premer Kobita’ (Digital Yug aur Prem ki Kavita)will be discussed by Anuttama Banerjee, a renowned psychologist and poet; Abhiroop Mukherjee, a poet, scholar, and columnist; and Souvik Guha Sarkar, a poet, author, and editor of the children’s magazine Meghmuluk.

Delegates will be able to witness the following personalities from the spheres of art, culture, literature, and music as they meet on the ‘Sahitya Aaj Tak’ platform:

1. Javed Ali
2. Udit Narayan
3. Anup Jalota
4. Nrisingha Prasad Bhadur
5. Shankar
6. Swastika Mukherjee
7. Surajit
8. Lagnajita
9.  Anuttama Banerjee
10. Abhirup Mukhopadhayay
11. Souvik Guha Sarkar
12. Tanmoy Bhattacharjee
13. Usha Uthup
14. Rudranil Ghosh
15. Kamaleshwar Mukherjee
16. Arindam Sil
17. Babul Supriyo
18. Soma Bandopadhyay
19. Gautam Sanyal
20. Sanjay Budhia
21. Alka Saraogi
22. Madhu Kankaria
23. Vijay Sharma
24. Sourendro-Soumyojit
25. Kalpana Patowary
26. Swapan Dasgupta
27.  Dr. Anirban Ganguly
28. Shatrughan Sinha
29. Mrityunjay Kumar Singh
30. Yatish Kumar
31. Geeta Dubey
32. Anand Gupta
33. Poonam Sonchatra
34. Jhulan Nishit Goswami
35. Sharmila Jalan
36. Pallavi Pundir
37. Nirmala Todi
38. Chandra kumar Bose
39. Sukhendu Shekhar Roy
40. Niladri Banerjee
41. Manoranjan Byopari
42. Anjan Dutt
43. Arun Hota
44. Amarnath Sharma
45. Partha Banerjee
46. Manoj Muntashir Shukla
47. Priyankar Paliwal
48. Shyamal Bhattacharya
49. Prem Shankar Tripathi
50. Dona Ganguly
51. Dolly Basu
52. Uma Jhunjhunwala,
53. Prem Kapoor
54. Sraboni Sen
55. Indrani Sen
56. Jayati Chakraborty
57. Hindol Sengupta
58. Dr Shahid Faroghy
59. Jitendra Dheer
60. Nand lal Roushan
61.  Zarina Zarreen
62. Vinod Prakash Gupta
63. Anawar Husain Anjum
64. Fay Seen Ejaz
65. Naseem Azizi
66. Mushtak Anjum
67.  Aasim Shanawaz Shibli