The Hindi film industry is getting ready to pay tribute to India’s most famous poet — Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore — on the occasion of his 150th birth anniversary next year.

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A special compilation of songs penned by Tagore will hit the market next year with renditions from some of the best voices from the industry.

The project is being produced and directed by Ujjvwal Chatterji who has earlier made two albums on Tagore songs where he has worked with actors like Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan.

Now, in this venture lyricist Javed Akhtar will translate renditions from Gitanjali — the poem compilation for which Tagore became the country’s first Nobel laureate — to suit the taste of Hindi music listeners. Music director Aadesh Srivastava will compose the music.

Ujjvwal says, “I have done two albums in the past — one in Bengali featuring Rajesh Khanna and another one in Hindi called Mere Man Mein Mere Dhadkan Mein where each song had an introduction by Amitabh Bachchan. But this album is my attempt to make the music of Tagore popular among people across India.”Some of the top personalities from the industry will also portray thematic roles in the album’s music video.

“For singers, we are in talks with a lot of them. Asha-ji (Bhonsle) and Shaan have already agreed to be a part of it. For the video too, we are in talks but it is still too early to give out the names,” adds Ujjvwal.

Aadesh says, “Tagore was such a genius; he wrote and composed those beautiful songs with meticulous dexterity. Recreating the music of such a genius is a great creative high. It’s a huge honour to work on a project like this. I hope our effort will help enhance Tagore’s legacy even more among Indians.”