the otherwise nondescript hat which would have been fine on the head or in the dark recesses of a cupboard woke up suddenly to the thunderous noise of a packed eden gardens and since tuesday the euphoria surrounding it has refused to die down after all the person who borrowed it and lent it fame was shah rukh khan twelfth knight emperor at eden and from the show at the stadium on tuesday king of kolkatas heart as for the hats proud owner soumitra of bhoomi who is currently basking in reflected glory has just this to say hats off when srk and his knights made a royal entry soumitra was belting out sohag chand from the dais i could feel them entering and started off with sohag chand since it was a scorching afternoon i offered srk my hat and he hugged me as he grabbed it recalls soumitra the bhoomi frontman even spoke a harmless lie that the hat belonged to his son to get it back im very fond of the hat i had bought it from the us and didnt want to part with it it has become so famous now that i can auction it says even if bhoomi chandrabindoo and dohar barely had a days time to put together the gig it was worth every bit i was on a bus when the cm called me up on monday and asked me to get in touch with chandrabindoo and dohar i did it in no time says soumitra who stayed away from watching the ipl finals between kolkata and chennai as any team i support inevitably loses bhoomi which began the show with shah rukh naamer pola ekkhan banshi shey bajaye promptly set the tempo when i told shakib al hasan that bangladesh has always had an influence on my songs he told me how people on the other side of the border too love listening to us the best part was when juhi started dancing to dhitang dhitang bole says soumitra for anindya of chandrabindoo the star attraction was srks impromptu jig they had started dancing on the ground but soon srk juhi and others clambered up on stage and started grooving when someone mentioned dhitang dhitang king khan egged us on he knew the number and asked us to sing it says the chandrabindoo frontman while the starryeyed kolkata crowd went home happy and singing rajib of dohar says the biggest draw was the coming together of the three bands as one band sang the others joined in it was a huge honour and it couldnt have been bigger than performing to the crowd at eden he saysreply to critics shah rukh has defended mamata banerjee after critics slammed her for giving a rousing welcome to a private corporate team in kolkata there is no harm in sharing happiness nobody should criticise it its alright to be happy said srk adding lets not be political it has been