kolkata in a soulful rendition of the works of the bard of bengal union finance minister pranab mukherjees family mesmerised an audience which included the wife of west bengal chief minister buddhadeb bhattacharjee at a function to celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of rabindranath tagoreeven as the number two in union cabinet was busy with his work elsewhere wife shubhra mukherjee a gifted vocalist lent her voice with daughter sharmistha setting the floor on fire by her deft kathak steps to the accompaniment of select tagore songs at rotary sadan last nightaptly named ananda dhara or the stream of joy the dance narrative was a medley of choreography and lyrics with nature overmanifest the tagore hallmarksharmistha who had created ripples after writing an open letter to her father before last years union budget was attired in full kathak costumethe young artiste who has been trained under legendary pt durgalal of the jaipur kathak gharana keeps a lowprofile as much as her unassuming mother who has been running geetanjali troupe since 1978 to propagate tagores philosophy espoused through his songs and dancesmeera bhattacharjee wife of bengals selfconfessed tagore enthusiast chief minister later said i immensely enjoyed the beautiful choreography