kolkata to recognize the cultural importance and heritage of durga puja especially in the wake of the unesco recognition several puja organisers are taking special initiatives to applaud those who work behind the scenes to put together the dazzling pandals and innovative themes that draw millions of visitors while pandalhoppers enjoy the grandeur artists pandalmakers and labourers who work for months remain in the shadows artist bhabotosh sutar has designed a unique puja theme to celebrate these artists breaking away from the usual pattern of elaborate themes and intricate artwork sutar has designed a simple bamboo structure at arjunpur amra sobai club in baguiati covered it with tarpaulins and encircled it with aluminium corrugated sheets the real surprise is the live performances and presentations by pandalmakers light technicians carpenters welders sound artists dhakis and puja organisersaround 60 such men and women will perform throughout the puja evenings and nights under theatre personality and sangeet natak akademi awardee prabir guha the people will perform behind a circular white screen in the pandal with light projections that will showcase the performance through sounds and shadowslast month when bhabotosh briefed me about the idea i was fascinated in my long theatre career this project is the most challenging one every puja day i am still experimenting with it as i dont want a perfect finished product but one that has raw energy said guha who is also the director of alternative living theatreits a storytelling session on the life of workers artists and puja organisers who are behind the incredible durga puja art which i tried to depict to the unesco team and pandalhoppers said sutarscriptwriter sujay das has written the performers reallife stories in the form of panchali and gazir gaan that will play in the background of the performancessimilarly durga pujas like hatibagan sarbojanin notun dal sb park thakurpukur dum dum park tarun dal dum dum park tarun sangha and bharat chakra are also celebrating the uncelebrated durga puja is nothing without the involvement of its people and it gets its character from the contributions and the efforts of puja committees artists and the people of kolkata the work of the artisans artists and masons involved in the making of pandals and the idols give the festival its unique fervour said forum for durgotsav secretary saswat bose who is also chief functionary of hatibagan sarbojanin