3rd September, Wednesday: During Hooliganism's performance at Bandstorm 2025, actor-director and band lead Anirban Bhattacharya introduced a rap song woven with not-so-subtle political satire.
For those who haven't seen the now viral video of Hooliganism’s performance at Biswa Bangla Mela Prangan during Bandstorm 2025, Anirban Bhattacharya, band lead of 'Hooliganism', presented a satirical rap on Bengal's present political situation. Here's the video
He kept a 'phordo' or a list of every person, as if he were keeping the list of every right and wrong doings, alike Chandragupta. He mainly targeted three Ghoshs of Bengal’s present political situation.
The rhymes of the rap were very basic but funny and well-delivered. So, people went wild from the crowd, and a video of the performance went viral.
Recently, Anirban faced certain boycotts of his productions, halted or disrupted by different protests, so he took an equal dig at every relevant political party of Bengal: the TMC, the BJP, and even the CPM. From TMC, it was Kunal Ghosh who got a mention, with the lyrics (translated) going: ‘If I say these things in a song, he will get angry. Who will get angry? Kunal Ghosh will get angry.’
Following the performance, Kunal Ghosh shared a video on social media, "Why will I get angry. I rather had fun, I enjoyed listening to this style of song. Stay well, Anirban."
Other names in the song included Dilip Ghosh of BJP, whom Bhattacharya labelled a 'romantic' and then slammed his BJP colleague's statement that traces of gold can be found in cow's milk. Anirban pounced on CPM spokesperson Shatarup Ghosh for “travelling in a big car”, which is very ironic, considering he is a communist.
Now, the question arises from social media on Anirban's ideology, as he didn't comment on anything about the earlier RG Kar case, but now, he is delivering political satirical rap on a platform. Social media is bursting with the question of "why not then? Why is now?"
Anirban Bhattacharya and other well-celebrated popular figures of Bengal came up with the song "nijeder mote nijeder gaan", before the election, four years ago. Is this an extension of that thought, or did Anirban Bhattacharya just use a platform to keep his band relevant through this mind battle?
