It is said there is no age to follow your heart. Tapan Roychowdhury, the owner of the city's popular Bengali restaurant, Calcutta Club, would agree as he takes the stage at Mithibai College, Vile Parle, on January 23 to sing ghazals immortalised by Mehdi Hasan. After a career spanning over three decades in the corporate world, Roychowdhury, now 68, followed his calling to open a Bengali restaurant in the city. “There were not many Bengali restaurants in Mumbai till about a decade ago. The idea was to serve a spread we would serve guests at home. It clicked,” recalls Roychowdhury.

Tapan Roychowdhury singing at a mehfil