The music lovers of the city were mesmerised with the fantastic performance of Dhrupad singing and Kathak dance presentation here on Sunday. The performance was held at Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum.
Prashant Malik and Nishant Malik presented Dhrupad Gayan and Kathak was presented by Uma Dongra. Both the performances were presented at its best leaving the audience mesmerized.
The programme started with Dhurpad gayan by Prashant Malik and Nishant Malik, along with their fellow artist, presented a traditional Dhrupad alliance with Raga Bhup Kalyan ‘Jhooti Baat Sacchi Kar Dikhavat Oh Haru Nagar’. After this, the artists presented the artists presented ‘Shankar Shiv Bhole’ in Raga Kishvani and impressed the audience with fine musical expressions.
In this presentation, along with Prashant Malik and Nishant Malik, Shivam Kushwaha and Vineet Srivastava accompanied in the singing and Pandit Akhilesh Gundecha accompanied them on Pakhawaj.
After Dhrupad gayan, Uma Dongra started Kathak dance with her fellow actors and performed kathak dance on ‘Sant Tunearam Rangit Abhanga Sundar Te Dhayan’ in Marathi. Vithal or Pandurang this is a Hindu deity worshiped in many places in the South of India and are praised in this presentation. The artists tried to present the beauty of the places and their nature with the help of dance and abhinaya. After this, the artists presented ‘pure Kathak dance’ with their dance skills in Dhan Dhan. After this, the artists performed ‘Tarana’ in Raga Megh in Teen Taal and made the audience enlightened with their performance.
After Tarana, Uma Dongra presented a solo presentation on ‘Dagar beech kaise chalun’ and enchanted the audience by her dance skills. Uma Dongra wrapped up her performance by presenting rainy season-centered presentation with the help of Chaturang Tarana, Sargaman and poetry with her fellow artists. In this presentation Uma Dongra was accompanied by Sarita Parulkar, Suhani Singh and Dixit Rawat.
It is to be noted that Prashant Malik has been active in the field of singing for a long time. He has given many singing performances on various art forums of the country. Uma Dongra has been honored with many prestigious awards and awards. He has given many captivating performances of Kathak dance on various art forums of the country.