The Directorate of Culture, Madhya Pradesh will organise a cultural event ‘Bhojpur Utsav’ to observe the occasion of Mahashivratri. The event would feature devotional performances at Bhojpur Shiva Temple premises.
The event would commence from February 28 and would continue till March 1. Notably, Bhojpur Utsav is organized every year to observe the occasion of Mahashivratri. Devotional, sufi, singers and other artists come together over one platform to give a splendid performance.
The event would get underway with the performance by a renowned Sufi singer Richa Sharma. Notably, Richa Sharma would be giving a performance at Bhojpur Utsav for the first time.
She has an ultimate melodious voice and is also known for singing various Bollywood tracks. She is also appreciated for singing the Bollywood’s longest track ‘The Bidaai Song’ in movie Baabul.
Further, she has also given her playback voice in movies like Shanghai, Singham, Patiala House; My Name is Khan, Sadiyaan, Sawariyaa and many more. She would be accompanied by a devotional singer Parsaram Keer from Bhojpur on vocal.
On the second day of the fest i.e. on February 28 there would be a poet’s meet. Poets from across the country would present their creations before the audience.Poets like Aaskaran Atal from Mumbai, VP Singh from Baroda, Sarita Sharma from New Delhi, Sarvesh Asthana from lucknow and Suman Dubey from lucknow, Urmila aka Urmi from Ahmedabad, Siddharth Deval from Jaipur, and Hemant Shrimal from Ujjain would be participating.
Notably, before the poets meet, a noted Kathak dancer Malti Shyam along with her troupe would give a Kathak performance before the audience.The concluding day of the event would be marked on March 1 with the performance ‘Vihangam of Amrit Madhya Pradesh’. As many as 100 artists would give a performance. Notably, these artists got much appreciation as they gave a splendid performance at lokrang 2014. The performance is scripted by Bhagwati lal Rajpurohit and directed by a known playwright lokendra Trivedi. Further, before this performance, a Bharatnatyam exponent from Ukraine Ganna Smirnova would present Bharatnatyam.