A wonderful combination of various art forms was witnessed in a State-level competition Yuva Utsav 2013. From classical songs to theatre dramas all mesmerising performances were witnessed by the Bhopalites under the Yuva Utsav at Ravindra Bhavan Hall here on Friday.
Notably, the two-day programme is being organised by Madhya Pradesh Sports and Youth Department that commenced here from Friday and would conclude on Saturday. The participants from as many as seven districts have participated in the youth festival 2013 to present performances under 15 disciplines of art.
These disciplines include oratory, guitar, veena, flute, sitar, mridangam, tabla, harmonium, Kuchipudi, Odissi, Manipuri, Kathak, Bharatanatyam, vocal (classical) and vocal (hindustani), mono-acting, folk songs and folk dance. Notably, winners of these competitions will take part in the Rashtriya Yuva Utsav. Further, artists from Jabalpur, Reewa, Gwalior, Indore, Sagar, Bhopal and Ujjain participated in the youth festival. Further, it is divided into two segments that include folk song and dance, classical dance and play to be performed at Ravindra Bhavan and the musical performances are being performed at TT Nagar stadium.
On the first day of the youth festival, artists from Sagar performed the Badhai dance. Noteably, Badhai is the folk dance from Bundelkhand and is being performed at auspicious occasions to greet best wishes and express the joy. The artists wonderfully gave an expression of happiness with this performance. The series of performances were followed with another folk dance performance Baredi, presented by the artists from Gwalior. It is closely connected with the cattle farming and is often performed during the festival of Diwali.
The next segment of the youth festival was followed with the theater performances. As many as seven plays were presented before the audience. The first play presented was Dayaan. It is a Hindi play and one of the hit productions from Bhopal. Next performance was given by the artists from Gwalior with the play Gaman followed with another performance given by the artists from Jabalpur Sahamshan Mahaparv. Next play was Manji Surna from Indore, Baaqi Itihaas from Sagar, Chandragupt from Reewa and the segment was concluded with the play Khand Khand Bharat from Ujjain.
Renowned playwrights like Ashok Bulani, KG Trivedi, Ranjana Tiwari and Hamidullah Khan were among the judges panel. The spell binding acts by the young artists enthralled the audiences with their performances.