The Bhopalites witnessed a delightful evening with wondrous performances of classical music and dance. Under the Uttaradhikar series of Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum, a sarangi-violin jugalbandi and Bharatnatyam performances were held here on Sunday.
The programme began with the introduction of Abdul Hamid latif (Ujjain) and Javed latif Khan (Bhopal) along with their accompanists on Sarangi-Violin Jugalbandi.
They began playing with Raga Dhanashree in teen taal. Shahnawaz Hussain and Azhar Ahmed, on the tabla, accompanied the jugalbandi.
Abdul Hamid latif (Ujjain) received the initial education of music from his parents.
He received the initial education of violin from lageaji and got education from Sarangi player, Ustad Abdul latif Khan for nearly seven years. He has made presentations of his play on many art forums. Javed latif Khan (Bhopal) also received the initial education of music from his parents.
After Jugalbandi, Apurva Jayaraman and Shweta Prachand from Chennai gave Bharatnatyam dance performance with their fellow artists and presented Bharatnatyam dance on the shlok 'Kararvindenam Padaevindenam'. 'Yasmeen Nrityayati’ was presented after the first performance. In this dance, the beauty of Krishna's childhood form was presented with the help of dance.
After this the audience took the opportunity to witness dance performance on ‘Raga Mandh’ and ‘Raga Bageshri’. In the next presentation 'Raga Kalyani' and 'Bhimpalaas', 'Kasturi Tilakam' were performed. In this, the mystic personality of lord Krishna was presented including the charisma of his flute recitals.
The end of the dance presentation 'Angulya Kaha Kavtam Prahareethi' i.e. the laughs of Krishna and Radha were presented on stage. The dancers mesmerized the audience with their dance.
Apurva Jayaraman and Shweta Pravand have been practicing Bharatnatyam dance with Priyadarshini Govind for the last 15 years under the Guru-Shishya Parampara.
They have made Bharatnatyam dance performances on various art forums of the country.