The Bhopalites enjoyed the Tuesday evening with the classical ragas and the sufi music.Marking the fifth day of Uttar Pradesh Mahotsav at Bharat Bhavan, a renowned folk singer Malini Awasthi and a noted Sufi singer Ahmed Khan Warsi gave a splendid performance before the music lovers of the city.The programme began with the sufiyana music by Ahmed Khan Warsi and his troupe. The troupe performed the qawwalis maintaining the innocence and purity of sufiyana music.
Their performance was feet tapping. As they began their performance, the audiences were enthralled as they performed with a lot enthusiastic approach.The classical music lovers were mesmerised with the tuneful presentation of Bhojpuri classical sangeet here on Friday, presented by Malini Awasthi.Notably, Malini is highly acclaimed for her gaayaki and her powerful performances. Singing the various forms of folk music from Benaras and Awadh like the Dadra, Sohar, Banna, Jhoola, Kajri, Holi, Chaiti, Vivaah, Dhobiya, Nirgun, are her forte. She has showcased these different forms of folk music in her own way.
Some of these forms, which are almost dying forms when sung on the stage, mesmerized the viewers and took the nation by a storm. A disciple of the Thumri proponent Padma Vibhushan Girija Devi Ji, today Malini is one of the leading Thumri singers of the Benaras Gharana. Malini is recognised for her distinctive style of singing which is a beautiful combination of soulful renditions of melodies together with her powerful performances. Equally accomplished in Ghazal and Sufi gaayki, Malini reminds you of the old world charm of the beautiful lucknow and the Ganga-Jamuni culture of UP.She performed Thumree to which the audience listened to her with rapt attention. later, she gave other mesmerising performances.