The Bhopalites witnessed an eve adorned with folk and classical presentations. On the second day of Pavas Utsav 2013, three outstanding performances were staged at Ravindra Bhavan Auditorium here on Sunday.
The evening began with the Bagheli lok Gayan, by a noted folk vocalist Santosh Tiwari from Reewa. Santosh along with his troupe presented a wonderful series of folk songs before the audiences. The show began with Dhundhdoli followed by Savaani. As the monsoon season is on the troupe then performed Jhoola songs followed by Kajari. Their performance was wrapped up with the audiences demand Shankara.
Santosh Tiwari was accompanied by Vandana Tiwari, Bhawna Sharma and Kumari laxmi Pandey on Vocal, Monu Singh on Dholak and Harmonium was played by Santosh Tiwari. The programme was further followed with the performance by a noted Kathak exponent Sushmita Banerjee.
Sushmita Banerjee is a noted Kathak danseuse from Kolkata. She started her ‘talim’ at the tender age of four in the lucknow gharana and bloomed into a mature dancer of excellence. She had the privilege of becoming a beloved student of Guru Pandit Ramnarayan Mishra. She began her performance with Saraswati Vandana followed by Traditional Pure Kathak. Under pure kathak, Sushmita performed amad, tukda, foot turns (chakkar) as many as 21 foot turns were performed by her on stage. She then performed Thumri in Madhyalaya and wrapped up her performance with Raga Pilu in kajri ‘Naahi Aye Ghanshyam’.
She was accompanied by Pandit Bharand Mishra on vocal and Sanjay Kumar Mukherjee on Tabla. The evening concluded with the mesmerizing performance ‘Tabla Recital’ by the youngest female Tabla player Anuradha Pal from Mumbai. The audiences enjoyed the combination of Bagheli songs, Kathak performance and Tabla recital under one roof. The artists gave their best performance leaving the audience enthralled.