The renowned folk singer Malini Awasthi left the Bhopalites mesmerised after her soulful perdormance on Friday at Ravindra Bhavan.
Her tuneful perdormance marked the comclusion of Vishwarang Pustak Yatra at Lokrang. It was organised by Rabindranath Tagore University and Tagore World Centee for Art and Culture.
On this occasion Malini Awasthi was honored with 'Sharda Chaubey Lok Samman'. Also Vinita Choubey's books "Sanskar Geet" and "Chaturvedi Chandrika", '125 years of social change' were inaugurated with a ceremony.
On this occasion, Chancellor of Rabindranath Tagore University and Director of Vishwarang, Santosh Choubey said that this time the fourth edition of Vishwarang is being organized, in which Pustak Yatra is being concluded as the first stop. In its next phase, the main festival of Vishwarang will be celebrated from November 14 to 20. At the same time, Aditi Chaturvedi Vats, co-director of Vishwarang said that the attraction of this time is children as well as youth centric subjects.
To begin with the melodious tunes of folk songs, Malini Awasthi started with the song 'Udi Jaao Re Sugna Ganga Paar...' on the occasion of Navratri. After this she performed the song 'Nimiya Ke Dar Maiya...'.
Taking the programme forward in this episode, she presented Sohar's bandish "Chhapak tree chhiuliya...". Then performed Aalha singing of Bundelkhand in which the story of Mangalpande was narrated. After this, 'she performed the bandish beautifully.
She was accompanied by Sachin on keyboard, Dharam Singh on the harmonium, Mukesh Madhukar on the tabla, Amit on the dholak and Dharmendra on the octoped.
The audience listened to her melodious voice with rapt attention and enjoyed every bit of her performance.