A two-day event on theatrical performances ‘Jashn-e-Adakar’ concluded with ‘Sham-e-Ghazal at Shaheed Bhavan auditorium on Friday. Moreover, a book ‘Tamash-been’ a compilation of ghazals was also released on the occasion.
Notably, the book is all about the ghazals by a renowned Urdu poet Shahab Quraishi. The book was released by Professor Afaq Ahmed. The two-day programme was organised by Adakaar Theatre Group, Bhopal. The concert began with the performance of well-known city-based singer and musician Zameer Husain. He is B high grade artist of Akashwani and Doordarshan. He presented the Ghazals of city-based leading poet and shayar Shahab Quraishi.
He started off with Rakh li tune Ghazal ki Izzat,tangdasti mein saza di lazzat…, mesmerised the Ghazal lovers. Some other compositions including Jaroor Unk bade dilo jigar honge, wahi log to duniya mein gauhar honge…, Mohabbat mein humse jati hai aage khuddariyan…’, ‘Abhi to tha ek khwab sa, …’ won huge round of applause, presented by Husain beautifully.
Ali Rashid and Mazhar Khan, disciple of Husain also presented the compositions of Quraishi appreciated by audience. These lyrics were Khud se darta hun aur zamane se ahad hai mera… Ishq ka fasla jaroori , tujhe ishtiyak teri doori hai….As many as 10 Ghazals were presented. Ravi Rao accompanied them on table, Satessh Rudolo on synthesizer.
The audience enjoyed the concert whole heartedly and took the pleasure of the calm music presented on the occasion. City-based well-known playwright Rafi Shabbir, theatre artiste Sarfaraz Khan, noted theatre director Farrukh Sher Khan and various theatre personalities were present on this occasion.