The music lovers of the city experienced an enthralling evening as they witnessed the innocence and purity of Sufiyana music. A musical programme Jashn-e-Qawwali is being organised at Antarang Hall Bharat Bhawan that began here on Friday.
Jashn-e-Qawwali is jointly organised by Sangeet Natak Academy (National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama) New Delhi and Bharat Bhawan. The programme will feature renowned sufi singers from across the country to present the show before the Bhopalites. Further each day three performances would be held at Bharat Bhawan for the music lovers of the city.
On the first day of the programme, three performances were presented before the audience leaving them mesmerised.
The series of performances began with the qawwali by Warsi Brothers (Mohhamad Ahmed and Mohammad Khalid Warsi) from Rampur. The Warsi Brothers began their performance with the qawwali ‘Man Kunto Maula’. Their performance was followed with the qawwali Chaap Tilak Chal Kini, Phool Rahi Sarso and they wrapped up their performance with rocking qawwali Damamdam Mast Kalandar.
later Sarfaraz Chisti along with his troupe from Moradabad gave a splendid performance. They began with the qawwali Yeh Dil Hai Jo Karta Hai Teri Justajoo. Their performance was followed with Moh Pe Kripa Karo Maharaj and they concluded with Jo Mujhme Bolta Hai. The first day of Jashn-e-Qawwali had a grand closure with the wonderful performance by Haji Aslam Sabri and Party from New Delhi. They began their performance with a Hamd ‘Tu Haram Ka Malik’. later they performed qawwalis that include a qawwali dedicated to Gharib Nawaz ‘Usma Ki Aankh Ka Tara’. Haji Aslam Sabri and Party then performed their famous composition from the movie Sirf Tum Zinda Rehne Ke liye and concluded the performance with a qawwali from movie Heena Der Na Ho Jaye.
It was an enthralling experience for the music lovers of the city as they enjoyed the qawwali whole heartedly. On Saturday Qutubi Brothers (Mohammad Idris and Mohammad Illiyas) from New Delhi would perform followed with the performance by Ram Shankar and Party from Mumbai and later Nizami Brothers (Ghulam Sabir and Ghulam Waris) from New Delhi would give a performance.