The mega literary fest ‘Vishwa Rang’ began with presenting Rabindranath Tagore’s charismatic poetry ‘Geetanjali’ as a dance drama. The event began here from Monday at Ravindra Bhavan auditorium leaving the Bhopalites awestruck.
The dance was a blend of the genius and the versatility of Rabintranath Tagore. What made the dance even more pleasurable to watch was the recitation of Geetanjali songs live by Vinay Upadhyay and Suneeta Singh.
More that 80 youngsters presented the dance drama.
Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Geetanjali and its ‘profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse’, his ‘elegant prose and magical poetry’ introduced new prose and verse forms and the use of colloquial language into Bengali literature, thereby freeing it from traditional models based on classical Sanskrit. He was highly influential in introducing the best of Indian culture to the West and vice versa, and he is generally regarded as the outstanding creative artist of modern India.
All these traits were depicted in the ballet through the blend of these two diverse writings by Tagore.
When the classical dance forms collided with the magical verses of Geetanjali, the outcome was a spellbinding experience for the Bhopalites. The audiences were spell-bounded with the performance of the artists and appreciated the play as well.
At the inaugural session Governor Lalji Tondon said that Vishwa Rang is the first ever biggest literary fest of Asia.
He also said that such events have not been held so far not only in India but in the whole of Asia, which is being held in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. He congratulated the family of Rabindranath University.
On this occasion, Santosh Chaube, Director of Vishwa Rang and Chancellor of Rabindra Nath Tagore University, said that for the first time in the country, an International World Art Festival is being organized by a educational institution in this way about literature and culture. It has more than 500 actors participating in 60 different seasons.
Along with this, work is being done for the preservation of dialects with Hindi and Indian languages.Besides, on the same day painting exhibition was also organised. The first day of Vishwa Rang was a mesmerising experience for all the art lovers of the city.