Bhopalites witnessed a delightful Sunday evening with the semi-classical and Mohiniattam performances. The splendid performances were staged at Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum under Uttaradhikar series.
The evening began with the semi-classical performance by Sajjan lal Bhatt and his disciple Dipti Parmar. The event was followed with spontaneous Mohiniattam performance by Sujata Nair from Mumbai.
To begin with the delightful event, singer of Gwalior Gharana Sajjan lal Bhatt and Dipti Parmar gave performance. They performed various aspects of classical, sub-classical singing tradition and different aspects of music. Bhatt first presented four parts of music based on ‘Chaturanga’. Here, he performed Bilambit Khayal in newly created raga ‘Anant Kalyan’. After this, the presentation of vowels and musical grammar enlightened listeners.
While rendering the traditional bandhas, they presented Raga Bhopali inteen taal and Raga Darbari in Rupak taal. With their compositions of subtropical and folk songs ‘Chaitya’ they wrapped up their performance.
Bhatt was accompanied by Nishant Sharma on tabla, Chaitanya Bhatt on Harmonium and Minawali Jain on Tanapura.
later, a marvelous Mohiniattam performance enthralled the audience. Under the guidance of Guru Jayshree Nair under the guidance of Guru Shishya Parampara, Sujata Nair (Mumbai) and her disciples presented the famous classical dance of 'Mohiniattam' of Kerala.
The performance started with Ganesh Vandana, in which the artists greeted the dancing form of Ganesha, after which artists performed the most elaborated composition of Mohiniattam style ‘Varnam’. In the compositions of Raga-Sewendra Madhya taal dancers presented beautiful scenes of Ahilya Moksha, Sita Swayamvar and Shabri Darshan with lord Ram on stage through their splendid dance.
As part of her final presentation, Sujata Nair concluded the programme with presenting the Shiva leela through Nav Rasa. The entire performance was a visual treat for the Bhopalites. From the body movements to facial expressions, the Mohiniattam was a complete package of entertainment.