The Bhopalites were engaged in a charismatic and mild evening with two wondrous performances.
Renowned sitarist Smita Nagdev and Kathak dancers Parul Shrivastava and troupe gave scintillating performance before the Bhopalites. They presented a show under Uttaradhikar series of Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum held on Sunday.
Smita is one of the renowned sitarists of the country who has gained an international acclaim in a very short span of time. She has learned Sitar under the ‘Guru-Shishya’ tradition from the age of four years. Her guru Vasudeo Rao Ashtewale was a traditional sitar player from the well known 'Ashtewale Gharana' of Ujjain in central India. From 1994 she has taken the guidance from Jyoti Thakar from Pune who is her guru's daughter.
She was accompanied by her disciple Aditi Bhattacharya. They both began with Raga Yaman in vilambit ek taal and dhrut taal. The duo then performed Alap, Jod Jhala.
The musical duo was accompanied by Anshul Pratap Singh on Tabla. They then performed a folk song of Madhya Pradesh ‘Chatke Chumdoli O Chanda’ leaving the audience totally mesmerised.
later, the audiences were enthralled with the Kathak performance.
The splendid performance was presented by Parul Shrivastava, Fitika Jaiswal, and Akansha Pandey.
They began their performance with Krishna Vandana where they showcased the love of devotees towards lord Krishna.
They also presented the pure and innocent lover between Radha and Krishna with beautiful abhinay. later, they performed Thumri, Tarana and Baithki which are the traditional forms of Kathak dance. Kathak on Sufi song made the audience go totally amazed.