The two day Srijan Utsav-9 concluded here on Friday with a lot of fervor with musical event 'Swaraj ke Tarane.' Swaraj Ke Tarane was staged at Shaheed Bhavan by Young's Theatre Group, Bhopal.
Directed by Surendra Vankhede and scripted by Pankaj Ramendu, this musical performance was based on patriotic poems and songs which were composed before 1923. It is note worthy here that these songs were banned after 1923. And the objective of these songs is to make aware the patriotic feelings.
The musical performance began with 'Ish Vandna' 'Ye Hamari Kiwriya Khali ko Mazood Hai.' This song was written in magazine 'Kadak' of lahore, Pakistan. It was followed with other songs including Manjhi and lori of well-known poets of that time. These songs were 'Utho Sone walon Savera Hua Hai, Vatan Mein Fakiron Ka Phera Huaa Hai…', of Banshidhar Shukla, 'Badal Garajte Hai, Manjhi', of Raja Naqwi and 'Kabhi To Ho Raham Per Aamada, Beraham Aaasman Hoga…' of Akhtar Shirji.
A song 'Begunaho Per Bamon Ki Bekatar Bauchhar….,'based on Jallianwala Bagh massacre, was also presented beautifully by artists with enactment. The song was written by Sarjoo Prasad. Another song 'Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna Ab Hamare Dil Mein Hai…' was presented by informing the background of this song. It has been shown that why Ramprasad Bismil wrote this song. A qawwali ' Tera Jikra Harja Bayan Ho Raha Hai….was also showcased. It concluded with song 'Vijay Vishwa Tiranga Pyara…', written by Shyamlal Gupt 'Parshad' in 1905. Anil Ansare accompanied them on harmonium, laxmi Narayan on Taal Vadhya . light was designed by Tana Je Rao.
Besides the musical performance, a felicitation ceremony were also held in which some young city-based theatre artists including Rahul Tiwari, Anjali Singh, Sandeep patil and Sanjay Parmar with 'Rang Yuvavayan Samman -2014'. Senior theatre artist Vivek Savrikar 'Mridul', Waseem Khan and Kriti Vidhya Sinha were also felicitated with 'Rang Srijan Samman-2015'.