Noted Thumri singer Kakali Mukherjee gave a splendid performance before the classical music lovers of the city, to mark the Guru-shishya parampara, in a programme Guru Vandana Samman 2013. The programme was organised at Manas Bhavan here on Friday.
The programme was organised by Madhuban Sansthan, Bhopal to observe the occasion of Guru Purnima that was on July 22. The classical programme by Kalkali Mukherjee mesmerized the classical lovers and added the magic of Vrindavan in the cultural programme with her Thumri performance. Before Kakali’s performance laxman Atta Telang, a classical singer, noted writer Ramadhish, social worker Ashok Jain Bhava, a renowned theatre artist and playwright Ashok Bulani, ceramist Bhaiyalal Kamarkar and a renowned Tabla player Bhaiyalal Kamrakar were given the Guru Vandana Award 2013.
Kakali Mukherjee then gave a splendid performance with presenting an enthralling Thumri. Being a disciple of a world renowned Thumri and Dadra singer Girija Devi, Kakali performed magnificently before the audience. Thumri is basically a common genre of semi-classical Indian music. Its rhythms are romantic or devotional and usually revolve around a girl's love for Krishna. Thumri is also used as a generic name for some other, even lighter, forms such as Dadra, Hori, Kajari, Saavan, Jhoola, and Chaiti.
Kakali is an upcoming Thumri vocalist who brings a lot of innovations in her singing. She performed Hindustani classical music in the genre of Dadra - Thumri and Purab Ang Gayaki. An ardent lover of music, Kakali endeavors to master on the various compositions of Thumri and Dadar with the aim to create a fine blend of eastern classical music with western beats. She was accompanied by Ramendra Singh Solanki on tabla, violinist Kamal Kamlekar from Indore and Pandit Sridhar Vyas from Ujjan on Harmonium.
While talking to The Pioneer, the organizer of the programme Suresh Thantad said, “This is our annual programme and we organize this even every year to give honour to people who have contributed in the society in some way or the other. This time we have given Guru Vandana Samman to six people belonging to different professional fields and have contributed in the society.”