Singers recreate charm of black & white era film songs

Nagpur: The charm of black and white film music can never be lost in today’s modern world as artistes belted out hit songs from the golden era and cast a spell on the audience, making them sway to the lilting tunes at ‘Saiyan Dil Mein Aana Re’ programme held at Sai Sabhagruh on Thursday.
Organized by Kanak Sur Mandir, the programme was conceptualized by Kanaka Gadkari in which women singers took the audience to the good old days of film music.

Singers Kavita Gosavi, Seema Joshi, Vandana Deshpande, Anita Nandangiri, Shubha Kumar, Ishwari Harkare, Swati Pendse, Suvarna Vighnay, Surekha Mirge, Varsha Meshram, Archana Malpani, Geeta Bhalme, Neelima Shegaonkar and Mansi Degwekar, all students of Kanak Sur Mandir, entertained the spectators.

They presented old Hindi songs like ‘Woh chand Khila’, ‘Radha na bole’, ‘Hawa mein udta jaaye’, ‘Mere piya gaye Rangoon’, ‘Gore gore’, ‘Ghadi ghadi’, ‘Chup chup khade ho’, ‘Leke pehla pehla pyaar, ‘Kabhi aar kabhi paar and ‘Eena Meena Deeka’, among others.

The audience cheered as the title track ‘Saiyan dil mein aana re’, choreographed by Ishwari Harkare, was presented by Gosavi, Deshpande, Nandangiri and Kanaka with aplomb.

The highlight of the show was the singers were dressed in black and white as the actresses whose songs were performed. Anchor Shweta Shelgaonkar gave details of the songs. The screen on the stage displayed videos of respective songs that were performed. The programme concluded with ‘Eena Meena Deeka’, performed by the entire team of singers.

Former mayor Kunda Vijaykar wished the performers all the best.

Talking to TOI, Gadkari said she received professional training in singing from her father Datta Harkare. She has been singing since the age of three years and is now a teacher at Kanak Sur Mandir that boasts of about 90 students in the age group of 35-60 years, all women. Being the founder of a girls’ band ‘Krazy Beats’, her main motive is to provide a platform to women who haven’t explored their hidden talent of singing and who wish to pursue professional training.

(Reporting by Manshika Vaikkath)