‘Saaz Aur Awaaz’ singers render an evening of soulful music, enthral all

Nagpur: It was an evening flavoured with the melodies of musical stalwarts Kishore Kumar, RD Burman, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle and Mohd Rafi as Harmony Events presented a gala titled ‘Saaz Aur Awaaz’, at Deshpande Hall, Civil Lines, on Sunday.
The auditorium was suffused with the mellow voices of singers Vijay Dhavle, Rupali Das Roy, Sangeeta Roy Karmakar, Shrikant Sapre, Shrikant Brahmane, Dr Rashmi Kolhe, T Balakrishnan, Jaya Dabhekar and Swapnil Titre.

Dhavle set the tone with his rendition of ‘Yeh khuda har faisla’ followed by Roy, who presented ‘Yeh zindagi usi ki hai’. Next on stage was Karmakar’s magical voice in her rendition of ‘Hum tere bina jee na sakenge sanam’. Sapre raised the tempo of the evening with his dynamic performance on ‘Yeh jawaani hai deewani’.

Audience of all age groups were present to witness the mellifluous performances on the songs ‘Pucho na kaise maine’, ‘Suraj hua maddhyam’, ‘Sochenge tumhe pyar’, ‘Kitna pyara vada’, ‘Deewani mastani ho gayi’, ‘Chaap tilak’ and ‘Piya re piya re’.

The hall reverberated with the tunes of songs like ‘O mere shahe khuda’, ‘Ooi ma ooi ma yeh kya ho gaya’, ‘Jaha teri yeh nazar hai’, ‘Saanson ki zaroorat hai jaise’, ‘Likhe jo khat tujhe’, ‘Mere pyaar ki umar ho’, ‘Dil ka nazraana le’, ‘Kora kagaz tha yeh mann mera’ and ‘Teri aankho ke siva duniya mein’.

The whole group joined in to deliver an impactful performance on ‘Jeevan ke din chhote sahi’ towards the end of the programme.

The host for the evening Shweta Shelgaonkar amused the audience with interesting trivia about the songs and its artists. The show was conceptualized by Rajesh Samarth.

The singers were accompanied by Mahendra Dhole on the keyboard, Amar Shende on violin, guitarist Prakash Chavan, Ankit Dahekar on tabla and dholak, Nandu Gohane on the octopod, Rajesh Dhamankar on the congo and Ujjwala Gokarn on the clash cymbals.

Sound was provided by Audiology, lights by Michael, visuals by Manoj Pidadi and the stage was set by Rajesh Ameen.

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