Novel way to celebrate Sharad Purnima
Migrant Heritage Charitable Trust Inc (MigHT-i) in association with Auckland Marathi Association celebrated the festival of Sharad Purnima (known as Kojagiri, in Maharashtra) with a novel approach to musical evening.
Maharashtrians back home celebrate the festival of Kojagiri with night long entertainment and rounds of Masala Milk. The festive season is reaching its peak and the night is spent singing, dancing and enjoying. MigHT-I wanted to bring recreate that atmosphere in Auckland and that is where the idea of “Chandane Shimpit Ja” took root.
Auckland Marathi Association joined hands with MigHT-I to market the programme. For the first time an interactive audience program was thought off, where the age old idea of dumb charades was used. The audiences were split in 3 groups and each team represented a Constellation controlled by the MOON, an apt reference for the night. The teams then guessed the songs to be sung with their ability to mime. In the later half, the song chords were used to give the teams a chance to guess. A real novel way of getting the audiences involved in a musical program!
The singers were exceptional. You had the young pair of Hemant and Shweta Shirsat, whose duets like “Dhundi Kalyana” and “Talvyawar Mehendicha” had the audiences clapping for more. Shweta’s solo “Malmali Tarunya majhe” was very sweet and melodious. Hemant was his usual self while singing “Sakhi mand zhalya”. Vidya Teke, renowned for her singing prowess, showed her range with solos like “Ugawala chandra punevecha” and an ovation for “Yenar Nath atta”. No wonder she is the most popular voice in KBS today.
Two new faces emerged in the program. Classically trained, Kishori Telang, instantly hit with the audience due to her capability to sing difficult numbers like “Kevhatari Pahate” with ease, while Raghunath Pawar has a voice that will stay with audience for a long time. His rendition of “Dharila Vrutha chhand” a complicated piece sung by Suresh Wadkar, was a revelation! Pramod Niphadkar has a smooth voice and apt for Bhavgeets. He managed to get the difficult “Tu teva tashi” with ease and was comfortable in the duet with Vidya “swapnat rangale me”. Shrikant Mahajan is a master of complex songs and his bhairavi “Sajalnayan” created a serene atmosphere.
Mohan Mali, who specially flew down from Australia for this event, handled the keyboard with his usual ease and was instrumental (pun intended) in filling up the atmosphere of the orchestra! His ability to sing velvet numbers was a bigger bonus. Vivek Anturkar had the difficult task of matching the percussion on his Tabla and provide support for all songs. But then such challenges are not new to him and he was upto it! It has been long since Arun Khotkar was able to sing without being on the Harmonium and he revealed in that role. His duets with Vidya were a treat to the ears and his rendition of the Bhairavi “kaivalyachya chandanyala” was simply subert.
The show went on till nearly midnight yet no one from the audience had moved. Despite having 30 songs in all, never was there a dull moment. The audiences were also treated to Masala Milk. A true reminiscence of Kojagiri!
Migrant Heritage Charitable Trust Inc (MigHT-i) in association with Auckland Marathi Association celebrated the festival of Sharad Purnima (known as Kojagiri, in Maharashtra) with a novel approach to musical evening. Maharashtrians back home celebrate the festival of Kojagiri with night long...
Migrant Heritage Charitable Trust Inc (MigHT-i) in association with Auckland Marathi Association celebrated the festival of Sharad Purnima (known as Kojagiri, in Maharashtra) with a novel approach to musical evening.
Maharashtrians back home celebrate the festival of Kojagiri with night long entertainment and rounds of Masala Milk. The festive season is reaching its peak and the night is spent singing, dancing and enjoying. MigHT-I wanted to bring recreate that atmosphere in Auckland and that is where the idea of “Chandane Shimpit Ja” took root.
Auckland Marathi Association joined hands with MigHT-I to market the programme. For the first time an interactive audience program was thought off, where the age old idea of dumb charades was used. The audiences were split in 3 groups and each team represented a Constellation controlled by the MOON, an apt reference for the night. The teams then guessed the songs to be sung with their ability to mime. In the later half, the song chords were used to give the teams a chance to guess. A real novel way of getting the audiences involved in a musical program!
The singers were exceptional. You had the young pair of Hemant and Shweta Shirsat, whose duets like “Dhundi Kalyana” and “Talvyawar Mehendicha” had the audiences clapping for more. Shweta’s solo “Malmali Tarunya majhe” was very sweet and melodious. Hemant was his usual self while singing “Sakhi mand zhalya”. Vidya Teke, renowned for her singing prowess, showed her range with solos like “Ugawala chandra punevecha” and an ovation for “Yenar Nath atta”. No wonder she is the most popular voice in KBS today.
Two new faces emerged in the program. Classically trained, Kishori Telang, instantly hit with the audience due to her capability to sing difficult numbers like “Kevhatari Pahate” with ease, while Raghunath Pawar has a voice that will stay with audience for a long time. His rendition of “Dharila Vrutha chhand” a complicated piece sung by Suresh Wadkar, was a revelation! Pramod Niphadkar has a smooth voice and apt for Bhavgeets. He managed to get the difficult “Tu teva tashi” with ease and was comfortable in the duet with Vidya “swapnat rangale me”. Shrikant Mahajan is a master of complex songs and his bhairavi “Sajalnayan” created a serene atmosphere.
Mohan Mali, who specially flew down from Australia for this event, handled the keyboard with his usual ease and was instrumental (pun intended) in filling up the atmosphere of the orchestra! His ability to sing velvet numbers was a bigger bonus. Vivek Anturkar had the difficult task of matching the percussion on his Tabla and provide support for all songs. But then such challenges are not new to him and he was upto it! It has been long since Arun Khotkar was able to sing without being on the Harmonium and he revealed in that role. His duets with Vidya were a treat to the ears and his rendition of the Bhairavi “kaivalyachya chandanyala” was simply subert.
The show went on till nearly midnight yet no one from the audience had moved. Despite having 30 songs in all, never was there a dull moment. The audiences were also treated to Masala Milk. A true reminiscence of Kojagiri!
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