Audience soak in Urdu poetry at Shaam-e-ghazal

Nagpur: Warm reminiscences and soul singeing poetry pushed away the iciness chill on Sunday evening at Deshpande Hall. The family of Dr Vinay Waikar, a patron of Urdu language and ghazals, had collaborated with Saptak to give Shaam- e-Ghazal. Raising the bar for the event were two acclaimed musicians, Rahul Deshpande and Priyanka Barve, presenting their first ever ghazal show in Nagpur.
This was once the seventh version of a musical programme which the Waikars present annually within the city in memory of Dr Waikar.

Giving main points of the making plans that went into it, Amit Waikar stated, “This specific concert has been within the making for the previous 9 months. I met Rahul at Shanghai where I offered him Aaina-e-Ghazal, a e book written by means of my father and advised him about the occasions we grasp in his memory.” Rahul cited ghazals as his past love and agreed to do a programme in Nagpur, Amit knowledgeable.

“Dr Waikar was once a huge fan of my grandfather Vasantrao Deshpande, who was once very keen on this genre as he had spent his early years in Lahore and had a long affiliation with Begum Akthar,” Rahul Deshpande stated. He added, “Nagpur is sort of a home to me and I determined that I should present my first ghazal match right here.”


Starting off with Ghalib’s ‘Dil e naadan thujhe hua kya hai’, Rahul followed it with Faiz’s ‘Gulon major rang bhare’ and warmed up with ‘Aaye kuch abra’, Adim Hashmi’s ‘Fasile aise bhi hongey’, and Ahmad Faraz’s ‘Ye alam shauq ka’. His nuanced singing, well labored upon diction and leisurely tempo put the target market in a temper to revel in deep poetry and its lilting presentation.


Priyanka Barve, who has been educated by means of Ravindra Date in ghazal singing, excelled with ‘Marize ishq ka kya hai’, and duets ‘Dayaar-e-dil’ and Naseer Kazmi’s ‘Dil dhadak ne ke sabab yaad aye’ with Rahul. Her singing had soul, expression and emotion which made for a heady cocktail so essential for the listener to take in the poetry. The duo was once accompanied by means of professional musicians on dholak, guitar, keyboard, tabla and harmonium, who added melody and soothing attraction to the ghazals.


Amit Waikar’s anchoring was once well researched, as he gave the target market an perception into different kinds of writing ghazals and a glimpse of how the poets of India and Pakistan wrote shayari.


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