Nagpur: It used to be an evening soaked in emotions penned via poetess of these days and yesteryears. They flowed through the script of Neerja Apte who had conceptualized the event ‘Seher Hone Tak’.
Presented via Moments Crafters at Chitnavis Centre on Saturday, the underlying theme used to be of celebrating womanhood. It used to be executed through presentation of Urdu poetry written via the likes of Amrita Pritam, Zebunnisa, Parveen Shakir, Anjum Rahbar, Fahmida Riaz and Monika Singh, among others.
“As somebody who has willing interest in Urdu shayari, I steadily wondered if there have been no ladies poetesses,” said Apte whilst explaining the concept. “And once I started looking I discovered that women had been writing ghazals and nazm since centuries.”
But the voices of those poetess have now not reached other people when the truth is that their poetry remains relevant even these days, Apte added.
The level arrange used to be like that of a mushaira and whilst Apte read the shayari, vocalist Gayatri Dhavale presented ghazals, and Kathak dancer Aboli Thatte gave her interpretation of the poems through dance.
Setting the mood used to be Gayatri with a relaxing rendition of the ghazal ‘Raha primary palke bichi tum aao’. Taking the narrative forward, Neerja spoke in regards to the poetess of bygone technology like Kaiser Jaha Kaiser.
“In one among my searches, I discovered poetry penned via Shehzadi Zebunnisa who used to be the eldest daughter of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. She wrote in Farsi and later in Urdu too. Her writings were deep and meaningful,” said Apte.
Quoting lines written via Taajbar Zeb, “Bhool ke bhi dard ko”, Apte said each and every technology had its own style of writing poetry, but ladies shayara steadily wrote unhappy poetry.
It used to be a enthralling presentation of Amrita Pritam’s poem Akshar, made via Aboli through her expressive dance strikes. Reading out lines penned via Badasha Mahal, the senior most spouse of Wajid Ali Shah, who wrote below the pen identify Alam, Apte said that women expressed their lives and issues through poetry even in earlier period.
Quoting lines written via Parveen Shakir, Shamshad Najma Tassatuk, Begum, who used to be the daughter of Mir Taqi Mir, Apte said the works of ladies poets are all about ‘Ruhani shayari and bebak bayani.” Kishwar Nahid’s ‘Bigdi Baat’, which used to be presented as a dance composition via Aboli, reflected this sentiment.
Gayatri solid a spell with common ghazals ‘Woh jo hum primary tum primary karar tha’ and ‘Ranjish hello sahi’ and ended with a medley of 3 ghazals at the start sung via Meena Kumari, Munni Bai and Begum Akhtar. So soaking up used to be the presentation that even after Apte said that the evening had concluded, the target market didn’t stir for a few mins.
Presented via Moments Crafters at Chitnavis Centre on Saturday, the underlying theme used to be of celebrating womanhood. It used to be executed through presentation of Urdu poetry written via the likes of Amrita Pritam, Zebunnisa, Parveen Shakir, Anjum Rahbar, Fahmida Riaz and Monika Singh, among others.
“As somebody who has willing interest in Urdu shayari, I steadily wondered if there have been no ladies poetesses,” said Apte whilst explaining the concept. “And once I started looking I discovered that women had been writing ghazals and nazm since centuries.”
But the voices of those poetess have now not reached other people when the truth is that their poetry remains relevant even these days, Apte added.
The level arrange used to be like that of a mushaira and whilst Apte read the shayari, vocalist Gayatri Dhavale presented ghazals, and Kathak dancer Aboli Thatte gave her interpretation of the poems through dance.
Setting the mood used to be Gayatri with a relaxing rendition of the ghazal ‘Raha primary palke bichi tum aao’. Taking the narrative forward, Neerja spoke in regards to the poetess of bygone technology like Kaiser Jaha Kaiser.
“In one among my searches, I discovered poetry penned via Shehzadi Zebunnisa who used to be the eldest daughter of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. She wrote in Farsi and later in Urdu too. Her writings were deep and meaningful,” said Apte.
Quoting lines written via Taajbar Zeb, “Bhool ke bhi dard ko”, Apte said each and every technology had its own style of writing poetry, but ladies shayara steadily wrote unhappy poetry.
It used to be a enthralling presentation of Amrita Pritam’s poem Akshar, made via Aboli through her expressive dance strikes. Reading out lines penned via Badasha Mahal, the senior most spouse of Wajid Ali Shah, who wrote below the pen identify Alam, Apte said that women expressed their lives and issues through poetry even in earlier period.
Quoting lines written via Parveen Shakir, Shamshad Najma Tassatuk, Begum, who used to be the daughter of Mir Taqi Mir, Apte said the works of ladies poets are all about ‘Ruhani shayari and bebak bayani.” Kishwar Nahid’s ‘Bigdi Baat’, which used to be presented as a dance composition via Aboli, reflected this sentiment.
Gayatri solid a spell with common ghazals ‘Woh jo hum primary tum primary karar tha’ and ‘Ranjish hello sahi’ and ended with a medley of 3 ghazals at the start sung via Meena Kumari, Munni Bai and Begum Akhtar. So soaking up used to be the presentation that even after Apte said that the evening had concluded, the target market didn’t stir for a few mins.
Urdu poems celebrate womanhood
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Reviewed by Kailash
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March 18, 2019
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