Prayagraj: In the “Navras” program organized in the Cultural Center Auditorium yesterday evening, the artists of the Chorus Institute mesmerized the audience by bringing alive the various emotions experienced in human life through the presentation of their melodious songs.
The occasion was the annual program of the music organization “Chorus” in which like every year, this year too a unique theme was kept – musical presentation of the nine rasas experienced in human life. In the program, all the nine rasas like Shringar-rasa, Hasya-rasa, Karun-rasa, Bhayanak-rasa, Veer-rasa, Raudra-rasa, Vibhatsa-rasa, Adbhut-rasa and Shanta-rasa which a human being feels in different situations, were depicted through film songs.
The founder of Chorus and the famous architect of the city, Mr. Piyush Tandon, who conceived this unique program of the organization “Chorus”, said that the tradition of showing “Nav Rasas” through dance or acting is well known, in which the artists present all the expressions using their face and body parts, but expressing those expressions through music is completely different, because the hidden emotions in music can be experienced only by listening to the notes. Keeping this specialty in mind, the program was conceived. All the members of “Chorus” are non-professional and have joined the organization only to quench the thirst for music. The main objective of the organization is to provide them a platform and bring their talent to the music lovers. The program was inaugurated by lighting the lamp by the invited special audience. Thereafter, the chief advisor of the organization, Mr. Vinay Tandon welcomed all the guests and Rashmi Godbole introduced the members. Thereafter, Ruchi Dubey conducted the further program.
The flow of music began with a medley in which all the nine emotions were presented by each artist in turn through songs. Thereafter, the sequence of presentation of solo and duet songs centered on each emotion began. First of all, Lata Maheshwari enthralled the audience with her song “Badya Na Dharo Balma” inspired by “Shringar Rasa”. Rajesh Srivastava received applause for his soulful rendition of the famous song “Chandan Sa Badan Chanchal Chitvan” from the film Saraswatichandra on the same Shringar Rasa. The next presentation was by Kanchan Maheshwari, who enthralled the audience by singing “Dil Deewana Bin Sajna Ke”. The next presentation of Shringar Rasa was the duet “Bekhudi Mein Sanam Uth Gaye Jo Kadam” presented by Neeru Gulati and Sulabh. Harsh Tandon’s cool song “Bade Miyan Deewane, Aise Na Bano” from the film Shagird on the basis of humor enthralled the audience. In the same sequence, Shailendra Pratap Singh enthralled the audience by singing “Mera Joota Hai Japani”, Rashmi Godbole by singing “Jhumka Gira Re” and Ashutosh and Kanchan by singing “Jaane Kahan Mera Jigar Gaya Ji”.
The first song of pathos was “Hum the jinke sahare” in the voice of Archana Tripathi, which she performed very well. After that, the atmosphere of pathos created by Kalpana Tandon with her melodious presentation “Raina beeti jaaye, Shyam na aaye” was made more beautiful by Jyoti Dubey with “Tujhse naraj nahi zindagi hairan hun” and Rajesh Srivastava and Lata Maheshwari with “Yeh dil tum bin kahin lagta nahi hum kya karen”.
The next part of the programme was the presentation of songs of Raudra Rasa in which Piyush Tandon enthralled the audience with his soulful singing of the famous song “Kinene Atal The Tere Irada” from the film “Ek Baar Muskura Do”. Neelima Singh’s song “Jaane Kyon Log Mohabbat Kiya Karte Hain”, Sulabh’s song “Tadap Tadap Ke Iss Dil Se Aah Nikli Rahi” and the duet song “Jiska Mujhe Tha Intezaar” by Piyush-Kalpana gave a full sense of the various forms of Raudra Rasa like frustration, anger, etc.
In the Veer Ras category, Sanjeev Tripathi created enthusiasm with the song “Aarambh Hai Prachand” from the album “Gulaal”. Ruchi Dubey presented the passionate song “Badal Pe Paanv Hai” from the film “Chak De India” in her melodious voice, after which the duo of Praveen Godbole and Rashmi filled the entire atmosphere with music with “Zindagi Har Kadam Ek Nayi Jung Hai”.
The first song in the series of songs depicting horror was the classic song “Kahin Deep Jale Kahin Dil Tha” from the film Bees Saal Baad, which was sung by Neeru Gulati. Before this, the atmosphere of a horror song was created in the voice of Raj Gulati. The second song was “O Sathi Re Tere Bina Bhi Kya Jeena Tha” from Amitabh Bachchan’s super hit film Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, which was sung with charm by Ashutosh Maheshwari and received applause. Thereafter, in the sequence of presentation of songs filled with emotions of disgust, depression etc., Jitendra Malviya’s “Yeh Duniya Yeh Mehfil”, Sharad Kakkar’s “Dost Dost Na Raha” and Sanjeev-Archana’s “Ik Haseena Thi” won the applause of the audience present in the auditorium.
The next step in the musical evening was the wonderful songs “Yeh Kya Hua” from the film Amar Prem, “Kyon Chalti Hai Pawan” from the film Kaho Naa Pyar Hai and “Zindagi Kaisi Hai Paheli Hai” from the film Anand, which were sung with full concentration by Tarun Naulani, Praveen and Piyush Tandon respectively, giving the audience a wonderful experience.
In the ninth form of “Navras”, the feeling of Shanta Rasa was evoked brilliantly by Sanjeev Bhargav with “Surmai ankhiyon mein nanha sa ik sapna dekha hai” (film Sadma). Shailendra-Neelima showed a glimpse of the peaceful feeling of their heart with “Dil ki girah khol do”. The last presentation of the program was Rashmi Pataria’s song “O re manwa tu toh bawra” based on this Rasa which was taken from the film Wake Up Sid!
The “Navras” program ended with Piyush Tandon thanking all the colleagues. The applause of the audience present during the entire program not only encouraged all the artists, but from their reactions after the program, the great success of this musical evening of the “Chorus” organization could be easily gauged. The presence of eminent judges, doctors, advocates, businessmen, music lovers of the city was the unique concept of the program and the musical accompaniment in the program was by Satya Prakash Sharma ‘Bablu’ ji. On this occasion, Justice Siddharth Verma, Justice Rajesh Kumar, Justice Ashok Kumar, Dr. Pradeep Sinha, Dr. S.P. Mishra, Shri Pramod Bansal and many other dignitaries were present.
