Musical tributes to Panchamda

Nagpur: Singers of Manaswini Foundation and DeepShikha musical troupe paid pefrect tributes to RD Burman in the musical programme ‘Ek Shaam, Pancham Ke Naam’, organized to mark the 26th death anniversary of the legend, at Sai Sabhagruh, Shankar Nagar, on Saturday.

The evergreen songs of ‘Panchamda’, as RD Burman is fondly called, were sung by renowned local singers including Deepak Chowdhury, Ila Shukla Roy, Susmita Sarkar, Prashant Dhabre, Gautam Sanyal, Soumi Sarkar, Aryan Dhawankar, Dr Rajasi Sengupta, Manish Bodhankar, Arjun Kulkarni and Naman Gharpure. They were assisted by Pankaj Singh, noted music arranger of the city. The programme was compèred by Shweta Shelgaonkar.

In the programme, noted neurosurgeon and director of CIIMS Dr Lokendra Singh was also felicitated for his outstanding contribution and service to the society.

The show opened with ‘Musafir hoon yaaron’ sung by Deepak Chowdhury. The song is a Kishore Kumar hit from the 1972 movie ‘Parichay’. Chowdhury also rendered a cover of ‘Doli mein bithai ke’ from the movie ‘Amar Prem’.

Ila Shukla Roy sang ‘Ae ri pawan’ from the movie ‘Bemisaal’. The song was originally sung by Lata Mangeshkar and remains popular among Lata fans. ‘Beeti na bitai raina’ was sung duet by Aryan Dhawankar and Shoumi Sarkar.

When Prashant Dhabare sang ‘Ek ladki ko dekha’ from ‘942, A Love Story’ movie, the crowd hummed along. ‘Sanam Teri Kasam’ sung by Gautam Sanyal also was appreciated by the crowd.

Other songs ‘O haseena zulfon wali’, ‘O majhi re’, ‘Ek chatur naar’, ‘Jaane ja dhoondta raha’ were also sung during the programme.


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