Delhi • northern EDITION • JUNE 2, 2017 www.thehindu.com https://www.facebook.com/thehindu https://www.twitter.com/The Hindu INSIDE A nautch above! Purva Naresh’s “Bandish 20- 20000Hz”, brings to fore restrictions on art and artistes down the ages P3 Feminine Mythique For the Sangam era poetess Avvaiyar word was her weapon as she averted averted bloodshed with a verse P4 Evergreen hero As artistes and students celebrate Kalamandalam Gopi’s 80th birthday, the grand old guru reflects on his long journey P9 Manto, once more! On 105th birth A song for the soul anniversary of Saadat Hasan Manto, it is time to revisit ‘Dastavez’ that Dr. Prabha Atre, the shining star of Kirana gharana, on the value of sargam and introduced him to her creative streak in classical music Pages 6 & 7 Hindi readers P11 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC NOIDA/DELHI FRIDAYREVIEW 2 REVIEW FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2017 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC TIME OUT Of training and temperament The mercurial relationship between the two crucial elements of classical music and dance was on display at the UMAK Festival in New Delhi Manjari Sinha DDDDDDDDDDDDD o celebrate 106th birth anniversary of late TUstad Mushtaq Ali INDIA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE Sonorous voice Khan and 82nd birthday of JUNE 2 Rameshwar his devoted disciple Pandit Dange Devabrata Chaudhuri, pop- ANNEXE ART GALLERY ularly known as Pt. Debu 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. “Glimpses of Magic” a solo art Chaudhuri, the Ustad exhibition will present water colours and colour Mushtaq Ali Khan Centre pencil art works by artist Nita Banerji. for Culture in association JUNE 2 with the Indian Council for MULTIPURPOSE HALL, KAMALADEVI COMPLEX Cultural Relations organised UMAK Festival of Music & 3 p.m. Lalong Geeti will be presented by Farida Parveen, Bangladesh’s most well-known exponent Dance at the Azad Bhavan of the songs of Lalon Fakir. She will be singing in auditorium recently. Bengali and Hindi (translations by Muchkund Ustad Mushtaq Ali Khan Dubey) and also adhunik Bangla songs. belonged to the Jaipur Senia Gharana, formed by INDIAN COUNCIL FOR CULTURAL Masit Khan, originator of chiselled tabla nourished RELATIONS the Masitkhani Baaj. The the performance till the practitioners of this ghar- end. JUNE 2 ana play the 17 frets sitar ART GALLERY till date and follow the pur- Flavours of Dhrupad 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. “Vandevta-God of the Rain ity of the raga with the The Dhrupad recital by forest” a solo show of paintings by Dhananjay ‘Dhrupad style’ treatment, Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar Mukherjee will be presented which urge people to avoiding lighter adornments earlier in the evening, respect lora and fauna. like ‘Murki’ - ‘Fanda’, and opened with Yaman, the INDIA HABITAT CENTRE stick to the deeper ‘Meend’ most appropriate raga for like embellishments. that hour according to the JUNE 3 Adhering to this rule, time theory of Hindustani AMALTAS HALL Debu Chaudhuri, assisted music and also for the 7 p.m. India Habitat Centre will be presenting a by two of his disciple in meditative nature of the Hindustani vocal recital by Rameshwar Dange, Paushali Nandi (sitar) and genre. His reposeful and disciple of Sudhakar Chavan. Neel Ranjan Mukherjee detailed Alapchari of (slide guitar), followed the Dhrupad Ang paved the JUNE 3 tradition religiously and re- path for the Raskhan Pada CONVENTION CENTRE FOYER galed the audience with his “Adhar lagai…...Bansuri”, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. “Desert Terrain” is a solo art impeccable performance. set to Chautal, where the exhibition displaying intricate darwazas and He chose the melodious dynamic delivery of the Showing the way Pandit Debu Chaudhuri; Ustad Wasifuddin jharokhas epitomising the lonely and mesmerizing evening raga Shyam Kalyan dhrupad adorned with the Dagar (below) Malini Awasthi* BHARAT TIWARI beauty of the desert state of Rajputana. and prefacing it with ap- rhythmic variations inspired propriate aalap-jod, created Praveen Arya on pakhawaj character of the particular the Patiala artistes. Surpris- INDIA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE the atmosphere for a Mas- for the sizzling sangat. composition. ingly, it was composed by JUNE 5 itkhani and a tightly con- Wasifuddin Dagar con- The reason is simple. her guru Vidushi Girija C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM ceived drut gat full of un- cluded his impressive re- There are two components Devi, who never sang it 6 p.m. India International Centre’s Summer Sonata derstated phrases and cital with an archaic ‘man- of any performance - ‘talim’ herself. Likewise came the - A Festival of Opera and Ballet Films will be gentle resolutions. He gave qabat’ composition of Baba (training) and ‘mijaz’ (tem- century old ‘Sawan’ com- screening “Guiseppe Verdi: Nabucco”, a 142- ample opportunity to his Behram Khan “Tum bin perament). After the initial posed by Ramuji, which minute ilm with English subtitles featuring well-trained disciples and kaun aiso dujo…” in raga glimpse of training, the rest was taught to her by her Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus the ace table player Ustad Malkauns set to Tevra tala of the performance was guru who never sings it conducted by James Levine. Akram Khan as and when of seven beats cycle. overshadowed with ‘mijaz, herself. She also regaled desired. The two-day festival had the ostentatious tempera- the rasikas with the famous INDIA HABITAT CENTRE Paushali maintained the opened with a Kuchipudi ment, the tezi-taiyari, the dadra, ‘Kaun albele ki JUNE 6 purity of sur. It was easy dance recital by the Padma repetitive ghaseet taans and nar…’ popularised by the to slide on guitar hence Bhushan awardees Dr. Raja- the dramatic pauses for the likes of Siddheshwari Devi AMALTAS HALL Neel Ranjan showcased flair Radha Reddy, after which claps. Abhishek gave an im- and Rasoolan Bai, before 7 p.m. India Habitat Centre will be hosting a for soot and ghaseet but he Prateek Chaudhuri, son and pressive account of his Ben- concluding with the Bhair- Hindustani classical music duet performance by often overshot the taar disciple of Debu Chaudhuri, arasi Baaj in his appropri- avi dadra, ‘Nayan ki mat Dhiman Chowdhury on vocals and Mohit Pal on Rishabh sounding beyond presented a sitar recital ac- ate repartees with utmost maro talvariya….” Malini en- sarod. the correct shruti. Akram’s companied on tabla by Ab- clarity. joys herself while singing INDIA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE hishek Mishra. He gave and her joyful relish was ample proof of his authen- Regaling connoisseurs reflected manifold in her JUNE 6 tic taalim during the brief There was hardly any time audience. C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM alap of Bihag, sketching left for Malini Awasthi’s The sensitive touches of 6.30 p.m. India International Centre’s Music contours of the raga, un- thumri-dadra treat, she was Pandit Dharm Nath Mishra’s Appreciation Promotion will present “The Waltz as derlining its salient swaras especially invited for. Malini harmonium enhanced the Remembrance” by Justin McCarthy. In this talk- with melodious meends. opened with a traditional emotions even though he cum-piano recital, the story of waltz will be traced The training was also evid- thumri in raga Tilak Kamod followed the etiquette of using music by Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, ent in the selection of the set to the typical confining himself within the Brahms and Ravel along with excerpts from compositions that followed Deepchandi Theka. Her boundary of swaras. The literature. McCarthy is a Bharatanatyam dancer in slow, medium and fast imaginative ‘bol-banav’, for vocalist had improvised, and plays piano and harpsichord. tempos, like the traditional instance, on ‘Ras ki boond whereas Murad Ali, not- Masitkhani gat, the Jhaptal padi…’ depicted the withstanding the melodious- INDIA HABITAT CENTRE gat, the compositions of his droplets of ‘rasa’ in myriad ness of Sarangi, was seen JUNE 7 guru Pt. Debu Chaudhuri hues with the varied ‘swar- jumping to the upper AMALTAS HALL and the old ‘taksali’ gat of sangatis’ she expressed it ‘gandhar’ or pancham while 7 p.m. There will be a Siddha veena (modiied slide Ustad Hamid Hussain Khan with. The dadra in Pahadi Malini had hardly reached guitar) recital by Sidhartha Banerjee from the of Lucknow taught to him was a rare one, in the the tar shadja. Ram Ku- Maihar gharana. by his guru, but their treat- sense that Pahadi is hardly mar’s enthralling laggis got ment was far from the ever used by others except him repeated applause. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC FRIDAYREVIEW NOIDA/DELHI FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2017 REVIEW 3 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC