In remembrance of veteran and late legendary singers from the Hindi film industry, a musical nite was recently organised by Saaz Aur Awaaz at Jayadev Bhawan. The event paid tribute to evergreen singers Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Mohd. Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Mahendra Kapoor and Mukesh.
‘‘We usually pay tribute to Mukesh through this annual event of ours. However, we planned to include skills of talented singers like Adyasha, Arupa, Pratyasha, Bishnu and Sushant and thus presented songs of various other artistes also,’’ said chief organiser Devdas. Held for the 11th consecutive year, the event known as Annual Extravaganza was accompanied by an award function named Amitava Mishra Awards for the first time in memory of the music connoisseur, engineer late Amitav Mishra who used to support the event. The recepients were R N Dash, Kamalakanta Mohanty and Jibitesh Praharaj.
The audience enjoyed retro songs like Jab Chali Thandi Hawa, Aap Ki Kasam, Chaand Si Mehbooba, etc. Musicians like Genu Bhai, Barada Prasad, Budha, Kiran and Girija provided the perfect sync for the singers. Anchor Gulshan won applause through his well-timed lines.