From A CorrespondentLUDHIANA, Nov 5 — The title song of the new album Nain Ladge Nahin sung in the melodious voices of the husband wife duo of Bhupinder Singh and Mitalee Singh really proved the last evening to be Sureela Mera Punjab. The versatile singer Bhupinder and his equally talented wife, Mitalee regaled a large audience at a glittering function held at Punjabi Bhavan yesterday by Sarthak Music World. Bhupinder dressed in white kurta paijama ensemble and Mitalee in lemon coloured suit regaled the audience with very populars old and new numbers.
The programme, not unusual for Ludhiana, started two hours late. It is a deplorable practice. Mr Bhupinder Singh of Sarthak Music World said his company’s objective was to enrich the diverse forms of music- classical, folk and devotional and reaching them out to millions of music lovers. In this context the company has come back yet with beatiful and melodious offerings with renowned singers Bhupinder, Mitalee, Rajinder Malhar, Ranjana and Anupama. He said: “We are bringing souls together to great treasures of Indian classical music, perhaps the entire genre of contemporary music. Today, we will present listener’s joy collectors pride.
The programme started with a popular and well known young singers Ranjana . She sang Mahiya ve mahiya in a very beautiful style which went well with the audience while Anupama impressed the audience with beautiful song Je tu ankhiya de samne nahin rehna.
After whetting the appetite for music, the golden voiced Bhupinder Singh and Mitalee regaled the audience with their honeyed voices. Mitalee’s song Mein kojhi, mera ranjhan sona, Ishq da rog, Umra da rona created an aura of nostalgia for post era of Heer and Ranjha.
The next wordings of her song :
Dekha hai zindgi mein, hamne azamma
ke,
Deta hai yaar dokha, dil ke kareeb aa ke.
This song brought the house down for the words were very pertinent to the modern times. Mitalee involved the audience by asking them to sing along with them.
Since the promoters wanted Bhupinder to sing Punjabi songs and the audience wanted him to sing gazhals, he said, “I will need two days to satisfy your demands. One day I shall sing gazals and on the second day I shall sing Punjabi folk songs and Punjabi gazhals.
He broke out into an old song after telling the audience that some of them might not have been born when he sang this song for the first time :
Ho kar mazbor usne mujhe bhulaya
hoga,
Zehar chupke se dawa jaan kar khaya hoga.
And then he laughingly narrated that many people say that they will die when separated but no one dies. So in this context he sang a song in his powerful rich baritone, melodious voice .
Judai : Maut kade na de
On persistent request, he sang Kisi nazar ko tera intzaar aaj bhi hai and they concluded with a beautifully worded duet :
Rahon pe nazar rakhna, hothon pe dua rakhna
Aa jaye koi shayad, darwaaja khulla rakhna.
And then it was the end of meaningful music. The scenario changed dramatically. It seemed an era from past was ripped off and a new era of cacophony of sounds started. The new upcoming singer Rajinder Malhar, a young and vibrant singer from Ludhiana with his typical and powerful folk voice sang the title song Kudi aakh na milave - Uton Uton from the album of same name, which was released last evening. This album presents eight songs. The music of the album was produced by equally young Vinay Kamal.
The earlier soulful music changed into forceful and fast tapping music which made people to break out into impromptu bhangra. Rajinder Malhar wearing a longish steel grey coat and a black T-shirt with a goatee beard created quite a hype by his frenzied singing and it seems that he could set Sutlej on fire. The crowd responded wildly and broke out into vigorous and zestful bhangra. In the end, the entire team of singers sang a chorus to mark the end of the function.
SMW, two-pronged strategy was seen for reaching out their goal of reviving traditinal music and making it available to all worthy listeners and to also promote young new talented singers.
