A colourful cultural evening titled Rupalee Sandhya, featuring music and dance items by a batch of selected artistes of the state, was held on the occasion of the silver jubilee year of Doordarshan Kendra (DDK), Guwahati, at Pragjyoti-ITA Centre for Performing Arts, Machkhowa on March 24.
Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi inaugurated the programme by lighting the ceremonial lamp followed by a speech. DDK Guwahati director D.N. Basumatary delivered the welcome address.
Renowned flautist Dipak Sarma and his troupe, Band of Brothers, set the stage alight by presenting an item of devotional music in instruments. Sarma, a celebrity artiste, possessing sound command over melody and sound production, began the item by passionately playing the tune of the famous Gandhi bhajan, “Vaishnava janako....”. Other artistes of the troupe in lead guitar, base guitar, drum, keyboard, tabla, et al, impressively supported him. The item ended in the style of fusion.
The next item was a classical vocal recital by singer Gargi Siddhanta Dutta. Her presentation was a small but enchanting piece in raga khaamaj in teen taal. The artiste took no time to unfurl the finer essence of the raga with her grammatical authenticity and distinctive style of rendition.
Singer couple Khagen and Archana Mahanta, considered the unmatched performers of Bihu songs, took the stage after a short Sattriya dance recital presented by a batch of young artistes under the guidance and direction of Sattriya culture exponent Jatin Goswami. The couple literally held the audience spellbound with the rendition of their famous Bihu-tuned number “Paahaaror Juriti...”.
Three items bearing exceptional quality added extra colour to the entire programme. These were a Bodo folk dance by Hriday Brahma and his troupe, playing of pepa (made of buffalo horn) and other allied instruments related to Bihu by Ashim Chutia and his troupe, and a choreography item based on Assamese film songs under the direction of Sailen Ramchiary.
The programme attained a distinctive height by the lively rendition of a few evergreen Assamese numbers by singer Debojit Saha. An awfully gifted singer, Saha brought in a rare nostalgic mood to the ambience by presenting the haunting Jayanta Hazarika number “Suraat Magan Bhayaal Raati...”. Right from overall voice quality to touching the finer elements of the musical design of the number, Saha left no stone unturned to mesmerise many a listener.
Amid all such enchantment, the Assamese anchoring of the programme left a lot to be desired.
Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi inaugurated the programme by lighting the ceremonial lamp followed by a speech. DDK Guwahati director D.N. Basumatary delivered the welcome address.
Renowned flautist Dipak Sarma and his troupe, Band of Brothers, set the stage alight by presenting an item of devotional music in instruments. Sarma, a celebrity artiste, possessing sound command over melody and sound production, began the item by passionately playing the tune of the famous Gandhi bhajan, “Vaishnava janako....”. Other artistes of the troupe in lead guitar, base guitar, drum, keyboard, tabla, et al, impressively supported him. The item ended in the style of fusion.
The next item was a classical vocal recital by singer Gargi Siddhanta Dutta. Her presentation was a small but enchanting piece in raga khaamaj in teen taal. The artiste took no time to unfurl the finer essence of the raga with her grammatical authenticity and distinctive style of rendition.
Singer couple Khagen and Archana Mahanta, considered the unmatched performers of Bihu songs, took the stage after a short Sattriya dance recital presented by a batch of young artistes under the guidance and direction of Sattriya culture exponent Jatin Goswami. The couple literally held the audience spellbound with the rendition of their famous Bihu-tuned number “Paahaaror Juriti...”.
Three items bearing exceptional quality added extra colour to the entire programme. These were a Bodo folk dance by Hriday Brahma and his troupe, playing of pepa (made of buffalo horn) and other allied instruments related to Bihu by Ashim Chutia and his troupe, and a choreography item based on Assamese film songs under the direction of Sailen Ramchiary.
The programme attained a distinctive height by the lively rendition of a few evergreen Assamese numbers by singer Debojit Saha. An awfully gifted singer, Saha brought in a rare nostalgic mood to the ambience by presenting the haunting Jayanta Hazarika number “Suraat Magan Bhayaal Raati...”. Right from overall voice quality to touching the finer elements of the musical design of the number, Saha left no stone unturned to mesmerise many a listener.
Amid all such enchantment, the Assamese anchoring of the programme left a lot to be desired.
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