So you think you can sing
So facing adventure never fazed us before.. Anu amd me. It was a bad night. The quite fearsome lightning rods were were like trees glowing in the sky with branches leading everywhere and seeming like they hit everything. None of the traffic lights were working, and so of course, traffic crawled at best. What should have taken us 20 minutes, took 45 instead. In spite of all this, we were in good spirits - Anu and I. We were out to enjoy a show called Black and White. This was advertised quite well everywhere (radio/stores/marathi Mandal etc). This show was put up by an entertainment group called Nische Entertainment.
The show was to start at 8pm. It started (unlike most other shows run by Indians) at 8 pm sharp! Rahul Solapurkar (he has an amazing voice) compered. He is a famed Marathi actor who also acted in a Hindi movie, Virudh (*ing Big B). He took us through the history of Indian B&W Cinema through its musicography... The singers sang some of my favorite songs from that era. Every song that came out, Anu and I would look at each other and grin. Some of the singers (notably Hrishikesh Ranade and Vibhawari Apte were "zimbly supphurb"). I get goosebumps thinking of Vibhavari's "Ye zindagi Usi Ki Hai". Her lilting voice hit just the right notes at the right intensity. She is apparently going to be the voice of Aishwarya Rai in an upcoming Hindi movie song. Whatch out for this name!
The whole had a simple-yet-elegant look and feel. They were all in B&W up until the last song, where they introduced Mughl-e-azam, which was a Hindi movie released in both B&W and in color! The performers also 'acted' out part of the songs - but only to the extent where it didn't interfere with the song itself. This was indeed a dignified performance, well worth the drama that surrounded it!
Go to it if they come near you... here's a youtube snippet of the show ... http://www.nicheentertainment.com/b&w.htm
The show was to start at 8pm. It started (unlike most other shows run by Indians) at 8 pm sharp! Rahul Solapurkar (he has an amazing voice) compered. He is a famed Marathi actor who also acted in a Hindi movie, Virudh (*ing Big B). He took us through the history of Indian B&W Cinema through its musicography... The singers sang some of my favorite songs from that era. Every song that came out, Anu and I would look at each other and grin. Some of the singers (notably Hrishikesh Ranade and Vibhawari Apte were "zimbly supphurb"). I get goosebumps thinking of Vibhavari's "Ye zindagi Usi Ki Hai". Her lilting voice hit just the right notes at the right intensity. She is apparently going to be the voice of Aishwarya Rai in an upcoming Hindi movie song. Whatch out for this name!
The whole had a simple-yet-elegant look and feel. They were all in B&W up until the last song, where they introduced Mughl-e-azam, which was a Hindi movie released in both B&W and in color! The performers also 'acted' out part of the songs - but only to the extent where it didn't interfere with the song itself. This was indeed a dignified performance, well worth the drama that surrounded it!
Go to it if they come near you... here's a youtube snippet of the show ... http://www.nicheentertainment.com/b&w.htm
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