People started pouring in Bangabandhu International conference center, Dhaka before 5 pm on may 27. Both floors of the hall of fame were getting packed. Dhakaiites were eagerly waiting for the bollywood nightingale to take the stage. There was added enthusiasm however, this particular "Bollywood Sensation" in Bengali.
As minutes turned into hour, the stage needed to be engaged. Kuntal Banerjee, an upcoming singer from Kolkatta,was the opening act. Kuntal is a capable vocalis, no doubt, and he belted out a decent cover of Kailash kher's sufi hit "Teri Dewaani" but unfortunately for him, it was a tough audience who were there for the main course and were not really appeased by the appetizer.
As he tried to work the audience , the singer rendered a Rabindra sangeet, "Ami chini go chini tomarey" , a Kishore Kumar classic "Neele Neele Ambar" and Bappi lahiri hit du jour, "chirodin i i tumi je amaar".
Around 7.30 pm, the wait was over. Four IIFA awards winner, multilingual bengali singer SHREYA GHOSHAL took the stage and like butter the full house seemingly melted under her charm.
SHREYA DI begun with a rendition of the song that gave her the seminal big break in the mumbai based film industry , "Silsila ye chaahat ka" from the film "Devdas" .
The songstress's rise to the fame has not exactly has not been a Cinderella story but more of the steady recognition of her talent. As a child she won the children's special episode of the talent hunt "sa re ga ma pa" on Zee TV . Renowned musician Kalyanji who judged the competition , convinced Shreya's parents to move to Mumbai. She caught the attention of the filmmaker Sanjay leela bhanshali , when she particip[ated in sa re ga ma pa the second time. In 2000 he offerd her opportunity to lent her voice to paro, the female of the film DEVDAS. The sound tracks earned her a film fare award (her first) for best film playback singer. She also won her first National film award for the song "bairi piya" frm DEVDAS.
She has done playback for over 140 films and worked with all major indian music directors, includin llayaraja,A R Rahman,Anu Malik , Himesh, M M Keeravani,Shankar_Ehaasan_Loy and Pritam. Becides hindi and her mother tongue Bangla , Shreya sings in Kannada,malayalam,marathi, punjabi, Tamil and Telugu.
What sets Shreya apart from her contemporaries is perhaps the same quality that distinguishes iconic singer ---> LATA MANGESKAR -- an innate ability to channel a sort of inner purity. and turn up the heat when necessary with equal ease.
For the sound tracks of "Delhi-6" A R Rahman superimposed the original rendition of Raga Gujaritodi by the legendary Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan with the vocals of Shreya.There must be a reason why Rehman chose SHREYA. The late Ustad is undoubtedly a maestro, last heard in an indian film almost half a century back"Mughal-e-asam". But whats astounding is how Shreya keeps up with the legend with a kind of poise that can only come from a solid background of classical Music.
Shreya's repertoire at the Dhaka concert included her recent and not so recent popular songs from the films. With "chalo tumko lekar chale" from JISM. She invited the audience to set out on a musical journey. With "wada raha pyar se" from KHAKEE , she professed her love for her fans.
The diva continued to segue from 1 hit to another. "agar tum mil jao" , "jadoo hai nasha hai" ,"tujh me rab dikhta hai" . "teri ore" , "shukhraan allah" and more.
The rabindra sangeet inspired "piya bole" from PARINEETA was greeted with rounds of applause and cheer. But what brought the house down was a spirited rendition of "ami je tomar" . "spirited" because it was as if the crooner was invoking the much feared spirit, manjulika , from the film "BHOOL BHULAIYA" . Haunting indeed.
In between, the audience sang along with the artiste and Shreya had this to say about the Dhaka music enthusiasts at the show. " Not one of you is out of tune"!incredible"
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