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Sur Sandhya is backmost for its 22nd variation successful Bengaluru, connected this Saturday (February 14). This year’s lawsuit volition diagnostic Indian playback and classical vocalist Kavita Krishnamurti. She volition enactment successful a fireside chat with anchor and voiceover creator Harish Bhimani, wherever she volition stock stories from her decades-long relation with the euphony industry.
Helmed by Saras Communications, the lawsuit has been curated by Sandhya S. Kumar, who utilized to enactment successful Doordarshan arsenic an announcer. Like successful 2025, proceeds from the lawsuit volition spell to a cause; this year, it is successful assistance of the HCG Cancer Foundation.
The lawsuit volition besides diagnostic performances by Aaroh Shankar, Surojit Guha, Shruthi Bhide, Samanvitha Sharma and Naagachandrika Bhat.
Speaking from Mangaluru wherever she was performing, Kavita says she is excited to beryllium a portion of this lawsuit due to the fact that of its novelty. “I cognize Sur Sandhya has been happening for a portion now, and Sandhya is simply a bully person of mine. Apart from that, I volition beryllium talking to Harish, who is besides a beloved friend. I person ne'er talked connected stage. So, this would beryllium a antithetic experience, and I americium looking guardant to it.”
A versatile singer, who has sang crossed genres and languages, Kavita’s philharmonic travel is filled with stories and lived experiences. When she looks backmost arsenic an artiste, she feels determination is ever thing to learn. “The learning ne'er stops. I americium joined to a instrumentalist who is devoted to music, and I larn thing caller everyday.”
Even though determination is nary dearth of endowment today, Kavita says, the value that was fixed to euphony successful the yesteryears was rather different. “A batch of actors were emotionally invested successful euphony then, which is wherefore the emotions were reflected successful the songs arsenic well. That has reduced present which is wherefore 1 whitethorn not genuinely subordinate to songs now.”
Indie music, however, is doing good these days, she adds. “Everybody cannot get a interruption successful Bollywood, but with the Indie euphony country booming, it is large that a batch of artistes are coming into their own.”
Kavita believes immoderate of the aged songs are timeless due to the fact that they were penned by large writers. “For instance, ‘O Sajana Barkha Bahar Aayi’ is thing I volition ever retrieve due to the fact that of its lyrics.”
Kavita says she ever felt a consciousness of work erstwhile I did playback for an actor. When I sang for Shabana Azmi oregon Sridevi oregon Madhuri Dixit, I ever knew what emotions I had to bring retired successful my voice. Sridevi usually had a small mischief successful immoderate she did and Madhuri was ever rather emotional. So, I had to guarantee those emotions were expressed erstwhile I sang for them.”
Known for immoderate of the astir iconic songs successful Bollywood specified arsenic ‘Dil Ne Kaha Chupke Se’, ‘Hawa Hawai’, ‘Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast’, ‘Tu Hi Re’, Kavita says she has not recovered the 1 opus that she has not sung yet, and the hunt for it continues.
Sandhya says, she grew up listening to aged Hindi songs, and her emotion for this genre goes backmost to her childhood. This is wherefore successful 2001, she approached Manna Dey who was surviving successful Bengaluru then, to beryllium portion of her archetypal edition. “This is however Sur Sandhya began, and since then, each twelvemonth I organise this lawsuit and the proceeds spell to assistance antithetic causes.”
Speaking from her location successful Bengaluru, Sandhya says, “Cancer attraction is costly , and it affects the full household erstwhile a idiosyncratic is diagnosed with cancer. Being a crab subsister myself, I cognize the physical, intelligence and fiscal toll crab has connected a family, and this lawsuit is my mode of giving backmost to society.”
The lawsuit volition besides diagnostic performances by Aaroh Shankar, Surojit Guha, Shruthi Bhide, Samanvitha Sharma and Naagachandrika Bhat. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
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Sur Sandhya volition beryllium held astatine the Prestige Srihari Khoday Centre for Performing Arts connected February 14, astatine 6pm.
