“Garavaa”

Today we’d gone to a musical program organized by a cultural group, ‘Saptak’. And the theme was “Paus” (rains)..! And to add to the already exciting theme, the main singer was Milind Ingle..!! It is because of his album “Gaarva” that I started looking at marathi non-film albums seriously.
So there he was, singing from the great album, which I am very sure everybody (who has listened to) is in love with! The jam packed Vasantrao Deshpande Auditorium was a perfect instance to see that love!!

And on top of it, the comparing was done by non other than ‘Saumitra’, the one who has penned the songs in this album. He has also given his voice in the album for some beautiful poems, again marked by him. Today also he did the same thing, made a background for the songs from Gaarva.

Milind Ingle started with his patent and the most popular song from the album, title song Gaarva..and the audience went nuts!! No exaggeration at all!! And on that very song, he got a ‘once – more’ which was very much deserving. And thus, one after another, he made audience drenched… in the music..!

The only drawback of the show was there were no musicians with him. He’d brought the music tracks with him, which made the show a little less lively. Though he tried his best to make the show sparkling by his small dance and entry in the audience, the actual singing performance was restricted because of the tracks.
Because with tracks, there is no scope of variations. Plus, the gap between two stanzas is also filled by the musicians’ presence. What he could have done was maybe put up some scenes or dances by the professionals in between, which would have made it livelier.
Nevertheless the show was pleasing because of the flawless singing by Milind Ingle and excellent commentary by Saumitra.
And the icing on the cake was the rains, which we encountered outside…while going back…