Namak Ishaq Ka

Today, yours truly went to Rekha Bhardwaj Show. To the uninformed, she is a sufi singer, wife of Vishal Bhardwaj (Omkara, Kamine Fame) and singer of hits like Namak Ishaq ka and Sasural Genda Phool. This was her first live show!! It was at Bandra Fort and the ambiance was truly amazing. The atmosphere was electric and I got to view the Bandra Worli sea link live for the first time! Amazing view it was!

The show started with Bhanvari Devi, the famous Rajasthani fol singer, singing folk song. Music truly has no language. She sings in Rajasthani with ghoonghat. So u neither understand the lyrics, nor can see the face, but still end up enjoying it and tapping ur feet. She ended up with Nimbooda Nimbooda song!!

In came Rekha Bhardwaj!! And came celebrities...Rakesh Omprakah Mehra, Naseeruddin Shah and of course Vishal Bhardwaj!
Vishal was called on stage, and his one liner was ..he is getting jealeous, as he never got so many ppl to come to his show!! till then, the lights was off in audience section. It was switched on to show huge audience (more than 4000 I guess), and in came Vishal's quick add-on statement - u ppl r making me more jealeous :-)
On this laughing note, the show started! With lyrics by Gulzar, Music by Vishal Bhardwaj ...and her so apt voice for sufi songs....one could just shut his/her eyes, and could FEEL the relaxing effect of the songs!! one after another, pure sufi songs came, with strong music! Roshani was accompined with actual roshani from crackers..while on the great ambiance, she specifically sang "raat ki jogan".
One break came, during which the instrument players on the stage entertained us to the hilt. Each one of them got so much of appluase from audience as if A R Rehman has sung Jai Ho on stage!
And after the small break came hit songs from Rekha. She sang genda fool first, and audience was like tapping their feet...then came namak ishq ka...and it was mind blowing...surprisingly, this was enjoyed more by girls and ladies with whistles!! and then, to close it, on audience demand, came the sufi hit song, dama dam mast kalandar!!

I enjoyed it max! Made my evening and the day!! Would recommend u to listen her Ishaqa Ishaqa, if u like Vishal's music!