Mahindra Roots Festival: Abhanga Repost, Arko Mukhaerjee leave people spellbound

Updated On: 27 February, 2023 09:02 AM IST |

The first edition of the Mahindra Roots Festival is underway in Bandra in Mumbai this weekend with a focus on India`s culture through music. While the first day saw the likes of Bombay Jayashri, Pandit Uday Bhawalkar and Deukhan Manganiyar take to the stage, the second day was no different with Shabnam Virmani, Abhanga Repost, Arko Mukhaerjee and Tajdar Junaid enamour the audience with their music

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The first edition of the Mahindra Roots Festival is underway in Bandra in Mumbai this weekend with a focus on India`s culture through music. While the first day saw the likes of Bombay Jayashri, Pandit Uday Bhawalkar and Deukhan Manganiyar take to the stage, the second day was no different with Shabnam Virmani, Abhanga Repost, Arko Mukhaerjee and Tajdar Junaid enamour the audience with their music

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The festival opened with noted playwright and theatre director Roysten Abel`s `Weaving Voices`, an immersive musical experience at the Bal Gandharva Rang Mandir. It saw eight unique and renowned musical talents take to the stage - carnatic percussionist Sumesh Narayan, singer MD Pallavi, Indo-American flautist Rasika Shekar, noted vocalist Bombay Jayashri Ramnath, classical vocalist Pandit Uday Bhawalkar, violinist Apoorva Krishna, Rajasthani folk singer Deukhan Manganiyar and tabla player Aditya Srinivasan. Photo Courtesy: Nascimento Pinto

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Filmmaker, artist and writer Shabnam Virmani started off Day 2 of the Mahindra Roots Festival on a soulful note at the Bandra Fort Amphitheatre with music inspired by mystic poet Kabir and his philosophy. Photo Courtesy: Nascimento Pinto

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After Virmani`s introspective start to the day, Mumbai`s Marathi folk fusion band Abhanga Repost stepped up the tempo on the second day of the Mahindra Roots Festival at the Bandra Fort Amphitheatre. Photo Courtesy: Nascimento Pinto 

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If Abhanga Repost`s music was energetic then Kolkata singer and folk musician Arko Mukhaerjee`s took the spellbound audience on a world tour. With the Arko Mukhaerjee Collective, his performance with African, French, Indian and more closely Mumbai music at the Mahindra Roots Festival linked sounds from all over to songs from different parts of India. Photo Courtesy: Nascimento Pinto

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With roots in Kolkata, multi-instrumentalist Tajdar Junaid and his band immerse music lovers into an instrumental delight to end the night on a high before people come for the third day. Photo Courtesy: Nascimento Pinto

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