MUMBAI: Marking the 100th anniversary of Indian cinema, Saregama’s events division will host a musical outtake ‘Celebrating the Legends’ along with renowned singers Roop Kumar and Sunali Rathod at UK.
Commencing on 5 September at Symphony Hall in Birmingham, the concert tour will be followed by De Montfort Hall in Leicester and hmv Hammersmith Apollo in London on 7-8 September respectively.
The singers will render yester year classics of legends like Mohammad Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Talat Mahmood and Noor Jehan. The songs repertoire will include classics like ‘Chaudhvin Ka Chaand’ (Chaudhvin Ka Chaand), ‘O Duniya Ke Rakhwale’(Baiju Bawra), ‘Suhani Raat Dhal Chuki’ (Dulari); ‘Aapki Nazron Ne Samjha’ (Anpadh), ‘Lag Ja Gale’ (Woh Kaun Thi), ‘Ajeeb Dastaan Hai Yeh’ (Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai); ‘Tasveer Banata Hoon’ (Baradari), ‘Itna Na Mujhse Tu Pyaar Badha’ (Chhaya) ‘Chaandni Raatein’ (Dupatta) and ‘Aawaz De Kahan Hai’ (Anmol Ghadi).
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Speaking about the concert the husband and wife duo said, “The exhilarating response that we got in our UK tour in 2010 has encouraged us to come back with our favorite audience one more time. We are thrilled that Saregama Events are doing this. We are completing 100 years of Indian cinema next year, but if we try to count the names and pay homage to all those responsible it will take another 100 years. So in our own innovative style, we will sing not only our own popular numbers but also gems from the Golden era of cinema.”
Taking the audience down the memory lane, they will also perform on their popular tracks like ‘Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai’ (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi), ‘Tere Liye’ (Veer Zara),’Maula Mere Maula’ (Anwar), the award winning ‘Sandesein Aate Hai’ and ‘To Chaloon’ (Border). The musical extravaganza will also feature eight finest Indian musicians who will share stage along with Roop Kumar and Sunali Rathod.
Commenting on the initiative Saregama Head of Operations- Europe Amarpal Singh Gaind said, “We will be honouring some of the sub continent’s finest singers and their landmark songs. Roop and Sunali are classically trained musicians and are the most appropriate choice to pay tribute to these great artists. Roop’s silken voice is perfect to do justice to greats like Rafi and Talat, but with a new spin to it, while Sunali’s versatile vocals will evoke memories of Lata and Noor at their peak.”
