Noted singer Pravin Gaonkar and his disciple Pallavi Patil sang a medley of abhangs, bhajans and bhavgeets to charm the small but intimate audience gathered in Khandola village to pay a musical tribute to Bhausaheb Bandodkar, Goa’s first Chief minister on his 50th death anniversary on Sunday evening.
The evening began with Pallavi singing a very soulful, Saraswati Vandana.
The tone was automatically set for the evening and Pravin Gaonkar began with the popular, Sant Eknath abhang, “Omkar swaroopa sadguru samartha” which mesmerised the audience.
Pallavi rendered the very melodious “Moghara Phulala” abhang originally written by Sant Dnyaneshwar next.
Pallavi’s rendering of the popular, bhavgeet “Ya Chimnyana…” by noted Marathi poet-writer, GD Madgulkar also received a huge applause soon after.
Gaonkar followed this up with Anoop Jalota’s very popular, “Aisi Laagi Lagan” which struck an immediate chord with the audience.
Gaonkar’s rendition of the very popular, Marathi natyageet, “Gehi Chanda Makaranda” was also very warmly received.
The two singers were ably supported by Dattaraj Shetye (tabla), Vishnu Shirodkar (keyboards), Rohit Wankar (flute), Subhash Fatarpekar (harmonium), Kishor Teli (pakhawaj) and Yogesh Raikar (side rhythm).
