Music is the essence of life. It is present in every bit of the universe. Akashwani is the only organization that helps in preserving and proliferation of this age old tradition. The niche audience of Jammu was mesmerized by the soulful performances in the Music Concert - "SURMAYEE SHAAM - AAPKE NAAM" held on 22nd of May 2019 at jam packed Abhinav Theatre, Jammu. The audience was left spellbound as the best performers of Jammu like Suraj Singh, Deepali Wattal, Dharmesh Nargotra, Sonali Dogra, Naina Sapru and Kiran Kaul gave a clinical display of their talent in a concert that lasted over two hours.
The Programme Head , Radio Kashmir Jammu Smt. Renu Raina welcomed the artists and audience. The concert was set into motion with lighting of the ceremonial lamp by the Chief Guest Sh. S.K. GUPTA, Addl. Commissioner , Income Tax, Jammu, Guest of Honour Sh. Vinod Kumar Gupta, Executive Director, CCDU, Deptt. of PHE in the presence of Addl. Secretary, J&K AACL, Sh. Amrinder Aman, Sh.V.K.Sambyal, Sh. Shaminder Kumar and Smt. Suman Pal, Ex- Directors of AIR; and other dignitaries and common masses.
The event began with Kashmiri melodies sung by Naina Sapru and Kiran Kaul who ably justified the wordings penned down by the famous poets Mehmood Gami and Bal Krishan Sanyasi. This was followed by presentation by melodious voice of Jammu Sonali Dogra whose performance on Legendary Poets K.S.Madhukar and Padma Sachdev's "Mindiya Gudayee Baithi..." and " Nikkade Fangdu Ucchi Udaan..." respectively left the audience spellbound. Dharmesh Nargotra , Deepali Wattal and Suraj Singh enthralled the audience with their vibrant performances - " Roz Taaron Ki Numayeesh mein..."Kabhi maine unhen poochha nahin hai,,," "Abke na shikwa na shikayat...""Woh jo hum mein tum mein karaar tha...", "Donon JahaanTeri Mohabbat mein..." , "Kitaabon mein jo likha hai..." . "Tarasi hui aankhon ko ik..." , " Galat sab daleelein..." , with such finesse that everyone was forced to give them a splendid ovation once they finished their performances. The audience swayed to the voices of the singers and longed for more as they finished their performances to a thundering applause of every single soul present in the house. The hall was witness to the presence of large number of music lovers cutting across cross section of society including large number of music lovers of Jammu.
Living up to the high traditions of presentation, Radio Kashmir Jammu left no stone unturned for presentation of a truly professional concert and the audience fully acknowledged the vote of thanks by Anjana Badyal, Programme Executive. The proceedings of theMusic Concert were ably conducted by Sr. announcer of RKJ Mrs. Madhvi Sharma. The whole event was co-ordinated by I/C Music Section Sh. Rajesh Gupta, Programme Executive and the compositions were ably supervised by Sh. Sami Feroz. The concert was part of series of programmes under "Special Programming for Stations in J&K" which are planned to spread throughout the year in various formats. The recording of this concert shall be broadcast on the State Hookup in near future.
Contributed By :Sanjeev Sharma, Programme Executive, Radio Kashmir Jammu