Music, Comedy, lots of emotions and several songs of
yesteryear Hindi films creating nostalgia for several....such was the "The
Versatile - Javed Ali" live in Concert organised by Swar Aalap; an organization committed to bringing
recognition to the great musicians of the Indian Music Industry for the past 14 years.
This time in its 14th year Swar Aalap honoured the Great Gorakh Sharma ji ,
Mohammad Rashid Khan saahab and
Late.Shashikant Kudalkar ji in the presence of several big wigs from the Film
Industry like Javed Ali, Johnny Lever and corporate head honchos. At the event,
awards are conferred upon outstanding great musicians who by their work and art
have inspired many and created numerous melodies to cherish for millions
forever. Founder Dinesh Ghate elated with the gathering, says, "Every year
we are trying our best to reach out to as many musicians in the country and
provide financial, medical and emotional support.” The event was supported by
Godrej Propertiesupcoming thane project Godrej Emerald, Bank of India, Radio
Partner - Big Fm 92.7 and PR
Partner - bubble communication.
Swar Aalap’s initiatives to keep the soul of the music
industry alive and have found support from many legends of the industry like
Pyarelal Sharma, Hariharan, Shivamani, Anu Malik, Sonu Nigam, Shaan, Vishal
Shekhar amongst others. There are
numerous other properties that
the organization is working towards.
Concerts are in addition to support needy Artistes and also restore the
documentation of these living legends work in the form of digital data and
coffee table book ‘The Unsung Heroes’.
Gorakh Sharma is an Indian guitarist who is well known
for his work in the Indian film industry. He is the younger brother of Pyarelal
Sharma of the famed music duo Laxmikant- Pyarelal. During his entire music career that spanned
from 1960 to 2002 he has played various string
instruments in more than a 1000 songs
and over 500 films
including Rishi Kapoor starrer Karz, Rahul
Roy Aashiqui amongst others.
Mohammad Rashid Khan is Master of ‘Bulbul –Tarang’
and ‘Banjo’. Rashid Khan has been
playing the instrument since 1962, One of
his first assignments was for the movie Shankar Shanbhu (1976) under the baton of Kalyanji
Anandji. There is hardly any famous qawwaali-s in our films in which Mohammad Rashid
Khan has not displayed his skills - eg. Burning Train, Muqaddar Ka Sikandar,
Zamane Ko Dikhana Hai, Qurbani, Karma, Naam, Sarfarosh, Rowdy Rathore,
Ishaqzaade, Bajrangi Bhaijaan.
Late.Shashikant Kudalkar the elder brother of the famous
composer, Laxmikant Kudalkar (Laxmikant-Pyarelal) was a very skilled table player.A strong pillar in the edifice
of the ‘Laxmikant-Pyarelal Brand’. He organised the rhythm-section for almost
all songs, right from Parasmani till the early 1990-s.He played tabla in the movie Guide for S D Burman. He
has also worked for R D Burman,Kalyanji Anandji, Naushad, Sardar Malik, O P
Nayyar, Khayyam, S N Tripathi & many more as a tabla player for many
memorable songs of the 1960-s, 70-s & 80-s. He played the famous passages of
‘duff’ for the on-screen Rishi Kapoor in the block-buster, ‘Sargam’.
Requested by the present audience, Gorakh Sharma ji
recreated the moment at concert by playing Film ‘Karz’ signature tune on stage.
