No Kavita, No Song
Had the good chance of watching Kavita Krishnamurthy Subramanium live in concert at the Verde Vista Club. Kavita is a veteran of the Hindi Film Industry with 45 years of experience under her belt. She is also fluent in Bengali having spent her early training years with Hemant Kumar and Manna Dey. She has deep regard for classical music and restricted herself to mostly soft, emotional numbers. The only peppy song was “Hawa Hawaii” followed by more upbeat songs like “Aaj Mein Upar”, “Nimbuda”, “Dola Re”. She also sang a Bengali Rabindrasangeet with equal élan. She did not sing “Jhuma Chuma De De” keeping in consideration the family audience. She was ably accompanied by Jimut Roy, a local musician who was superb in duets and solo songs. Kavita’s mellifluous voice enthralled us for two and a half hours and compelled us to remain seated for all that time. Her performance reinstated the fact that there is no equivalent to hard work, perseverance and merit.
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