When some 3000 people file in well before a concert, you know there is a star expected on the stage.
Pravin Gokhindi was the star on Sunday evening at Vani Kala Kendra;s concert in Basaweshwara Nagar. As a young Bharatanatyam dancer presented a recital (this place offers a half-hour slot to young artistes every evening), Parvin cooled himself in the anteroom for guests, met some fans who slipped in and stepped out to survey the courtyard. He must have felt good to have this big an audience in the neighbourhood.
Not that he has less at his recitals.
This evening, with him was Anupama Bhagavt on the sitar and Ravindra Y. on the tabla.
They explored purv kalyani through the better part of the concert, with Parvin stunning the audience with his wow riffs.
But Anupama was in her own zone this evening; sometimes wowing the rasikas who may have been Parvin-fixated.
As the concert slipped into its tenth minute, the people who came in had to be seated in the space below the stage, on the floor.
It was a rocker of a concert. And this big an audience boosts the spirit of an arts organizer like Keshav.
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