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MUMBAI:
This Sunday, join in the festivities as NDTV Imagine presents ‘Tyohaar
Ki Bahaar’, a special television event to celebrate the best
of Indian Festivals. Tyohaar Ki Bahaar will feature on-stage performances
by television’s favourite artists such Shweta Tiwari, Eijaz
Khan, Naman Shaw, Surveen Chawla, Chaitanya Chaudhary, Megha Gupta,
Krishna and Ketki. This two hour special, to be aired at 8:30 pm,
on 22 June, takes viewers on an exciting and enlightening journey
through the colorful festivals celebrated across this cultural rainbow
called India.
‘Tyohaar
Ki Bahaar’ will feature song and dance performances by television’s
leading stars on songs that have become symbolic to the celebrations
during these festivals. Naman and Megha will kick start the event
with an energetic performance on the song Rang De Basanti commemorating
the ‘Yellow’ festival ‘Basant Panchami’, the
Hindu festival traditionally celebrated on the first day of spring.
The ‘Yellow’ festival is marked with people usually wearing
yellow garments, Saraswati worshippers dressed in yellow and yellow
sweets being consumed within the families.
On
Sankranti, the Gujarati's offer thousands of their colorful oblations
in the form of beautiful kites all over the skyline with great devotion,
fervour and gaiety. Surveen and Chaitanya will perform on Kaipoche,
a song that best depicts the festival. The festivities get in to
full swing with Krishna, Shweta and Eijaz raising the tempo to celebrate
Baisakhi, a festival that marks the harvest season in North India.
The trio will bring forth the Punjabi spirit through songs like
Balle Balle, Tere Roop Di Gori Balle Balle and Nagada Nagada.
The
artists will pay their reverence to the Gods with a well compiled
feature on Ganesh Chaturthi and Janmasthmi. Naman, Megha, Chaitanya
and Surveen will dance to celebrate the respective days when Lord
Ganesha and Lord Krishna bestowed their presence on the earth for
all their devotees. The Navratri or the nine nights of worshipping
nine forms of Shakti (Metaphor for Goddess Durga) is celebrated
with vigour and fervour in all parts of the country particularly
in Western India. Ketki and Krishna will groove to the Dandiya beats
on songs like Chalo Dheere Dheere, Odhni Odhu To Udi Udi Jaye, Aayo
Re Mahro Dholna and Halo Sambho.
Durga
Puja, the largest Hindu festival in Bengal, is celebrated over the
preceding nine days of Navaratri. The festival is traditionally
viewed as the coming of the married daughter, Durga, to her father,
Himalaya’s home. Eijaz, Shweta and Ketki will dance to some
of the big Hindi film hits like Maa Sheravali, Dola re Dola and
Jai Ma Kali dedicated to the Goddess.
Eijaz
and Krishna will conclude the revelries for the night with an enthralling
performance celebrating the end of Ramadan, the Islamic month of
fasting. The two will celebrate Eid-Ul-Fitr with dance performance
on the recent hits Khwaja Mere Khwaja and Dekho Chand Aaya.
Apart
from the electrifying performances, ‘Tyohaar Ki Bahaar’
will also enlighten viewers about the various facts about these
festivals providing various insights relating to mythology, superstitions
and unknown facts.
Tune
in to NDTV Imagine on 22 June, 2008 from 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm and
join the celebrations!
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