Pt Shivkumar Sharma (Santoor)
and
Pt Anindo Chatterjee & Pt Nayan Ghosh (Julgaldandi on Tabla)
24th February 2007
ASPEE Grounds, Liberty Garden, Malad (West), Mumbai

Registration and membership counter at the entrance

Shruti member Maheshbhai compering the show

Artistes arrive from the green room with Shri Pulakji Lahiri

Artistes greet other senior artistes

Artistes wait for program to start

Program starts with Deep Prajwalan by Pt Arvindji Parikh, Shri Kiranbhai and Shri Pulakji Lahiri watch on.

Pt Arvind Parikh address the gathering with words of praise for Shruti and their work

Pt Anindo Chatterjee being felicitated by Shruti member Lipsa Shah

Pt Nayan Ghosh being felicitated by Shruti member Arpita Mehta

Shri Ajay Joglekar being felicitated by Shruti member Avdha Shah

Pt Anindo Chatterjee addresses the audience and gives history about the program and also taken audience down-memory lane on relationship with Pt Nayan Ghosh and their families. The youngest member of Pt Nayan Ghosh's family (Ishan Ghosh) looks on.

Pt Nayan Ghosh addressing audience. According to him the program and its contents were not planned earlier, but is going to be impromptu or with little discussion few minutes before getting onto stage.

Program starts...

Audience enjoying jugalbandi....

  
Pt Anindo Chatterjee and Pr Nayan Ghosh do not take time to be comfortable with each other and get audience spellbound.

Young artist in making had all ears to what his seniors are playing. He could manage to make lot of fans too during this event.

Artistes enjoyed playing with each other as much as audience.

Definitely standing ovations are not so common...

During the break, media interviews audience especially young generation who were enjoying Indian classical.

Refreshments during the break....

Pt Shivkumarji Sharma addressing audience before the program

Pt Shivji being felicitated by Shruti member Arpita Mehta

Pt Anindo Chatterjee being felicitated by Shruti member Lipsa Shah

Dr felicitated by Shruti member Ashok Mistry

Artistes do some tuning before starting

And Pt Shivji starts with his divine Santoor

to keep the audience spell-bound.

Looking at their moods, you can say they enjoyed it very much too.

Other artistes and audience and appreciating Pt Shivji

Pt Shivji reciprocating

Pt Shivkumarji Sharma - a charming personality

Autograph time post program before going to green room

Artistes posing along with Shruti members/organizers and friends. You can see the enormous joy of making first mega event successful on their faces.

Shri Pulak Lahirji sharing joke with other senior artistes and friends

Pt Nayan Ghosh socializing with Shruti members and their families at dinner

Event venue post program. Everything is quiet again in the lanes of ASPEE....