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FROM THE HEARTLAND The festival will see a seminar on Art and Architecture of Madhya Pradesh. An important link is Khajuraho temples PHOTO: BIJOY GHOSH
It is the centre of India. The `heart' of India, as Madhya Pradesh officials like to call it. And the heart takes centre stage this week as the Madhya Pradesh Festival begins at the India International Centre in New Delhi from this Wednesday. Celebrating 50 years of the State, the event promises to be a gala affair with live performances, film shows, an exhibition and book show, seminars on literature and architecture, besides a celebration of various types of cuisine from the region. Many big names from classical music assert their links with their home State. These include Pandit Rajan and Sajan Mishra, Kalapini Komkali and Meeta Pandit, who will give concerts. Kabir gayan is represented on Thursday at 8.15 p.m. Also, the famous Maihar Band, instituted by the legendary Allauddin Khan and now in its fourth generation, will perform at the inaugural at 7 p.m.
Says Yashodhara Mishra, coordinator of the festival, "We are trying to represent all the gharanas of Madhya Pradesh. No one has been selected offhand." Admitting the festival is "quite ambitious" she hopes its success will usher in the second and third phases of the celebrations. The third phase, planned for Dilli Haat around the autumn, includes crafts, sales and folk performances, while the second is more scholarly, with an emphasis on conferences. But, says Mishra, nothing is "concrete" as yet.
Classic films
What is for sure is that from Wednesday 6.30 p.m. through Saturday, the IIC will breath, sing and dance Madhya Pradesh. The films include classics like Massey Saheb (Friday, 1.15 p.m), Devi Ahilya Bai (Thursday, 3.45 p.m.), Maqbool (Friday, 3.45 p.m.) among others. For classical music enthusiasts there is a film on Kumar Gandharva on Wednesday at 8 p.m., besides the famous short film Asgari Bai on Friday during the music seminar that starts at 10 a.m.
Then there are replicas of Nandi, Bhairav and other figurines from the State Museum. The contemporary masters have not been forgotten in the exhibition that includes originals by senior artists like S.H. Raza. The heart is beating hard, and how!
Further information can be had from the India International Centre at 24619431.
ANJANA RAJAN
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