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The land of Sangam is all set to witness a grand gathering of actors, directors, performing artistes and others during the three-day Bazm-e-Virasat starting from Friday. Organized by Bishop Johnson School in Prayagraj, the second edition of the event will include sessions on film, culture, literature and sports along with musical performances celebrating the city’s rich cultural heritage.
A major attraction will be the film discussion session with filmmakers Leena Yadav, Anurag Basu, Anubhav Sinha and Tigmanshu Dhulia. The schedule also includes a one-on-one session with actor Jaideep Ahlawat, an ‘Actors Table’ with Neena Gupta, Gajraj Rao, Vineet Kumar and Mukesh Chhabra and a ‘Stars of Our City’ session with Aditya Srivastava, Faisal Malik, Deepraj Rana, Shashwat Singh and Nidhi Singh.
Organizer Tigmanshu Dhulia says, “This is our second edition, and our endeavor is to revive the cultural landscape that the city is famous for and remember the legends that the city is famous for.”
A series of cultural performances are scheduled over three days. These include ‘Dastan-e-Sarfaroshi’, Dastangoi by Himanshu Bajpayee, Vedant Bhardwaj and Ajay Tipanya; A Nirguna recital by Prahlad Tipanya and group; A ghazal rendition by Rashmi Agarwal; Bird Band, an Indian fusion ensemble; A concert by the Indian Ocean; ‘Scintillating Seventies’ by Voices and Trumpet Band; And Mahmood Farooqui’s storytelling ‘Dastan-e-Karna’.
A Mushaira and Kavi Sammelan will also be organised, which will be attended by Shakeel Azmi, Sampat Saral, Rajesh Reddy, Azhar Iqbal, Popular Meerthi, Sonrupa Vishal, Shahid Anjum and Abhishek Shukla.
“On the sports front, this time we have a ‘Cricket Talk’ session with Mohammad Kaif, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Winston Zaidi and Ayaz Memon,” says Dhulia.
Several sessions are dedicated exclusively to Prayagraj. These include ‘Saints of Allahabad’ with Badri Narayan, Siraj Ajmali, and NR Farooqui; ‘Story of our City’ with Gopal Chaturvedi, Dhananjay Chopra, and Neelum Saran Gour; and ‘Purane Sheher Ki Baatein aur Kisse’ with Asif Usmani, Prof Dhananjay Chopra, Abhay Awasthi, Yash Malviya, and Anshu Malviya.
The lineup also features a discussion on Suryakant Tripathi ‘Nirala’ with Prof. Awadesh Pradhan, Tarun Kumar, and Pranay Krishna, and ‘Allahabad in Literature’ with Mamta Kalia, Vibhuti Narain Rai, Uday Prakash, Anita Gopesh, Neelam Saran Gour, and Yash Malviya.
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