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A Bollywood nightingale in Dhaka

Live performance by Alka Yagnik

Cultural Correspondent
Talk of the town for the last few days has been a concert featuring renowned Indian playback singer Alka Yagnik. The show was held at the Hall of Fame, Bangladesh China Friendship Conference Centre on July 16. Presented by Marico, the concert was organised by Red Enterprise Limited.
Yagnik, one of the finest voices of her generation in Bollywood (the Mumbaibased film industry) as well as the sub-continental music scenario, enthralled the audience throughout the nearly three-hour perfonnance.
Chetan Rana — a winner of the musical talent hunt "K for Kishor" on Sony TV -- opened the show with a couple of songs, including "Subhan Allah." The artiste later sang a duet with Yagnik. The diva was one of the guest judges on the talent hunt.
Yagnik started her per-
formance with a song that has become a requisite in her shows. It was the title track from the 1998 Shah Rukh-Kajol blockbuster, "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai." The singer bagged one of her two National Film Awards
for the song. Along with numerous honours, the other National Film Award came in 1994 for the song "Ghoonghat ki oud se."
The forte ofYagnik's reper-toire was melody. She charmed the Dhaka audience with "Ek din aap yun hamko mil jayengey." "I always try to give my best and perform all kinds of songs. I hope all of you find my selection of songs enjoyable," the diva said to her audience.
In most cases she did not finish a song, as she wanted to perform mdfe A umbers. *
It is remarkable how many Yagnik songs have gone on to become huge hits. One got an impression of that going by the collection of songs the artiste performed at the
Dhaka concert.
The medley started with the overly familiar "Mere angney me," Yagnik’s breakthrough song in Bollywood. One after another the artiste sang, "Gazab ka hain din," "Pardesi jana nahi," Baazigar o baazigar,' "Taal-e sey taal mila," "Dekha hey paheli bar" and its Bangla version "Dekhechhi prothom bar."
Other memorable renditions included "Tawba," "Dekha tumko jabsey" and "Kissi roz."
•» .ikMunmun was the. MG of the event. Omni Music, Pepsi and Dynamic were the sponsors, while The Daily Star, Ice Today and Radio Today FM 89.6 were the media partners of the event.