Nazarana, an annual cultural festival is city physician Dr Rajan Walinjkar's effort to promote artists who deserve the limelight and appreciation
Dr Rajan Walinjkar, a Vashi-based physician took his love for performing arts a step ahead by organising an annual festival, featuring budding as well as struggling artists. Titled Nazarana, the event's ninth edition was held at Father Agnel Polytechnic College on December 7.
With a 360 degree focus, the festival has dance, music, instrumental and drama performances every year by artists from Navi Mumbai as well as greater Mumbai. Elaborating on the objective of conducting Nazarana, Dr Walinjkar said, "Since my early days I had a great liking for all kinds of performing arts. Rather than keeping it only as personal indulgence, I decided to do something in the interest of like-minded rasikas and artists. As the name suggests, it is my gift to people who truly appreciate such arts."
He chooses artists who have proved their mettle in respective fields, but are struggling for a wider platform. "They are people who are not in the limelight but deserve to be," he said.
Also, the show is only for invitees as Dr Walinjkar believes that only a discerning audience can enjoy a performance that is a result of immense hard work and knowledge. "I only want true rasikas to attend the festival as only such people show unwavering attention for classical performance," said Dr Walinjkar.
This year Vashi resident Sakshi Pujari staged a Bharatanatiyam presentation that was lauded by the attendees and the organisers. The highlight was a tala-vadya presentation by Chembur resident Sriram Somase that comprised a combination of percussion instruments like dholki, dhol, dhimdi and pakhawaj. The 18-year-old visually challenged percussionist played folk tunes on the instruments.
The event also featured an audio visual presentation by Pune-based indologist Anant Indurkar on temple architecture and the language of stones.
Last in line was an experimental drama by troupe from Kalyan, wherein 30 poems on various subjects were enacted by 10 members. Abhijit Zunjarrao, director of the drama said, "The poems were based on socially relevant subjects like farmer suicides, globalisation, politics, pollution, women's issues, among others."
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