Summary:
more-inThere was an air of expectancy at the Kikani school auditorium as the audience waited for the inaugural concert of the Coimbatore Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2017. Even as a couple of elderly men discussed the merits of making school children sing with a seasoned artiste, the strains of ‘Neeradum Kadalodutha’ floated out into the hall. The fact that this edition of Bharat Sangeet Utsav is in aid of the Chennai-based NGO Vidyasagar that works with differently abled children prompted Shashikiran to include the school kids in the programme. The fact that the hall remained full after the concert ended was testimony to the power cinema wields over the public. It was a good 20 minutes into the programme before the audience realised that Illaiyaraja songs were rather few in number..