RENDEZVOUS WITH
GOD
======================
15 Apr 2017
Last
afternoon I was elated to get a call from Cdr Vineet Wason. He zestfully
invited me and Meena for Baishakhi
evening celebrations organisd by the Sikh
Biradri of Mumbai at Shanmukhananda Hall
in Sion…The Hall has a seating capacity of 2700 …( are you in an awe ?!, like I
was when I entered the Hall… Well, ‘Shanmukhnanda Hall’ is the largest of its
kind in Asia with two tier Balconies ) To set the stage on fire they had beckoned
‘Gurdas Mann’ the Punjabi Pop Star. Apart
from Vineet Sir, I was delighted to meet
Cdr Vijay Wadhera, Surg Cmde Arun Mehta and Gp Capt Avtar Singh with
their good ladies. Avtar (nicknamed Otter) and self had undergone FIS Tambaram
course 30 yrs ago and he presently flies
the Govt of Maharashtra.
The Chief Guest of the
evening was Maninderjeet Singh Bitta, the chairman of the All-India Anti-Terrorist Front (AIATF), and former chief of the Indian Youth Congress. He is accorded Z+ security. The Guest of
Honour was Ram Jethmalani..Both spoke well to inaugurate the show, organised for the charity of Cancer patients.
Gurdas
Mann, Ladies and Gentlemen, is blessed with tremendous amount of
energy, drive and vitality and he is still very youthful at 60….He’s a natural Pop star and croons on a wide spectrum of themes….During the
entire show I was in an emotional state on a higher plane, and felt that God
dwelt in Him…His entry on stage was a
dramatic peak cresendo of Light and sound….He mesmerised us with his sufi stuti
in the name of Lord for the first 10 minutes…When he finished, the jampacked auditorium was in a trace with
deafening silence for a couple of seconds,
and you could have heard a pin drop…immediately after the entire
auditorium reverberated with thunderous applause with continuous repeated hails of ‘Jo bole so nihal, Sat sri akal’….Within
no time the entire audience of over 2700 identified with Gurdas ahd yelled to
him their favorite preferences and he obliged them with a smile…He sang various
numbers including Chhaliye, Chhalla, Sukhmani:
Hope for Life,
Waris Shah’s Heer, Kee Banu Duniya Daa, Dil da mamla, sarbans
daniya ve etc and culminated with Jugni under roaring applause…He made full use
of stage dancing bhangda rhythm steps during his power packed performance .He
was very encouraging and danced squatting when two kids from audience stepped
on stage.
Gurdas Maan’s biography reflects that he shot to fame with his hit song "Dil Da
Mamla Hai." Soon after that came "Mamla Gadbad Hai" and
"Chhalla", the latter being a hit film song from the Punjabi film
'Long Da Lishkara' (1986), which Maan recorded under the music direction of
legendary Jagjit Singh. On other fronts, Maan has starred in blockbuster Bollywood
films and has received numerous awards, including the Jury's Award, presented
to him by the president of India in 2005. He also sang popular track, ‘Ki Banu
Duniya Da’ on Coke Studio MTV Season 4 with singer Diljit Dosanjh. The song
released on 15 August 2015 and hit more than 3 million views on YouTube in 1
week.In 2009 he won "Best International Album" at the UK Asian Music Awards for Boot
Polishan
Iam
tempted to share with you ‘Dil da Mamla hai’…But one song that made my Heart seethe
was ‘sarbans daniya ve’
Lets Listen…. the Lyrics have very deep meaning….
Gurdas Maan, I believe is the Best Pop star that Punjab has been
blessed with and I was blessed to see God in him last evening….. Time to get
emotional on this one…..
koi ik varey, koi do varey
tun desh kaum ton 7 vaarey
satt vaar ke keney, bhana mitha lagey tera
sarbans daniya ve dena kaun deyuga tera
char putt warey, panjvi maa vari
sheyva baap vareya, satva aap vareya
7 vaar ke kehney, bhana
mitha laggey tera
sarbans daniya ve dena
kaun deoouga tera
dharam te sankat jadd pehndae,
guru di parkhi jaye fakeeri guru tegh bahadur nu,
pandit kehn laggey
kashmeeri sade janju lah lah ke,
kehnda aurangjeb akheeri
ja deen kabool lavo, ja
fir chuk layo danda dera
sarbans daniya ve dehna kaun deuga tera
guru ji kehnde panditan
nu,
dakshna mangdi guru mureedi koi hai sikh sangat chon,
hove jis ne maut khareedi kisey vadd vadere nu,
dharam layi dehni payu shaheedi
baal guru gobind bol paye,tusan ton vadda kaun vadera
sarbahns daania ve dehna kaun dehuga tera
itihaas badalne ayi ik
navi vaisakhi
aabas kath-ti vich, guru ne sanu eh gal akhi
ik sees chahida ae, meri talvar kharhi ae pyasi
panj pyare saaj laye, panjan vich keeta aap basera
sarbans daania ve dehna kaun deyuga tera
marjaneya maana ve, guru di sikhi barhi neyari
sir katt-da katt jave, sir di keyam rahe sardari
menu sikh pyara nahi, sikh ton pehla rehat pyari
duniya de takhte te, vakhra sikh disuga mera
sarbans daniya ve dena kaon dayuga
No comments:
Post a Comment