Naya Theater by Habib Tanveer in Dehradun...!!!

Dear Friends,

Naya Theater was in the town for about almost 10 days. Habeeb Tanveer's theatre troupe enchantting the youth in and around Dehradun with their two satirical musical comedies...Both the plays namely Ponga Pandit and Sadak had social messages to convey....Ponga Pandit exposes the rituals that are meaninglessly followed by the bhramins and Sadak talks about the problems faced by the government in development and how the local tribes suffer ... All in a comical and musical way with the rawness of Chattisgarhi dialect...

NAYA THEATER--

Naya Theatre was founded in 1959 by the late director Padma Vibhushan Habib Tanvir ji. As an ad-hoc organisation comprising folk artists from the remote tribes and villages of Chattisgarh, located in Tanvir’s home region of Chhattisgarh. He was awarded with the prestigious Padam Bhusan award for his efforts in promotion of folk theater in the global platform through Naya Theater.

PONGA PANDIT--

The play Ponga Pandit is accused of being — no prizes for guessing the charge — anti-Hindu. The play is critical, but not of Hinduism. What it does take on, with its combination of pure fun and social incisiveness, are aspects of our society that need critiquing as often as possible, and from as many points of view as possible. The caste system; superstition; priest craft; Brahmanism; and untouchability. Any self-respecting Hindu would be indignant if told that this is what constitutes Hinduism.

SADAK--

Sadak, a short play, is a comic critique of “development” that ravages villagers, tribal people, their land and their culture.

Here is a glimpse of the plays:-

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KATHAK by Gauri Diwakar in Uttarkashi...!!!

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SPIC MACAY Dehradun presents KATHAK by Gauri Diwakar in beautiful mountains of Garhwal region in Uttarkashi form 15th December to 18th December.

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ODISSI by Padam Shri Madhvi Mudgal Ji...!!!

Dear Friends

Here comes an another very beautiful circuit by SPIC MACAY Dehradun Chapter presenting ODISSI by Padma Shri Madhvi Mudgal from 15th December to 18th December 2014.

Please have a look...

Gurbani by Prof. Alankar Singh

We would like to inaugurate the New Year with the auspicious Gurbani by Professor Alankar Singh!

Prof. Alankar Singh has been working as Asst. Professor of Music (Vocals) in Punjab University, Patiala. He started learning music at the tender age of four years. He received training in Classical (Vocals) Music and Gurmeet Sangeet under Guru Shishya Parampara, continuously for about eleven years from Gurmat Sangeet Acharya Late Professor Tara Singh Ji, a renowned musicologist and composer, who belonged to Gwalior tradition of Khayal Gayaki.

He was selected under the Cultural Talent Search Scholorship Scheme by the Center for Cultural Research and Training, Government of India, in the field of Classical (Vocal) Music and got National Scholorship during 1985 - 1993.

Besides being an expert in Notation, Music Composer and Music Arranger, Alankar Singh is an approved artist of All India Radio and Doordarshan for Classical Music, Shabad Gayan, Bhajan, Geet and Ghazal singing.

Alankar Singh has given more than 300 public performances of Gurmat Sangeet and Classical Music. He has the privilege of performing at four  Takhats of Khalisa Panth. U.K. based Channel Punjab did video recording of 13 Shabads in prescribed Ragas in 2006 & 2007 and has been regularly telecasting these since then in Europe.

Please check the calendar on the right hand panel for details of the venues along with date and time!

In The Hills of Garwhal - Mahua Shankar and Spicmacay Doon Team

We are happy to let you know that SPIC MACAY ,Dehradun conducted a very special concert tour by Mahua Shankar , who gave  nine Kathak recitals in different parts of Garhwal between the 9th and 13th of December.

Eight of the concerts were held in schools of Rural Garhwal where a SPIC MACAY concert took place for the very first time .

She reached out to thousands of fascinated students ranging from a Primary School in Gauchar to the trainees of ONGC at Dehradun . Seven  of the venues were Govt Schools /Institutions 

After several years  , SPIC MACAY held a concert at the very prestigious HNB Central Garhwal University at Srinagar. 

As you can see from the photographs , Mahua and her team performed close to Badrinath and Kedarnath ! 

Our volunteer Lalit Mohan who initiated , planned and followed up the entire tour called it ' Paharon ki god mein '!

A new and enthusiastic volunteer Parvez Ahmed ( based in Srinagar ) accompanied the artistes throughout the tour and we are hoping to do a similar circuit in Chakrata and Tehri early next year . 

Since April 2011 , SPIC MACAY has conducted 223 events in Uttrakhand ,reaching out to more than 1 lakh students .

With best wishes  for the season and the new year !

Mahua Shankar who will be visiting the valley on 9th December, 2011

Mahua is disciple of the legendary figure of Indian classical dance, Padma Vibhushan Pandit Birju Maharaj, Mahua started learning dance at the age of five. Her father, the late Shri Pradeep Shankar, and her mother, Smt. Rekha Shankar, were her first gurus. Mahua was also trained under guru Smt. Reba Vidhyarthi and Smt. Vaswati Mishra. Awarded with the “Shringar Mani” 2007 from Sur Shringar Samsad – Mumbai .Mahua Shankar has danced, to great acclaim, in several prestigious festivals. As a young dancer, she has also had the distinction of performing in Rashtrapati Bhavan, before the then President of India, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. Have performed with Pandit Birju Maharaj in his major productions in many prestigious festivals and has travelled extensively in India and abroad. Has to her credit dance sequences in two major films, “Gaddar” with Sunny Deol and Amisha Patel and “Devdas” with Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai and Madhuri Dixit.


Kathak is one of the classical dance styles of India. It is a characterized by fast footwork (tatkar), spins (chakkar) and expression (abhinaya). Kathak has a long history having been influenced first by the narratives by kathakas or ancient bards, and subsequently by temple dances, the bhakti movement, and then by the Mughal and later courts from the 16th century onwards.

Spicmacay Dehradun is going to host a concert of Ustaad Sthehujaat Khan and he will be accompanied on Tabla be Shri Arunangshu Chowdhury and Shri Shankar Debnath. The event will be hosted at Mahar Academy from 05:00 PM on 24th of November, 2011.

Here are a series of videos which speak lengths about his talent, and leave no words to be written on the post. Hope you enjoy them and wish to see him!

Shujaat Khan sings Amir Khusrau

Shujaat Khan Sings Lajo Lajo

Ghazal by Ustaad Shujaat Khan

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