Friday 1 January 2016

Zee Classic rings in the New Year with the grand musical concert ‘RD Night’

RDNight1Zee Classic, India’s only classic Hindi movie channel, adhering to its core proposition ‘Woh Zamaana Kare Deewana’, will take its audiences down memory lane by bringing in the New Year with some magical melodious moments.
The channel that has connoisseurs of classics cinema and music hooked to films from the golden era will showcase a special musical concert called ‘RD Night’ that celebrates the life and times of the country’s most beloved music composer – R. D.  Burman. It will air on Monday, 4th Jan, 2016 at 7 PM.
‘RD Night’ will have audiences get up to dance to the foot-tapping melodies and features renowned artists from the music fraternity who commemorate the unconventional legend who changed the world of music with his chart topping compositions.
As a tribute to Pancham Da, RD Night presents Babul Supriyo, Sudesh Bhosle with his son Siddhanta Bhosle, Javed Ali, Jaspinder Narula, Madhushree & Anvesha Dutta Gupta amongst others. The talented singers set ablaze the stage with some sensational performances.
Known as versatile and delightfully unpredictable, R D Burman is one of India’s greatest music personalities in the Hindi movie industry. Fondly referred to as Pancham Da, the musical genius has left his impression with innumerable chartbusters like ‘Aaja Aaja Main Hun Pyar Tera’, ‘Piya Tu Ab Toh Aaja’ and even soulful melodies like  ‘Tere Bina Zindagi Se Shiqwa’ or ‘Tujhse Se Naraz Nahi’.
Hosted by the multi-talented Sumeet Raghavan, the one-its-kind concert ‘RD Night’ encompasses the inspiring life journey of Pancham Da. The concert will also showcase interesting audio-visuals, making of songs, anecdotes shared by industry stalwarts like Bappi Lahiri and Sachin Pilgaonkar.
The highlight of the concert is the rare appearance of three dynamic musicians from Pancham Da’s troupe – Homi Mulla, Ranjit Gazmer and Amrutrao Katkar who come together after years and perform on exotic musical instruments like reso reso and others in memory of their mentor.