Nagpur: Khasdar Sanskrutik Mahotsav 2021, a 10-day festival filled with art events like dance, songs, drama among others organized at Ishwar Deshmukh College of Physical Education started on Friday with the theme Chak De India.
The first day of the festival had a live concert of Sukhwinder Singh, who has lent his voice to popular songs like Jalwa, Dard-e-Disco and Chhaiya Chhiaya among others.
Present at the programme were Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari, MLC Chandrashekhar Bawankule, MLA Mohan Mate, BJP neta Anil Sole, committee members, Khasdar Sanskrutik Mahotsav Samiti, Ashok Mankar, Rajesh Bagdi, Dilip Jadhav, Sandip Gawai, Ashish Wandile and Kishore Patil, and social worker Balasaheb Kulkarni among others.
Speaking at the inauguration, Nitin Gadkari said, “This is the fourth year that we are here together celebrating culture in various art forms. I thank the people of Nagpur and all my distinguished guests for making this possible even after a pandemic. We are back and we are more enthusiastic than ever.”
Singh began his performance with one of his romantic hits, ‘Haule Haule’ and mesmerized the audience. He then went on to sing other hits which included ‘Chhaiya Chhaiya’, ‘Prem Da Pyaala’, ‘Aaja Aaja’ and ‘Kar Har Maidan Fateh’. Dutt said, “I am very thankful to Gadkariji who invited me to be a part of such an amazing event. Sukhwinder is very talented. Promoting culture is very important and this is a very good platform for showcasing people’s talents.”
The event presented a platform to citizens to showcase their talent in art.
