Mohey Rang De: A Mosaic of Meera Bhajans and Qawwalis; dance and drama.

Shashi Banerjee as Mirabai. 

Mohey Rang De tells the story of the saint-musician Meerabai starting from her childhood as a young Rajput princess, her introduction to her Girdhar (Lord Krishna), her marriage into the royal family, to her abandonment of worldly ties, and ultimate surrender to Lord Krishna. But Meera’s story is also the journey of the mortal soul from awakening, to complete submersion; her love for Krishna was symbolic of the compulsive attraction that every soul feels for the ultimate divinity. Therefore Meera’s story, and her message, is also at the crux of the Sufi movement.

Using vocal performances by Smt Madhumita Ray, Majid Qawwal of Rampur, and dance by Asavari Pavar and Shashi Banerjee, Mohey Rang De is thus also an exploratory journey threading together the Bhakti and Sufi movements using Meera Bhajans, Sufi couplets of Amir Khusrau and Kabeer. The aim of the presentation is to highlight that all religions have the same message; and all souls, lead to the same divinity.  

Madhumita Ray sings Mirabai's bhajans. On the Tabla: Pandit Subhash Nirwan, on the flute: Devendra Raj Ankur. 

Majid Qawwal from Rampur.

Concept and Direction: Madhumita Ray 
Vocals: Madhumita Ray
Dance (Kathak): Asavari Pawar, Shashi Banerjee

Art and design: Sikandar Bhasin

Sarangi: Sufi Munir Ahmed Warsi

Sitar: Saleem Ahmed

Tabla: Manoj Nagar and Pandit Subhash Nirwan

7pm, 25 October, Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road.