Kailash Kher, internationally popular for his unique rendition of sufi songs such as Teri Deewani, made the audience of Dhaka astonished by his brilliant live performance on Friday at the “Tri Nation Music Fest” at the Army Stadium in the capital. The show also featured Ali Azmat from Pakistan and Bangladeshi prominent musician Ayub Bachchu.
The programme started with the performance of Ayub Bachchu. This time around, the celebrated musician got his due respect and response from the crowd. Previously, at the “BCB Celebration Concert,” the lack of enthusiasm of the crowd during the performance of Bangladeshi artistes led Bachchu to thank the audience for listening to Bangla songs and to save their claps for better artistes.
Ayub Bachchu rocked the show with his rendition of the popular tracks Rakhe Allah Maare Ke, Ural Debo Akashe, Bangladesh and others. The crowd sang along with Bachchu, who is a master entertainer. He urged the audience to participate with him and when he started presenting his song Shei Tumi, the crowd seemed to become one voice and repeated the lyrics of the song which has won the hearts of millions across the country.
A while later, Pakistani artiste Ali Azmat, former lead vocalist of internationally acclaimed band Junoon, took to the stage and opened his performance with the rendition of his popular track Dosti. However, it took time for the artiste to wake the crowd’s enthusiasm. When performing the upbeat song Yaar Bina, Ali Azmat got down from the stage and walked to the centre of the audience’s seating arrangement, where, a mini stage was setup for the artists to get closer to the audience. Ali performed one renowned track after another and praised the audience of Bangladesh as one of the best crowd he has performed for. Sadly, his overall performance failed to live up to the high expectation of the audience.
The main attraction of the evening, Kailash Kher appeared before the audience an hour later and started his show with the song Jogi. The sufi singer mesmerised the audience with his rendition of the songs Apni Khoyi Huyi Pehchaan, Main To Tere Pyar Mein Deewana Ho Gaya, Baare Baare and many more. Kailash has a great sense of humour and in between every song, he made the audience laugh and interacted with them. He complimented the women-folk of the crowd and invited a handful of female audience to dance with him on-stage. His performance was enjoyed and well received by the crowd, specially his songs Teri Deewani and Tu Jaane Na.
In a nutshell, the Tri-Nation concert was an enjoyable event for the music lovers of Bangladesh.