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Amitabh to recite father's poems in NY
Wednesday,
July
04,
2007
Bollywood
superstar
Amitabh
Bachchan
is
set
to
recite
his
father
Harivansh
Rai
Bachchan's
poems
at
a
literary
and
cultural
festival
in
New
York
next
month.
The
event
called
'Bachchan
Sandhya'
will
be
held
August
18
at
the
Lincoln
Center
-
a
premier
venue
for
the
performing
arts.
The
cultural
do
has
been
organised
by
Bharatiya
Vidya
Bhavan,
US,
to
celebrate
the
60th
anniversary
of
India's
independence
and
the
centenary
of
late
Harivansh
Rai
Bachchan,
a
celebrated
Hindi
poet
and
litterateur.
On the occasion, Amitabh's wife and actress Jaya Bachchan will offer her own reminiscences about the life and achievements of her father-in-law.
A dance-drama entitled Jeevan, based on Bachchan's poems, will be presented by renowned Kathak dancer and choreographer Vaswati Mishra and her troupe.
Bachchan's best-known work is 'Madhushala', a series of quatrains or rubai. On the surface, the book seems like an ode to alcohol, but is actually an allegory about the complexity of life. 'Madhushala' has been recited by Amitabh and sung by Manna De on tape.
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