The evening of June 12 witnessed a musical episode of “Ek Mulaqat Shilpa Bhawana Ke Saath”. Bollywood Singer Rekha Raj mesmerized the show with her magical voice. The online show is webcasted live on the official channel of BKT Media every Saturday at 5 pm.

Rekha Raj is a famous Indian Sufi Singer having hits like ‘Madhaniya’ screened in the movie ‘Monsoon Wedding’ directed by the classic Mira Nair. The film is a recipient of Zee Cine Special Award for International Cinema 2002, Golden Lion 2001, Independent Spirit Producers Award 2006, British Independent Film Award 2002, Bollywood Movie Award, Best Story 2003.

This Talk Show is the first LIVE interview of Rekha Raj after winning her battle with corona. As mentioned by her, she was much happier to do it with her favorite Anchor & Television Presenter ‘Shilpa Bhawana’. “Ek Mulaqat Shilpa Bhawana ke Saath” proved to be a Live Testing for the Singer and Rekha Raj made a mark again with her patronizing voice. She proved to be a tigress who fought covid and came back musically.

The episode was outlined as ‘Sufiyana Shanivar’ where Shilpa Bhawana shared the introduction of Sufism and its Style of Sufi Singing. She said, “Sufi is aligning our soul with the almighty and almighty is the one who can’t be seen but its presence can be felt everywhere.” Throughout the episode Rekha Raj sang a number of Sufi Songs including her own Folk Song ‘Madhaniya’ from Monsoon Wedding. She also shared her experience while shooting the song which was recorded as a Live Performance by herself on screen.

Sharing her special bond with the production house, Rekha Raj said, “I am happy to be with my family again. BKT Media is my family and I am happy to be LIVE again with you”. The show is produced by BKT Media and supported by the Trust Ek Hi Rasta. The concept and direction of the show is given by renowned TV Talk Show Director, Sidhant ‘Saheb Ji’.

Rekha Raj also advised the viewers to keep themselves confident and strong in this time of pandemic. The singer comes from a musical background. She adapted Sufi music at a younger age after getting inspired from her Granny. She also thanked her friends, family, fans and followers for their prayers to make her overcome covid.

She started the episode with a Hamd – AwalHamdKhuda Da. Hamd is a term which praises God. When asked about the importance of Hamd, Rekha Raj said, “For me, Hamd is a medium to connect with my almighty. When I close my I eyes and stop thinking about anything, I automatically connects with the supreme power.”

To make the interaction lively, the host Shilpa Bhawana played a voice note which she performed while recording a voice over. She asked Rekha Raj to judge the voice note on musical scale. Replying to this, she said,”Actually, Music is Live Magic, and, when you feel happy while singing it, it doesn’t matter whether its melodious or not.”

Rekha Raj highly admires Singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Abida Parveen. She said, “They are my favorites and the true idols of Sufism.” During the show, the singer also accepted the requests of singing famous songs like Tere Ishq Nachaya Karke Thaiya Thaiya, Duma Dum Mast Qalandar and Chaap Tilak.

Sharing past experiences with the singer, Host Shilpa Bhawana, shared a memory (picture) of a live event, where according to her, people went crazy on Rekha Raj’s performance. She requested Rekha Raj to sing that same song again on the show. In return, the Rekha Raj was singing and Shilpa Bhawana was dancing to the voice.

Rekha Raj also shared her favorites among the new singers of Bollywood. She said, “I love listening Arijit Singh and Shreya Ghoshal. Though there are many artists in Bollywood, but I personally like both of them.”

After having a round of discussion, it was the time for Shilpa Bhawana Special. This is a special segment of rapid fire questions thrown by Shilpa Bhawana where the guest has to answer instantly. This was followed up by a round of questions from the audience.

The singer also shared her upcoming projects, especially a movie in which the Sufi Song sung by Rekha Raj is the only soul of the film. It is going to be on floor soon.

The singer also performed ‘Ranjha Uchiyan Shaana Wala’ before finally saying her goodbye to the audience. Concluding this piece of writing on the note that devotion gives extra strength to our mind, body and soul; so corona does affect singers or any other but emerging out as a winner will make us learn an attitude of keep going, keep shinning, just like Rekha Raj….

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