The festival of colours has once again set in and it time for real fun and frolic. It is all about bonhomie, sweetmeats, bhang and bhangra of course. To keep up with the celebratory spirits, revelers are now bringing in bhangra artistes from places as far as Punjab in order to give their Holi celebrations, a distinctly indigenous flavour. Right from the pulsating beats of the dhol to the energy driven moves of the dancers, the idea is to make the festival as exuberant as possible.

“This year, we invited a troupe of bhangra artistes from Punjab to perform at our function as we wanted the occasion to have an authentic feel and the artistes are a lot more enthusiastic and energetic with respect to their performances says a north Indian holi enthusiast who plays holi every year with his community’’.

The cost when it comes to importing artistes from up north when compared to Chennai an event manager who organizes few Holi bashes every year explains, “For a five member troupe inclusive of the dholwala, you might have to incur a charge of Rs 15,000 to Rs 20,000 for a day. On the other hand, for a troupe from Chennai, you need to shell out only about Rs 5,000.”

There are also those who believe that artistes in Chennai are equally talented. JS Chaddha, who runs a bhangra school in the city says, “Many of my students are invited to perform at events like Holi bashes. I have several students who are south Indians but they can dance and play the dhol just like their north Indian counterparts.”

 

M. Stephen.                                                                                  

 

Reporter.                                                                                            

 

Anytime chennai news team.  

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