Kathmandu:

Music has no language, yet it speaks to you in different ways, which was proved on the evening of November 28 at the Hotel Soaltee Crowne Plaza. Infusing life in every instrumental piece he played, Anil Shahi displayed his true musical genius by giving out various emotions with every strum on his guitar. One moment you felt rejuvenated listening to the foot-tapping music and

suddenly the mood got romantic. Organised by Club 36, ‘Live Acoustic Fusion Music by Anil Shahi’ was a great presentation of guitar-based fusion music.

The evening started with the French ambassador Gilles-Henry Garault launching Shahi’s new CD and DVD Acoustic Fusion. Soon the awaited performance kicked off with Anil Shahi, who left the audience spellbound with his tranquillising music. Soon other musicians joined him and played a foot-tapping number. The excitement of the musicians rubbed off on the audience and most of them moved their heads along with the music. A dance number Barah hate patuki followed the performance.

Soon the musical magician was back with a very romantic number. Shahi’s group was then joined by Stuty Maskey who sang a semi-classical Baiya na dharo, earning a huge round of applause. Another vocal performer for the evening Mandavi Tripathi crooned a classic Timra pau haruma ma sadhai jhuki rahan chu.

Giving out yet another enchanting performance, Shahi performed Habiba, an instrumental on Benjo. The surprising twist to the Arabic-style music was the addition of Dard-e-disco in the end of the instrumental.

The musical event finished with yet another classic Bollywood number Apke aankhon mein by Maskey, which left the audiences asking for more.

The evening was memorable for the musical performances, but towards the end the entire classic and sophisticated feel vanished as skimpily dressed dancers raunchily danced to numbers like Current marela ki volt marela, often shaking their bodies vulgarly.

The dance items gave a dance-bar kind of feel, making many among the audience leave the premises — quite an unwanted finish to a wonderful musical evening.