Garba venues in Mumbai are preparing for the Sharadiya Navratra (In frame (L to R): Parthiv Gohil, Falguni Pathak, Geeta Rabari, Kinjal Dave)
New singers like Eesha Goyal of Malad are exploring garba too. I have a YouTube channel where I plan to upload it as I seek a platform for live performance.” “I have released a new single called ‘Garbo Ramiyo Re’ today.
MUMBAI: Garba venues have lit up with daily rehearsals for the festival of Sharadiya Navratra October 11-20. Parthiv Gohil said, “Our Rangilo Re troupe has been performing at NESCO since 10 years. We have loyal audiences who come at 7.00pm and stay till the end.
Founder Devendra Joshi said, “We introduced vocal music to live garba in a time when Babla, Adesh Srivastava and Viju Shah performed instrumental music. We brought Falguni Pathak and also introduced garba competitions.” Borivli is the hub of the dandiya circuit with Goregaon-Malad and Mulund-Ghatkopar in hot pursuit. Singer Falguni Pathak will perform in Jio BKC, sisters Preeti-Pinky at Inorbit Malad, Parthiv Gohil at NESCO Goregaon, and folk singer Geeta Rabari and Kinjal Dave in separate sections of Kora Kendra Borivli. They prepare special costumes and props. We cannot experiment too much with garba songs but our musicians and technicians always explore new sounds and techniques.