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The 11th edition of Remembering Veenapani Festival in Puducherry combines ragas with plays

- Mahalakshmi Prabhakaran

This year, guests at the Adishakti Theatre Arts' Remembering Veenapani Festival (RVF)—celebrating its 11th edition from 13-19 April—can look forward to an early morning of music. Performed by Rajasthani folk trio SAZ on 14 April, the dawn concert, titled Savera-Morning Raga by SAZ, will be a harmonious commingling of vocals and sarangi by Asin Khan, khartal by Zakir Khan and dholak by Sadiq Khan. As fan favourites, this is not the first time the trio are playing at RVF. "They've performed here in 2022 and 2023 but this will be the first time that they will be doing an early morning set," says Divya Bhatia, presenter and producer of the show. The trio will be dipping into their vast repertoire of Rajasthani folk music to present soothing melodies to ring in a new day.