Sur Sangram concludes on a musical note

PATNA — A huge crowd thronged the sprawling ground of historic Gandhi Maidan in Patna as artistes performed live on stage on the occasion of Mahua TV’s musical reality show – Sur Sangram.

The Bhojpuri programme, hugely popular in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh concluded on a beautiful note as both the finalists – Alok Kumar of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh’s Mohan Rathore were declared joint winner. Both participants got a prize money of Rs 25 lakh each and also handed over the keys to their new motorbikes.

“To my mind, Bhojpuri folk music is the genre that is most intoxicating to the mind of the people here, because it is the only kind of music with the fragrance and earthen appeal of the native soil,” Dr Shivkant Sinha, a resident of Motihari who travelled to Patna to watch the programme, said.
As some spectators tried to catch the glimpse of the performers on the dais, one of the pandals collapsed causing injury to 10 persons, the sources said. The injured were admitted to Patna Medical College and Hospital where the condition of two was stated to be critical.
Nightingale of Bihar, Padmashree Sharda Sinha, with her unique voice left the audience spellbound and mesmerized.

Bhojpuri actors Ravi Kishan and Manoj Tiwari, RJD’s Lalu Prasad, LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan and several Bihar ministers, senior officials were among the dignitaries present on the occasion.

The show was hosted by Bhojpuri actor Manoj Tiwari, where as Bhojpuri singer Kalpana and Malini Awasthi were in the panel of judges.
“There were two team of 12 contestants each from Uttar Pradesh & Bihar (including Jharkhand), and the major attraction of the show was to showcase Bhojpuri Folk, and cultural songs,” said Prashant, spokesperson of the show. The show was presented by Gajendra Singh while Abhay Aditya Singh (director of Bhojpuri movie Purab) directed the programme