Gham Ka Khazana

An evening of ghazal, qawwali and shayari

Some feelings don't have a name in everyday language. Urdu poets spent centuries finding words for them: the ache of waiting, the sweetness of a loss, the joy that arrives with a little sadness attached. Gham Ka Khazana is a two hour mehfil built around those words.

Indranil Hirave narrates the evening. He takes you through the stories behind the verses, so you know what each sher is saying before it is sung. Then the music lifts it. Parth Ghaskadbi and Gaurav Deore sing, with Atharva Chothe in the chorus. Onkar Kulkarni on tabla, Chinmay Karekar on harmonium and Shubhankar Bhagwat on keyboard hold the rhythm underneath.

You don't need to know Urdu. You don't need to know what a ghazal is. If you have ever replayed a song because it said what you couldn't, you already belong here.

Come for the poetry. Stay for the qawwali, when the room starts to sing along. Leave with a verse you'll keep saying to yourself.

Performers

🎤 Narrator and Singer: Indranil Hirave

🎤 Singers: Parth Ghaskadbi, Gaurav Deore

🎤 Chorus: Atharva Chothe

🥁 Tabla: Onkar Kulkarni

🪗 Harmonium: Chinmay Karekar

🎹 Keyboard: Shubhankar Bhagwat