Monoacting redefined!

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There are some characters in this world who have the ability to touch others even without making a physical contact. Sometimes, just their voice can be enough to draw one to them, to fall in love with them. What follows is the story of one such character ...

A few months back a friend introduced me to an audio recording on Kabeer. Unfortunately this happened to be a copy of the original and had been passed around without the titling and credits. The monoacting on the tape was excellent, and I listened to it several times- I hadn't heard of another artist who could re-create someone else's life so realistically just by his voice! Several months of hunting around yielded no results, as I still didn't know who this talented artist on the tape was. One day, almost six months later I came across an audio cd on Swami Vivekananda at a relative's place. As I listened to it, I realized the voice on the cd was nobody but the same person who had created the Kabeer tape. I finally discovered Shekhar Sen!

Shekhar Sen has proved himself as a talented singer, music composer, lyricist and actor. Born and brought up in a Bengali family of Raipur M.P. He was fortunate to learn music from his parents Dr. Arun Kumar Sen & Dr. Aneeta Sen renowned classical singers of Gwalior Gharana & Musicologists.

Shekhar established himself as a singer with a different style by singing the medieval poets like Raskhan, Raheem, Lalitkishori, Bhooshan Bihari & many more. To his credit, he has done more than 1000 shows all over the world, released more than 165 cassettes & CD’s as singer, composer & lyricist.

He composed music in many TV serials like Shiv Mahapuran, Geeta Rahasya, Parivaar, Dhadkan etc. & given playback in the famous serial Ramayan. He then invented a new style in the field of entertainment. His monoact musical plays “Goswami Tulsidas” & “Kabeer” created history. The quest never ends, Therefore as a true representative of Indian culture Shekhar is proceeding ahead in search of new horizons.
- From www.shekharsen.com/

Shekhar Sen travels widely across the globe performing as Kabeer, Tulsidas and Swami Vivekananda. Visit his website [Link] to check out some excerpts of his performances, as well as get in touch with him for his audio cds.

Listen to a small excerpt here:


Article on The Hindu. [Link]
Article on Hindustan Times. [Link]