{"id":25,"date":"2024-05-30T08:44:18","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T08:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefalisaxena.in\/blog\/?p=25"},"modified":"2024-05-30T09:48:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T09:48:43","slug":"the-art-of-storytelling-in-shefali-saxenas-ghoomar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shefalisaxena.in\/blog\/the-art-of-storytelling-in-shefali-saxenas-ghoomar\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art Of Storytelling In Shefali Saxena\u2019s Ghoomar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FULL SONG OUT - Original Ghoomar I Shefali Saxena | Suhel Rais Khan | Latest Hindi Song 2022 I Folk\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mwEZkRvjRC8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;\">When it comes to storytelling, it is not just creating a plot and set-up and representing facts that can be fictional or real, but an art to weave the thoughts together to create an emotion among the audiences. This is what Shefali Saxena does as a storyteller.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Shefali as a filmmaker<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;\">Shefali Saxena is an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shefalisaxena.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;\"><strong>award-winning artist<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;\"> who sings, performs, hosts, and makes films based on Indian cultural heritage. Her filmmaking is fueled by passion and creativity, and her love for Indian culture leads to her albums getting massive responses from the audience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>From vision to screen<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;\">For Shefali, filmmaking is not just putting content on social media and getting views; it is also seeking out the culture and hidden stories and bringing them to light to engage and inspire Indians and viewers globally.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Ghoomar: A Royal Folk<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;\">If one has to take an example of storytelling, then Ghoomar is the one. She herself is the maker and artist of the single Ghoomar which was shot in Chomu Palace, a heritage property in Rajasthan with the aim of paying tribute to the folk culture.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>When Ghoomar became a sensation overnight<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;\">Within 3 days of Ghoomar\u2019s streaming on 350+ digital platforms, including Apple, Amazon, Spotify, Radio Mirchi, Red FM, and many more, the video received more than 100K views which made Shefali the artist of the week on popular platforms like Zoom TV and BIG FM. Shefali also became The Times of India headliner.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Jawed Akhtar\u2019s poetic representation of Ghoomar\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;\">Ghoomar already became an everlasting story in people\u2019s hearts but what\u2019s more overwhelming about the album is its poetic representation by none other than Jawed Akhtar and Shefali being awarded as the \u201cPOWER WOMAN\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;\"><strong>Jawed Akhtar wrote:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201c<i>Wohi saat soor hain magar dhun nayee hain<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;\"><i>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Naye geeton ki barkha barsaa rahi hain<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;\"><i>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Har Ik saaz kehtaa hai apni zabaan mein<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;\"><i>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Woh aa hi gayee hain, woh aa hi gayee hain\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>How Shefali presents Ghoomar<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;\">The achiever\u2019s award by MID-DAY for excellence as an artist and filmmaker adds another star to Ghoomar. Sharing her own experience on Ghoomar, Shefali said,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;\"><i>\u201cIt was an inexpressible joy in the pink city of Jaipur, especially shooting our royal Indie folk song in a heritage fortified 300-years-old palace to receive the raw, rustic, and authentic beauty of Indian legacy, I purposely chose mesmerizing sets of a heritage palace. I complemented it with local Rajasthani flavour, be it my dignified Rajasthani looks or graceful choreography with props to showcase our incredible Indian culture.\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; When it comes to storytelling, it is not just creating a plot and set-up and representing facts that can be fictional or real, but an art to weave the thoughts together to create an emotion among the audiences. 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