Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre is organising a Sufi music night by Kavita Seth today at the main auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum in Shahbag of the capital.

Kavita Seth is an Indian artiste who is most known as a playback singer in Hindi cinema, as well as a performer of Ghazals and Sufi music, and has formed her musical group, Karwaan Group, a band of Sufi musicians.

She received her musical training in Hindustani classical music under ND Sharma of Gwalior Gharana, Vinod from Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, and Ustad Iqbal Ahmed Khan of the Delhi Gharana.

Kavita specialises in Sufi-style singing though she also sings geet, ghazal and folk songs. Over the years she has performed at live shows in London, Birmingham, Scotland, Berlin, Oslo and Stockholm and places across India. She won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer in 2010 for her classical Sufi rendition ‘Gunja Sa Koi Iktara’ for the film ‘Wake Up Sid’.

Where: Nat’l Museum, Shahbag

When: 6:30pm, today