ahmedabad they can popularize childrens songs and render the shiv mahimna stotra they can make garba grounds swirl to their tunes and can give the words of luminaries such as mariz and ramesh parekh the adornment of music they are shyamal and saumil munshi and saumils wife aarti they are hailed for their contribution to gujarati sugam sangeet a genre with a semiclassical or nonclassical lilt s u r triveni an ahmedabad organization will felicitate the trio on sunday for their 50year service to music the brothers first public performances began in 1972 when they were not even 18 ahead of the felicitation ceremony the munshis talked to toi in september 1980 morpinch peacocks feather was staged at jayshankar sundari hall in ahmedabad that performance helped the trio find their unique voice we experimented with the set the style of presentation themebased selection of songs and above all audiovisuals feat u r e s t h a t have rem a i n e d the trademark of o u r shows said shyamal a plastic surgeon by profession the trio considers the hastakshar autograph album of 2003 an important landmark in their journey they composed the songs of the likes of ramesh parekh suresh dalal and madhav ramanuj the songs were presented by greats such as jagjit singh shankar mahadevan bhupindermitali and kavita krishnamurthy for some of these singers this was their first foray into gujarati music later the trios anushthan ritual shows blended music with other performing arts and even orchestrated experiments with gujarati lyrics and international music we have always tried to reinvent ourselves and thats how we have remained relevant said aarti we introduced the concept of sheri garba outside of the traditional performance venues and made both 2 and 3step garba popular as shyamal puts it language is the mothership of other performing arts therefore now our efforts are to conserve the gujarati language he said saumil said kala dham and ghar melo initiatives have been launched to further the cause the first is a mentorship platform for budding artists it is meant to expose them to gujarati literature and culture he said the second is a unique concept under which we will be guests at a home and strike up a conversation with the family about gujarati art forms tushar shukla a noted poet who forayed into compering with the morpinch show said that the trios success reflects the triumph of art over commercialization they got multiple generations to take interest in gujarati sugam sangeet and sustained the format by introducing changes to keep up with times he said that is a feat for any artist who has been active for five decades and here we have three who have acc o m p l i s h e d this