What better way to usher in spring and good weather than a great show with music, dance and just loads of fun?

Here is your chance to see some the most popular and talented folks in the Indian film and music scene, right here in the Boston area! Aap ka Manoranjan is organizing a show that promises to engage the audience from the moment they enter the hall. Adnan Sami (Kabhi to nazar Milao, Lucky), one of the most sought after singers in the world today and Amisha Patel (Kaho Na pyar Hai), the beauty who has Boston ties, will perform. Also on stage to entertain us will be Sunidhi Chauhan, the multi-talented singer, Raghav, the new sensation in Hindi pop/rock and Shefali (Kanta Laga), the sizzling young crooner.

Said Arsh Mehrotra about the forthcoming event:
“ We only believe in bringing the best to Boston. Be it ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh or the legendary Asha Bhonsale, we have always attracted, invited and presented the best. In keeping with that tradition we are presenting this group of vibrant talent to perform for the New England community. The event will be of very high quality.”
The event is on Sunday, May15, at 6.PM at the Paul Tsongas Arena in Lowell, MA.
For more information and to reserve your tickets, go to

www.aapkamanoranjan.com

Adnan Sami is an accomplished Concert Pianist and Composer with a special command on all Western and Indian Classical and semi-classical notes. His career has ranged from the the classical to the Jazz to moderm Pop-Rock (Western and Indian). Adnan Sami has won many International Awards inlcuding the "Nigar Award", "Bolan Academy Award", "Graduate Award" etc. He was given a "Special Award of U.N.I.C.E.F." and a United Nations Peace Medal for a song he wrote and performed for Africa. He was invited as a member of the jury of the prestigious music festival "Voice of Asia" competition held annually at Almaty, Kazhakstan. This jury comprises of top music composers of the world.

Sunidhi Chauhan
Most remember her as the little girl, complete with frills and bows, who walked the stage at a talent search music show on TV , awed the audience, and walked away as the winner of the mega finals. The full-throated voice was nothing like that of the child-girl who had finished the impressive rendition; not in the least bit nervous or self-conscious among people twice as older. The resonance and richness that rang out in her voice left no one who heard her in doubt that it was that of a sure fire winner. But to Sunidhi Chauhan, what mattered most was that show would give her a chance to meet the legend, Lata Mangeshkar.

Sunidhi took to music simply and effortlessly as a toddler and after assurances from friends her father realised that this was no ordinary child. She picked up complex classical tunes with ease and sang without a glitch. To provide her with a more conducive environment, the family shifted base to Mumbai from Delhi. In the mean time, Sunidhi continued to perform on stage and rake in the awards and laurels. She was also part of renowned composer Kalyanji's Little Wonders troupe for child prodigies in music and regularly performed at shows.

However, the TV show Meri Aawaz Suno was Sunidhi's first far-reaching public performance and winning the mega finals brought her further in to the limelight. As part of the winner's package, the young singer was promised an album with HMV. The album she eventually recorded, Aira Gaira Nathu Khaira, however was promoted as a kids album and it didn't quite portray the true range of Sunidhi's mature voice.

Her debut recording was for the film Shastra, for which she sang the racy number Ladki deewani dekho. Her big break came a few smaller assignments later, when she was recommended to composer Sandeep Chowta for Ram Gopal verma's Mast. The three songs that she recorded for the film created quite a stir on the film music scene and offers began to come her way.

The young crooner is now training in Indian classical music to fine tune and improvise her skills. And not only that, she is just about as passionate about Western music as she is about Desi tunes.  She attends school and is determined to complete her basic academics.
The singer has also bagged the R D Burman award for most promising newcomer at the Filmfare awards 2001. It's time one called her a playback singer who's making some serious waves

Amisha Patel, the heartthrob to the Indian film was born on 9th June 1979. A gold-medallist in Economics from the State University of Boston.Started filmi career with KAHO NAA PYAAR HAI, a super hit movie. Ameesha is a gorgeous looking girl who will charm her way into the audience's heart with her twinkling eyes and effervescent smile.
Started Amisha is a person who is committed to doing good projects as she is not in films for the lure of fame and fortune, what with her coming from a very affluent background herself. Her grandfather was the famous Rajni Patel, the man who was none less than the right hand of Mrs. IndiraGandhi.
She very candidly admits that a heroine does not have much to do in a film unless she has carved a niche for herself in the market.


Raghav’s story doesn’t need sexing up”
The Times

WINNER for ‘BEST COLLABORATION’ at the MOBOS 2004
WINNER at the ASIAN ACHIEVERS AWARDS 2004
LISTED IN TOP 50 SOUTH ASIAN ACHIEVERS by the Australian Press

Raghav is a young member of the new multiculturally rich world. The 23 year old first generation Canadian (his family originally from Uttarpradesh in India), was brought up in a trilingual community and speaks English, French and Hindi fluently (if with the subtlest hint of Canadian). Raghav studied Indian classical music with Guru Nishi Kant Bali from the tender age of five, grew up singing in his local temple and, in school, excelled in the local choirs and performing in musicals, leading to school years crammed not only with study but also national tours of Canada and international tours of Europe.

Raghav began writing music when he was 15, heavily influenced by the pop R&B music filtering across the border from America. One of his early compositions won an award for top original song from the National Songwriters Association of America. … He was 16.

Understandably, Raghav went on to receive offers of scholarships from many music schools across America but chose, at 17, to move to L.A. on his own to study with the great Seth Riggs, vocal coach to, amongst others, Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson.

For the last 3 years he has made his home in the UK, studying at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts and working with diverse musicians, djs and producers, fine honing his own sound. During his time in college he joined R&B band 11/7 which was nominated for a Mobo for best unsigned artist. 11/7 did not win, but the nomination was enough to bring Raghav a communal heads up from the watching music types and led to a solo management deal and an introduction to the highly influential Sly & Robbie and British R&B producer Mushtaq.

It was when Raghav began working with Sly & Robbie and Mushtaq that he finally began to settle on the sound and style that has become his own, embracing the myriad of musical styles and cultures that have come his way.. R&B, Asian, a little bollywood and a little rap…English and Hindi lyrics blending into a magnificent multicultural jamboree – a fusion of the best of his influences into his own unique sound.

Soon after, he signed with A&R Records whilst simultaneously working with the inspirational DJ producer, 2play, co-writing and performing on two singles ‘It Can’t Be Right’ (Inferno Records) and ‘So Confused’ and releasing his own debut ‘Can’t Get Enough’. All three tracks headed straight into the UK top ten. With a minimum of mainstream fanfaring and a maximum of underground buzz, Raghav, by June of this year had already spent a total of 8 weeks in the top 10 and gained a huge urban following nationwide.

In the last half of 2004, Raghav became one the first artists ever to perform on the newly erected Brasian Stage at Glastonbury, headlined the UK-wide, arena-filling Mela’s, visited India for the first time to perform at the MTV Style awards and witness his album go platinum there and returned to chalk up his fourth smash hit of the year with his second solo single ‘Let’s Work It Out’ – also going on to win both an Asian Achievers Award and his first Mobo.

New single ‘ANGEL EYES’ is out on A&R/V2 Records on February 7th, taken from Raghav’s sublime debut album ‘STORYTELLER’.
 
 
 Sultry Shefali before 'Kaanta Laga' was Just an average, middle-class collegian. But that was before the music video happened. Now she is a known face. The Kaanta laga fame starlet Shefali Jariwala has had a dream run since her resounding success as the pouty temptress in Kabhi aar kabhi par Sweet Honey Mix album, She says. "I have been receiving lots of offers for two years, but I chose to wait." She plays down her sex siren image.

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