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Performing Arts...Recap Part II

Ranjani Saigal
01/04/2012

Navavidha Bhakti - A Scintilating Syncronicity Of Devotion And Dance
VisionAID's fundraiser event featured a wonderful Dance Ballet featuring over thirty dancers from the Boston area. Hindu tales highlighting the nine forms of devotion were presented in a beautiful dance ballet. The sold out show helped raise money for the visually challenged.
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Sri Kuchipudi Natyalaya Presents Shri Krishna Parijatham
Sri Kuchipudi Natyalaya presented kuchipudi dance ballet “Sri Krishna Paarijatham” in the auspicious presence of HH Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji on June 19th at Chinmaya Mission in Andover, MA.
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Hindi Manch SaReGaMaPa 2011 – An Unparalleled Cultural Evening With A Dazzling Display Of Musical Talent!
This prestigious event organized by Hindi Manch to encourage, showcase and promote local talent was conceived in 2010, by the NEHM President Preetesh Shrivastava and founding members. Little did they know that after their successful debut in 2010, their second year would turn out to be such a resoundingly well-attended and well-appreciated event.
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Ghulam Ali Concert
Ustad Ghulam Ali Khan, the king of ghazals wowed Boston audiences on July 31st during his concert in Chelmsford High School. His music is truly universal as the attendees ranged from young to old and were of various nationalities and walks of life.
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An Inspired Concert By Sriram Gangadharan
It was an inspired performance by Sriram Gangadharan at Maruthi Temple, Andover, MA on the evening of July 31st, and Sriram treated the audience to a high quality electrifying music from start to finish. Sriram Gangadharan is an “A” grade artist in both vocal and instrumental (flute) categories with All India Radio and has won numerous awards, titles and accolades over the years for outstanding performances in December Music Festival in Chennai over the years.
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Shaam-e-Sharda - A Memorable Musical Evening In Boston
With an impressive resume of resoundingly successful musical events paying tribute to legendary artistes such as music composer O.P. Nayyar and Geeta Dutt, Siraj and his team pulled together yet another such event, this time with the famous Bollywood playback singer, Sharda, a living legend performing live on stage at Shaam-e-Sharda. The very same Sharda who became a household name overnight in 1966 and with the sensational hit number: Titli Udi, Ud jo chali ...from the film "Suraj".
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Fabulous Presentation - Kalakshetra Style
Earlier this summer, local artists Soumya Ramanathan and Gayathri Srinivasan, who were joined by eminent dancer, J. Suryanarayanamurthy, who is one of India’s leading male Bharatha Natyam dancers, gave a beautiful Bharatha Natyam performance.
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A Duet In Perfect Accord: An Evening Of Carnatic-Dhrupad Euphony
The Fall season for MITHAS this year has indeed started on a high note as a harbinger for a stellar series to come. The evening featuring Carnatic-Dhrupad jugalbandi of Malladi and Gundecha brothers will echo in the minds of the Boston listeners for a long time. This unique event was made possible by the generous contribution of Anuradha and Prashanth Palakurthi.
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Zila Khan Shares Her Divine Secrets With Bostonians
What Zila Khan shared with the audience on that pleasant Sept. 24th evening at the Chinmaya Mission auditorium was not just a stage performance. It wasn’t even an intimate musical evening as stated on the event program book. Zila Khan, with her mesmerizing vocals, managed to connect all present to the Almighty, irrespective of what faith one belonged to.
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Krinshanjali At Sri Lakshmi Temple
Krinshanjali, an offering to Krishna was scheduled on Sept. 18th. After a rainy and dreary week, that Sunday morning turned out to be a cool breezy and sunny day. The heavens had taken a break to witness the beautiful morning it was to be.
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Two Guys And Some Girl: South Asian Comedy
Two Guys and some Girl: South Asian Comedy was held in the heart of downtown Boston’s theatre district at Nick’s Comedy Stop (Club Rumor) on October 1, 2011 with approximately 70 people in attendance. It was hosted by two top-notch Indian standup comedians who have opened for Russell Peters: Paul Varghese and Rajiv Satyal, along with Usha Govindarajulu, the skit writer. The two-hour long program consisted of dynamic skits nested in between stand-up pieces by Rajiv and Paul.
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Dwarkamai Shirdi Sai Temple Celebrated Diwali With Abhijit Ghoshal
On Oct. 28th evening the Dwarkamai Shirdi Sai Temple celebrated Diwali with a melodious and enthralling musical evening with Abhijit Ghoshal famed Bollywood Singer and winner of 11 consecutive SaReGaMaPa episodes. Abhijit was accompanied by Samit (another big name in composing industry with work including Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai) on the keyboard and our own local musical prodigy Pranav Ghatraju on the tabla.
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Rama Vaidyanathan At Mithas
Rama Vaidyanathan's Bharatanatayam dance performance was the very epitome of perfection. This presentation held under the auspices of MITHAS was held at the Chinmaya Maruthi Auditorium in Andover,MA.
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