Report: Shodhan Prasad
Photos: Vivek Anand / Shoban Sameeha Studio
Dubai, Nov 21: Billawas Dubai & Northern Emirates one of the premier association for Billawas in UAE presented a spectacular 14th anniversary event in Crowne Plaza, Dubai on 18th of November, 2011. The event which started at around 10.30 AM in the morning until 8.30 PM late evening may be one of the lengthiest variety, colourful and unique programme ever presented in UAE. Billawas Dubai & Northern Emirates (BDNE) programme was attended by more than 1000 audience who were glued to the seat till the end of the programme enjoying every bit of their innovative creations always said to be the first of its kind to introduce.
Prof. Krishnappa Poojary, Principal of Shri. Gurudev P.U. College, Belthangadi was the Chief Guest including many invited famous Community Leaders who came to grace the programme.
It started up with pooja at the entrance to the venue where a small traditional temple set up was beautifully erected, where in all the committee members with their family prayed for the success of the programme and the lamps (jyothi) was carried to the main stage by all ladies team. The said lamps were assembled near the main Lamp and a quick Ganapathi prayer was melodiously rendered by Uday Kumar Kateel.
Vice President Praveen Kumar Attavar welcomed the audience and announced the days programme while introducing the MCs Vinay Kumar and Suvarna Satish who took over the control in their pure Tulu dialect.
First dance was ‘Pushpaanjali’ beautifully and gracefully enacted by the visiting famous dance due Vidhushi Pramod Ullal and Suneetha Jayanth followed by ‘Welcome Dance’ by Jasmitha Vivek, Shubha Manoj, Beena Rajesh and Sandhya Dinesh artfully choreographed by Jasmitha Vivek. Later was Folk Dance by Sanmatha Suresh, Raksha Salian, Vinitha Anil, Divya Anil, Shewta Kannagi, Apoorva, Sharavari, Kavya Poojary, Raksha Poojary, Vinith Poojary & Shravan poojary choreographed by Pramod Ullal & Suneetha Jayanth.
Soon the current Committee Members of BDNE called upon were introduced on stage. Followed was another Kannada Dance ‘Hadu Santhoshake’ by Piyush Salian, Thrisha Suvarna choreographed by Prasanna Poojary. Later was another dance number titled ‘Kolumande Jangamadeve’ presented by Mohan Suvarna, Ramanand Belapu, Yogesh Salian, Anilkumar, Manoj Bolar, Prasad, Dhananjay, Prabhakar, Deepak Poojary, Yathish Kundar, Shyamala Krishna, Pramitha Poojary & Gowri Thumbe choreographed by Mohan Suvarna. Jasmitha Suvarna choreographed another folk dance “Suggi Kunitha’ presented by Saish Amin, Shamit Gunakar, Ritesh Kuckian, Aman Arun, Shashank Kannagi, Pranith Amin, Bhumika Poojary, Pranjal Kotian, Nishta, Akeesha Kishan & Gowri Thumbe followed by another dance number by Pramod & Suneetha titled ‘Shiva Stuti’ gracefully enacted.
Continued with a comedy skit titled ‘Currentu Ponaga” by Monappa, Sunil, Prashanth and Suvarna directed by Rajesh Kuthar was marvelous. A filmy dance titled ‘Jyothe Jotheyali’ by Anshul Uday & Shravya Nagaraj was choreographed by Rajesh Kuthar. Next was ‘Dandiya Raas’ rhythimatically presented by Sowmya Thumbe, Sowmya Prashanth, Keertana Santhosh, Nisha Sudhir, Poornima, Anil Kumar, Jayanth, Prasanna, Sachin & Nijesh was choreographed by Sandhya Dinesh. Prasanna Poojary beautifully choreographed ‘Hollywood Dance Divas’ nicely presented by Sanmatha Suresh, Raksha Salian, Shravya Prasad, Vinitha Anil, Divya Anil, Shewta Kannagi & Purvi Karkera.
Invited various Community Leaders were called upon on the stage and felicitated with flowers, shawl and mementos in regular intervals in between the dance items.
‘Ganapathi Bappa Morya’ was another dance number from a new Tulu movie, first time presented in Dubai by Dinesh Sanil, Mayur Salian, Deepak Poojary, Yogesh Salian, Sunil Poojary, Rajesh Belapu, Monappa Poojary choreographed by Shodhan Prasad. Followed was a skit ‘Majic’ by Anil Kumar & Monappa Suvarna directed by Anil Kumar himself. A solo semi classical dance performance ‘Bhavran Man’ by Pooja Suvarna was eye catching and appreciated. Regional Mix from India was another dance number presented by Harshit, Shasank Kannagi, Aman, Shamit Gunakar, Akheesha, Gowri Thumbe, Pranjal, Thrisha, Akash & Bhumika Poojary choreographed by Prasanna Poojary.
‘Gollara Golla’ another dance number was presented by Jayashree, Amritha, Shrilata, Smitha Uday, Sunitha Sadanand, Surekha Poojary, Sowmya Dhananjay, Anusha Urva, Pramitha Manoj, Nisha Ashwin, Sandhya Dinesh, Pramod Ullal and Dhishan as Bala Krishna was choreographed by Rajesh Kuthar. ‘Mad about Madhuri’ was another dance number beautifully presented by Sanmatha Suresh, Raksha Salian, Shravya Prasad, Vinitha Anil, Divya Anil, Shewta Kannagi & Purvi Karkera choreographed by Manashwetha Yogesh Gujran. Another number titled ‘Thangalli Alle’ by Purnima Jitendra, Jayashree Sudhakar, Shubha Manoj, Suneetha Sadanand, Surekha Santosh, Nisha Sudhir, Amritha Prabhakar; And as ghost Piyush Salian, Anshul Uday, Shrujan Poojary & Harshith Durgesh was choreographed by Pramodh & Suneetha. Follwed was ‘Tango’ by Sneha Pujari & Vikhyat Poojary, Contemparory by Charishma Poojary & Sachin, Bollywood by Samantha Suresh & Mayur Salian choreographed by Prasanna Poojary.
Chief Guest, Krishnappa Poojary along with BDNE President Jitendra Suvarna, Vice President Pravin Attavar, Former President Mohan Attavar, Educational Secretary Uday Kumar Kateel, Treasurer Vittal Poojary, Media Secretary Shodhan Prasad, Advisor Suresh Amin, Grand Patron Anoop Kumar & Members Welfare Secretary Satish Poojary were invited on to the stage for the formal stage programme. They were all welcomed with flower bouquet. VP Pravin Attavar welcomed the guests while General Secretary Madhav Poojary read out the progress report of BDNE. Soon the Main & Key Sponsors Jitendra Suvarna, Pravin Attavar, Uday Kumar & Anoop Kumar were felicitated by Chief Guest Krishnappa Poojary with flower, fruits, shawl and mementos. Satish Poojary gave a brief speech while other sponsors were individually called upon on the stage and felicitated. Visiting artists Pramod Ullal & Suneetha Jayanth were felicitated with flower, fruits and mementoes. Madhav Poojary & Satish Poojary felicitated the support sponsors. Mementos to BDNE achievers of the year 2011 were identified and felicitated by Jitendra Suvarna, they were Chandrika Vaman, Jayashree Sudhakar, Vasanth Thumbe & Mr. Kariya Poojari. Later Satish Ullal was also honoured by Jitendra Suvarna for his total commitment towards BDNE. He gave a return speech briefly. Uday Kumar presented the Educational Excellence Award to the identified toppers in their educational fields who were Samyukta Nethra Poojary (Xth Std with 9.8 result), Shreya Rohit Salian (Xth std with 9.6 result), Vineeth Anchan (Xth Std with 9.2 result) & Prathvi Suvarna (3.65 result in MBA). Achiever Kishore Kotian, Relationship Manager Barclays Babj was also felicitated. Uday Kumar Kateel presented the report on Educational Sholarship. Chief Guest Krishnappa Poojary was felicitated with flower, fruits, shawl and mementos in return he spoke highlighting the results of BDNE achievements so far in this part of the world. He praised BDNE for its commitment towards society and community in whole. He said “God will be always with you for your dedicated social service to the community which otherwise nowadays you will rarely see”. Mohan Attavar also spoke briefly and then was President Jitendra Suvarna who also presented a brief speech raising the objective principles of BDNE and its commitment towards society. Prior to the stage programme a video presentation was shown on the ‘Scholarship Distribution’ programme concluded by BDNE recently in Shri Gokarnanatha Kshetra Kudroli where a number of community students were provided with scholarships distributed through Shri Guru Charitable Trust who had arranged the ex-Minister Govt. of India, Janardhan Poojary to give away these to the needy students.
Sumptous fully spread non-vegetarian buffet lunch was opened up and the guests soon grabbed and came back to their seats to watch the continuity of the programme not to be missed. In between the dances were spot games conducted by Shodhan & Yogita.
Later Vikhyat Poojary presented semi Contemporary Hip Hop – Sambalja followed by Mahishasuramardini presented by Pramod, Suneetha Jayanth, Smitha Uday, Nisha Sudhir, Shubha Manoj, Shrilatha Yogesh, Beena Rajesh, Jasmitha Vivek, Sowmya Jayanand, Anusha Ganesh, Pramita Manoj, Nidhi Jeevan, Gowri Vasanth, Raksha, Kavya, Sudhir Ullal, Prashanth Nair, Rakesh, Mayuri Jayanth, choreographed by Pramod & Suneetha. Later was a skit titled ‘Padinaalane Putre’ presented by Rajesh Bayar, Anil, Prashanth & Rajesh Kuthar directed by himself.
Then was a break dance by Shravan Poojary, Vinith Poojary, Piyush Salian choreographed by Prasanna Poojary. Shrungapuradhishwari Sharade a solo performance by Mayuri choreographed by Sunitha Jayant was excellent. A theme called ‘Save Forest’ was beautifully presented by Mayur Salian, Sneha Pujari, Samantha Suresh, Charishma Poojary, Sachin, Vikyath Poojary, Suresh, Swati Bhaskar, Vinod and choreographed by Prasanna Poojary. Another dance in praise of Lord Madayya was well presented by Rakesh Ullal, Sudhir Ullal, Sunil Suvarna, Nijesh, Naveen Salian, Prashanth was choreographed by Rakesh Ullal.
Special attraction of the day was an audio visual live presentation titled ‘Salam Bollywood’ a tribute enacted artistically by the elders of BDNE beautifully presented by Dinesh Sanil/Nisha Ashwin, Krishna Poojary/Shyamala Krishna, Vasanth Thumbe/Sowmya Vasanth, Nagaraj/Manjula Nagraj, Kariya Poojary/Suneetha Poojary, Purushottam Salian /Yogita Salian, Prabhakar Poojary/Amrita Prabhakar, Shodhan Prasad/Sandhya Shodhan & Neha Bangera which was creatively choreographed by Shodhan Prasad.
Next was Tribute to Michael Jackson presented by Prasanna Poojary, Vinod, Suresh, Anup, Namrata, Aisha, Trineeta, Pranav & Imran nicely choreographed by Prasanna Poojary. Followed was ‘Ra Ra’ Kannada dance by Jasmita, Rajesh, Prashanth choreographed by Rajesh Kuthar. Then was a skit titled ‘Rajadi Raja’ by Monappa, Prashanth, Mohan Suvarna directed by Monappa Poojary. Yashoda Krishna was another dance number by Mayuri Jayanth & Sunitha Jayanth (Mother & Daughter) choreographed by Sunitha Jayanth herself. Followed by a skit by Anil, Monappa, Ramanand Belapu and directed by Anil Kumar. Kenchalo Manchalo was another dance performance by Rakesh Ullal, Sudhir Ullal, Sunil Suvarna, Nijesh, Naveen, Prashanth/Rajesh Belapu & Nisha Sudhir choreographed by Rakesh Ullal.
Lastly on the entertainment side was Yakshagana Ballet titled ‘Tulunada Baleendra Charavarthhy’ well presented by Prabhakar Suvarna, Prithvi Suvarna, Kishore Gatti & Vasu Bayar colourfully choreographed and directed.
Yogita Salian took over the charge and did the vote of thanks. She also introduced the Choreographers, Artists and guest artists who were individually felicitated with flower bouquet, shawl, mementos and gifts to participants.
At the end was Raffle Draw & Lucky Billawa Draw conducted by Prabhakar Suvarna and presented by Shodhan Prasad. The whole programme was broadcasted live on ‘Namma TV’ who said that they will re-telecast in the coming weeks on five consecutive Sundays.