UAE: Fascinating Gurukiran Musical Nite Dazzles Dubai

News: Shodhan Prasad
Pics: Deepak D'Silva
Daijiworld Media Network - Dubai

Dubai, Mar 24: The much-awaited ‘Gurukiran Musical Nite’ with a 30-member large troupe comprising of singers, musicians, mimicry artists, film personalities, and dancers invaded Dubai to entertain the music lovers of UAE and concluded a mesmerizing super show on Friday March 23 at Al Nasr Leisureland, Ice Rink, Dubai.

A large crowd of music lovers and fans from all over UAE flocked to the venue much ahead of time and there was a huge rush at the gates before they opened.

The gate opened at around 6.45 pm and music lovers rushed inside the auditorium and soon. empty seats were full. MC Uttam Menezes opened up the stage by inviting main sponsors Shivanand Hebbar of Sapil along with visiting gem specialist Ashok Purohit, entrepreneur and Aryabhata Award recipient Praveen Shetty of Fortune Hotel, Rajyostava Award winner Shekar Shetty of Arab Udupi Group of Hotels, president of Devadiga Sangha Harish Sherigar, Daijiworld chief editor Walter Nandalike, and the hosts Noel D'Almeida and Flavy Almeida on to the stage for lighting the lamp.

On behalf of the organizers, Walter Nandalikee while wishing the programme all success also announced the news of Praveen Shetty bagging the Aryabhata award. All the guests on the stage were honoured with mementos and flower bouquets.

Visiting MC VJ Anushree then took over who then took over the entire programme with her cute voice and sense of humour.

The programme started with singing starting with Chitra, a very talented singer, who opened with a rocking Kannada number followed by Chetan and Harish Sherigar who stole the hearts of the music lovers with his ‘Noorondu Nenepu Yedeyaala Dindha’. This was followed by a foot tapping dance item by the local team ‘Ocean Kids’ led by leading choreographer Vinod.

Gurukiran was later introduced with the dancers around him who were also flown in from India. Guru rocked the stage with his dual performance and the audience demanded an encore. Guru, a Mangalorean, is not only a music composer but also a Sandalwood actor who made a strong name in Kannada filmdom wherein singers await a chance to record a song with him.

Mimicry artist Dayanand had the audience in splits with his superb comedy and mimicry performance. He also introduced and greeted the guest stars Ragini and Yogi who were seated along with the audience enjoying every bit of the show. Other than the musical team, film personalities like Komal Kumar, hero of Kannada film industry and brother of comedy actor Jaggesh, were also part of the show. Komal Kumar is very famous comedian in the Kannada film industry currently doing the hero’s role in ‘Chamkaysi Chindi Udaysi’ and presented some comedy items and songs. Along with his co-star Parul Yadav, he also presented a dance number appreciated by the audience.

The programme continued with music and singing by play back singers Malgudi Shubha who presented various Kannada songs including 'Kodagana Koli Nungitha' inviting aspirant singers from the audience who jumped on the stage and performed along with her. Actor Yogi also presented the famous ‘Kolaveri Di’ and later Ragini was invited on stage to dance along with other dancers.

Akshata, a little girl from Dubai, stole the hearts of the audience with her ‘Chikni Chameli’ Hindi number.

In between the show was a product launch by the main sponsor Sapil. Hebbar and his team with guests star Ragini and the dancers presented the launch of their new scent ‘Just Jasmin’ beautifully spreading the fragrance all over.

The epitome of the show was the ‘jugal bandi’ between drummer Devanand and guitarist Stephen which went on for almost half an hour totally mesmerizing the audience. The audience cheered them and wanted this to have happened much earlier in the show as it was already 11.30 pm.