Report & Pics: Priya Saldanha, Shirthady/Kuwait & Rilson D'Souza
Kuwait, May 10: Maa Creations, the brainchild of well-known Konkani-Kannada poet Arthur Pereira, released its third music album 'Hello Deva' on Friday May 9 at Avanti Palace Restaurant's second branch located at Hisham Center, opposite to Rehab Complex at Tunis street, Hawally during the auditions of Gulf Voice of Gulf Voice of Mangalore Season 4.
The Konkani music album had earlier been released in Mangalore on January 1 and in Dubai on February 28 this year. The re-launch of the album in Kuwait was done during the auditions of Gulf Voice of Mangalore Season 4. 'Hello Deva', a dream project of Arthur Pereira who was nominated for the Global Konkani music Award in the best lyricist category, is already doing well in the Konkani music world, with the songs being appreciated by Konkani music lovers from all over.
Konkani’s dream boy and Golden voice of Konkani fame Rony D’Cunha who also sang songs in the album released the album by unveiling the 'Hello Deva' poster in presence of Gulf Voice of Mangalore organizers Lawrence Pinto, Louis Rodrigues, Rita Rodrigues and Wilson Saldanha. He also spoke about the making of album and the songs. Kuwait’s reputed personalities John Fernandes, Singer Gration D’Souza, music Maestro Adrian Gomes, well known musician Joe D'Souza, music teacher Gladys Noronha, AAK Founder Diany Coutinho, musician Joy Fernandes, Singer Jasmine D’Cunha, Helen Pinto, UMK Gurkar Agnel Saldanha, GVOM Orson D’Souza, DJ Kiran Sunny, GVOM participants and others were present during the event.
The newly released album is now available in Kuwait, UAE as well as back home in India. The album consists of 12 songs sung by well-known singers including Anita D'Souza, Rony D'Cunha, Cajetan Dias , Rony Crasta, Joseph Mathias, Alston Moras and has rich music by Cajetan Dias and is considered a trend setter for Konkani music albums. The lyrics are written by Arthur Pereira and Lloyd Rego. The rich tunes are by Cajetan Dias, Vincent Fernandes, Rony Crasta and Raviraj. The program was well compared by Rita Rodrigues and sound tracks were played by DJ Kiran Sunny.