Dubai: Billawas Converge for Glorious Anniversary Celebrations
Report by Shodhan Prasad
Pics by Sujay Bendore
Daijiworld Media Network - Dubai
Dubai, Dec 10: Billawas Dubai & Northern Emirates, an association for Billawas in the Gulf successfully conducted their 13th anniversary in a truly traditional way today at Crown Plaza, Dubai witnessed by a record number of guests from all over the world. Billawas Dubai & Northern Emirates have once again proved to have the ability to present quality programme which they used to improvise from time to time year after year.
The programme started at around 9.30 AM with the traditional welcome of Chief Guest with pooja event ably conducted and initiated by Satish Ullal & Team followed by prayer by Raghu Jathan & Team. Later a condolence prayer was made to the brother of Yogesh of Guru Narayana Trust who few days back met with a tragic accident in Mangalore.
Later was welcome speech by Deepak S.P., a Member of Entertainment Committee of Billawas Dubai & Northern Emirates followed by welcome dance by Jashmitha, Beena Rajesh, Smitha Uday, Manashwetha, Deepa Jagannath, Jayashree Sudhakar, Nisha Sudhir, Nisha Ashwin.
A pure classical dance called Nada Nidhana was beautifully presented by the invitee guest Mohan Raj a choreographer cum dancer by himself.
The programme continued with lighting the lamp by Billawas Dubai & Northern Emirates (BDNE) Committee members alongwith the Guests. President Mohan Attavar, Vice-President, Praveen Kumar Attavar, Gen. Sec. Shri Madhav Poojary & Main Sponsor Shri Jitendra Suvarna accompanied the dignitaries, Chief Guest Prof. Thukaram Poojary, Mrs. Prof. Ashalatha Poojary, Shri Chennakeshava Suvarna, Shri U. Narayan, Dr. Anchan, Krishna Naimpalli to light the LAMP on the stage.
Followed was Chandana Dance by Samantha, Nindiya Prasad, Charishma, Shruti, Sanmatha, Purvi, Divya, Vinitha, Sharvari, Raksha, Shwetha & Raksha Salian.
Next was a Tulu skit called ‘Kudchelana Prasanga’ well perfomed by Rajesh Kuttar, Monappa, Dinesh, Sunil & Prabhakar Poojary.
A fusion dance called ‘Laaga Chunri Mein Daag’ and ‘Born To Fly’ was presented by Udi Sharvani, Vaishali Sreejith & Samyuktha Nethra
Later was an introductory cession of G.C.C Billawa Community Leaders who have committed to BDNE and have come all the way to witness the programme.
President Mohan Attavar, Vice-President Praveen Kumar invited Guests from OMAN Billawas Dr. Anchan, Shri Arun Kumar Sanil & Shri Umesh on to the stage. They were all presented with Shawl & Bouquet by Pravin Attavar. A Memento was presented to OMAN BILLAWAS by Mohan Attavar. Oman Billawas presented a beautiful memento to Billawas Dubai & Northern Emirates as a token of love from Oman.
Sports Secretary of BDNE, Purushotham Salian along with his wife Joint Secretary, Yogitha Salian invited guests from Bahrain Billawas, President Krishna Naimpalli on to the dais to present sports awards. Naimpalli was honoured with shawl by Purushottam and flower bouquet by Yogita Salian while Mohan Attavar presented the Memento. The following members of the community who excelled in sports were honoured and the honours was done by Krishna Naimpalli, President of Bahrain Billawas.
Junior Champions (below 15 yrs.)
1) SHAMIT GUNAKAR SUVARNA - BOYS JUNIOR
2) BHOOMIKA PRAKASH POOJARY - GIRLS JUNIOR
Senior Champions (Above 15 yrs.)
1) THARUN KUMAR - BOYS SENIOR
2) JOSHNA SUNIL KARKERA - GIRLS SENIOR
Manohar Tonse, Chief Convenor of Billawa Balaga Abu Dhabi along with other Committee Members were also invited on to the dias and was felicitated with Shawl and Bouquet by Pravin Attavar, Memento was presented by Mohan Attavar.
A retro dance by Shruti, Vikyath, Suhan, Nindiya, Samanth, Mayur, Charishma & Sachin was worth watching. This was followed by a filmy dance called ‘Preetiye Ninna’ presented by Anshul & Shravya Prasad
A Kannada filmy dance called ‘Bindaas hudigi’ by Jashmitha, Deepa Jagannath, Kiran Raj, Tanuja Sunil, Smitha Uday, Jayashree Sudhakar, Lavina Kishore, Keerthi Santhosh, Beena Rajesh, Nisha Ashwin was another attraction.
Kids Dance titled ‘All the Best & Ayla re ayla’ by tiny 9-12 age group, Piyush, Shashank, Shamit, Harshit, Aakash, Aman, Bhoomika, Gauri, Treesha, Akeesha & Pranjal was very well applauded.
Followed was introduction of Guru Narayana Trust and one of the guest, U Narayana along with video presentation of SRI GURU CHARITABLE TRUST PARICHAYA. Later President Mohan Attavar, Treasurer Vittal Poojary, Education Secretary Uday Kumar Kateel, Ex- Gen Secretary Satish Poojary & Ex- Joint Secretary Suresh Amin escort Shri Chenna keshav to dias while Mohan Attavar presented a bouquet to Guest Chennakeshava. They explained to the audience about BDNE’s education and charity policy which is the main objective. All the guests including visiting choreographer Mohan Raj along with sponsors were all felicitated with flower bouquet, shawl and mementos.
Chennakeshava presented shawl to people who donated money for education Scholarship and their names are Anup Kumar, Anand Anchan, Mukesh Kuckian, Arun Kunder, Pradeep Amin, Raman Rathod, Shashi Suvarna, Ramesh, Sushanth, Neeraj, Harish Suvarna, Shahshikanth Kanagi, Sathish Kanagi & Prasanth. They were all thanked for encouraging a noble cause.
Praveen Attavar requested another guest U Narayan to the dias who was then introduced. He was felicitated with Shawl & Memento. U. Narayan later presented the BDNE Service Award to the identified Committee Members, Shodhan Prasad, Deepak S.P, Shyamala Krishna Poojary & Rajani Kuckian.
Another dance number called ‘Kaal’ was very well presented by Mohan Raj, Manashwetha, Nisha Sudhir, Sudhir, Prashant, Rajesh Kuthar, Naveen, Nigesh, Sunil & Deepak. This was followed by a ‘Lavani’ dance by Raksha, Vineeta, Divya, Apporva, Sanmata, Shweta, Purvi & Shravya. Continued by a Skit presented by Sunil, Rajesh & Manashwetha.
Education Committee Secretary, Uday Kumar Kateel & Joint Sec Jayashree requested Prof. Thukaram Poojary on to the dais who presented the Education Excellence Awards toMiss. Sneha Krishna Poojari who Scored CGPA 3.51 in MBA Finance from Manipal University in June 2010, Suhan Attavar - Scored CGPA 9.6 in 10th Std CBSE exams held in March 2010, Miss Anusha Bailoor Scored CGPA 9.4 in 10th Std. CBSC exam held in March 2010 & Abhishek Kuckian - Scored CGPA 9.2 in 10th Std CBSE exams held in March 2010.
A Solo Dance Vikyath a winner of Boogi Woogi dance show mesmerized the audience.
Bharata Bhagya Vidhata a dance play was very well presented by Shruti Poojary, Suvarna, Satish Poojary, Shravan, Anshul, Monappa, Prabhakar Poojary, Smitha Uday, Laveena Kishore, Sneha Krishna Poojary, Ganesh Kotian, Tanuja Sunil, Jayshree Sudhakar, Deepa Jagannath, Keerthana Santosh, Nisha Ashwin, Nijesh Kumar, Naveen, Rajesh Belapu, Samantha, Sanmatha, Charishma, Nindiya, Purvi, Vinita, Divya & Shwetha,
Later felicitation to Leaders of Various Community Organizations were done by the Management Committee Members. Sarvotham Shetty - President Karnataka Sangha Abu Dhabi, Dr. B.K. Yousuf - President Beary's Cultural Forum, Bala Amin of UAE Mogaveers, Prakash Payyar - President Dhwani Prathisthana, Ravi Karkala - President Padmashali UAE, Rajendra Pejavar of Vishwakarma Seva Samithi & Herman Lewis - Managing Director RADIO SPICE were called on to the stage and presented with Shawl & Flower bouquet. Also Ganesh Rai - Ex- President Karnataka Sangha Sharjah, Ashok Belman on behalf of B.G. Mohandas, Ex-President of Karnataka Sangha Dubai & Editor-in-chief - Gulf Kannadiga .com along with Sujay Bendore on behalf of Walter Nandalike Editor in Chief of DAIJIWORLD.COM, Vinay Kumar of NAMMA TV and Shoban of Sameeha Studio were also called on to the stage and felicitated with Shawl, Memento and flower bouquet.
Later Chief Guest Thukaram Poojary & Smt. Ashalatha Poojary, Guest Chennakeshava, Guest Mohan Raj, Main Sponsor Jitendra Suvarna, President Mohan Attavar, Vice-President Praveen Kumar Attavar, Gen. Secretary Madhav Poojary, Education Secretary Uday Kumar Kateel, Ex-Gen Secretary Satish Poojary were welcomed on to the stage and felicitated with Shawl, Flower Bouquet and Memento. In response all of them gave a short speech. General Secretary Madhav Poojary read out the annual report.
The programme continued without the lunch break, while the audience grabbed the food and returned back to their seats not to miss any of the entertainment events.
A beautiful dance by Asta Group comprising of Mayur, Suhan, Vikhyat, Sachin, Vinod, Nindiya, Shruti, Charishma, Sridevi, Samanta & Sneha was appreciated.
Munni Badnam was another dance number by Shravan, Vineet, Shrajan, Raksha, Vineeta, Divya, Apporva, Sanmata, Shweta, Purvi & Shravya.
Young Talent Award & Young Entrepreneur Awards were presented to the identified members of the community. Entertainment Secretary Jagannath Bellare & Joint Sec Deepa Jagannath escorted Dr Anchan of Oman Billawas to Dias to do the honours to Vikyath Poojary - Boogie Woogie Dance Winner, Miss Shruthi Poojary & Abhishek Poojary - Gladrags contest.
Anil Bangera, CEO of Metrohm Middle East FZC was called upon to the stage to present Young Entrepreneurs Award to Nishan J Suvarna
‘Shakara Shashidhara’ a beautiful solo number was very well presented Mohan Raj.
Ganapati fusion dance was presented by Jashmitha, Beena Rajesh, Manashwetha, Deepa Jagannath, Nisha Sudhir, Nisha Ashwin, Sudhir, Nijash, Prashant, Sunil, Monappa, Mohan, Prabhakar, Ramanand, Rajesh Belapu & Yogesh Salian
Another Fusion dance by Mayur, Suhan, Vikhyat, Sachin, Nindiya, Shruti, Charishma, Sridevi, Sneha & Samanta was really appreciated.
A small skit titled ‘Jigi Bigi Chaddi’ by Mohan, Prashanth, Ganesh Kotian and Monappa was well presented.
A beautiful Krishna dance by Choreographer Prasanna Kumar, Vinod Kumar, Prashant & Vinita was the next item followed by presentation of flower bouquet to all the Well Wishers of the programme.
A Yakshagana dance ballet titled ‘Shiva Panchakshari Mahime was well presented by the active Community members from Abu Dhabi Billawa Balaga lead by Dinesh Kuddkal with participation of Harish Pangala, Santhosh Mulky, Nithin Kinnigoli, Kiran Naddikur, Nagesh Kattel & Nagaraj Mulky.
Another Yakshagana titled ‘Hari Sankalpa’ by active Dubai BDNE Members lead by enthusiastic Prabhakar Suvarna and with participation of Suvarna Sathish, Sowmya Vasanth, Yogitha Salian, Shamala Poojary, Jyothi Deepak, Usha Ganesh, Ramesh Kulshekar & Kishor Gatty really mesmerized the audience. The participation of Ramesh Kulshekar a noted Yakshagana artist who came all the way from India gave a good traditional touch.
Kamsale dance by Mohan Raj, Rajesh Kuthar, Sunil, Rajesh Belapu, Mohan, Nijesh, Sudhir, Naveen & Prashanth gave a thunderous applause. Artist Movments was another performance presented by Rajesh Kuthar, Jashmitha, Prashanna Kumar, Kishore Gatty, Ravi Uchil, Chidanand Poojary & Naveen Sequeira
‘Tulunada Vaibhava’ was well presented at the end of all the stage presentations, punched a memorable record in the minds of the audience. Due to shortage of time and that the hotel management wanted the hall for some other engagement; the presentation could not be completed as planned. This audio, visual & live presentation had record number of participation is a concept directed by Shodhan Prasad in co-operation with various enthusiatic members of BDNE Committee who participated in various acts.
Entertainment Secretary, Jagannath Bellare and his wife Deepa Jagannath concluded the vote of thanks at the end of the programme. Due to shortage of time, BDNE was unable to honour the Support Sponsors and felicitate them as planned. Even the Lucky dip draw had to be postponed due to the same reason.
Shodhan Prasad compeered the entire show while Vinay Kumar ably assisted him in the ‘Sabha Karyakram’ with his fluent tulu.
All in all It was a memorable event presented by Billawas Dubai & Northern Emirates witnessed by more than 1000 jam packed crowd who did not even want to leave the auditorium though the programme had to be concluded.
Sujay Bendur, former member of Billawas Dubai arrived all the way from Mangalore to attend the event, and covered the event for daijiworld.
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