| DETAILS
OF INAUGURAL PROGRAM ON 16th SEPTEMBER 2004 |
Telugu
Kala Samiti (TKS) has conducted its inaugural
program for the year 2004-2005 at Shaab Leisure
Park indoor auditorium, Mydan Hawalli, on 16th
September 2004. The program was inauguareted
by lighting of the lamp by Chief Guest Mr.Thomas,
First Secretary-Cultural Affairs, Indian Embassy,
Kuwait. This was followed by prayer and welcome
songs by M/s K.V. Annapurna, B. Lalitamba, M.
Padmaja, V. Swarnalatha, S. Jyoti, G. Poornakala,
N. Suneetha, V. Sindhu and J Annapurna. |
The
President of TKS, Dr.D.Veeranna, in his inaugural
address declared this event as a welcome function
for Mr.Thomas as this happened to be his first
function in Kuwait after he took charge. He stressed
the importance of active participation of all
the members in the activities of the democratic
organizations like TKS and requested the members
to keep the interest of TKS above personal interests
and work for strengthening TKS. He sought the
help of embassy in arranging visas for the visiting
artists for which Mr.Thomas responded favourably. |
Mr.Thomas
in his address stressed the importance of cultural
functions and expressed happiness at the activities
of TKS. General Secretary Mr.K.Suresh spoke about
the challenges faced by the committee, particularly
the financial resources, and outlined the ways
and means proposed to be adapted by the committee.
He requested the members to visit the website
(www.tks-kuwait.com) regularly for all program
updates and information. |
Cultural
program started with the dance on the song “Gajavadana
Beduve” by Mrs.Suneetha, Kuchipudi (a dance
form of Andhra Pradesh) exponent and a follower
of Father of Kuchipudi, Padmsri Dr Vempati China
Sathyam. This item set the tone for the program
of the evening. Followed by the event was a mimicry
show by Mr.Siva Reddy, Bharatamuni and Relangi
award winner, actor, singer and dancer, who has
1800 performances in India and abroad to his
credit. He enthralled the audience with his parodies
on children, teenagers and newly married couples.
Mr.Siva Reddy acted in more than 40 movies and
also acting as a hero in forthcoming movie “Rambha
Naaku and Vurvasi Neeku”. |
| Next item
of the evening was “Muddugaare Yasoda”,
a song written by Tallapaka Annamayya, to which
Mrs.Suneetha did her Kuchipudi performance with
excellent facial expressions, which kept the audience
spell bound. Immediately after that was “Siva
Stuti”, a praise of Lord Siva, again a dance
item by Mrs.Suneeta, which was received by the
audience with enthusiasm and interest in Kuchipudi
dance. |
Next
item was again by Mr.Siva Reddy, this time mimicking
popular politicians like late Sri NT Rama Rao,
Sri Chandra Babu Naiudu and Dr.Rajasekhara Reddy & popular
cine artists like NTR, ANR, Nagarjuna, Mohan
Babu and many others. Later, Mrs.Lalitamba, a
guest from India, presented Karnatic songs and
taken the audience to entirely a different mind
set. |
Last
item was again by Mr. Siva Reddy, who entertained
the audience with his dance performances. He
imitated the dances of famous cine stars of tollywood.
Among those he imitated were the late NTR, ANR,
Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna, Narayanamurthy etc. This
item was the highlight of the evening. |
Mr.Thomas,
on behalf of TKS, felicitated the artists Mr.Siva
Reddy and the Kuchipudi dancer Mrs.Suneeta. |
Mr.Siva
Reddy presented the prizes to early arrival prize
winners Mrs. Prasanthi and Mr.P.Venkateswara
Rao. |
Jt.
Secretary Suresh Babu thanked the Chief Guest,
Artists Mr.Siva Reddy & Mrs.Suneetha. He
thanked the sponsors UAE Exchange, Al Mulla International
Exchange, ISCO, Al Mktab Travels, Royal Jewelers
and others for the financial support and Auditorium
management and staff for the excellent facilities & co-operation.
Special thanks are due to all the well wishers,
volunteers and all others who directly or indirectly
contributed to the success of this function.
Very special thanks to Mr. Anand Kumar for conducting
the whole proceedings. At the end, a delicious
dinner was served to all the audience. |
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