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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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Here Program Photos
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