Peppy beats mark DM show

Pai gaya followed by all his hits Ek daana, saade naal rahoge to aish karoge, ho jayegi balle balle, Dardi rab rab etc. The mass appeal numbers were interspersed with songs from his sufi inspired album Bismillah, and traditonal classic Mirza. His new songs Karle baby dance wance, Koi dheere dheere, Bhootni ke were well accepted; however he saved the best almost till the last and sang Rang de basanti towards the second half after repeated requests from the audience. A brilliant rendition of Namoh Namoh ended the concert.

Bhajji tussi great ho! Bhajji tussi chaaa gaye! Every song sung by king of Punjabi pop Daler Mehndi was met with adulation at a concert held recently in Melbourne. The Punjabi version of ‘brother you rock’ was endorsed by majority of people who attended DM’s live performance in Dallas Brooks Hall recently. The musical extravaganza was organized by Sizzlin Events.

Daler Mehndi is a phenomenon. He has and gained a huge fan following for DM’s amazing voice. of DM’s performance and did not shy at communicating their appreciation. It was impossible not to give in to the peppy beats of his hits. The most sedate amongst us were also tempted to shake a leg or two with the badshah of bhangra

The concert commenced with the prayer Namoh Namoh from his album Raula drive around a car park three times so that i don’t miss even a minute of the heated debates that Jon sometimes engages in with his interviewees. Driving to work is incomplete for me, without Faine-ovision. Listening to Jon is akin to having Weetbix for breakfast every morning, full of information that is good for you, but not necessarily popular with everyone. Those who grow up with it love it, for others it is an acquired taste.

As a performer DM was enormously appealing, especially when he broke into his very own style of bhangra. As a singer his voice was faultless with music to match, however there were murmurs of disappointment at the lack of glamour and glitz that fans have come to associate with Daler Mehndi. Unlike his videos, there were no glamorous dancers nor glitzy props or backdrops. Given the considerable price tag and DM’s reputation as Mr. Colorful (he has bought Sikhs a whole palette of colors), the lack of oomph was noticeable.

The positives, however, far outweighed the negatives and the DM concert could definitely be termed as a super hit like the singer. His songs, though mainly Punjabi in language and rhythm, manage to surpass cultural barriers and provide quality entertainment to people across the globe, and Melbourne was no exception.

So when the opportunity arose to attend a a huge crowd was present at the concert to honour Dr Joshi’s memory and enjoy the talent of Smt Sangeetha Katti. Srinivasa Sharma and Bhavya Vinay welcomed the audience and guests in their role as the masters of ceremony.

MeLBoURne KannaDa Sangha recently held a musical concert featuring Smt Sangeetha Katti, which combined as a tribute to the late Dr Martand Joshi, renowned academic and member of the community who passed away in June this year.

The event began by lighting of the traditional lamp by chief guests Smt Sangeetha Katti, Ravi Bhatia, Dr anavekar and Uma Malipatil. This was followed by an invocation song rendered by amrutha nandi. Uma Malipatil welcomed Smt Sangeetha Katti and other guests, and Ravi Shankar introduced Ravi Bhatia, chief guest for the function. Mr Bhatia is the Managing Director of Primus australia, and he shared his memories of Dr Joshi, as