Sensational Sunidhi rocks Holi Mela

The renowned playback singer enthrals her fans and adds to the excitement of Holi

Recenrly on a Sunday afternoon, hundreds of Sunidhi Chauhan fans from all parrs of Melbourne descended upon Wercibee Racecourse to enjoy the Holi Mela and to listen to their favour ite playback singer. With her ability to eJectr.ify a hall from tbe front pews to back, Sunidhi was at her dynamic best on the open stage that was created for Holi revellers by the organisers Siz7Jin Events.

Sunidhi's power packed performance is designed for spaces beyond walls and chairs and the famous, multi -award winning playback singer was able to galvanise the audience with her exttaordinary stage presence. It was clifficnll to sit d1ere and simp ly tap one's feet as Sunidhi's effervescence had the abili ty to stir all music fans. The undisputed queen of Bollywood item n umbers engaged the crowd into high spirits whi le belcing out hits Like Knn;/i, Sheela and Beed1; among others.

In the swarm of new and old pL'lyback singei:s in India, SunicUu has carved a niche for herself with her impressive voice and ability to express volub lr in both Hindi and E ng lish. Irr additi on to ber continued successes in Bollywood, Suruclhi has collaborated w ith popstar Enriqu e lglesias on his song H e"rtbeat (Jndia l\tfix) whi ch featured on h is album E11pho1ia (speciaJ lndian edicion). She was also the only Indian arcist asked to be a parr of llie Weste rn Union World of Bette1:r campaign in collaboracion with internacional recording artists Alicia Keys, K'Naan, Qohn Legend and Pitbull).

You couJd sec why people were prepared to drive alJ the way to Werribee to revel not only in the fescival of co lours, but to relish d1e acoustic treat offered by Sunidhi and her Jive band. '1f only the show had gone on for a little longer and i t couJd have started a li ttle earlier", commenced one of the VIP ticket ho lders as a beautifuJ black Porsche whisked the singer away. This probably was the hrst time that Holi was being held at this venue and a free bus s huttle service was on offer co take people tO and fro. There were plenty of food staJls and treats to tuck into, aJong with staJls from service providers, media outle ts a nd financiaJ services. Tt may not have met the claim of being the biggest Holi Mela in Me lbourne; however it sure met me cri teria for being o n e of the best, thanks mainly to Suniclhi Chau han's crowd -engaging performance.