Kuwait: ICS forthcoming event ‘Chennai Kings’ Scheduled on Jan 10

Media Release

Kuwait, 11 Dec 2013: India Cultural Society (ICS) executives held their first official meeting on Tuesday December 10 with the new Indian Ambassador to Kuwait Sunil Jain.

 
ICS president Ashfaque A Khan briefed Ambassador Sunil Jain about ICS activities and its contribution to the expatriate community. Ashfaque was accompanied by ICS Committee members PRO Anwar Raja, marketing manager Arun A, senior advisors P B Pinto and Dr N Dheer, creative head Sunita Seth, joint secretary Abazar Badshah, senior executives S K Banwari,Tasneem Jaffer, Hussain Mohammed, Kanchan Banwari and event manager Shagufta Khan.

 

 
Gulf NRI Forum president P B Pinto also welcomed him with flower bouquet and wished him a happy stay in Kuwait.

 
All delegates shared their thoughts and suggestions. They were pleased by his humbleness and sincerity.

 
Ambassador Sunil Jain appreciated ICS efforts in promoting art and culture in Kuwait.

 
P B Pinto and Ashfaque Khan also invited Ambassador Sunil Jain to the ICS forthcoming event ‘Chennai Kings’ on Friday January 10 2014.

 
‘Chennai Kings’ is a show that will bring the fragrance of India from Kashmir to Kanyakumari in Fusion and Live Concert at AIS (Dr Kamel Al Rays auditorium, here on Friday January 10.

 
For the first time in Kuwait, world renowned percussionist Sivamani and his group will present fusion music along with noted playback singers Haricharan and Suchitra. They will rock the evening with hit numbers in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. Kuwait’s own talents will be a flavor of entertainment.

 
Not only that, but also become lucky winner of GEELY CAR DX 2. This is very first time such attraction is in a cultural event. Hotel Crown Plaza is a prime supporter, also KAICO Group and Eternity Travels is friendly partner of this event. Also Co sponsors are KSCC, Sahara Ac Co, City Centre, Gulf NRI Forum, Al Zahem and Malhotra, Caesars Group and German Press. Kuwait Continental Hotel will be managing hospitality. Logistic care taker is Golden Voice and Media partners are Frontliners, IIK, and Arab Times and Kuwait Times.

 
Anandan Sivamani is truly a world percussionist. A versatile and  creative drummer, he has featured as a soloist, with his band Rhythm Asia, in several international collaborations. He plays many instruments including drums, octoban, darbuka, udukai, and kanjira etc. He is affiliated with the Chennai Super Kings team, but gained recognition through his role as  A R Rahman’s lead percussionist.

 
Schooled in both the Carnatic rhythmic tradition and Western Jazz drums, Sivamani has played world over with some of the best International artistes and is also a part of world music outfits such as the Zakir Hussain World Drums Ensemble, SILK, Asia Electric and Shraddha.

 
Sivamani has played drums for many film score composers in Tamil Nadu. He has played drums for many Indian films including Roja, Rang De Basanti, Swades, Taal, Lagaan, Dil Se.., Guru, Kabul Express and Rockstar . He has contributed some songs to include Kadhal Rojave, Pudhu Vellai Malai, Chhaiya Chhaiya and Nadaan Parinde etc.

 
Sivamani has also acted in movies. He co-starred with Thomas Jane in the Telugu movie Padamati Sandhya Ragam.
He has also worked on Galli Galli Sim Sim, an educational series on Pogo and Cartoon Network.

 

Sivamani is the Brand Ambassador for Xone - wire free music. He has a band called ‘Asia Electrik’" with Niladri Kumar, Louiz Banks and Ravi Chari. He features along with legendary masters such as Billy Cobham, Vikku Vinayakram, Freddy Santiago, Terry Bozzio, Wil Calhoun, Myanta, Ranjit Barot and Dr L Subramanian commanding the respect of a true Master Percussionist.

 

 
 
Suchitra
 
She is a playback singer based in Chennai. She is popular for her up-tempo tracks and original tone. Her hits include: Tamil - May Maasam 98-il, Yen aasai Mythiliye, Yamadi Aathaadi, Kutti Plsase, Yen Chellaperu, Vechikava, Tharai Erangiya, Excuse me Mr Kandhasamy, Yen Idhayam, Rakamma Rakku Rakku, Oyyale etc.  Telugu: Dole Dole, Ippatikinka, Maro Maro, Excuse me Mr Mallanna, Andhaala Menakav, Attantode, Ossa Ossa, Pilla Naa valla Kaadhu, Nijamena Nijamena and in Malayalam: Ossama, Kannin-ima Neele.

 
Suchitra Kartik Kimar is a wearer of different hats and a vault of some splendid versatile talent. Her rather unique and distinctive voice has scored her over 500 South Indian Songs spanning across Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada and in Hindi.

 
Haricharan Sheshadri

He has sung several scores for Yuvan Shankar Raja’s music and A R Rahman. He has recorded several hit numbers for various music directors across the south, predominantly in Tamil and Telugu language. His more recent song ‘Thuli Thuli’ has world wide popularity. He has received numerous awards like Virtuosa award for the best male new comer and the All India Radio award for the best male playback singer and the LG Sangam award for his debut song ‘Unnakena irupaen.’. He has more than 300 hit songs in his list and given voice for many films in the last five years like Endrendrum Punnagai , Pattam Pole, Pattathu Yaanai, Thalaivaa, Maryan( Sonapareeya, Ambikapath, Kadal, Anbin Vaasale,  Neram, Kaatru Veesum,  Yaruda Mahesh, KQ, Enna Pesa,  Ponnar Shankar ( Kodi Katti Koduthalum), Avan Ivan ( Rasathi), Manketha (Machi Open the Bottle), also in film Thottal Poo Malarum, Vaazhthugal, Dhoom Dhoom, Saroja,. Baana Kaathadi etc.

 
ICS is no stranger to organizing successful events, be it entertainment or those for a social and noble cause.   ICS has organized events with top most playback singers, film and music director, comedians, musician band, actors and actress like Raju Srivastav, Javed Ali, , Shreya Ghoshal, Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Kader Khan, Bhagyashree, Alka Yagnik, Hema Sardesai, Talat Aziz, Shibani, Akshay Anand, Prairna Agarwal, Rajeev Nigam, Bharti Singh, Akriti Kakkar, Bappi Lahiri, Raveena Tandon, Kavita Krishnamurti, Jaswinder Singh, Abhijeet, Omar Sharif, Vinod Rathod, Munawwar Rana, Tom Alter etc. The evening will also feature by Kuwait’s young talents.

 

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