MANJARI - A BOUQUET OF MELODIES

Venue: Jockey Club Auditorium, Hong Kong
24 May 2008

Tharangini and Palghat Cousins jointly presented this mega charity event. It was an amalgamation of the creative efforts of many bright people with distinguished proficiency in fine arts. All surplus revenues were donated to charity in Hong Kong & India.

Mr. Bhupen Surani, Jairam, Mr Sohan Goenka and Narayanmoorthy - Handing over the cheque for HK$75,000 to Ekal Vidyalaya.
More than half a million HK$ (including some surplus from "Manjari") was donated by the Indian Community Group to the Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC in the HKSAR for the China Earthquake Relief Project.

Three elements of the show

I - Indian Choral Music
Already widely appreciated for its original and inspired compositions with moving lyrics, Tharangini put up a brand new presentation genre never seen before in Hong Kong. Songs in several Indian languages and a special Cantonese number were performed. This presentation infused creative dance movements, multi-lingual presentations, poetic sub-titling and English and Cantonese, theatrics and much much more!

II - Bol-Bollywood
Palghat Cousins, with select local vocalists, presented film music. They were supported by Deven Yogi’s Bright Beaters Live Band, specially flown in from Mumbai. Integrated into this section was a new concept called ‘Classicool’ - another first in Hong Kong.

III - Baala Tharangini
The future musicians of Hong Kong. The audience got a sneak preview of what is in store in the years to come. This also consisted of the surprise element in our celebratory grand finale!