‘Jai Ho!’ Australia Day Indian Concert @ Sidney Myer Music Bowl Tues 26 Jan 3.30-6pm.
Australia Day coincides with Indian Republic Day.The Sidney Myer Music Bowl will explode with talent from across Victoria’s diverse Indian communities. The JAI HO! Indian concert will feature classical elements as well as vivacious folk dance numbers and culminate in a spectacular Bollywood celebration of song and dance.
Jai Ho! translates to “may victory be yours” and will no doubt ring familiar as the theme song to successful Bollywood film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’. The Australia Day Jai Ho! Indian concert will feature its very own success story, with Gary Pinto, Australian Idol back‐up vocalist of Indian descent.
Popular Bollywood DJ and MC, Richi Madan will be joined on stage by the renowned Dya Singh world music group, and six‐piece Bollywood band The Mumbai Mail will play a selection of Indian silver screen hits from the 70s to today with three guest acts from Melbourne’s Indian community, bansuri flautist, Vinod Prasanna, vocalist Gurmit Singh and a choir and veena ensemble lead by Sivaganga Sahathevan. And for lovers of dance, Jai Ho! will not disappoint, with a folk dance parade featuring 30 dancers and dhol drummers plus a special Bollywood performance by Indo‐Jazz gurus, the Shiamak Dance Troupe. For more information, visit www.multiculturalarts.com.au.
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