Seychelles-India Day - Indian celebrities to grace gala night |12 October 2016
Every year, the Seychelles-India Day is planned to mark the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, India’s freedom fighter who was born on October 2, 1869.
After hosting the first three, the fourth Seychelles-India Day celebrations will officially be launched on Friday at the International Conference Centre of Seychelles. It will run until Sunday October 16.
This celebration is a joint collaborative effort between the High Commission of India in Seychelles, Seychelles-India Day celebration society and the Ministry of Tourism and Culture with the support of the Indian community in Seychelles as well as other business and service organisations.
The celebration is an extravaganza of cultural activities, tourism and business-related events as it brings to Seychelles many Indian celebrities.
After the launch of Seychelles-India Day Image Award on August 20 as well as sports activities like badminton which ended successfully on October and the mini marathon raced on October 8, the next interesting event is the gala night on Saturday October 15 at the Stad Popiler. It is a free entry event and a galaxy of world renowned Indian singers, dancers and instrumentalists will perform and enthrall the Seychellois population.
This event was a great success in 2015 and it is expected that this year’s gala night celebrations will be much more entertaining.
Among the many celebrities who will be visiting Seychelles are singers Padam Bhushan Udit Narayan Jha and Sunidhi Chauhan, dance troupes Rack Dance and Anshwena Team, instrumentalist 72/35 Southern Street and Shibani Dandekar.
Profiles:
Padma Bhushan Udit Narayan Jha
- He is one of the most prominent Bollywood singers
- He has sung approximately 18,500 songs in 36 languages including Hindi, Maithili, Kannada, Tulu, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Garhwali, Sindhi, Punjabi, Odia, Assamese, Manipuri, Bhojpuri and Bengali
- He has been conferred with Padma Shri in 2009 and Padma Bushan in 2016 by the Honourable President of India. This is the country’s 3rd and 4th highest civil awards respectively.
- He has won three National Film Awards and five Filmfare Awards, two MTV and one MTV international award, screen award, IIFA and many more.
- Nightangle of India Lata Mangeshkar ji calls him Prince of Playback Singing and Filmfate calls him Uncrowned King of Playback Singing.
- He was awarded the Prabal Gorkha Dakshin Bahu by the late King of Nepal Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev
- Uditji was in the panel of judges of Indian Idol 3 with music composer Anu Malik and female playback singer Alisha Chinai on Sony TV
- Uditji has rendered his melodious voice to Amitabh Bachahan, Shahrukh Khan, Amir Khan, Salman Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Sunny Paji, Ajay Devgan, Akshay Kumar, Shahid Kapoor and many more leading stars of Bollywood.
- He also acted in and sang all the songs in a 1985 Nepali movie called Kusume Rumal, which spent 25 weeks in the box office top ten list and became the highest-grossing Nepalese movie of all time
Civil honours
- Prabal Gorkha Dakshin Bahu, one of the highest Civil Honour in Nepal, by the late King of Nepal Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev in 2001
- Padma Bhushan: Third Highest Civil Honour from Indian Government 2016
- National Bravery Award from Maharashtra at Raj Bhavan 2016
- Padma Shri: Fourth Highest Civil Honour from Indian Government 2009
- Lifetime Achievement Award from Suryadatta National Awards 2016
- honoured at Swabhimani Mumbaikar Awards 2016
- Special Jury Salute Award from Radio Mirchi Award 2016
- Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Awards 2015
- Dr Ambedkar awards in Mumbai 2015
- Awarded for his exceptional performance Bhojpuri industry 2015
- Received BIFA awards 2015
- 1st,Chitragupta Cineyatra Film Award 2015
- Received bhojpuri award 2014
- Maharashtra Ratna Awards from Government of Maharashtra 2011
- International Brandlaureate Personality Award from Malaysia 2011
- First Mohammed Rafi award 2010
- 2nd Medscape India National Awards
- Chitragupta Cineyatra Samman for Bhojpuri Cinema
- Lifetime Achievement Award from Kalashri Award in 2010
- Sahara Awadh Samman Awardees for 2006
- Received ‘Samrat Vikramaditya Sangeet Alankaran Samman 2006
Sunidhi Chauhan, Indian playback singer
- The top Indian female playback singer, best known for her songs in Bollywood
- She has ruled the top charts with songs like Dhoom Machale, Sheela ki Jawani, Gun Gun Guna, Te Amo, Ishq Sufiyana & many more
- She has recorded songs for Urdu, Oriya, Punjabi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Telegu, Bhojpuri, Bengali, Assamese, Gujurati & Nepali films
- Started her singing career at the age of 4, she been nominated & has won several awards including 2 Filmfare awards, 2 Star Screen Awards, 2 IIFA awards, GiMA award, BIG Star Indian Music Award
- She has won the Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent
- She has been described in the media as the "Queen of Item Songs"
- 2010 marked her International singing debut, where she was featured in the song "Heartbeat" alongside Enrique Iglesias
- Sunidhi appeared as a judge in the 5th season of the Indian Television Music competition, “Indian Idol followed by its 6th season during the year 2012
She also served as a coach in the Indian version of the “The Voice”
Sunidhi is cited in the media as one of India's most beautiful playback singer
She appeared in the list of "World's Sexiest Asian Woman" by “FHM India” on the 28th position, and was named the "Hottest Female Bollywood Lead Singer" by “Mensxp.com”
Sunidhi was selected in the list of "Top 5 Celeb100 Singers and Musicians" compiled by Forbes India - She was also voted as Bollywood's most favourite Female Playback Singer in the "Vuclip Icons of the Year 2012" mobile survey
- She was included at the 22nd position of the "50 Most Influential Indians On Social Media"
Raack Academy of Dance
Raack Academy of Dance is Chennai's (Tamil Nadu, India) premier Dance company with over 8,000 events to their credit and has trained over 20,000 students all over the world.
The professional dance company of Raack Academy has travelled all over the globe and delivered sensational performances in places like France, Canada, China, Sharjah, Doha, South Africa, Malaysia, Maldives, Dubai, Singapore, Sri Lanka etc.
Founded in 1998, by the talented choreographer Ramana, Raack Academy have carved a niche in the field of corporate entertainment, Live Stage Events, Awards and Star Nites, Reality Shows etc.
Raack Academy made a splash on television with shows like Jodi No 1, Boys vs Girls, Aadavarellam Aadavaralaam etc. They became popular with the public with their memorable and unique performances with star couple like Raghav-Preetha, Chetan Devadarshini, Vijay adiraj- Rashna, Irfan- Monisha, Tinku- Preethi, Prithviraj- Uma riyaz Khan etc. Now, they are currently working on SUN TV Amul Super Kudumbam.
They have also worked on the malayalam reality show VERUDHE ALLA BHARYA, featured on Mazhavil Manorama.
Over 15 years of experience, Raack Academy has been associated with the leading artists of the Tamil Film and Television industry and the Malayalam Film Industry (Conceptualised and performed at Surya Thejassode Amma, featuring the entire malayalam film industry with biggies like Mohanlal, Mammooty, Jayaram, Dileep, Kunchako Boban etc)
Raack Academy is known for their unique choreography, creative concepts, youthful and vibrant performers, trendy and stylish costumes and props.
They specialise in styles like contemporary, Indian classical and semi classical, commercial freestyle, Latin American, hip hop etc.
Shibani Dandekar, Indian singer, actress, anchor and model
- She began her career working as a television anchor in American television
- She moved to India to pursue a career in music with her two sisters and together they formed the group DMAJOR
- They were the opening act on a 7 city tour for well-knownBhangra act “Stereo Nation”and the “DNA Style Awards”
- DMAJOR performed in Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and opened for Juggy D in Bangkok
- She hosted three nationally syndicated television shows, “Namaste America”, “VDesi” and the “Asian Variety Show”
- She has hosted an evening with Shah Rukh Khan in Atlantic City
- Shibani has been a contestant on JhalakDikhhlaJaa
- She became the face of 5 campaigns for Indian designer PayalSinghal, appeared in a Close Up ad and a Sunsilk commercial
- Host for some major events such as the Maxim Hot 100, Nike, Rolls Royce, Puma, Mercedes, Toyota, Horlicks, HSBC, Spice Mobile, JBL, Mtv Coke Studio, Nivea and the Sony launch of The Tribute To Michael Jackson ‘This Is It’
- Shibani has anchored popular shows including the lifestyle shows “After Hours” on Zee Cafe, “Men 2.0”on AXN, Zoom's “Let's Design”, “India's Sexiest bachelor” on Big CBS Prime,as well as its extension “India's Glam Diva” on Big CBS Love “JK Tyre National Racing Championship” on ESPN/Star Sports , “The GG Awards Red Carpet” for Star World
- She also anchored the Indian produced Grammy Nominees special on VH1 as a lead-up to the 53rd Grammy Awards
- Since 2011, she has been co-hosting the show ExtraaInnings - T20 on sony max television during the Indian Premier League(IPL) matches
- She won a nomination at the “11th Indian Television Academy”awards in the category “Best Anchor Game/Quiz show”
- She did a dance number “Hi PoliSaajuk” for 2014's Marathi movie “Timepass”, followed by “36 Nakhrewali” in “Sangharsh”
- She was last seen in the movie “Shaandaar” which was released in 2015
- Presently hosting the second season of “The Stage” on “Colors Infinity”
- Upcoming movies: “Noor” releasing on 7th April 2017