Dubai, Oct 18 It was an evening of entertainment with a cause when expatriate Malayalis packed an auditorium here to pay tribute to the living legend of south Indian music, V. Dakshinamoorthi, who has created music for over 125 films.
'Hridayasarassile' (In the Heart), organised by Kalabhavan Dubai, saw some of the best singers of the Malayalam film industry performing in front of a 1,650-strong crowd in the Sheikh Rashid Auditorium here Friday night.
The event, organised as a charity to collect donations for the Cochin Cancer Society (CCS), had top artistes from the Malayalam music industry like P. Suseela, P. Jayachandran, Vijay Yesudas, Madhu Balakrishnan and Shwetha Mohan perform some of Dakshinamoorthi's best numbers.
The evening started with Dakshinamoorthi invoking god's blessings by saying that music is one form of worshipping god.
The 89-year-old doyen then sang the evening's title song "Hridayasarassile", with Vijay Yesudas, son of acclaimed singer K.J. Yesudas.
Dakshinamoorthi's works now span three generations of music lovers as he had composed music for Vijay Yesudas's father as well as grandfather K.J. Augustine.
Well-known Malayalam lyricist Sreekumaran Thampi, who was also present on the occasion, recounted his long association with Dakshinamoorthi.
As the evening progressed, Susheela, who described Dakshinamoorthi as her 'appa' (father), Jayachandran, Vijay, Balakrishnan and Shwetha sang some of the musician's evergreen numbers before an audience listening with rapt attention.
Vijay and Swetha, who had won a Kerala state award last year for their song "Kolakuzhal" in the film "Nivedayam", also sang a couple of duets.
Surjith Girish
Vaikom
'Hridayasarassile' (In the Heart), organised by Kalabhavan Dubai, saw some of the best singers of the Malayalam film industry performing in front of a 1,650-strong crowd in the Sheikh Rashid Auditorium here Friday night.
The event, organised as a charity to collect donations for the Cochin Cancer Society (CCS), had top artistes from the Malayalam music industry like P. Suseela, P. Jayachandran, Vijay Yesudas, Madhu Balakrishnan and Shwetha Mohan perform some of Dakshinamoorthi's best numbers.
The evening started with Dakshinamoorthi invoking god's blessings by saying that music is one form of worshipping god.
The 89-year-old doyen then sang the evening's title song "Hridayasarassile", with Vijay Yesudas, son of acclaimed singer K.J. Yesudas.
Dakshinamoorthi's works now span three generations of music lovers as he had composed music for Vijay Yesudas's father as well as grandfather K.J. Augustine.
Well-known Malayalam lyricist Sreekumaran Thampi, who was also present on the occasion, recounted his long association with Dakshinamoorthi.
As the evening progressed, Susheela, who described Dakshinamoorthi as her 'appa' (father), Jayachandran, Vijay, Balakrishnan and Shwetha sang some of the musician's evergreen numbers before an audience listening with rapt attention.
Vijay and Swetha, who had won a Kerala state award last year for their song "Kolakuzhal" in the film "Nivedayam", also sang a couple of duets.
Surjith Girish
Vaikom