By V.N. Prasad

Piloted by ‘Mysuru Mohan,’ an iconic star of the film industry, a Musical Nite titled ‘Guru Pournami: Receiving the Guru’s Grace’ has been organised on Sunday (July 6) at the MMC&RI Platinum Jubilee Auditorium, J.K. Grounds, Mysuru, commencing at 5 pm.

The programme is in recognition and aid of yeomen services rendered by musicians (instrumentalists) who toil hard to enrich the performance of singers and programmes at large.

E. Ravikiran, a renowned tabla player of the city, has taken the initiative to bring the programme to fore, in memory of his father late Eshwar, who himself was a renowned ‘Dholak’ player.

Mohan has the reputation of playing many instruments and has directed programmes nationally and internationally. The Director of the programme is H. Ashwathnarayana, a builder by profession. D.T. Prakash, State Vice-President of AKBMS and producer of Motion Films, will be the guest of honour.

Philanthropic personalities and business houses of the city, namely PDG Lion Devi Prasad, Lion Nagaraj Bairy (President, Sugama Sangeetha Parishat), Dr. Anand, Prof. Mallanna (Principal, JSS College), Vinay and friends, Bengaluru, Adv. Chandrashekar and friends, Raghuram Vajpayee, Murali of Jyothi Textiles, T.V. Nandakumar, Nivad Home Foods, Brigade Group, Premalatha, Omkar Anand, Roopa Prakash, Gurudutt Sound System, Sri Ram Home Foods and many others have spontaneously come forward to support the programme — materially and financially.

The Auditorium administrators were kind enough to provide the hall free of cost. Singers across board have come forward to perform without honorarium.

Instruments ensemble comprises Sharat and Baasu Ranibennur on keyboards, Vincent on rhythm pad, Vinay on lead guitar, Mathias on bass guitar, Gowtam and Ravikiran on tabla, Ravikumar on dholak, Pradeep on congo and Chris on drums.

Singers include Dr. M.S. Natashekhar, Dr. M.N. Raghuveer, Adv. Chandrashekar, Dy.SP T. Kumar, Dr. Somanath Vasudeva, Dr. Seethalakshmi Somanath, Pavithra R.P. Reddy, Dr. A.N. Padma, Apoorva Natashekhar, Prithvi Nadig, Ranjita Srinath, Dr. Manjunath, Devachandra Jois, Premalatha, Sreeraksha Priyaram and V.N. Prasad. Chorus singers include Joyce Vaishak, T. Babita and Anushka Manjunath. Melodies of yesteryears in Kannada and Hindi will be rendered. Entry is free for music-lovers of the city.