Musical Nite Of NTR Hits By Raga Ragini

NTR will never be dead for legions of people in AP. And these songs are an important reason why. This evening, watch the legendary actor bring his charisma to them all over again.

On the occasion of the 84th birth anniversary of Late Dr Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, Raga Ragini Arts Association is organising a 6-hour musical nite of NTR hits, on 27th May, at Sri Thyagaraya Gana Sabha. Titled Jagadekaveeruni Jayageethalu, the evening will see eminent amateur singers like D A Mitra, D Vijay Bhaskar, M Srinivas, G Lakshmana Murthy, Vijay Kumar, Dinakar Rao, Khasim, M V Ramana Kumari, Sunita Balaji, Soumya, Shruthi and Vasantha Subbalakshmi sing many hit numbers of the legend.

The songs will range from those in his debut Mana Desam in 1949 to those in Shrinatha Kavi Sarvabhowma, released in 1993. S Brahmanandam and B V Satyadev on the keyboards, Nagaraju and Vidhyasagar on the tabla, and Dattatreya on the flute, will provide the musical support.

In between, from 7:30pm to 8:00pm, a talk session on the achievements of NTR will be organised, in which chief guest Dr C Narayana Reddy will take part, and Dr Nandamuri Lakshmi Parvathi will preside. The special guests for this session are Kota Srinivas Rao, actor; C Ramakrishna, ex-General Manager, S C Railway; Sreemani, Vice-President, State Mahila Congress; and V S Rajyalakshmi, President, Ragasaptaswaram Cultural Association.

Please contact the venue at 2763-8241 for further details.