In my musical journey, I took another step towards my dream. I won the TANA MAA TV Indo American Super Singer contest held in the first week of July 2009 at Chicago IL, USA.
It was a week of pressure, excitement, constant practice and opportunity to perform in front of esteemed judges, Mano (Nagur Babu), Suddala Ashok Teja(National Award Winning Lyricist), Chandra bose(Telugu Film Lyricist) and Goreti Venkanna(Telugu Film Lyricist).
The competition was started off with auditions in seven different cities in North America. We had ours in Toronto Canada. From each location they chose 2 singers (regardless of gender) and All Semifinalists traveled to Chicago for Semifinals and Finals.
First round of Semifinals was contestant’s choice round and after that they chose 7 for the second round of semifinals. I sang Mallelu Poose from Intinti Ramayanam sung by Sri.S.P.Balasubrahmanyam Garu. Here is the video of that song.
Second round of Semifinals were held on TANA Main Stage, which was filled with respected dignitaries and other popular film personalities along with over 2000 curious music lovers. In this round they asked every contest to sing Patriotic film Songs in Telugu. I sang Vedam La Ghoshince Godavari from Andhra Kesari again sung by Sri.S.P.Balasubrahmanyam Garu. Here is the video of that song.
Their initial plan was to have two rounds of Finals, one Melody and other Fast Beat film song. But due to time constraints (the show ended at 2:30 AM) they have decided to go ahead with a Melody song (Pallavi and Charanam) with no background music. I sang Chukkale Tochave from Nirikshana sung Sri.K.J.Yesudas Garu. Here is the video of that song.
Above all One of the most cherished moments of my life happenned on July 4th 2009. I met Sri.Balasubrahmanyam Garu, on the same stage in which he was felicitated for his Life Time Achievements. I was so thrilled to meet him after so many years (I met him before and got a prize from his hands during a singing competition conducted in our town - Guduru / Nellore District)
And the latest one
*Note: All these videos were shot using our Canon Digital Camera by my Wife, I think she did a wonderful job with the limited resources.
5 comments:
Congratulations Dhiraj ! Great to see you scaling new heights in your musical journey ..Will check out the songs later ...:-)
-Vishal
Hey that was quick man, thanks so much for dropping by, do check out the videos when you have time.
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once again congrats
Hearty Congratulations Dhiraj ! Very happy to know that you have achieved this level. All the best for your colorful future :)
Ravi and Sowmya,
Thank you so much for your wishes guys.
Dhiraj
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