Spectacular ‘MLC’ show sparks Dubai audience with complete entertainment

Report: Shodhan Prasad | Photos: Sunil Pinto
February 2, 2019

Dubai: ‘YuvaPrathiba / Melody Star’ Maxim Pereira Anjelore’s ‘Maxim Live in Concert’ (MLC) along with top notch artistes of G-major Anjelore rocked Dubai audience with their spell bound four and half-hours’ non-stop cent percent entertainment programme which took the jam packed audience into a musical journey.  The ticketed show in association with Maestro Events was held at Emirates Theater, Jumeirah on Friday the 1st February, 2019.

Philanthropist/Businessman/Singer-cum-actor Joseph Mathias, MD of Merit Freight Systems Co LLC hosted the event single handedly and recorded success.  He had promoted Maxim Pereira’s several events and films in the past and had whole heartedly supported various Konkani/Tulu/Kannada events for the past several years in the Arabian Gulf and India.

The programme started at around 5.45 pm with introduction of our own Magician AntonyMascarenhas who then performed spell bound magical presentations very well applauded by the audience.

Later Guests Jacinta Mendonca, ShobaMendonca, LavinaFernandes, Asha Correa &Nisha Pereira officially inaugurated the programme with lighting the traditional lamp. 

The formal stage programme continued with Arthur Pereira’s Maa Creation & Lloyd RegoThakode’s   ‘Jezu Muja Moga’ CD release.  Joseph Mathias escorted James Mendonca who did the honours.  Followed was Orson D’Souza’s ‘Awesome Orson – MiiYa More’ CD release which was done by Patron of Sharjah Karnataka Sangha, Mark Denis & Producer of Tulu Movie, Ronald Martis.  On the same stage Musician/Producer, Canute Mathias’s CD was also released.  Keerthan was introduced by Maxim Pereira and all the formal stage programme was ably conducted by MC Vernon D’Souza who later beautifully introduced the famous one and only MC Roshan D’SilvaVamanjoor to command the entertainment part of programme.

MC Roshan introduced Joseph Mathias & Team who render a beautiful number ‘Rome Sheher’, followed by Dony& Asha Correa’s ‘Ho EkloCholo Choli’& Anson-Sabitha duo sang ‘MoghachiDhaag’.  Baby Tiana Mathias ‘Oot MunshyaPoile’ was superb singing which was very well applauded by the audience.  Later Priya Menezes sang ‘MogacheYene’, Maxim sang ‘TukaMuji Rani Kartha’, Preema with ‘TuttlemSopan’, Joseph &Dony with ‘DonyDuje’, Sabitha’ ‘Ye Rasnara’, Melwyn’s ‘Joylina’ got a thunderous response from the crowd with his interaction. 

Maxim’s ‘Manasa was another beautiful number well presented with the dance and appreciated by the whole audience.  Followed was ‘Dolly’ by Anil, ‘MogacheGeet’ by Anson, ‘Marghai’ by Joseph Mathias, ‘MogUdthaMaka’ by Melwyn&Priya& ‘Maina’ by Canute Mathias who revealed that this song was penned by Maxim to his wife Nisha long back.

‘ZodyabesLagnacho’ by Anil &Preema was another beautiful number followed by ‘Kapad’ melodiously rendered by Joseph Mathias, Maxim Pereira &Dony Correa.

In between the singing and in right intervals were 3 beautifully enacted Comedy punching acts by ‘SangonMugdanaKalakar’ Team comprising of multi-talented crew LavinaFernandes, Godwin Castelino, Roystan Pereira, Paul D’Souza Paladka&Venetia Rodrigues which was brilliantly presented and was ably supported by Rohan with background Music. 

‘V Dynamites’ dance crew headed by the very famous Vinod Sequiera ingested richness to the singers’ performances with their colourful dances well-choreographed suiting to the lyrics of the songs.  Their final presentation a Bollywood dance was spell bound.

Roshan D’Souza Angelore was the Music arranger and along with him the team of G-major artistes were honouredon the stage.  All the performers and the MC’s were individually honoured and felicitated.  There was a surprise felicitation to Joseph Mathias and he went emotional accepting the honour.  He spoke well and thanked all those who have supported him in this venture.

Outside the venue was tasty savory food stall with variety of Mangalorean delicacies by Dasprakash Restaurant including ‘dukramaas’ & ‘Sanna’.

The programme got concluded with Maxim’s famous ‘Baila Boom’ non-stop songs and the crowd cheered and danced all along for 20 minutes until 10.10 pm.

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Tuesday, 17 Sep 2019

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June 17,2020

Doha: Qatar Indian Social Forum (QISF) once again set an example that no caste, creed, language and religion comes as hurdle for their humanitarian services and helped to perform last rites of Ramesh who committed suicide in Doha-Qatar.

45-year-old Ramesh son of K. Nagan hailing from Panikulam, Thrissur district in Kerala, who was working as a tailor committed suicide in his house at Ruwias in Qatar on 30th May 2020.

On hearing this news, some of his friends in Kearla informed Mr. Shihab who is also from Thrissur and a member of QISF and the same was brought to the notice of QISF humanitarian team head Mr. Abdul Latheef Madikeri and Basheer Ahmed of Tamil Nadu.

Immediately, the QISF team intervened and contacted the family members of the deceased in India and discussed the matter and consequences of sending the body back home to India in this pandemic COVID 19 situation.

Considering the prevailing situation, the family members gave the consent to bury the body in Qatar itself.

QISF team collected the required documents from the family of the deceased and managed to clear all the necessary formalities from the police department, Health Department, Embassy of India and Hamad Medical Corporation.

Finally, the body of the deceased was buried in Qatar on 7th June 2020 and the copies of all the relevant documents have been handed over to the family members.

The family members of the deceased thanked and applauded the leaders and all the members of QISF for their effective and on time humanitarian service rendered even in this pandemic crisis and having no bias.

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April 19,2020

Indian Overseas Congress (IOC) Chaiman Dr Sam Pitroda held video conference with senior IOC office bearers across Middle Eastern countries on 14th April 2020 to review the impact of COVID-19 pandemic among Indians residing in the region. Almost all speakers appreciated the efforts initiated and  implemented by  respective governments to contain spread of the deadly virus as well as measures taken towards welfare of the people affected by the lockdown. 

IOC Presidents, Mohammed Mansour - Bahrain, Abdullah Manjeri - Saudi Arabia, Dr J Ratan kunar - Oman and Girish kumar - Qatar, highlighted the quality treatment of patients and finacial aid provided by governments and other authorities. Bahrain IOC president Mansour , also  apprised about the 'Food for Needy' drive in Association with KHK Heroes foundation, initiated by HH Sheikh Khalid Bin Hamad Al Khalifa and quality treatments as well as financial aid to local and expat residents.

Anura Mathai, IOC  Global Event Coordinator, spoke about certain problems of Indians in the UAE. IOC Middle East Convener, Mansoor Palloor, emphasised and requested IOC Chairman to urge Indian government to arrange immediate repatriation of indians stranded in Gulf countries. AICC Secretary, Himanshu Vyas, IOC Secretary Dr Arathi Krishna, Dr Arshi Malik (Abha), Mohiuddin Sirajudeen (Jeddah), Advocate Joseph Palathara (Dammam) Prasad Kodru, Jayati Maitra Ziyad Ahmed (Qatar) and Khursheed Alam (Gen Secretary- Bahrain) also apprised the participants about various issues relevant to the pandemic and suggested further initiatives to be undertaken. 

Dr Sam Pitroda briefed about sustained and consolidated efforts by all IOC members  during this unprecedented situation facing the world and assured that he would convey IOC  concerns to the government and try his best to ensure all possible help is made available to all needy Indians.

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March 2,2020

Abu Dhabi: Yogish Prabhu K is the newly elected president of Abu Dhabi’s prestigious India Social & Cultural Centre (ISC) and he will serve for the period 2020-2021. ISC’s annual general body meeting and Election for 2020 were held on Thursday, February 27 and the election results of the election were announced during the early hours of Friday, February 28th morning.

In the keenly contested election, Yogish Prabhu emerged victorious. Humble origin and hailing from a small town of Karkala from Udupi district of Karnataka state has never deterred him from setting challenging goals. He belongs to a well-known Gouda Saraswat Brahmin family of K.V.Prabhu Coconut oil mill in Karkala. He is the eldest son of Late Rtn. Krishna Prabhu and Rtn. Bharati Prabhu.  His father and grandfather were freedom fighters who left a profound impression on him and their ideology “serving people is like worshiping God” (Jana seveye Janardhana seve) inspired and guided his life ever since. Prabhu has been a privilege member of ISC since 2003 and has been actively involved in ISC activities throughout. His relationship with ISC spans over 2 decades during which he has immensely contributed in many ways to ISC and the Indian community at large. A banker by profession, Yogish Prabhu is currently working as Vice President, Group Finance & Treasury, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB).

With some new initiatives in his mind, Prabhu wants to creatively improve the quality of ISC’s services, its humanitarian impact as well as the diversity of its membership. His intentions are always to help everyone irrespective of caste, creed, religion, language or status. As a new elected President of ISC, Prabhu’s main objective is to strategically plan and implement his vision through his ABC 5 Year Plan i.e.,

A-    Accountability & Transparency,

B-    Build a Sound Financial Plan and

C-    Compassion & Affection for the needy

so that ISC is recognized not just in UAE, but worldwide as a mascot of the great Indian community.

Prabhu thinks “as individuals, we can do only so much but with the support of Elected ISC Committee members and all the ISC members together, there is no limit to what we can achieve, and in the process, we can truly transform the ISC”. He proudly says, “I have a strong treasury management experience in ISC as well as in the bank which we need now more than ever”.

With his dynamic leadership, sheer dedication and ambition, ISC will definitely be scaling new heights of glory and prestige in Abu Dhabi and beyond. His humble nature, leadership qualities coupled with his rich administrative experience will surely help boost ISC’s popularity and meet its challenging goals and can serve people in a better way and contribute to the Indian community at large.

Yogish Prabhu has been married for 28years. His wife Chethana Prabhu Kasaragod too has been equally active in ISC and continuously supporting and participating in various sports, entertainment and literary committees throughout these years. She became ISC Women’s Forum Convener in 2016-2017. Their daughter, Aarti Prabhu is an IT Engineer from NITK Suratkal, working in Bangalore. Son, Ajith Prabhu finished his Masters in Mechanical Engineering and Management in Industrial Design in Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK and at present doing his internship there. Both Aarti and Ajith are alumni of Abu Dhabi Indian School and both have represented National level CBSE Badminton meet. Also, Aarti was a Gold medalist in the school for scoring 100 in Mathematics in SSLC.

Following are few of his contributions and achievements:

•          Hon. Asst. Treasurer of ISC for consecutive years from 2005 till 2007

•          Hon. Treasurer of ISC in 2011.

•          Member of Finance Committee of ISC new infrastructure and premises from approval till completion.

•          In 2016, initiated the participation of ISC members as officials for International Yoga Day organized by Indian Embassy

•          In 2017, initiated the participation of children as officials to help the organizers so that children could learn their social responsibility and become good citizens.

•          In 2012, initiated ladies throw ball tournament in ISC and now it is extended to men too.

•          Member of IPEF since its inception in 2014. Also served as its Governing board member in the same year.

•          Founder member of ‘UAE GSB group’ since its formation in 2004

•          Committee member of ‘Gandhi Sahitya Vedi’ Abu Dhabi

•                    Treasurer of Abu Dhabi Karnataka Sangha

•          Head of Finance and member of other committees of ‘World Tulu Convention’ held in Dubai - 2018

 

Election was held for other Posts too. The other office bearers elected to the present committee are:

Vice-President: George Varghese.

General Secretary: Jojo J Ambooken

Asst.Gen.Secretary: C. George Varghese

Treasurer: Shijil Kumar N K

Entertainment Secretary: Jayapradeep K P

Literary Secretary: Elias Padavetty

Sports Secretary: Freddi J. Fernandes

Secretary Southern Region: Raja Srinivasa Rao Aita

Auditor: G.N.Sasikumar

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