Date:25/09/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/25/stories/2008092559560200.htm

Karnataka - Bangalore

Pankaj Udhas, Anup Jalota to sing for charity

Staff Reporter

— FILE Photo: K.V. Srinivasan

HELPING HAND: Pankaj Udhas (left) and Anup Jalota will give performances in Bangalore on different dates next month.

Bangalore: A feast is in store for music connoisseurs in Bangalore city. Pankaj Udhas, ghazal singer and Padma Shri award winner, and Anup Jalota, ghazal and bhajan singer, are going to enthral audiences in October.

Shree Jagannath Temple Trust will be celebrating International Day of Non-Violence on October 2 with a concert by Anup Jalota. Supported by Mangaldeep Incense Sticks, a division of ITC, the concert will be held at Chowdiah Memorial Hall. The proceeds from the concert will go towards funding the construction of Shree Jagannath Temple and Cultural Centre in Agara on Sarjapur Road.

The tickets for the show will be available at K.C. Das (St. Mark’s Road), Planet M (Brigade Road, Sigma Mall, Malleswaram 18th Cross), Calypso (Jayanagar), 6 Ballygunje Place (Indiranagar), Odyssey Restaurant (Koramangala) and Show Off (Gopalan Mall). For home delivery, contact Current Booking on Ph: 25705888, 9845069384.

Pankaj Udhas will regale Bangaloreans with his soulful singing on October 5 at the same venue at 6.30 p.m. to raise funds for Foundation for Restoring Human Dignity (FORHD). The foundation is involved in rehabilitating women and children in distress, especially those belonging to the family of prisoners.

Former Director-General of Police L. Revannasiddaiah said, “FORHD works for prisoner reformation by arranging funds for parole in needy cases, and adopting a deserving school and trying to wean children away from labour and ensuring they get a good education.

All these activities are funded by such charity shows.”

For tickets and donor passes, call Ph: 9986016207 or book online by logging onto www.indianstage.in.