M. M. Keeravani (also known as M. M. Kreem, Maragatha Mani, M. M. Keeravaani), the National Award winning film music composer and singer, has made his own footprint in Telugu film industry with his compilations for the Telugu movie Annamayya (Telugu film), and has made great contributions to Bollywood (songs in Sur, Jism, Paheli, Criminal, etc.) and composed music for Hindi films (Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin, Sur, Zakhm, Saaya and Rog), Malayalam films (Nilagiri, Soorya Manasam, Devaraagam, etc.).
M M Keeravani has already composed music for 199 films in various Indian languages and continues actively composing music for several forthcoming films.
Here is a report on his US tour from the author of this photo: M M Keeravani along with his troop performed one of the most successful shows outside India so far at New Jersey on July 25th 2009. The performance was mind-blowing and enthralled the audience irrespective of their age difference. The jam-packed UCPAC (Union County Performance Arts Center) hosted one of the mega events of the recent past and all the audience thanked TOLLY 2 HOLLY & PHARMACARE, BEL AIR, MD for organizing such a blast. 1400+ audience witnessed the best ever performance by Keeravani Bubbly and vivacious anchor Udaya Bhanu, who is now termed as #1 anchor of the Telugu television screens is still looking hot with her amazing grace and she stole the hearts of all audience.
The program started with Shuklam Bharadharam sloakam sung by local kids Baby NIKHILA and AARTI of Delaware. NIKHILA, AARTI, VAMSHIKA, ANUSHKA, HARSHITA, APOORVA KARNA and BHAVYASRI KARNA garlanded all the guests TOLLY 2 HOLLY owner GANESH INDUKURI invited RAVI VARMA MUDUNURI onto stage and thanked him personally for meticulously planning such a mega event in a short time. GANESH INDUKURI also mentioned the cause of building a primary care center in AP, India as the main drive behind this event and pledged to continue such events in future for non-profit reasons.
VIJAY REDDY of PHARMACARE explained the project of PRIMARY CARE CENTER in PONNEKALLU VILLAGE, GUNTUR DT, AP. He also thanked his friend Subbaraju for agreeing readily to support the cause. Subbaraju mentioned the importance of charity and committed his full support for such causes in the future and wished the project all the best.
VIJAY REDDY of PHARMACARE, who is also the helpline Director of NATS explained audience about NATS and the service aspects of NATS.
RAVI MADALA, PRESINDENT OF NATS launched the NATS HELP LINE 888-4-TELUGU during this event and he explained how the help line offers services.
UDAYA BHANU introduced MM KEERAVANI who directed music for 199 pictures to the audience. Keeravaani is incredibly humble, modest and unassuming and spoke to music lovers in person. Despite being credited with having given a new dimension to Telugu music he is admired by all sections of the audiences; call it class, mass, family-oriented or any type of genre. Each song is different from the other, a different mood, a different tune, and a different style. From “Seetharamayya Gari manavaralu” to “Magadheera”, this ace composer continues to mesmerize Telugu music buffs, needless to mention, along the way, mesmerizing tunes of Pellisandadi, Simhadri, Gangothri, Chatrapathi, Vikramarkudu, Yamadonga, etc. and the heavenly scores of Annamayya and Sri Ramadasu whose music stays in the minds of Telugu audience forever. Audience blast the theater with whistles and shouts for the dance performance of Noel Sean ‘Bangaru Kodipetta’ number. Local Talent MADHU with her dance troop performed a medley.
Vijay Reddy, Subbaraju and Ravi Madala felicitated MM Keeravani, Uday Bhanu and Upendra Chivukula.
Several prominent Telugus who graced the event such as New Jersey Assemblyman Mr. Upendra Chivukula, Subbaraju Indukuri, NATS Chairman Dr. Ranakumar Nadella, NATS President Mr. Ravindra Madala, ATA Board of Trustee Rajeswar Reddy Gangasani, TFAS President Damu Gedala, TLCA President Venkat Mutyala, NATS Founding member Harnath Doddapaneni, UTAA President Dharma Reddy, TAGDV Joint Secretary Lalitha Setty, Dr Prasad, Satish Dasari and a prominent local businessman Dr. Desu Gangadhar all praised the organizers VIJAY REDDY, GANESH INDUKURI and RAVI MUDUNURI for conducting such a mega event.
VIJAY REDDY of PHARMACARE thanked all volunteers Kishore, Chandraraju, Suresh, Anil, Raheem, Phani, Srini, Pandu, Ravikishore, Prakash, Tirumal Reddy, Hinge Nageswara Rao, Raja Agnihotri, Srinivasa Rao, Pratap Rikka, Nagi Reddy Karna and Ramakrishnan Guruva Reddy for all their dedication for making this show a mega success. The organizers thanked Rama Seshayya garu of Abhiruchi restaurant for providing the best Andhra Food to Keeravani Troop during their stay. Keeravani Gaaru praised organizers for providing the best audio system.
VIJAY REDDY also thanked NATS, TOLLY 2 HOLLY FILMS and the media partners TV9 and NTV for all their support in sponsoring this charity event.
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