Mega Music Event in Thiruvananthapuram on 15 August

On August 15, Thiruvananthapuram will sing for the nation. This is the 79th Independence Day and the Kanakunnu Palace Grounds 1,200 singers will rebirth with ‘Thalsthanam Deshtinai Padunanu’ (The Capital Singing for the Nation), an initiative of the patta Kotukukar, a charity for music.

“Singers will offer two songs that every Indian knows – ‘Saare Jahan Se Achcha’ and ‘Jan Gana Mana’,” Nais Eliyan Kah, who are the heads of patta Kottukkar, who are organizing music sessions in institutions that are in home cancer patients and their careful and their homes in the city. “They will be wearing white clothes and wearing a cap in the colors of the national flag. Our idea is a song in a national flag formation for the country,” he says, saying that the event is also an attempt to enter the world record talent book. Two hundred and twenty NCC cadets will also sing with this group.

Naus said he got the idea that Potint Kotkar conducted a concert on December 25 last year in connection with Mohammad Rafi’s 100th birth anniversary at The Flower Show. Preparations began in January and organized programs at Pujappura Central Jail and Shanghgham Beach on 26 January, with 79 singers of the stage to be tested whether they can pull it.

“This was an ambitious step. We officially invited 80-odd music clubs and forums in the city to allow their members to be allowed to be a part. Many others refused, many others raised their support. And in our first practice session, only 13 singers were held in Priyadarshan Hall, East Fort, growing up as a word,” they say.

Once the registration (free) starts, the participants were divided into groups led by 48 coordinators. “There are people from all areas of life, even though despite age and gender, daily wages from laborers, housewives, professionals and retired people. While most of them are singers, both are trained and untrained, others are in it because they wanted to be part of the initiative,” Nais says.

Rehearsal for Thalsthanam Deshthinai Dadunu at Gandhi Bhavan. Photo Credit: Nirmal Harindran

Gandhi Bhavan, Thakaud, and Sri Chithira Thirunal Auditorium, Pujappura gave him a place to rehearsal. In addition to Nayas, training sessions are headed as B Venugopalan nair, 84 -year -old music exposure and patron of Paattinte Kottukaar, currently over 300 members.

“The biggest challenge for us was that many of them were either singing wrong songs or were pronouncing words incorrectly. We had to fix it and have been successful to some extent,” Naayas says.

One of a retired government employee and singers, Jamila Bevi says, “I am not a trained singer. When I heard about the program I felt that I should be a part of it. We are Indians and this is my way to give back to the nation.” Many, Shalin Sha, who was with her mother, Shimna, agreed to practice with her family. Prince NP and his family came from Kodungalur in Thrissur district in all ways. “I work in Qatar and now I am on holiday. I am participating with my parents, elder sister and two friends of my mother. When we came to the announcements about the program, we wanted to join it, especially because we all sing. And the distance didn’t matter,” Prince says.

The program starts on August 15 at 5 pm at Kanakakkunu Maidan.