Admission : $30 - $100
Description:
INDIAN POP QUEEN - USHA UTHUP
Get ready to groove to the beats with Indian Pop Queen - Usha Uthup as she sets the stage on fire with her electrifying performance.
"Hare Rama Hare Krishna", "Hari Om Hari", "Shaan Se", "Naaka Bandi", "Uri Uri Baba" and many more...
Usha Uthup is known for her unique voice and style that blends Indian and Western music. Her songs have been featured in numerous Bollywood movies and she has won several awards for her contribution to the music industry.
Proceeds from ticket sales of this concert will go towards raising funds to support mentally disabled women on their journey towards self-sufficiency, enabling them to learn valuable skills, gain employment, and sell their products, thus creating a sustainable model for continuous earning.
Artist Info:
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Usha Uthup
Usha was born into a Tamil Iyer family in Mumbai in 1947. Her father was Vaidyanath Someshwar Sami Iyer who hailed from Chennai, in Tamil Nadu.
She studied at St. Agnes High School, Byculla. When she was in school she was thrown out of music class because she didn't fit in with a voice like hers. But her music teacher recognized that she had some music in her and would give her clappers or triangles to play. Even though she was not formally trained in music, she grew up in an atmosphere of music. Her parents used to listen to a wide range from Western classical to Hindustani and Carnatic including Kishori Amonkar and Bade Ghulam Ali Khan on radio and she used to join them. She used to enjoy listening to Radio Ceylon.
Her next door neighbour was S.M.A. Pathan, who was then the deputy commissioner of police. His daughter, Jamila, influenced Usha to learn Hindi and take up Indian classical music. This fusion approach helped her to pioneer her unique brand of Indian pop in the 1970s. She is married to Jani Chacko Uthup who is from Manarcaud Painumkal family of Kottayam, and was formerly married to the late Ramu. They have a daughter Anjali and a son Sunny, named after the song, Sunny She is presently a resident of Kolkata, West Bengal.
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