Suresh Bodiwala
CHICAGO: A Chicago based newly set up, SSS Entertainment organized a musical evening on November 13, 2021at Fairfield Inn, Schaumburg, a Chicago suburb, for raising funds to support children who are orphaned consequent to Covid-19 Pandemic.
Following a devotional dance performance, Swapnil Shah detailed the vision behind organizing the event and thanked all the donors for coming forward to help. The grand sponsors of the event were Anil Loomba, Pinky and Dinesh Thakkar and Ketan and Purvi Shah. Ketan shah and Pinky Thakkar applauded the benevolent gesture of the organization to support the kids in need. All the sponsors and supporters were duly acknowledged by the organizers presenting a token of appreciation.
The event featured some very well known vocalists of Chicagoland Rita Shah, Rajesh Chelam, Jitendra Bulsara, Pratibha Jairath and Mir Ali along with the live orchestra by Orchestra Sa Re Ga Ma led by Hitesh Master and his team accompanied by Nupur Sound. The musical team kept the guests entertained with a beautiful line up of evergreen melodies. Those who came the event also had a pleasant task celebrated Sunil Shah’s birthday with a surprise cake cutting ceremony organized by daughter in law Nikki Shah.
Sunil and Rita were accompanied by their family and friends who wholeheartedly worked towards the cause behind the evening.
Rita Shah thanked all the donors and supporters followed by a brief address by Sunil Shah who mentioned how Rita Shah has been the driving force behind his many successful initiatives. Rita presented her singing talent in 2005 with legendary Bollywood singer Mahendra Kapoor for Tsunami Relief event and through her singing has also helped collect funds for Uttarakhand floods with her devotional songs. She has also sung and performed with Bollywood singer Bappi Lahiri & Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan. What a humble reply when someone from audience told that, “You are a star”, she politely replied, “Tare Zameen Pe.”
The event was anchored by Prachi Jaitly and Mohan Rawat who kept the audience entertained. The other elected officials and many community leaders present included Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison, Brij Sharma , Dr Bhupinder Beri, Dr Kamal , Gurmeet Singh, Shargio Patel, Nimish Jani, Dr Mona Ghosh . Delicious food was from Shree Restaurant.