LOS ANGELES: On May 31, the “Klose to My Soul” concert arrived at the Nokia Theater in L.A. Live. This was part of a month long, multinational tour Sonu Nigam performed in an effort to raise money for Sankara Eye Foundation, the host of the event.
The show was opened by Jonita Gandhi from Toronto, Canada who is raising vocal star in Bollywood. She has had hit tracks such as “Chennai Express”, “Dil Chaspiya”, and “Kahaan Hoon Main” (from Highway). Jonita during the opening sang some of these hits as well as performing some oldies.
Shortly thereafter, Sonu Nigam made a grand entrance and had the crowd enthralled with his performances of songs such as “MaahiVe”, “Dil le ja le ja”, “Bijuriya”, “Kya hua tera vada” and “Kal ho na Ho”. During thee concert, Sonu Nigam also educated the audience how a song is really made. He was joined on stage by his father Agam Kumar Nigam and the audience also saw pictures and video of Sonu with his mother, who passed away in February 2013.
The concert was a great success and filled with high energy performances as well as touching moments. The audience was entertained brilliantly by all the performances throughout the three and half hour concert and all the proceeds from this concert will benefit a wonderful organization, Sankara Eye Foundation, in its goal of eradicating preventable blindness in India.
The Sankara Eye Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide 20/20 vision for the people of India by the year 2020. The organization’s goal is to initiate and drive community eye care activities in India through their partner, Sankara Eye Care Institutions (SECI). SECI operates and manages eight eye care hospitals all over India.
During a break in the concert, Sankara Eye Foundation’s chairman Murli Krishnamurthy spoke to the audience about the goals and mission of the organization. The majority of the money raised at the concert will be used to help build a new SankaraEye Care Foundation eye hospital in Jodhpur, India. The organization has a further goal of establishing 20 hospitals by the year 2020.
India Post News Service
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