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HEMANT MARATHE KIRTI VALIA
ASHIMA SAKSENA
INDIA FOUNDATION OF METROPOLITAN PRINCETON
P.O. BOX 654, Princeton Jct. NJ 08550-0654.
E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.ifmpnj.orgDecember 7th, 2013
Dear IFMP members:
Welcome to the 2013 IFMP Annual Cultural Show!
The India Foundation of Metropolitan Princeton, (IFMP) is a non-profit organization, dedicated to promoting cultural activities concerning Indian culture. The primary objective of this association is to provide a forum for our community to celebrate our traditions. Our Annual cultural program allows us to share our culture with all our neighbors to help keep our heritage vibrant.
This year we started off with a great Holi celebration followed by a fund-raiser musical concert for Sandy victims in association with Hidden Gems. Our picnic was disrupted by rain to some extent but the people who came enjoyed nevertheless especially the hot food. This was followed by our Garba night where we had more than 1200 people. This was one of the biggest crowds we have ever witnessed in our Garba events and we really appreciate your love and affection. Members of our youth chapter have been very active through out the year in supporting EKAL and Sankara foundations in multiple ways and have been performing musical programs for the members of multiple senior centers.
And now, it is time for our biggest event of the year – the Annual Cultural Program. It is a fun-filled event with food, songs, dances and more food. I am very excited about the fact that lately adults have started to take interest and every year we have at least 4-5 adult dances. It gives me a lot of pleasure to see that the parents are now sharing stage with their kids. I think in its own unique way, IFMP has been helping families come together.
I feel very fortunate that I got this opportunity to serve the community and lead such a great organization. I am looking forward to a more progressive organization that not only provides a forum for community events but also takes pride in helping the community whenever and wherever possible. I would like to thank my family, friends, Committee members and trustees who were with me at every stage and without whose support, I would not have been able to do so much.
Sincerely,Pradeep Gupta (President)
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IFMP Holi 2013
1. American National Anthem 2. Lamp Lighting and Welcome Speech 3. Classical singing - Raag Hamir & Madhuban Mein Radhika Choreographer: Swagata Chakraborty Participants: Neha Palle, Puja Palle, Kavya Palle, Sachin Boteju, Renuka Ravindar,
Anisha Barde, Neel Kumar, Isha Kumar, Ariya Jha, Vatsala Jha, Radhika Bapat, Anandita Das, Purva Rege, Dhruv Gupta, Dhruv Mulye, Shairag Tandel, Vivek Pandya
4. Deva Shree Ganesha - Agneepath Choreographer: Mohini Bhave Participants: Jiyaa Revankar, Tanvisri Munagala, Saana Dharia, Nimai Bachu,
Reetika Agarwal, Hima Thummala, Eshwar Palamner, Kavya Gottipatti, Isha Patwardhan, Shreya Arun
5. Dilli Wali Girlfriend – Yeh Jawani Hai Diwani Choreographer: Pratik and Madhavi Devasthale Participants: Kush Bansal, Nitin Ayyala, Vineet Vajipeyajula, Vivek Vajipeyajula,
Aayush Chheda, Sana Sathaye, Anisha Chandwani, Nehal Thakkar, Vaishnavi Tunuguntla, Roma Usgaonkar, Bianca Rana, Susmitha Duvapu, Ankitha Jegan
6. Aaja Nachle – Aaja Nachle Choreographer: Chetna Bhardwaj Participants: Snigdha Talla, Samanvitha Kamath, Deethya Kathikvatsan, Adhya
Pandit, Samaira Sachdeva, Mira Nair, Janya Arunkumar, Zoey Yu Qing 7. Badtameez Dil - Medley Choreographer: Jharna Rastogi Participants: Simran Verma, Simran Lalwani, Ruhani Nigam, Veena Pasupuleti,
Sonal Gupta, Anusha Gurram, Rhea Khatri, Aashima Rastogi 8. Clown Dance - Medley Choreographer: Monica Joshi & Harita Vellalath Participants: Sanika Joshi, Antara Athavale, Anvi Joshi, Avani Deshpande, Sagar
Vellalath, Roshni Srinivas, Netra Srinivas, Srina Desai, Rithvik Somayaji, Nikhil Kapse
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Coordinator: Pradeep Gupta
9. Badtameez Dil & Hand Uthake Nachle - Medley Choreographer: Rashmi Kulkarni Participants: Vivan Palandurkar, Atishay Jain, Roshan Cerejo, Samaira Singh,
Saanvi Rao, Shriya Gunti, Shreyas Sundararaman, Sahana Arjun, Raina Bhatnagar, Shalya Vemula, Saiprabhav Neelam
10. Do you wanna partner - Partner Choreographer: Pratik and Madhavi Devasthale Participants: Nora Patel, Diya Sareen, Rucita Jegan, Priya Patel, Tanvi Bethi, Reva
Venkatraghvan, Anika Hadap, Tanisha Jangam, Bhavya Venmani, Suhani Baviskar 11. Daiyya Re Daiyya Re - Madhumati Choreographer: Suparna Mahabaleshwarkr Participants: Neil Deshpande, Abigail Johnson, Shreya Joshi, Nikita Jain, Rohit
Kundu, Sahil Kumtakar, Pranav Mahableshwarkar, Rishi Patel, Sonali Shah, Vaishali Shah, Parth Sharma, Anjali Smith
12. Maiyya yashoda - Medley Choreographer: Bina Shah Participants: Aparna Saraiya, Trisha Nakka Addala, Soumya Nakka Addala, Sahiya ,
Ritika Rajesh, Sahana , Vita Moss-Wang , Kirpa Chawla, Hamasini Mettu 13. Kashmir Tu and Raghupati Raghav - Medley Choreographer: Rashmi Kulkarni Participants: Alisha Kulkarni, Maitri Shah, Shalaka Ajwalia, Ashmitha Sathya,
Veenya Lingamneni, Sahiti Somu, Ritika Bodicherla, Roshini Bodicherla 14. Chhalka Chhalka Re - Saathiya Choreographer: Rohit Gijare Participants: Purvi Jhala, Shilpa Bidaye, Radhika Pallapothu, Radhika Deshpande,
Unnati Thakker, Piyusha Pandya, Rutuja Phadke, Rajashree Dandekar, Varsha Gijare 15. Tumhi Ho Bandhu - Medley Choreographer: Archana Savkar Participants: Alisha Das, Aneeqah Ahmed, Ira Kulkarni, Ria Gupta, Riya Patel,
Tharani Kannan, Deepak Kannan, Zeel Patel 16. Akbar – Birbal - Skit Choreographer: Payal Katarya Participants: Samaira Singh, Tanika Mally, Atishay Jain, Shreyas Sundararaman,
Payal Katarya, Vijay Singh, Shankar Sundararaman, Sachin Mally, Mukta Hegde, Srinivas Gunti, Sridhar Vemula , Lyndon Cerejo, Akhila Neelam, Chandrakala Mitta, Sreenivas Neelam, Kanhav Bhatnagar
17. Nimbooda – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Choreographer: Pratik and Madhavi Devasthale Participants: Shivani Nikam, Sanika Pande, Meera Hajarnis, Ekta Chandwani,
Parthavi Nerurkar, Naina Waghray, Satvika Vuppala, Snehal Paliwal, Aneetha Thokkadam
18. Introduction of IFMP Committee Members and Trustees 19. O Rangrez, Ishq Barse - Medley Choreographer: Chetna Bhardwaj Participants: Shriya Karthikvatsan, Ria Bajaj, Nithya Ganti, Sejal Pathak, Jiya
Pandit, Samaira Sachdeva, Angel Suri, Sara Suri 20. Dil Cheez Kya Hai - Medley Choreographer: Sunrita Mitra Participants: Sunrita Mitra, Ramyani Mitra, Samantha Hasan, Samiha Hasan,
Sarika Bhattacharjee, Manjari Chowdhury, Ipshita Nandy, Disha Bhowmik, Rima Lahiri, Sohini Bhattacharjee
21. Shri Ganeshay Dhimahi Choreographer: Mohini Bhave Participants: Ruchika Moturi, Sakshi Singh, Satya Reddy, Eshika Agarwal, Shailaja
Munagala, Katelyn Saldanha, Sanjana Buddi, Meghna Angara 22. Kathak Tarana – Raag Yaman Kalyan Choreographer: Guru Archana Joglekar Participants: Anushka Pathak, Diya Dinesh, Isha Kumar, Shefali Sangappa, Vaidehi
Valera, Meera Amin, Tanvi Namjoshi, Jaya Patel, Ishwari Joshi, Meera Hajarnis, Maansi Thakker, Ishanee Kulkarni, Disha Karale
23. Nagade sang Dhol Baje and Tattad - Medley Choreographer: Uma Kapoor Participants: Uma Kapoor, Pradnya Joglekar, Vikram Dongre, Sonali Chanekar,
Madhu Talupur , Balaji Krishnamurthy , Soujanya Kumar, Ana Estrades, Mary Phillipuk, Jyostna Kanchi, Devna Sharma, Diedra Bucciarelli
24. More Piya - Rajneeti Choreographer: Pratik and Madhavi Devasthale Participants: Saniya Mandloi, Krisha Bagga, Anisha Iyer, Ria Sharma, Megha
Gongalla, Anisha Barde, Megan Mohnot, Sarika Bapat, Richa Mandrekar, Mehak Hans, Keerthi Polam, Divya Pola, Rhea Kak
25. Bezuban – Any Body Can Dance Choreographer: Monica Joshi & Harita Vellalath Participants: Monica Joshi, Harita Vellalath, Maithili Purandare, Radnyee Joshi,
Ameya Deshpande, Neel Kapse, Charvi Radia, Divya Murali, Abha Chaudhary, Tejas Kelkar
26. Bollywood Era - Medley Choreographer: Ratuja Kulkarni Participants: Sanjana Chekuri, Aanya Gupta, Anvitha Sathya, sahya Nara, Ayushi
Kumar, Sanjana Duggirala, Navya Ronda, Shreya Vankadara 27. Just do it - Medley Choreographer: Uma Kapoor Participants: Kavya Kapoor, Kajal Joglekar, Shreya Mogoluthu, Arnav Talupur ,
Hillary Allen, Prerana Kote, Nisha Nimmara, Jyostna Pagidala, Pavani Talupur 28. Ghagra – Yeh Jawani Hai Diwani Choreographer: Pratik and Madhavi Devasthale Participants: Neha Annapureddy, Juhee Thakkar, Sneha Salgam, Mahima
Palamanda, Mughda Ghule, Manasi Gulati, Megha Nair, Aditi Mylavarapu, Shruti Marathe, Shreya Marathe
29. Kahin Aag Lage Lag Jaave - Taal Choreographer: Bina Shah Participants: Aasvi Chinnam, Arsha Shah, Nishna Singh, Sanjana Chinnam, Sahiti ,
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Rohila, Mughdha Cerejo, Veena Muralidhara, Shilpa Vast, Shalini Mohan, Vidhya Veerappan, Priya Sundararaman, Pradnya Khandekar
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