Time to salute our entertainers
Singer, composer and musician Upkar Singh who will be a music composer and lead singer in an upcoming Punjabi movie to be produced in Canada. PHOTO | COURTESY
What you need to know:
- Kenyan maestro Upkar Singh has a strong religious background and excels in singing all musical genres.
- He will feature in an upcoming Punjabi movie to be produced in Canada. He will be its music composer and lead singer.
- If you adore, and are in love with, British stage comedies with a Kenyan spice and are in for a rib tickling experience, Aperture Africa fun merchants are here once again.
This year’s Labour Day celebration brought an International crowning glory for one of our most admired maestros.
Canadian film producers Ahuja Innovations of Toronto released the poster of their forthcoming Punjabi movie PEELE PATTE meaning yellow leaves – the movie features our Upkar Singh as its music composer and lead singer.
FILM
The movie, I understand, is about Sikhs who have made Canada their home and it dwells on their social, cultural and religious lifestyle.
Upkar is currently in Toronto and confirmed that it was his recently released album SURANGLI that has done the trick.
The Kenyan maestro has a strong religious background and excels in singing all musical genres.
Nurtured in this field by his father he happily engages in recitals of holy Kirtans at Sikh temples. His interest in Urdu poetry coupled with a melodious voice serves him well when he takes over to sing ghazals with a romantic flavour.
He is equally at home entertaining lovers of lighthearted Bollywood songs. Professionally Upkar is an educationist and hails from an art-loving family of poets and religious singers.
I will have more about the movie in days to come. In the meantime, we wish Upkar all the very best as he dons an international music composer's cap.
COMEDY AND KITES
Meanwhile if you adore, and are in love with, British stage comedies with a Kenyan spice and are in for a rib tickling experience, Aperture Africa fun merchants are there for you once again.
Run for Your Wife race is currently on stage at the Oshwal Centre. It is a theatrical fun with a difference that commenced last Thursday and if you missed it you may have to travel to the Coast to catch up with it in the Navnat Hall in Mombasa on May 12, and on the lakeside IMAX Cinema in Kisumu the week after.
Jinta and Amar Desai of Aperture are well versed in this theatrical game of fun. Their passion for comedy and labour to go out of their way to please and entertain the audience never fails.
And finally let the cloudy skies not dampen your day today as our skies are going to go colourful with an amazing display of kites.
A celebration of flying Kites dubbed Kenya Kites Festival is to be the highlight of a family fun day at the Nairobi Polo Club next to the Jamhuri Park showground commencing in the afternoon.
This picnic style family celebration is a premier annual kiting event and is second to none of the other such international events on our continent. Give your family a festive treat and be in time to avoid any disappointment.
