|
With
laser show, song and dance, CWG closing to be 'different'
Monday, October 11, 2010 06:56:00 PM,
IANS
|
|
New Delhi:
It will be a "spectacular mass song and dance celebration" at
Thursday's Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, with a colourful
laser show as the highlight, according to the creative team behind
the show.
"The closing ceremony will be a
spectacular mass song and dance celebration. The closing is all
about celebration… it is going to be very youthful, just like a
hip hop party," Viraf Sarkari, director Wizcraft International
Entertainment, told IANS.
Sarkari revealed that unlike the opening ceremony, which was a
melange of elements from 5,000 years of Indian culture and
heritage, the closing ceremony will be more contemporary.
"We will be showcasing martial arts, then there will also be a
group of 2,010 school children performing in a segment called
‘Tribute to Motherland', followed by a song and dance segment
called ‘Music of Universal Love'… All in all the closing ceremony
will have 7,000 performers," said Sarkari.
The Rs.40 crore-worth aerostat will be the star attraction at the
closing ceremony too. It was successfully used to project
animation and graphics during the CWG opener Oct 3. This apart, a
special laser show has been planned as well.
Just like the opening ceremony, the closing event will be devoid
of any performance by any actors. However, the Bollywood quotient
will be added by the presence of singers like Sunidhi Chauhan,
Shankar Mahadevan and Kailash Kher, among others.
"These singers will be part of the song and dance segment. But any
speculations about a Bollywood actor performing at the event are
untrue," clarified Sarkari.
According to Sarkari, a troupe from Glasgow will also put up a
performance after the CWG flag is handed over to officials for the
next CWG in 2014.
The closing ceremony will be very different from the opening
event, he promises.
"The opening ceremony was very formal. But the closing has to be
fun… the whole mood will be very different. Those who have won
medals will celebrate… and the purpose of the closing ceremony
will be pure enjoyment and celebration," said acclaimed ad
filmmaker and lyricist Prasoon Joshi, who is part of the
three-member committee for the event.
But will the show be better than the opener?
"They can't be compared… they are very, very different," Sarkari
concluded.
|
|
|
|
Home |
Top of the Page |
|
 |
|
Comment on this article |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 News Pick |
|
Kashmir
part of India: Deoband clerics
Endorsing India's stand on Kashmir, the influential Darul Uloom
Deoband Islamic seminary Sunday declared the state was an integral
part of the country. "India is like a bouquet of different types
of flowers. We just cannot think of
» |
BJP
Govt in Karnataka wins trust vote amid chaos
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka led by
B.S. Yeddyurappa Monday proved its majority by winning the
confidence motion through a voice vote, assembly Speaker K.G.
Bopaiah declared amid
» |
|
Prices of
essentials rose 18 percent in one year: Assocham
Prices of commodities like condiments and spices, eggs, fish,
meat, tea, wheat, pulses and coffee rose by 18 percent in the one
year between August 2009 and 2010, an industry lobby says. In the
same period, the per » |
Israel
approves loyalty oath
The Israeli cabinet on Sunday approved
a bill requiring new immigrants to pledge loyalty to the "Jewish
and democratic" state. The language has triggered charges of
racism from Arab politicians who see it as undermining the rights
of the country's Arab
» |
|
Dress
code for Orissa's women teachers deferred by six months
Orissa has extended the dress code deadline for its high school
women teachers - maroon saris with Sambalpuri borders - till the
beginning of the next academic year as adequate fabric is not
available, an official said » |
35 dead
as boat capsizes in Bihar
As many as 35 people, mostly women and children, were killed when
a boat capsized in the Ganga river in Bihar's Buxar district,
police said Monday. There were around 80 people in the boat when
the accident took place
» |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Top
Stories |
|
 India set for record gold haul, thrash Pakistan in hockey
India scored an emphatic win over
arch-rivals Pakistan in men's hockey for a semifinal berth as
archers, wrestlers, shooters and a tennis star Sunday
»
Shooters bag two more
gold, Sania a silver; India regain second place
India's
CWG tally at 33 as shooters, archers, wrestlers, shine
|
|
|
|
Picture of the Day |
|
 |
|
Participants are seen near
Raisina Hill as they compete in the Women's 112km Cycling
Road Race during the Commonwealth Games, 2010 in New Delhi
on October 10, 2010.
(Photo: PTI) |
|
|
|
|
Most
Read |
|
 'Key to
World Peace... belief in God and faith in life after death'
Belief in God and faith in life after death are keys to the world
peace, said renowned Islamic preacher Zaid Patel even as hundreds
» |
|
Governor
recommends president's rule in Karnataka
The crisis in Karnataka deepened
Monday with the B.S. Yeddyurappa government being declared
victorious in the confidence motion by a voice vote but Governor
H.R. Bhardwaj recommending president's rule and union Law Minister
Veerappa Moily labelling the speaker
» |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quick links