Nachle Deewane 2014 Program

Nachle Deewane

2 NACHLE DEEWANE | UCSB DHADKAN

3NACHLE DEEWANE | UCSB DHADKAN

UCSB Ravaani ~ National Anthem

India Friends Association ~ Presentation

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UC San Diego Da Real Punjabiz

UC San Diego Zor

Bruin Bhangra

UC Irvine Zamana

-Intermission-

Tufts Bhangra

CSU-Fullerton Nazara

Bhangra Regiment

UC Berkeley Zahanat

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Exhibition Acts

UCSB Ravaani ~ Medley

Mickey Singh ~ Performance

Awards

SHOW ORDER

Hosted by DJ Sunlite


Dear guests,

The Dhadkan Executive Board would like to welcome you to Nachle Deewane 2014. What you will see today is the result of an intensive nine month journey that the Dhadkan Board, dance teams, and countless friends and family have embarked on. Although some of you may find a language barrier in understanding these performances, you will find that the energy, passion, and caliber of these teams are contagious. Everyone involved has put their heart and soul into the planning and execution of this performance, and we hope to create a lasting impression for you as our audience.

Dhadkan was established to provide world-class entertainment, and channel its influence towards a goal of revitalization and empowerment. This year, we have chosen to advance the quality of child education and nutrition in rural sectors of India. We are all still children at heart, and choosing to give back to them—what we are so privileged of having—has been heartwarming and humbling.

You are currently in the prestigious Arlington Theater, home of the world-famous Santa Barbara Film Festival and many other celebrity studded events throughout the year. We are very fortunate to call this theatre our venue, and hope Nachle Deewane reaches the high standard of art that the Arlington has come to present. The Dhadkan Executive Board, led by students Soham Tikekar and Nishitha Viswanathan, has worked endlessly to make Nachle Deewane a prestigious honor and lively experience for the best teams in the nation.

Nachle Deewane 2014 is the product of thousands of hours of work, with a cast and crew of almost 250. This program is meant to share a little bit about our journey, and we hope you enjoy the show tonight.

WELCOME


The tradition of fusing dance with theater and music can be traced to the 2nd century B.C.E. through India’s sacred text, the Natya Shastra. Just like Indian language and culture, dance is one of the most variant forms of expression, and differs from state to state. Nachle Deewane will showcase two prominent styles of dance:

Hindi-filmi Fusion: Combining the western techniques of contemporary and hip-hop with the cultural styles of Hindi film, classical, and folk traditions, filmi-fusion is one of the fastest growing dance forms in America. Ranging from the 2,000 year old traditions of South Indian bharatanatyam and North Indian kathak to Hindi film dance, originating in the Mumbai based film industry, Bollywood, it has even been featured on ‘America’s Got Talent’ and ‘So You Think You Can Dance.’ Bollywood dance was also seen in the Miss America beauty pageant, with winner Nina Davuluri performing to a popular track for a national audience.

Bhangra: This community folk dance, native to the northern state of Punjab, was originally done in villages to celebrate the arrival of the harvest season. Gaining momentum with the diaspora, a new style of bhangra emerged, combining styles of western performance with Punjabi tradition. Tonight, Bhangra performances will help celebrate Vaisakhi, the harvest festival of Punjab, which occurs yearly on April 14. Although Nachle Deewane is only a part of the festivities, we are honored to recognize one of the largest festivals in northern India at the show this evening.

THE DANCE STYLES

NACHLE DEEWANE | UCSB DHADKAN


According to UNICEF, India possesses the highest number of impoverished children in the world with ~62 million stunted and ~43.5% underweight. Stunting, or the ‘irreversible underdevelopment of children, resulting from malnutrition in the first 1000 days of life,’ is but one of the problems a developing country such as India faces. Though officially illegal, child labor still constitutes ~13% of the total work force and robs these children of their mental and physical selves at their most critical stage of creativity and growth. To break the cyclic pattern of poverty, we as students have recognized the need, not for charity, but for empowerment. Empowerment through education. Beginning in Madhya Pradesh, India.

India Friends Association (IFA) is a valid 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization, which Dhadkan co-founder, Nishitha, has been working with for many years. Their mission is to ‘help change the face of India by becoming a catalyst in the economic self-sufficiency and empowerment of the underprivileged segments of Indian society.’ Approximately 58% of India’s subsidized food grain never reaches families below the poverty line, and in Madhya Pradesh, alone, there are ~5.7 million malnourished children. In 1975, the government established the Integrated Child Development Service to provide supplementary food and health care services in coordination with the state’s health care department and preschools, known as Anganwadi Centers (1 per 1000 children). Thirty years later, a supreme court review alarmingly discovered that most of these centers were not operational.

Dhadkan members have taken on a collaborative project with IFA to revitalize impoverished sectors of India and support children in poverty. Please consider donating to our cause in the envelope enclosed in this program. Every dollar, along with the revenue from each ticket, will be contributed so that children in India can learn, live, and begin to hope. You have the chance to change lives. So let’s get started.

For more information, visit: www.indiafriendsassociation.org

INDIA FRIENDS ASSOCIATION


$1 can buy a child a notebook, blanket, and a simple meal of milk, rice, and bread.

$5 can buy a child notebooks, school supplies such as pens and pencils, and two full meals.

$10 can sponsor a child’s primary school textbook needs for one year.


Formed in 1999, DRP stormed the Bhangra scene and quickly became one of the most revered co-ed teams in California. Known for its creativity and fusion style, DRP is an icon of originality all over the country. In the 15 years since DRP was founded, the

team has performed at numerous competitions, including Boston Bhangra, Bruin Bhangra, Best of the Best, and Bhangra Fever. Through hard work, dedication, and determination, DRP hopes to continue to spread its love and respect for Bhangra for many years to come.

Maneet Deol (captain) • Pavan Kanekal (co-captain) • Raina Ahuja • Aneeka Atwal • Kavita Atwal • Saatchi Bhalla • Sumant Chahil • Harji Charaia • Sukhpreet Gill •Rachna Gulati • Anuj Gupta • Maria Joseph • Shubreen Kaur • Sameer Kausar • Krish Nandkeshwar • Dhruv Patel •

Anushka Pushpala • Swi Raparla • Anjleena Sahni • Luvreet Sangha • Aakash Sathappan • Viva Shastry • Ashna Shroff • Jagroop Sidhu • Pranav Singh

Arjun Iyer (captain) • Amit Sulakhe (captain) • Deepa Daryani (captain) • Connor Daley (captain) • Shubham Agrawal • Karan Bhatnagar • Milan Das • Sanam Desai • Sidarth Ethiraj • Laurin Khan • Saleena Khamamkar • Gayathri Kuppa • Smita Sahay • Simha Sankar • Kajal

Verma • Ravina Verma

Amit is a carefree high school student who only knows how to have fun. Sanam is extremely studious and is at the top of her class. Amit and Sanam have been close friends since they were kids, but Sanam doesn’t see Amit as anything more. With college

acceptances approaching, Amit makes a last ditch attempt to gain Sanam’s affection by announcing his acceptance at UCSD. The only thing is, it doesn’t exist! How is Amit going to keep up this lie? And how is he going to keep this lie from Sanam and his enemy, Karan, who is already suspicious of him?

UCSD Zor

Da Real Punjabiz

MEET THE TEAMS


UCLA’s Bhangra team, founded in 1997, has given countless college students the opportunity to contribute to their communities through their dedicated love of Bhangra. Each year, a select group of individuals is chosen to devote their time and efforts to promote cultural unification through

the ancient and beautiful folk dance of Punjab. From the historic day that Chak De Phatte, Inc. was first created, to the countless practices at UCLA where Bhangra is forever a legend, this team has poured its heart and soul into all that it accomplishes. Prepare to be amazed by the phenomenon that is the UCLA Bhangra team. Chak De Phatte!

Mohish Patel (captain) • Mandeep Badesha • Sandeep Badesha • Sachleen Bisla • Jaspreet Chauhan • Jasmine Toor • Bhagat Cheema • Sabrina Johal • Evaneet Sidhu • Pardeep Singh •

Simran Singh • Vaibhav Thakkar • Amit Aggarwal • Jalmeen Dhaliwal • Sahib Grewal

Aarthi Ajit (captain) • Urvashi Sania Bishnoi • Noopur Gosalia •Natalie Gunawardena •Suraj Khurana • Sid Konda • Tejas Kulkarni • Arjun Kumar • Mihir Patel • Jasmine Sandhu • Megha

Sanjiv • Abhiramy Sathyanarayana • Tara Taneja • Dalvir Thind • Levi Tillie • Sager Walia • Damon Wong

Welcome to the Roaring Twenties. Unable to move on from the past, Gatsby continues to try to win back the heart of the girl he loves most—Daisy. Even though she has been married off to the second richest man in town as soon as Gatsby leaves for the war,

Daisy knows that she’s missing someone very special in her life. Years later, Gatsby takes one more chance. This is a story of undying love. UCI ZAMANA presents THE GREAT GATSBY.

UCI Zamana

Bruin Bhangra


Tufts Bhangra is one of Boston’s premier collegiate co-ed Bhangra teams. Established in 2001, it is comprised of talented and dedicated dancers who are enthusiastic to share this cultural dance with the greater Boston area and beyond. Tufts

Bhangra, during its history, has competed and placed in competitions across the country, such as Boston Bhangra, Bhangra Blowout and PAO Bhangra. The team is incredibly excited for Nachle Deewane and can’t wait to bring its set to Cali. Tarundeep Singh (captain) • Derek Kallarackal (captain) • Rohan Rao (captain) • Param Chopra

• Ravi Hirani • Nishant Joshi • Charles Kelly • Nayanika Kotagiri • Pavan Kottamasu • Geetha Mahendran • Disha Sharma • Riddhima Sharma • Nikita Shukla • Bhavna Sivasubramanian

Shivani Chokshi (captain) • Harshil Adesra • Janki Amin • Paayal Bhakta • Juhi Dalal • Avani Desai • Erika Montero • Mia Morales • Diani Ortiz • Hetal Raval • Jill Shah • Anchal Udani

Sonya’s world turns upside down when she finds out that she’s moving to a new school. At California State University, Fullerton, her new girl reputation comes with glares and torment from the most popular girls on campus, the dancers of Nazara. As

Sonya tries to make CSUF her home, the popular girls try to show her where she belongs in the social hierarchy of the school. And that’s at the bottom. Will Sonya be able to find her place at CSUF?

CSUF Nazara

Tufts Bhangra

MEET THE TEAMS


Established in 2007, Bhangra Regiment is currently the only all-male Bhangra team in Southern California, representing Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego. They are the most frequently hired Bhangra team, performing at weddings, birthdays,

and more. Bhangra Regiment is not only a team, but a brotherhood of individuals that take time out of their busy school and work schedules to compete in competitions all over the country to showcase their talent, energy, and love for Bhangra.

Pravjot Singh (captain) • Keshav Bhutani (captain) • Akash Baheti • Harsimranjit Bhasin • Harjot Chahal • Rattanjot Chahal • Kushal Dalal • Varun Dutt • Sanjit Gill • Dilraj Goraya •

Afsheen Islam • Kabir Jhita • Lovepreet Kaur • Vinit Parikh • Vivek Pathak • Kevin Pham • Raj Singh Toor

Kushal Soni (captain) • Anurag Singhal (captain) • Sabya Das (captain) • Shauray Agrawal • Sudarshan Bhati • Yash Desai • Anand Dharia • Sanchay Jaipuriyar • Riaz Jiwani • Kushaal

Malde • Sparsh Mehta • Vishnu Nair • Sahil Pandya • Dave Parikh • Ankur Patel • Bryant Phan • Saveen Sahni • Ashu Shrestha • Jeevan Sidhu • Pranay Singal

British MI6 Agent James Bond, better known as 007, undertakes a mission to apprehend India’s biggest criminal, Don, upon the request of New Delhi’s police commissioner. Meanwhile, Don struggles with the loss of his wife, who was killed on the order of the same

commissioner. As Bond gets closer to catching Don, he is struck by the harsh reality of the conditions of local villagers caused by the the corrupt commissioner. Don asks James Bond to help him take down the corrupt commissioner and end the brutality once and for all.

UC Berkeley Zahanat

Bhangra Regiment


Letter from the Founders

It has been a privilege for the two of us to have been given the opportunity to work with such amazing Board members, dancers, staff, and volunteers. Neither of us had any idea that submitting our Dhadkan registration papers at the Office of Student Life, on February 24 last year, would result in something of this scale. Honestly, we still can’t believe this is happening. For us, Dhadkan has been a whirlwind journey, filled with the everlasting memories and friendships that we have created along the way.

You, as our Board, have shown us creativity, imagination, professionalism, and sincerity- a tremendous feat for a brand new organization. We’re proud of each and every one of you for contributing your unique talents and showing your constant dedication in this club. Initially, your motivation for joining the club was probably the food we promised at every meeting, but hopefully that’s not true anymore! We are so grateful for your commitment and hard work. In addition, we’d like to acknowledge and thank Sabya Das, captain of UC Berkeley Zahanat, for advising us throughout this year with his perspective as an experience dancer in the circuit.

We would also like to thank UCSB Indus Cabinet members, who have been

Top: Nishitha Viswanathan (co-founder) • Shandeep Ahdi • Urvashi Singh • Yasmin Irfani • Nina Balesan • Saloni Kamdar • Girish Kowligi

Bottom: Soham Tikekar (co-founder) • Hari Patel • Prince Singh • Leon Freyermuth • Rohit Bhatt • Harjinder Singh • Neal Sethi

DHADKAN BOARD


working towards their own event tomorrow, Holi on the Beach, in an effort to make the ND14 weekend as much fun as possible.

We would additionally like to thank all the California residents for providing for this show with your tax dollars. Associated Students Finance Board at UCSB was overwhelmingly supportive of our vision at its earliest- when all we had was a binder of ideas- and funded almost 9,000 dollars to make this event possible. Along with Finance Board, there were many other supporting organizations: the Multicultural Center, Community Affairs Board, Community Affairs Board Foundation, the Office of Student Life, and Associated Students Print Shop (Thank you for dealing with all our large printing orders!).

The amount of love and support we have received from family and friends cannot be expressed enough. The insanity people endured to support the growth of a club we were so invested in is unmatched. Our parents not only supported us but also imparted a wealth of wisdom and guidance as we faced the challenges associated with the beginnings of any large-scale venture. And finally, we are so thankful to our family and friends for driving us forward in the right direction. Because neither of us have licenses.

Finally, we hope you continue your journey with Dhadkan by staying involved and visiting www.ucsbdhadkan.com

Sincerely,

Nishu and Soham

SPECIAL THANKS

Administration: Chancellor Yang, Vice-Chancellor Young, Viviana Marsano, Miles Ashlock, Jerry Gonzalez, Derek Engen, Nicole Pavlovsky, Cristina Vargas, Emily Zheng, Kevin Dibb, Jonathan Roth-schild, Corey Taylor, Kherishma Shah, Jasmine Moses, Jorge Villela, Angela Lau, Steven Lopez, Jake Speyer, Derek Wakefield, Andre Theus, Jimmy Villarreal, Zavini Marcus, Otha Cole UCSB Dhadkan Board: Shandeep Ahdi, Nina Balesan, Rohit Bhatt, Leon Freyermuth Yasmin Irfani, Salonia Kamdar, Girish Kowligi, Hari Patel, Neal Sethi, Harjinder Singh, Prince Singh, Urvashi Singh UCSB Indus Cab-inet: Pooja Pujara, Shaminder Dhindsa, Sruthi Nair, Satnam Singh, Roshan Roy, Priyanka Shind-gikar, Amal Abraham, Devin-Avtar Rohewal South Asian Students Association: Anisha Ahuja, Hari Kota, Prabhjot Singh Indian Association of Santa Barbara: Neeraja Venkateswaran (advi-sor), Sankalp Dayal, Sourav Medya, Manthan Shah India Friends Association: Surekha Sharma, Prithvi Sharma, Rajesh Sahai, Jyoti Sahai, Kailash Narayan, Rajni Narayan Family: Preeti Tikekar, Sudhanshu Tikekar, Saksham Tikekar, Anusri Viswanathan, Viswanathan Ramanathan, Hima Vaddi, Sreenivas Vaddi, Prerana Vaddi Friends: Anooshka Barua, Manu Chopra, Sachi Dholakia, Vissagan Gopalakrishnan, Murali Joshi, Navkiran Kaur, Rohan Malpure, Sanket More, Janak Patel, Janki Patel, Kaushal Patel, Nandinee Rajyagor, Daina Rama, Janani Ravikumar, Gurmer Singh, Simranjit Singh, Dr. Srimix, Arshdeep Suner, Swizzee Support: Karen Killingsworth and the Arlington Theatre, Mike Cooley and the Arlington Theatre production staff, Rob Jensen and the JensenAV team, Ginny Brush and the Santa Barbara County Commission of the Arts, Manuel Larondo and Casa de La Raza, Harjot Hundal and GTV, Sahdev Sunny Singh, Rummi Khan and the CMMNWLTH Group, Remi and Tamira Indian Restaurant, Mehul Kar and CollegeDesis, Cassidy Brewer and the Downtown Organization, the Comm 106 team, Carlo Cruz, Vikram Eagam, UCLA Nashaa, SangamSD, ISA Cal Poly, CSUF ISA

Special Thanks


Ravaani is UC Santa Barbara’s first and only South Asian acappella group. Formed in 2011, this co-ed group brings a very unique brand of music to the campus community by taking both classical and popular Indian music and fusing it with the western a cappella style. The group’s name,

Ravaani, meaning wave or flow, is inspired by the UCSB’s breathtaking backyard, the beautiful ocean! Membership consists of undergraduate and graduate students with a variety of musical experience ranging from classical Indian and Western choral training to students who started off just singing in the shower. Ravaani is grateful to Dhadkan for always supporting and encouraging Ravaani’s passion for music.

UCSB Ravaani (acappella)

Born in India, Mickey began singing at the tender age of 3. After moving to the US at 14, he explored his musical creativity and developed an artistic blend of South Asian and western styles. Taking a different approach to Urban-Desi fusion, Mickey bridges the

gap between Indian and American music genres. His music is energetic and smooth, yet at the same time, creatively laces the best of east and west in a way that anyone can relate to. On stage, he creatively incorporates hip hop and Bhangra dance, and is sure to get you out of your seats. Not afraid to think outside the box, this singer, songwriter, and producer is a breath of fresh air in a market of commercially manufactured sounds.

Mickey Singh

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