Mohit Chauhan and Mamta Sharma Stunning Concert Thrilled Chicagoans
Chicago IL: Live 2U hosted the celebrated Indian singers Mohit Chauhan and Mamta Sharma at Copernicus Center, located at 5216 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL 60630 on Friday – March 28, 2014. Show was completely blast, house full and audience enjoyed live concert.
A large number of music lovers of South Asian origin attended the event. The two visiting singers from India provided a very enthralling music experience for the Chicago audience that attended the show. This show was organized by Live 2U, a reputed Entertainment Powerhouse known for its Successful National Tours throughout USA and CANADA with popular Celebrities of Bollywood. After the Grand Success of Adnan Sami Concert in 2013 and back to back Sold out New Year Eve parties for the past 3 Years, Live2U presented Mohit Chauhan and Mamta Sharma for the very first time in USA.
Mohit Chauhan is an Indian singer, known for his work as a playback singer for Bollywood movies as well as the former front-man of the Indi pop band Silk Route. He is a two-time recipient of the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer as well as several other awards. He never received formal training in music, but sings and plays Guitar, Harmonica and the Flute. After completing his education in Himachal, Chauhan came to Delhi where he formed the band Silk Route with his schoolmate Kem Trevedi (pianist) in 1996. He started his career singing Indian pop songs with the band Silk Route, with Arpit Gupta The song “Dooba Dooba” became a hit in the Indipop music scene. He came back with the song “Guncha” in 2005 from the movie, “Meri Patni Aur Woh”. He also composed that song. Impressed by his vocals, he was then approached by A. R. Rahman to sing for the movie Rang De Basanti. However, it wasn’t until 2007 when music director Pritam approached him for the song Tum Se Hi for the movie “Jab We Met” that Chauhan finally achieved mainstream success.
Mamta Sharma is an Indian playback singer. She is well known for the song “Munni Badnaam Hui” from Dabangg. The song was super hit and fetched her several awards and nominations, including a Filmfare award for Best Playback singer. She was born on the 7th of September at Birla Nagar situated in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. She pursued her education from St. Pauls’s School Morar in Gwalior. She gave her voice to various Bhojpuri albums before coming into the glamorous world of Bollywood. She got her first breakthrough when she was noticed by Lalit Pandi, the music director and was offered to sing a song in ‘Dabbang’. She sang the item song, ‘Munni Badnaam Hui’ and overnight the song became a huge success and it helped her bag numerous awards. She also derived much success from her song ‘KevvuKeka’ in the Telugu version of ‘Dabbang’ titled ‘Gabbar Singh’.
Mahijit Singh Virdi, Kathakali and two other local artists delighted the audience with their melodious songs. Mohit Chauhan started the concert with his Rockstar single, ’jo bhi main kehna chahoon’. Even in the first song, he made sure to interact with the audience making them go ‘ya ya ya’ in order to match the lyrics. Maintaining the romantic mood of the song, he went on to sing ‘Kuch khaas hai’ and then Yeh dooriyan followed by Tum se hi from Jab We Met. The famous Indian singer Mohit Chauhan presented famous film song of “Tum Ho Paas Merey” and the song from Film “Pi Loon”, “Mujhe Bhula Diya”, “Anjaney Anjaney” and a number of other songs.
Mumta Sharma along with six dancers presented famous song Anarkali Disco Chali, it stunned the audience as with the vocal magic she presented a thrilling dance as well. “MunniBadnaamHui”from Dabbang; “ChamkiJawaani” and“TinkuJiya” from ‘YamlaPaglaDeewana’;“Naa Board Irada Bus” from ‘Hudugaru’;“DilKaAchaar” from ‘Bin BulayeBaraati’;“Bombay Ponnu” from ‘Vedi’;“KattoGilehri” from ‘Miley Naa Miley Hum’;“Jawani Ki Bank Loot Le” from ‘Loot’;“PyarKaJhatka” from ‘Khokababu’;“Badmast” from ‘ChaalisChauraasi’;“Chhanno” from ‘GaliGaliChorHai’;“Anarkali Disco Chali” from ‘Housefull 2’;“Mumbai MonyHai Re” from ‘Daal Mein KuchKaalaHai’;“KevvuKeka” from ‘Gabbar Singh’;“Ae Re PritamPyaare” from ‘Rowdy Rathore’;“Na Champa Na Chameli” from ‘BikramSingha’;“BolBolBachchan” from ‘BolBachchan’;“AppuAppu” from ‘Shiva’;“Sakku Bhai” from ‘Dhamarukam’;“TuKamaal Di Kudi” from ‘Son of Sardaar’;“Fevicol Se” and“PandeyjeeSeeti” from ‘Dabbang 2’;“Hello 1 2 3 Mike Testing” from ‘YaareKoogadali’ and“BaapKaMaal” from ‘Zila Ghaziabad’.
Audience on this occasion kept on asking for their favorite songs which they kept presenting. They said that this is their first tour in US. Appreciating the audience they said that they never had such a good crowd before. Great to be performing for an awesome audience! It was a truly a remarkable show leaving the audience spell bound by his /her amazing musical talent! The show ended shortly after midnight with Mohit Chauhan thanking fans and organizers for their support.