Malayalee filmstars perform in Sydney

sydney: leading malayalee film personalities including sukumari and jayaraj warrier enthralled audiences with their first-ever performance at a cinestar night held in sydney and melbourne. south indian films legend sukumari and warrier, kerala's only caricaturist with about 3,500 stage performances to his credit, entertained the 500-odd malayalee families assembled at the university of western sydney."we are committed to promoting a vibrant and dynamic multicultural australia by enriching it with our own tradition and culture," president of the executive committee francina hard said. indian consul general in sydney m ganapathi, who was also present on the occassion, congratulated the young achievers and lauded the achievements of the indians in australia. a special award was presented to govind pillai, who has implemented microsoft site server on windows 2000 which gained him a place in the who's who of historial society. eighteen-year-old govind becomes the youngest person to appear in the 2001 edition. the association also felicitated merina sumesh, who was nominated the best female karoke singer for the year 2001 and rajesh kumar, the best male karoke singer at blacktown, a sydney suburb.