Kamukara Award ceremony turns up to be a musical night

Enthralling the crowd with mellifluous music and mesmerising dance performances, the annual

Kamukara Award

ceremony was held in Tagore Theatre at Thiruvananthapuram on Friday. Veteran music composer and singer Ouseppachan was chosen for this year’s Kamukara Award. The award instituted in memory of musician

Kamuka Purushothaman

was presented to the renowned musician by Minister for Education,

C Raveendranath

. The event turned out to be a musical evening as young singers Aparna Rajeev, Rajalekshmi, Ravishankar along with veteran singers

Kallara Gopan

, Kamukara Sreekumar's rendition. The musical night titled Samayamithapoorva Sahyanam which delivered soulful compositions of Kamukara and Ouseppachan was a tribute to the veteran by the singers. Apart from the music gala, the classical dance performance presented by prolific dancer

Rajashree Warrier

also entertained the spectators.
Photo Courtesy: Satheeshan Karicheri

Kallara Gopan

Aparna Rajeev

Ravishankar

Kamukara Sreekumar

Rajalekshmi

Yesteryear actress Menaka,her husband Suresh Kumar and actor Dinesh Panicker attended the event

Well known carnatic musician and music composer Perumbavoor G. Raveendranath

Classical dance performance by Rajashree Warrier