A spectacular night of musical performances, brought to you by Castiko - the most fun performing arts academy in India! Come and enjoy performances by the melodious ABHAY JODHPURKAR - of “Mere Naam Tu” fame, and Castiko’s very own teachers too. All from the comfort of your home, and free of cost!

Abhay Jodhpurkar

In 2018, Abhay sang "Mere Naam Tu" for Zero, which marked his singing debut in Bollywood. He debuted as a playback singer with the Kannada film God Father in 2012. He is best known for his song "Moongil Thottam", a duet with Harini for the Tamil film Kadal and "E Sanje Eke Jaruthide" for the Kannada film Rangi Taranga. 

His music journey started with A.R. Rahman's school KM Music Conservatory. He has learnt Qawwali for two years and got the opportunity to sing in A.R. Rahman's Sufi albums. Abhay learnt Hindustani classical music for 3 years at Alaap music academy, Chennai from Kuldeep Sagar.

Hosted by: Shiv Tandan

Shiv Tandan is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter with over a decade of experience in film and theatre. Shiv is also a passionate educator, with thousands of hours of teaching and mentorship experience. 

As a creative writer, his salient works include the smash-hit The Good, the Bad and the Sholay (Checkpoint Theatre, Singapore), Google's cutting-edge transmedia experiment The Next Stage (Google Labs, Australia), and the Sultan Padamsee Playwriting Award winner A Fistful of Rupees. He co-created the path-breaking photography workshop Clicking Together, a Davis Projects for Peace project. He is also the Head Writer and Creator of an upcoming education-themed web-series with Dice Media and Pocket Aces.

Music runs in his veins. He is a trained Hindustani Classical singer, plays the guitar, and has written and composed several songs, including Dheere Zara Dheere with Ragahaus.

Teacher Performers

Hindustani Vocals:

Umesh Salunke

Rahul Verma

Sakshi Marathe

Meenakshi Ajith

Shivahari Ranade

Western Vocals:

Prince Abraham

Caroline Joseph

Clyde Fernando

Dhiyanathiru

Keyboard: 

Akhilesh Khandelwal

Guitar:

Graham Gonsalves

Neelabh Nath

Dance:

Rani Hansalia

Priyanka Dembla