Indian artists bring the house down at Malaysian Independent Live Fusion Festival (Video)

KUALA LUMPUR: The electrifying atmosphere at the recent Malaysian Independent Live Fusion Festival (MILFF) that stretched over five hours, was a testament to an engaging show.
Organised by Mojo Projects bringing on stage, a carnatic touch to popular cinema songs, performed by Indian artistes – like Vijay Prakash, Sid Sriram, Agam, Aalaap Raju, Sooraj Santosh and Jatayu, as well as Malaysian rappers, Balan Kashmir, Stylomanavan and Dan Shiv – the event proved that the classic touch can be a crowd pleaser.
The show held at the StarXpo Centre in KWC Fashion Mall started as scheduled, typical of shows organised by Mojo Projects, keeping the crowd well entertained throughout the night.
Band Jatayu kick started the concert with Sooraj, who brought forth a medley of Illayaraja's hits. Timeless classics from movies like Agni Natchathiram and Thalapathy got the crowd up on their feet, dancing.
Sooraj was requested to sing a few Malayalam songs from his album, recorded under the banner of Masala Coffee by the emcees of the day, Aanantha, Pritha Manivannan and Shangkharee Nadarajan.
When Aalaap Raju rendered his award-winning song Enamo Aedho from the movie Ko, composed by Harris Jayaraj, the crowd sang along.
When the star of the show Vijay Prakash took the stage, the crowd went wild.
Vijay performed his award-winning Hosanna from Vinaythandi Varuvaya, Innum Konjam Neeram from Mariyan as well as Om Sivoham from Naan Kadavul.
Om Sivoham was the unlikely showbiz song that shone brightest on the night, the magic of Vijay's voice, coupled with the entralling violin from Aalaap's band proved to be a winning combination. The fusion of the two created an almost ethereal performance.
Vijay kept the crowd engaged and many got up to dance along to his energetic performance.
The Indian-American music producer, playback singer, and songwriter Sid Sriram came on stage clad in a loose denim shirt and jeans, almost looking like a boy-next door.
All until he started performing, his carnatic training evident in his masterful rendition of songs including Nila Kaigirathu.
Sid's mesmerising voice had the crowd falling in love all over again.
Agam was the final performer of the night and did not fail to hit the high mark set by the previous performers.
Their genre-defining carnatic progressive rock by Harish on lead vocals and violin, Swamy on keyboards, Praveen and Jagadish on guitars, Kasyap on bass, Ganesh on drums and Shiva on percussions proved yet again that carnatic fusion to Indian music was here to stay.
Mojo Projects lived up to the promise they made the previous year, to bring forth a bigger and better show, setting the bar high for other Indian concert organisers.
Below is brief recap video of the event: