Venkat Kumar is the son of popular lyricist, composer and singer Gangai Amaren and nephew of internationally known music maestro Ilayaraja. “Rambutan Media Works New Zealand is conducting this event to reach out to the wider Indian community living in New Zealand and Australia,” he said.Īmong the supporters of this Project are Kabeer Mohamed (Brightlane), Ilango Krishnamoorthy (New Zealand Hindu Temple Society Inc), Suresh Ramadoss (Harcourts), L D Kumar (Papadums) and Media Partner Indian Newslink. Mr Yugendran said that the Company plans to produce films in New Zealand in collaboration with local production houses. Rambutan Media Works has been functioning as an accredited company in Singapore for the past ten years and established its presence in Auckland recently as ‘Rambutan Media Works New Zealand Limited.’ “Most importantly, the winner will perform with a couple of the judges on stage,” he said. Mr Yugendran said that the winner will receive $1000 cash and other prizes. Of the 16 quarterfinalists, nine were qualified for the semi-finals and top five were selected for the finals,” he said. “Contestants submitted their Karaoke format singing videos by email and a panel of three judges shortlisted 16 singers from the pool of hundreds of participants. Organiser Yugendran Vasudevan of Rambutan Media Works said that the Contest listed participants from Australia, Canada, France, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom and United States of America. Tickets for the event can be purchased at S S Supermarket (578, Sandringham Road, Sandringham) and Smart Deal Bazaar (36, Stoddard Road, Mount Roskill) in Auckland. The Finalists are New Zealanders Shankar (Rotorua), Deepika Sundar (Wellington), Aswathy Sasidharan (Hamilton), Ramya Ramachandran (Toronto, Canada) and Thayashne Arumugam (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia). The Programme will be held on that day at Zeal West, located at 20 Alderman Drive in the West Auckland suburb of Henderson.įive contestants drawn from three countries will vie for the title at the Programme, set to begin at 630 pm with an opening dance by Divya Ramachandran of Toronto, Canada. Saturday, Octowill be one of the busiest days for Aucklanders with several events on the cards, one of the most awaited of which would be the Grand Finale of Tamil Karaoke Star 2019.