Usha Uthup rocks at Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 Mirchi Music Awards South

It was an unforgettable night when the stars of the southern film and music industries came together to honour outstanding work in music for the year 2011. All this happened at the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 Mirchi Music Awards South.
The event, which was hosted by popular TV anchors Srujan Lokesh and Varsha, saw big names from Sandalwood like Yogaraj Bhat, Yash, Radhika Pandit, Pooja Gandhi, Hamsalekha, Manjula Gururaj, Sharmila Mandre and Kaviraj — as well as eminent personalities from other south Indian industries like Nagarajuna, Venkatesh, Dhanush, Khushboo and GV Prakash — being entertained by some scintillating performances by Sameera Reddy, Yogi, Ragini Dwivedi and Sadhu Kokila. There were also heartwarming musical renditions of evergreen hits across all four south Indian languages by popular singers from across south India such as Vijay Prakash, Priya Himesh, Haricharan and Benny Dayal.
The highlight of the evening was when Usha Uthup brought the house down with her own interpretation of Why This Kolaveri Di?, which had Dhanush jump onstage and shake a leg. Usha also presented the nominations in the Best Album category by singing out songs from blockbusters like Sanju Weds Geetha, Paramathma, Only Vishnuvardhana, Johnny Mera Naam Preethi Mera Kaam and Hudugru.
Music in the air
Mirchi Music Awards, South is India’s first and only set of awards for film music given out in all four south Indian languages — Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam — at a common platform. It is a set of excellence awards judged by an eminent jury from within the industry. The Kannada jury was chaired by Hamsalekha.