Darunam to Perform at Silk Screen: Asian American Film Festival Red Carpet Gala

May 3, 2007, Pittsburgh, PA- As part of the 2nd annual Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival, the band Darunam (www.darunam.com) will premiere their new single “All That’s Beautiful Must Die” at the festival’s inaugural Red Carpet Gala on Saturday, May 12th, 2007. In addition, they will perform the single “Help Me to Find” from the soundtrack of this year’s festival film selection Hiding Divya by Rehana Mirza. Lead by front man Manu Narayan, a native Pittsburgher with close ties to the community, Darunam chose to perform their single in Manu’s hometown to celebrate the importance of the Silk Screen Festival as well as the Asian and Asian American Films, Filmmakers and performers that the festival supports.

The Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival will run from May 11th through May 20th, 2007 and will showcase about 20 feature films from Asian and Asian American filmmakers. In its second consecutive year, the Silk Screen Festival is continuing to screen the work of the year’s best Films and Filmmakers bringing international attention to Western Pennsylvania and to the international artistic community. Committed to celebrating the culture of Asian and Asian American heritages through film, song, and dance, this year the festival has added a music and dance concert series that will feature world-class artists from America, China, India and Japan. For more info please visit www.silkscreenfestival.org.

Manu Narayan, star of the hit Broadway musical Bombay Dreams and actor and musical artist in this year’s silk Screen selection Hiding Divya, along with Radovan Jovicevic, Serbian-born superstar musician, producer, and founding member of the multi-platinum selling band Grupa Zana, make up the music partnership Darunam. Their unique combination brings together music from America, the Balkans and India to create a Neo-World Pop/Rock sound. Outside of Darunam, Manu and Radovan have collaborated on a single for the new Vanessa Williams’s film “And Then Came Love”, on original music written for and performed at the 2006 Bollywood Fashion Awards, and on other musical projects.

The Festival’s Red Carpet Gala starts at 7:30PM and will be held at 121 Seventh Street, Pittsburgh, PA. Expected to attend are a host of international stars as well as business and civic leaders of the Pittsburgh community. The evening will feature international music, food and dancing and a cast of performers from around the globe making the Gala a “must attend” event.

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DARUNAM artists featured on new Vanessa Williams’ Film Soundtrack

May 2, 2007, New York, New York, Darunam lead singer Manu Narayan and guitarist/songwriter Radovan Jovicevic recently completed work on a featured song for the new Vanessa Williams film “And Then Came Love”. The song, “Have Me”, will be part of the soundtrack and is showcased on the movie trailer for this soon to be released production.

The Richard Schenkman film also stars Eartha Kitt and Ben Vereen and has completed shooting in Manhattan with a yet to be determined release date. The Comedy/Romance has been dubbed “A Little Movie with a Big Heart” and “Have Me” lends itself well to the overall feel of the movie. The song’s simple but memorable melody coupled with the gifted and subtly powerful singing of Mr. Narayan makes it one of the best tracks in the film.

Darunam was founded in New York City in early 2007 when two accomplished artists decided to dedicate themselves to a full time music project. The artists first met and performed at the 2006 Bollywood Fashion Awards and have never looked back. Their respective body of works has not only earned numerous awards but they have collectively sold over 5,000,000 records. Their new collaboration has created a unique Neo-World Pop/Rock sound that is destined for significant notoriety.

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DARUNAM artists Perform at the 2006 Bollywood Fashion Awards

August 2, 2006, New York, New York, Manu Narayan and Radovan Jovicevic performed for the first time together at the 2006 Bollywood Fashion Awards held at the world famous Roseland Ballroom in New York City. Mr. Narayan also served as the host for the Kamal Dandona production on July 29th, 2006.

The two artists combined their talents to present two original works entitled “Aiya “ and “LaManilla” for the excited and appreciative crowd. An accomplished artist who has already had success and a varied career at a young age, Manu Narayan is probably best known as creating the “hero”- Akaash in the hit Andrew Lloyd Webber/ A.R. Rahman Broadway musical Bombay Dreams. For his work, Manu received a 2004 Broadway Drama League nomination, the 2005 Upakar Artist of the Year award, as well as numerous other awards and citations in the South Asian American and Indian Communities.

Serbian-born music superstar Radovan Jovicevic, founding member of the European music sensation Grupa Zana has sold more than 5,000,000 records world wide. Their unique combination brings together flavors from America, the Balkans and India to create a Neo-World Pop/Rock sound that appeals to a wide variety of audiences on the world stage.

As a result of this first collaboration the two accomplished stars decided to dedicate themselves full time to their endeavor and thus DARUNAM was born. The 2006 Bollywood Fashion Awards stands alone in its importance to the world community but it will decidedly be looked back upon as the start of something huge in the world music industry.

For further information on the project or on the band please contact us at the following:

Jeff Wardrop 64-56 Media, Inc. 1089 Broad Ave. N. Naples, FL 34102 201-966-9211 This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it www.64-56.com www.darunam.com
 

Manu Narayan’s vocal accomplishments range from singing with Cyndi Lauper and The Band’s Garth Hudson to performing for dignitaries that include Queen Elizabeth II, President George W. Bush, Prince Phillip, Prince Charles, Prince Andrew, and Senator Hillary Clinton. He has recorded singles for the upcoming film starring Vanessa Williams And Then Came Love and the film Hiding Divya. Manu is co-starring in the upcoming Mike Myer's film The Love Guru with Ben Kingsley, Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake, and of course Mike Myers. Manu is also an award winning classical saxophonist in South Indian Karnatic music, which he studied with Indian saxophonist Kadri Gopalnath in Mangalore, India. Touring most of South India, he played with some of the subcontinents most accomplished musicians. In addition to his musical career Manu Narayan is an accomplished actor who has acted in straight plays, musicals, on TV and Film. As an actor Manu is most widely known for originating the “hero” Akaash in the hit Andrew Lloyd Webber/A.R. Rahman musical Bombay Dreams on Broadway for which he garnered a New York Drama League nomination. On TV he guest stars in the upcoming Cashmere Mafia produced by Darren Star and on M.O.N.Y produced by Fontana/ Levinson and directed by Spike Lee. He also can be seen in episodes of the Sopranos, Law and Order SVU, and As the World Turns.

Radovan Jovicevic has enjoyed huge success as a songwriter and musician with his previous European based band Zana. In addition, he has written numerous award-winning hits for other European artists. As the founder, songwriter and lead guitarist for Zana, Radovan earned six Gold Records, three Platinum Records and collectively sold over 5,000,000 records. His music has been used for countless movies, commercials and music videos. He is the recipient of many European Grammy and Emmy awards for his body of work. Radovan is not only an accomplished touring star but also an incredible songwriter and musician.

Although newly formed, Darunam is bursting with creativity. Most days are spent either recording and creating upcoming singles in the Studio or planning for their first single and subsequent music video to be released in the early Summer 2007. But most of the time they are laughing, talking about girls and eating Chicken Tikka Masala with a sides of Gibanica and of course Rakia. Get on board or get out of the way ‘cause this trains’ a ‘rollin!

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