We spent the new years’ eve at Sandadi 2008 listening to live Telugu Music from the new & happening band - Aavakai.

They are also known as “drumstix” in the non-telugu speaking community and produce live entertainment shows and concerts in Telugu and Hindi. Surya & Sushmitha, the founders of Aavakai, are good friends of ours. Surya is the talented musician that tied the band together while Sushmitha manages their rather large group of talented musicians.

The response for Sandadi 2008 was tremendous but the place was a little too crammed for 500+ people. But what would you do when you are only on your second show as a band and are already sold out completely ? You try and deliver your best. And that is what Aavakai did. They chose a wide variety of Telugu songs and tried to reach out to the whole Audience.

Dinner and drinks were served at the Sandadi 2008 venue as well. The Food from Peacock India was good. All in all, the Audience seemed to have a blast at Sandadi 2008 and were up on their feet through out the event.

We enjoyed the electric ambience of Sandadi 2008 as much as everybody but felt that the true musical depth of this band has not been presented last night. To be honest, I liked their debut better than Sandadi 2008 , the New Year event. I hope they will continue to improvise, perform, enthuse and enthrall the bay area audience going into 2008 and for many more years to come.