Bollywood Brass Band, Dr Jyotsna Srikanth

For 25 years London has had its own Indian-style wedding band playing movie hits from Bollywood. Now with the superb South Indian violinist Jyotsna Srikanth, the ten-strong Bollywood Brass Band will raise the rafters with Carnatic Connections, venturing into South Indian film for the first time.

Bollywood Brass Band present a fusion of Bollywood and Carnatic film sounds; from the legendary composer Ilaiyaraaja’s Rakkamma to the ubiquitous AR Rahman, whose classics Jiya Jale, Kehta Hai Mera Dil and Kehna Hi Kya feature Jyotsna Srikanth’s mellifluous violin playing, while the Oscar-winning Jai Ho is given the dance-floor treatment.