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Base prices: $20 (adults), $15 (age 4-12 years), Free for children under 4, Additional charges apply

The Most Anticipated Bollywood Musical Night !

A Charity Event Benefiting Seva Foundation Featuring Old and New Bollywood Songs. Dedicated to restoring children’s eyesight in rural India through free pediatric screening, eye operations, and free eye glasses.

About the Event

Indian-American singing group Soor Aur Saptak (SAS) will hold its 14th year anniversary 2025 annual musical benefit concert in person on Saturday, March 1, 2025 4:30pm-7pm (3:30pm:4:30pm tea, snacks and networking) at the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts auditorium, 12625 SW Crescent Street, Beaverton, OR 97005. Featuring spellbinding Bollywood music, singing, and dancing, the event raised funds will provide eye care for children in India. Over the last 14 years and as of June 2024,

$500,000 of funds were raised thru our efforts
449,835 children were provided with vital eye care
17,742 children have been provided corrective glasses
5,376 children underwent corrective eye surgery
$20,000 pediatric anesthesia machine was funded for medical equipment crucial for pediatric eye surgeries
8 hospitals as our partners in 6 states being served in India helping blind children

Performances By

Bhavani Ganesh

Mini Jairaj

Gayathri Varanasi

Sandhiprakash (Sandhi) Bhide

Ramesh Nagul

Abhinav Rastogi

Mukul Renavikar

Concept, Script and Narration

Aarati Ranade

Co-Narration

Jyoti Veeramoney

Dance Direction

Deepa Barve Dance Academy

Deepa Barve

Deepa’s Dance academy- Dance 1

Deepa Barve

Deepti Joshi

Priyanka Chaturvedi

Supriya Joshi

Sonali Pagade

Amruta Paricharak

Saloni Sane

Supriya Ketkar

Rupali Mahajan

Poorva Joshi

Bhagyashri Thite

Manasi Navare

Deepa’s Dance academy- Dance 2

Deepa Barve

Deepti Joshi

Gomathi Parasuram

Priyanka Chaturvedi

Devika Patil-Pande

Manasi Navare

Shilpa Jain

Shweta’s Nartakis

Shweta Upadhyay

Prajna Shetty

Supriya Kanyal

Sowmya Kanakamedala

About Soor Aur Saptak

Soor Aur Saptak™ is a community Bollywood-style music group that gives an annual fundraising performance to support pediatric vision care in India. Our Hindi name means “Notes and Octaves.” This group of talented singers and dancers was founded in 2012 by Sandhiprakash and Anjali Bhide. Our vision is to give vision, literally, to those most in need. Giving vision to a blind or visually impaired child opens tremendous opportunities for a young life. It gives the child the opportunity to get educated, become a productive citizen, and lead a normal family life.

Our Purpose

To raise money through benefit concerts to restore eyesight to hundreds of blind, visually impaired, and financially disadvantaged pediatric patients in rural India. We want to make a difference, be of service to others, and make the world a better place. In Ralph Waldo Emerson’s words, “To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived – that is to have succeeded.”

Picture courtesy: Seva Foundation

Picture courtesy: Seva Foundation

Soor Aur Saptak™ Partnership with Seva Foundation, Berkeley, CA.

We like Seva’s stated vision: “A world free of blindness.” Seva is a global nonprofit eye care organization that transforms lives and strengthens communities by restoring sight and preventing blindness. Restoring sight is one of the most effective ways to relieve suffering and reduce poverty. Seva’s approach is comprehensive: Partner with local institutions, build local capacity, support education and outreach, and promote gender equality. Their work is done through hospitals, rural clinics, school screening, and eye camps.

Years of Fundraising

Funds Raised

Corrective Surgeries funded

Children provided with vital eye care

Children provided with eyeglasses

Children Screened

Every penny helps !

Whenever there is blind child in the family, not only the child but anywhere from two to seven family members supporting the blind child suffer. Bringing vision to the child removes this family burden.

75% of visual impairment is avoidable, 89% of blind live in low and middle income countries, 55% are female, and 1.5 million are children. There are 0.5M new cases of childhood blindness every year. We chose India because there are 7.8M blind/63M visually impaired people and 400,000 are blind children. It takes about $50 to restore sight on the low end and with $150 you can restore sight to a child with a specialized pediatric surgery, post-op care, glasses, medication and transportation.