Twenty five year old Arkash Carl of Union Village, Couva emerged as the winner of the sixth preliminary round of Mastana Bahar last week. Arkash impressed the judges with his rendition of the popular song “Mitwa” originally performed in the movie “Kabhi Alveda Na Kahena”. Placing second was dancer Ambhika Bhim of Tacarigua, while Neil Samdeo of Debe placed third. The fourth prize was won by Rajiv Adheen of Penal and the fifth prize went to Ravindra Roopnarine of Carlsen Field. Meanwhile, the following contestants have been selected to appear on the seventh preliminary round of the Mastana Bahar 2009 competition :- • Vishnu Ramkaran • Harry Kamachie • Sushma Seelochan • Randy Bhawanie and Asha Ramsaroop • Veenisha Rajsingh • Nelisha and Nadia Mohammed • Anthony Charles • Dion Dookie • Indira Sookram This programme will be recorded on Thursday 2nd July, 2009 at The Rampersad Brothers Ranch, Raju Trace, San Francique Village, Penal, starting from 5:30 pm with music being provided by The D. Rampersad Indi Art Orchestra led by Teddy Bissambhar. The jackpot for the popular Pick-A-Pan contest this week is $3,650.00 cash sponsored by The National Flour Mills. The recording session is free to the public and there will be many giveaways. The next audition for the Mastana Bahar 2009 competition will take place on Sunday 5th July, 2009 at the residence of Mr. Glen Ramlogan, Esmeralda Road, Cunupia, with registration starting from 10:00am. The audition is also free to the public and there will be many giveaways from the sponsors of the Mastana Bahar competition. For more information please visit www.rafimohammed.com or call 797-4690. ………………………. Khayal Mohammed – Producer Mastana Bahar Productions