There was this humorous incident during the rehearsals. It was Friday evening and the rehearsals were on. ARR was expected to join in around 8 PM. The group had gathered in front of the stage and were watching the rehearsals. Once ARR came on, we unfurled a large banner we had made with the text "arrahmanfans welcome ARR and Team to Bangalore" and held it high. It caught ARR;s attention and he waved at us. needless to say we gave a loud cheer. After a while, the song Aazaadi was being rehearsed. The harmony was not getting it right and H Sridhar was making them sing it several times. ARR was on the keyboard at that time. Once the harmony got it right it was ARR's turn to sing. It was the first song he was rehearsing that night. He pushed the mic aside and began singing 'Jaage hain.." in an inaudible voice. H Sridhar walked up to him and pushed the mic back towards him and asked for a retake. The harmony sang the intro and ARR again began "Jaage hain" in as subdued a voice as possible. The moment he finished "... watan" and went "aazaadi" we broke out into a loud cheer... ARR broke into a wide grin and stopped singing abruptly, making it seem as if he pushed the mic away deliberately expecting us to do somethnig like this :-)
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