Wishing the winners of Ooh La La Lah all the best as it is recognition from a musical genius ARR uncle.
Rgds Sathya ----- Original Message ----- From: Prashanth Isaac To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 8:04 AM Subject: Re: [arr] We Won Ooh La La La!!!!! A big Congratulations to Vijay. This is REALLY big and you should be really proud of what you've achieved. And yes our group is proud of you. I wish you sucess and for your music journey to make it bigger. Cheers!!! Prashanth --- VijayNarain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Its difficult to type when you're speechless. But > how can I not inform > OUR fan club about the greatness of our beloved > Rahman Sir. > > I'm just back from a press conference at GRT Grand > days hotel in > Chennai. We went there thinking the winners of the > finals would be > announced. Our band Srishti has lost the semifinals. > We thought we had > been called to cheer the other bands. A buffet > later, we were ushered > into the conference hall. Krish anchored the > proceedings as usual. > > We were told Rahman Sir wouldn't be coming as it was > Ramzan Day and > that the verdict was recorded at his studio and > would be played to us. > The three finalists in contention were : Oxygen, > Zinx and V3. > > Then they played a video about how it all began and > where it had > reached now, interspersed with Rahman Sir talking > about the show and > the talent that was exhibited. Then there was a > dance performance for > the Ooh La la la song. Then there was the vote of > thanks, thanking > everyone involved. This was followed by another > dance performance by > the same group, to Athiradee.I could judge the > restlessess of the > finalists, waiting for the results! As for our band, > we were just > waiting to pounce on the winning band, and ask them > to treat us. > > Then it was time to announce the results! Krish > announced that Rahman > Sir would announce the result played on video. > Rahman Sir spoke. A > brief of what he said : Sir felt all the bands > exceeded his > expectations. Also he said that there were some > aspects that were > expected from bands, which were not exhibited by > some, and some other > aspects which he least expected, but was exhibited > by the bands. > > Then came the surprise/shock of the day. Rahman ji > said that he didn't > like judging because it was very difficult. He also > said he couldn't > decide on ONE winner alone. So he had chosen 6 > winners!!! > > *Silence* > > And on expected lines, the three finalists were > announced as the first > three winners (in no particular order). > Then he announced Agam, Madras Tunes and Srishti > (Yes thats us!!!) as > the other 3 winners! > > This was the moment of my life! The biggest surprise > ever. Even > thrilling was watching Rahman Sir, the only > inspiration behind any > music we've made. watching the video of our band > perform in the > quarterfinals and comment on our performance. Sir > said he liked our > boldness of expression, and our attitude onstage, > and that there was > Jeevan in our music! > > What happened next is just a vague remembrance > now... Hugs, photo > sessions, the trophy and speaking to the media, > thanking Rahman sir, 2 > gulab jamoons, a sandwich and an ice cream..a few > phone calls...Back home. > > And here I am typing this writeup to the group!!! > > Do watch the final episode tomorrow ie SUNDAY , the > 14th of October, > on Sun TV at 8.30 PM! > LONG LIVE ARR!! > LONG LIVE HIS MUSIC!! > > With warm regards, > R Vijaynarain > (hardcore Rahmaniac!) > > > __________________________________________________________ Catch up on fall's hot new shows on Yahoo! TV. Watch previews, get listings, and more! http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/3658
