It was a wonderful write up. I think you also posted a write-up on Delhi
concert....right? If so, then I must say that it's always pleasure to read your
detailed narration of the concert. Thank you very much.
naztitude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
To most of us-The Private concert concept was a mystery and not well
understood, but soon we learnt it all. To put it plain, ARR and
troop were a part of a program-that had more events to the evening,
in contrary to an exclusive ARR live in concert-that has three hours
and more of ARR!!
This time-Marg, a construction firm had their celebration with ARR
as chief guest and also as performer (With the gang obviously!).The
show opened with an AV presentation of the company and followed by
the Chairman of the group, Mr.Reddy who presented a momento to Boss.
Note: Boss came in dressed with a simple white shirt and was his
usual calm-self. The event followed by a Classical-guitar
performance led by Mr. Prasanna and our dear Keith Peters. Honestly,
the crowd could not wait for the man's entry-obviously, who can when
you know he is going to be up there any moment.
Finally, the moment arrived. The man returned to the stage-not as
chief guest, but as performer this time-and the next two hours to
follow, Rahman touched favorites from Roja to RDB, Guru to JA!
Blaaze-started the show with his regular hiphop approach!
It goes beyond doubts, the performance was mindblowing. This was
ARR's first concert of the year and he said he was lucky to perform
in his hometown. The stage was set. Three levels of the stage was
made to make the show interesting. Every song was perfect,
unmatchable quality-after all there is a lot of hardwork that gets
behind an ARR concert.
The performance lasted for around two hours-and breakless. The list
of singers included Hariharan, Chitra, Blaaze, Chinmayee, Naresh,
Benny, Neeti Mohan, Tanvi, Sayanora, Aslam, Dr.Narayan, Raihana AR,
Ishrath AR musicians-all of them Super percussionist Sivamani to
Bass king Keith.The entire show was conducted by Mr.Srinivas Murthy
and to lead them all was none other than our humble, god fearing
magician musician-AR!!!
The show kickstarted with Jaage hain from Guru-Chitraji took one
corner and her sweet voice opened the concert, and as the
orchestration became grander the voice that I call "Chocolate
Souffle" voice, as quoted by the Hindu-Bangalore came in-Wearing a
black to the knee overcoat and continued Jaage hain.
The list of songs are as follows:
Jaage hain (Chitra, ARR)
Khalbali ( ARR)
ARR speaks
Kadhal Rojave (Hari/Chinmayee)
Barso Re (Neeti Mohan)
Paatshala (Blaaze/Naresh/Aslam)
Monroe (Benny/Ujjaynee)
Rubaroo (ARR/Naresh)
Dil se (ARR)
Jashne Bahara (Aslam)
Maduraikepogathadee (Benny/Chinmayee)
Azeem O shaan plus Rukkumani plus Veerapandi (Percussion and Chorus)
Intro to musicians, setup of unplugged
Tamizha Tamizha (Hariharan)
Hari speaks
Unplugged
Tu hi re (Hari)
Anjali Anjali (chitra)
Sahana (chinmayee/Aslam)
Vennilavae (Hari/chinmayee)
Maiyya Maiyya (Neeti/Aslam)
Kehna hi kya (Chitra/ARR)
Tere bina (ARR/Chinmayee)
The boss (blaze/aslam/naresh/Dr Narayan)
Vaaji Vaaji (Hari/chinmayee)
Athiradee (ARR/sayanora/Aslam/Naresh/Chorus)
Humma Humma (Blaaze/ARR/Naresh)
Maa tujhe salaam (ARR/All)
The following songs were a part of the schedule, but was kept from
performing for unknown reasons:
Ellampughazhum (ARR)
Saregame (Blaaze/Tanvi/Naresh/Sayanora)
Athiradee rocked as usual.Needless to say!! Rahman was super
energized for Khalbali.Dil se re was touching. Chinmayee surely won
hearts with her singing and I personally loved Vennilavae.
The highlight, as in the Delhi concert was again-The medley Marhabaa
plus rukkumani plus veerapandi kottayile.What a show!! This can only
be felt-no matter how much I can write here, those there would agree
with me on this. The energy of this performance-I'm amazed. This
time an ensemble of drums was lead by kids. Excited they were-and
honored-they shared the stage with ARR!
The unplugged was a rare one.Rahman took to his keyboard, initially
there was some technical snag-but was well covered by the
technicians and some timely smartness by Hariharan-who took to
interact with the crowd.He asked the crowd to sing along and gave
them a time to remember.
I got a hundred msg's asking me who sang Maiyya Maiyya. Neeti Mohan
from Delhi was the performer here-but not to forget the ease with
which Aslam Bhai plays the gujurati with his Walidaaa-brilliant.
Needless to say-Aslam Bhai is a hero-among his pals and fans.He sang
Jashne Baharaa.Beautiful, infact I'm in loss of descriptions. Really
well performed.
Tere Bina a personal favorite.The song of the year.AR's voice just
reaches your heart and what better than to hear chinmayee play with
her voice too.
The boss was a crowd favorite.Blaaze stole the show there quite
easily.
Honestly, the crowd was a huge disappointment. Primarily because the
show was an invitation based one-and the crowd seemed pretty less
enthusiastic.The seemed more reserved. So much that ARR asked the
audience to do something about their energy or asked was the show
boring?? Well, being a hardcore fan-I truly think ARR should perform
only for his show-but then, he knows better. The Chennai fan club
members could be heard all over the place.They were the only ones-
who seemed more than pleased to witness the humble magician.
Benny was a first timer to ARR's concerts and did a brilliant Job.
The chorus, comprising Tanvi, ARR's sisters, Sayanora-played a huge
role in the game.Well, every song they had a part to play and truly-
a chorus requires co-ordination and I must say-Hats off!!
God has been Kind, to let me be a part of ARR's concerts. To have
let me been there. To have given me the blessed opportunity to
scroll the lyrics on the teleprompter for the performers.
I'm truly humbled and feel honored-to have met Boss again.Really
touched.The smile that he returns, honestly, you feel like your
mission on planet earth is complete.No words.
The sweetness list goes endless-Chinmayee, Tanvi , sayanora, Benny,
Aslam Bhai, Dr Narayan-they're so down to earthness gives you a
chance to learn so much. Thank you for the wonderful moments.
Flutist Naveen was another magician here-and his sweetness needs a
mention.So does Mr.Keith Peters'.
How can any show go complete without the perfectionist H
Sridhar.With him in his pursuits was Mr.Aditya Modi-together with
Mike and the rest, they played the sound engineers role.
A special Thank you to Mom-she showed me ARR. It was her repeated
listening to Chinna china asai-that made me what I am today.
A special Thank you to Hariharan ji. His almost an hour talk, has
given me books to learn.
The only person, whom the entire unit listens to without argument is
the conductor Mr.Srinivas murthy. More than four decades into the
profession, he deserves the "Legend" Tag. Sir, Thank you for your
blessings.
To Blaaze-thank you again.This time the police was not any
better.While ARR was about to leave-he had just stopped by to take a
few photos with a special request-The security did not allow the
guys to come any closer and by the time we realized it was too late-
ARR left, tired and exhausted. Thank you Sir!
As ARR himself said-This was a special concert for him, His entire
family was there. Mother, Wife, Children and sisters.
This concert remains special to me as well.And to anyone who came in
there. Thank you so much for the Hospitality and love-to Vithur,
John and Venkat. You guys really are true Rahmaniacs. Thanks to all
the guys who came over for dinner after the concert. Was great
knowing you all.
May Allah bless us and give us an opportunity to be there for the
man we love the most-and who has given us a chance to be together
and to admire and love each other.
My apologies, if this mail seems to be from a personal point of
view. It was on a request from a few members. Sorry, if I've
forgotten to mention anyone/anything. It remains purely
unintentional.
Let me know how you felt living the concert through this write up.
Nazeef Mohammed.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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