SIMPLY AN AWESOME SHOW!!!! GREAT!!!!!! THANKS RAHMANJI....... THANKS A LOT..........I STILL DON'T HAVE MY VOICE BACK TO NORMAL COZ WE WERE JUST SINGING WITH THEM ALL LOUDLY ESPECIALLY WITH RAHMAN SAAB. DANCING AND GOD I DON'T KNOW TO DESCRIBE THE MOMENTS........ A NIGHT TO REMEMBER FOR A LONG LONG TIME.
On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Ganesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Wonderful concert...Truly professional sum-up of the concert Lakki.... > It was so nice talking to the team... > > Let us soon meet up, as few of us are in Abu dhabi... > > BR//Ganesh (050-6422679) > > --- In [email protected], Lakki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > (sorry – long mail. Some interesting tidbits towards the end) > > > > > > Exhilarating experience, as expected. All this waiting didn't go > wasted. > > Concert started on the dot at 8.30 pm (10 pm IST) and ended at 12. > Three and > > a half hours of sheer bliss! > > > > > > > > *Fans* > > > > A few of us met up at the concert: Fameeb and friends; Mehroof; > Riyaz; > > Aravind; Vishnu and friend; Sreejith and sister; Sunil; myself. Was > also in > > touch through the concert with Ganesh; Siad; Sunder; and later > Anand. > > (Sanjay – would have texted you if you had posted your number > earlier.) Was > > wonderful getting to meet you all; we have a good number of people > now; lets > > try and keep the spirit alive.. > > > > > > > > *Concert* > > > > The professionalism was evident through out and also the hard work > that > > would have gone in to stick to the timings and the flow to be > smooth. The > > absence of a Compere didn't seem to bother anyone as there was > hardly any > > gap between the songs. It showed the amazing team work as > everything was > > going like clock work. Blaaze came in a few times just for the very > > essentials like to set the feel at the beginning and later to > introduce the > > musicians. ARR also did his part to interact with the audience. He > > highlighted that this was the 10th anniversary of his first concert > in > > Dubaiand that in itself is a great achievement for a performer like > > him. He > > thanked everyone tremendously at the end for the support and said > > mischievously that he hoped to do this again after 5 years – the > grin on his > > face showed that he anticipated the "no, we want sooner, we want > more" > > shouts.. > > > > > > > > The organizers also seemed to have done well, though at times they > seemed a > > bit confused. Except for a few glitches like opening the gates one > hour late > > (6 instead of 5) and slight lack of coordination with Security > personnel, > > everything seemed set. Snacks, drinks, etc were available and they > also > > printed out booklets with some of the singers introductions, etc > which was > > useful.. > > > > > > > > Apart from not having a compere, there are a couple of other > differences > > that caught my attention in comparison to the previous Dubai > concert. First > > is the extent to which *ARR's live vocals* have improved – almost > to the > > point of being totally flawless now! I can only imagine the hours of > > sadhakam / practice he would have put in the past years to reach > where he's > > now. Truly amazing! > > > > Second is the absence of dancers for some key danceable songs like > Chaiyya > > Chaiyya. True to his word (he mentioned this during the press > conference), > > he has ensured that the focus would in fact be on the singing. For > those > > songs where dancers were involved, the choreography was good and so > were > > some of the visual effects. I am however slightly on the fence > regarding the > > solo dancer in blue for the 'Tere bina' song – still trying to > figure out if > > I liked the idea or not! > > > > > > > > *Songs* > > > > Hindi dominated slightly but there was a good mix of Tamil as well. > Karthik > > and Benny stood out for their lively and high energy performances. > Hariharan > > and Blaaze interacted well with the audience. Nithi gave some > beautiful > > renditions and certainly Chitra, Naresh and the others as well. Our > man's > > singing was the surprise package of them all – excellent vocals and > > unbelievable presence on stage. He even took it a step further > after the > > 'humma humma' song making the audience sing the "humma" part. Soo > not him > > but it was fun to watch him interacting so nicely with the audience! > > > > > > > > Following are the songs sung with time it started and the singers: > > > > 08:40 JAGE HAI (Guru) à Chitra, ARR > > > > 08.42 KHALBALI (RDB) à ARR > > > > 08:48 KADHAL ROJAVE / ROJA JANEMAN (Roja) à Hariharan, Sadhana > Sargam > > > > 08:53 BARSO RE (Guru) à Neethi Mohan, Mohamed Aslam > > > > 08:58 LOSE CONTROL (RDB) à Blaaze, Mohamed Aslam, Naresh Iyer > > > > > > > > 09:00 3 minutes with the Guitarist (anyone know his name?) > > > > > > > > 09:03 GIRLFRIEND (Boys) à Karthik, Benny Dayal > > > > 09:09 JASHN-E-BAHARA (Jodha Akbar) à Javed Ali > > > > 09:15 KANNALANE / KEHANA HE KYA (Bombay) à Chitra, ARR > > > > 09:19 KABHI NEEM NEEM / SANDA KOZHI (Yuva/AE) à Madhusree, ARR > > > > 09:24 ROOBARU (RDB) à Naresh Iyer, ARR > > > > 09:28 JIYA JALE (Dil Se) à Chitra > > > > 09:33 DIL SE RE (Dil Se) à ARR > > > > 09:36 EDHAYAM / IN LAMHON KE DAMAN (Jodha Akbar) à Karthik, > Madhusree, Javed > > Ali > > > > 09:42 VAAJI VAAJI (Sivaji) à Hariharan, Madhusree > > > > 09:48 ATHIRADI(Sivaji) à Karthik, Naresh Iyer, Benny, Synora, Mohd > Aslam, > > ARR > > > > 09:55 CHAIYYA CHAIYYA (Dil Se) à Javed Ali, Rahna, Mohd Aslam, > > > > > > > > 10:02 3 minutes of AZZEM-O-SHAN (Jodha Akbar) intro, changing to o- > oh-o-o in > > RUKMANI (Roja) and then to a line from VEERAPANDI (Thiruda Thiruda) > à ARR, > > Mohd, Shivmani > > > > 10:05 Shivamani on a roll non-stop for 13 minutes > > > > 10:19 Blaaze comes in rapping ORU KUDAI SUNLIGHT (Sivaji) and moves > on to > > introduce the musicians / technicians involved > > > > > > > > 10:24 PRAY FOR ME BROTHER (Pray For Me Brother) à ARR > > > > 10:31 BOMBAY THEME (Bombay) à Naveen on Flute > > > > 10:34 KHWAJA MERE (Jodha Akbar) à ARR, Javed Ali, Mohd Aslam > > > > 10:42 AE HAIRATHEY AASHIQUI (Guru) à Hariharan, Sadhana, Mohd > Aslam, Dr. > > Narayan > > > > 10:50 VAARI VAARI (Rising)à Sadhana, Hariharan > > > > 10:57 MADURAIKKU POKATHADI (ATM) à Tanvi, Benny Dayal > > > > 11:03 MAYYA MAYYA (Guru) à Nithi Mohan, Mohd Aslam > > > > 11:10 CHANDA RE / VENNILAVE (Sapnay/Minsara Kanavu) à Hariharan, > Sadhana > > Sargam > > > > 11:16 TERE BINA (Guru) à ARR, Madhusree, Mohd Aslam > > > > 11:23 GHANAN GHANAN (Lagaan) à Madhusree, Chitra, Hariharan, > Karthik, Singer > > in Pagdi > > > > 11:28 THOTTAL POO (New) à Synora, Hariharan > > > > 11:32 TELEPHONE MANI / DHUN (Indian) à Hariharan > > > > 11:37 IK ONKAR (RDB) à Chitra > > > > 11:39 RANG DE BASANTI (RDB) à Singer in Pagdi, ARR, Chitra > > > > 11:46 SA RE GA ME (Boys) à Tanvi, Rahna, Synora, Mohd Aslam, > Blaaze, Naresh, > > Benny > > > > 11:50 ANDHA ARABIKADALORAM (Bombay) à ARR, Blaaze > > > > 11:58 VANDE MATHARAM (Vande Matharam) à ARR > > > > > > > > *Trivia* > > > > - Rahman's wife came in by around 7.45 wearing a pretty elegant > white > > khamiz suit with the children. Couldn't spot his mother. They > left before > > the last song > > - It was fun to watch ARR suddenly coming on stage wearing some > real > > dark coolers during the Athiradi song looking cool. I could see > his wife > > laughing and waving at him from the audience at this time.. > > - ARR while introducing the song 'Pray For Me' said that he'll > sing > > this for the rest of his life until there's no poverty in the > world and > > concluded by asking the audience to keep thinking of the song > and change the > > world.. > > - Hariharan was in his element starting from 'Vaaji' with him > > mimicking Rajni's mannerisms; to him trying to make the audience > appreciate > > the singer wearing Pagdi while he was doing the amazing Aalap > during 'Ghanan > > ghanan'. He interacted well with the audience and even got them > to repeat > > swaras after him for around half a minute during another song. > He did his > > usual experimentation and his own aalaps here and there > > - The above was just not the case with Sadhana. I still remember > very > > clearly coming back from the concert 5 yrs ago thinking as to > how she is > > able to sing so effortlessly – she was undoubtedly the best > performer for > > that concert. But yesterday, not only did she have a few off > keys here and > > there, she repeatedly forgot lines. It was just not her day. > > - Madhusree did a good job of the songs she sang and it was fun > to > > listen to her pronunciation of the Tamil lyrics of Sanda Kozhi > > - ARR's patience was evident while they were singing 'Khwaja'; > the 3 > > of them were seated with ARR in the middle playing Harmonium. > The mike in > > front of ARR kept sliding down due to which he had to keep > holding and > > correcting its position repeatedly. But all the time, not a > single sign of > > annoyance or anger on the face in spite to having to do it again > and again! > > But whatever chance he got to play the harmonica, he did it with > his eyes > > closed and so very absorbed - was such a joy to watch. > > > > We tried hanging around till 1 pm with the hope of seeing ARR. > Vishnu knew > > Naresh and was able to convey the message to him that yahoogroup > fans are > > waiting but unfortunately, ARR had left by then. Thanks a lot to > Vishnu for > > trying. We were however able to see some of the singers and even > > congratulate the Guitarist, etc for their performance. > > > > > > > > What a night! I have half a mind to book a ticket and come down to > Chennai > > for the next one!! > > > > > > > > Lakki > > > > -- > > ******************************************** > > Lakki > > Abu Dhabi > > U A E > > ******************************************** > > > > ------------------------------------ Are you searching for a reason, to be kind? <b> Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. Only at arrahmanfans.com - The definitive A.R.Rahman e-community. Homepage: http://www.arrahmanfans.com Admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/join (Yahoo! 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