Oops.. whatz this??? "We again saw Madhusree with her belly dancing number mayya mayya from guru."
its Neeti mohan isnt?? anyways, this is a fantastic write-up by the blogger the concert opened with ella phugazhum song, replacing khalbali song.. nice change to suit chennai people crowd. amazing song to start with... On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 1:40 PM, arr pavan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > :) [The concert closed with Rahman signature national integrity song > Vandemataram the Tamil version. The entire crowd gave a standing ovation to > the legend and was singing on top of the voices along side of him, made > human pyramids, chairs flew in the air, so did bits of paper, hats and > anything that would be thrown in the air. It's truly a new dimension to > national integrity!!!] > > > http://nefariously-me.blogspot.com/2008/04/ar-rahman-changing-notes-concert-my.html > > AR Rahman Changing Notes Concert- My Dream Come > True<http://nefariously-me.blogspot.com/2008/04/ar-rahman-changing-notes-concert-my.html> > I have always dreamt of attending an AR Rahman concert since I can > remember. Finally Thanks to Times Of India my dream came true when I > attended the concert with a few of my friends with the numerous free passes > one of my industrious friend was able to procure. A few were skeptical about > the whole thing as it was "free" and it might not be the standard of an AR > Rahman.But he proved that free or not it just that music that matters. There > were five days from the day we got the passes to the day of the concert I > spent day dreaming about the concert and how I wanted it to be. To tell you > the truth ,would have been more than happy to have just been in the same > auditorium as him, but I got to dance to his tunes and sing hoarsely along > with him. :) I have absolutely no words to express what I am feeling. > > The evening commenced with Vijay Adiraj acting as anchor (yawnnnnn) I am > bored of seeing his face in just about any show and award function. Could > they please get some new anchors!!!He screamed into the mike about it being > a big night like we didn't know that already .. hhhmmmppphhh!!!!But > thankfully we had to endure him only for a short while as the concert > started almost immediately. > > It began with a bang with a bunch of high energy numbers Unal mudiyum from > ATM,and went to all time favorite Endrendrum from Alaipayuthey,the great > Vaaji from Sivaji.I was exhausted from just the anticipation let alone the > dancing and prancing around for the fast numbers. My friend and I were the > only people in our group of six who danced to almost all the numbers :) > > After Hariharan and Madhusree with Vaaji it was Shanker Mahadevan's turn > to entice us with his super fast number Varaha Nadi from Sangamam.The > concert moved on to the female counterparts and next it was Neetu > Mohan(who??!!) with Naare from Guru.But how can an AR Rahman concert exists > without our own R&B Blaze. He came out with his own version of Girlfriend > from Boys crooning along side him were Karthik and Naresh Iyer.But the > legend didn't want to keep us waiting for him to sing, so he came out with > jillana oru paatu New York Nagaram from Jillunu Oru. After that it was > another song from the same movie sung by chinmayi and Naresh,Munbe Vaa.The > concert moved on from super fast number to mellow slow romantic numbers as > above to add the list came Naresh again with his performance of Roo Ba Roo > from Rang De.I would have personally preferred the title song but I guess > without Daler Mehendi it just wont be the same.:) > > Moving on we had Nithyashree doing her alap with some raga I did not > recognise,well I don't know most ragas :) but then she gave her > scintillating performance of Kannodu Kanbadelam from Jeans. The maestro came > back with famous title song of Dil Se.After which it was time for the > Madhusree, Karthi,Naresh Iyer trio singing In lamhon from Jodhaa Akbar > alternating between the Tamil and Hindi versions' came back with an > Athiradee song from Sivaji.The crowd went bersek.I for one don't remember > dancing so much since my school days as I danced for that one song. :) .Next > was another famous train song from Dil Se,sadly I don't remember who sang > them but I know for sure that I danced like crazy for that one too! :D > > The band started a medley by playing Marhaba from Jodha Akbar and moved on > to Rukumani from Roja to Veerapandi Kotayile from Tiruda Tiruda.The medley > had the crowd on its feet and demanded for more. Next we had the regular in > AR rahman shows drums sivamani who beat the crap outta all his drums!!! :D > Blaze came back to introduce the band and having us all sadly thinking that > the concert was nearing to an end. But he again blasted > open a R&B type song Oru Kudai from Sivaji.Rahman came back with Pray for > Me Brother while the next song was a flute instrumental medley of Malorudu > from Bombay. > > The most awaited song. The breath taking Sufi number from Jodhaa Akbar, > one of his great masterpeices.the concert is incomplete without it.Thats > right Kwaja Mere. The crowd went into a trance when AR sang this song. All > of us even tried out dancing Hrithik Like ina trance well needless to say it > looked silly!!! :D > > The credits title said Sadhna Sargam was singing but just as we were > wondering where she was Hariharan and She gave a ghazal type medley > performance of Udaya from Udaya and moved on to Ey Hairathe from Guru to the > superb courtesan song Tumhari Adon from Mangal Pandey.We again saw Madhusree > with her belly dancing number mayya mayya from guru. After too many a Hindi > songs the Chennai crowd as screaming for a kuthattam Tamil number and that's > when the singers (again I don't remember who : ) came up with Maduraiki > pogadhe from ATM.Attam na attam adhu kuthattam!!! :D > > Next AR and chinmayi came up with Tere Bina from Guru.It was nearing ten o > clock and the concert was drawing to a close we needed a fast track number > to end with a bang.Thats when AR,Shanker and Hariharan came back with Humma > alternating from Hindi to Tami Versions. The crowd was dead beat with all > the dancing but that didn't stop us from dancing like mad people!!!! :D > > The concert closed with Rahman signature national integrity song > Vandemataram the Tamil version. The entire crowd gave a standing ovation to > the legend and was singing on top of the voices along side of him, made > human pyramids, chairs flew in the air, so did bits of paper, hats and > anything that would be thrown in the air. It's truly a new dimension to > national integrity!!! > I don't remember the last time I had so much fun so much music so much > dance all together :).It was indeed a memorable concert and my dream come > true. The legend truly rocks, his music is just straight from the heavens. > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > Meet people who discuss and share your passions. Join them > now.<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_groups_7/*http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/bestofyahoo/> > >
