Rahmania rocks city crowdPIYALI DASGUPTA , TNN 17 August 2009, 12:00am IST Print<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-4898795,prtpage-1.cms> Email <javascript:openWindowmail('/mail/4898795.cms');> Discuss Bookmark/Share <javascript:void(0)> Save<javascript:showdivlayer('4898795','t','close');> Comment <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4898795.cms#write> Text Size: | Treasured moments: It was one of those rare occasions when music maestro AR Rahman was in the capital to perform in a concert titled [image: AR Rahman and Kailash Kher]<javascript:openslideshownew('/slideshow/4898802.cms?imw=460','541','526')><javascript:openslideshownew('/slideshow/4898802.cms?imw=460','541','526')> AR Rahman and Kailash Kher ‘AR Rahman Unplugged.’
Apart from the maestro himself, the concert included performances by Kailash Kher, Sadhna Sargam, Hariharan and drummer Sivamani, besides a spectacular choir act put together by 30 students from Rahman’s KM Music Conservatory. Gracing the occasion was minister for Information and Broadcasting Ambika Soni. Jai Ho! After Kailash Kher enthralled the audience with some of Rahman’s hit numbers, it was finally time for the maestro to make an entry. The packed auditorium welcomed him with a standing ovation. And while Rahman created magic on the piano, giving him company was Hariharan who belted out tracks like Tu Hi Re. With such a combination, the audience couldn’t really have asked for more. It was indeed one Jai Ho moment. Needless to say, the show ended with the Oscar winning number. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4898795.cms -- regards, Vithur
