The home to the The Wandering Soul's show "Rahmania", Pune witnessed yet another show but of a different kind and by a different group..... only common thing ? love for ARRahman's melody !
A group called ROOBAROO in Pune took their first step in the world of Rahman music on 22'nd July by performing ARRahman's choicest songs in front of select audience. In what way they were different than the TWS Rahmania show ? well they had exactly 3 guitars and a rhythm-man to accompany 2 lead vocalist ! Call that UNPLUGGED show or Acoustic show, but to me this was a novel concept showcased by Saurabh Bhalerao who felt the need to get close to the Rahman melody sans the orchestration and the show simply rocked ! Since there was no pressure on the showcasing minutest details about ARRahman sound which RAHMANIA team of TWS tries to get closer to, the ROOBAROO team could experiment a lot with the song selection and presentation and thus could play some (probably ) un-usual songs like "Shauk Hai - Guru", "O re chhori - Lagaan", "Luka Chuuppi - RDB", "Tu Bin Bataye - RDB" and many more in a non-stop 2 hour show. This show is certainly for diehard ARR fans, for you HAVE to know all the songs they play so that your mind is playing it's own track alongwith the unplugged version on stage. The group comprises of professional singers and instrumentalists and led by Saurabh and assisted by Rasika and Nishad on Vocals. It is a welcome effort by Roobaroo and certainly many more such programmes will be happening in near future and on behalf of all RAHMANIACS of the World, I wish them best of luck ! May the Rahman Sound be always with them........ There is something special in the air of Pune (and Mumbai..counting Swapnil Mistry and his gang ) for sure............ Jai HO ! Dinesh Vaidya Pune
