ARR should do a concert only with Tamil songs......... then alone would all wounds be healed.
Inshallah On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 1:09 AM, rigidmadhu <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi everyone, I am a person who attended four A R Rahman concerts, > including the jai ho concert at cheyur. being a fan of A R Rahman from > roja, i felt i was let down for the first time by A R Rahman.Attending > concerts would be my only brake from work. as i work 7 days a week, and > i used to relish these experiences for years. i have yet not forgotten > how excited i was at his very first concert at chennai. the words of > vairamuthu and valli on stage is yet embedded in me. i was very proud > when valli said that after mgr it is only A R Rahman who could attract > huge crowds, which even this concert proved. the concert at Bangalore, > my hometown was even better one as i got closer to the stage, i dared > the heavy rain to stay amidst doubts of the show starting, i carried > back home a lot of good feelings and the best part was how A R R sang > azadi and then vandemataram in the same breadth, at that time i could > see my hero just a few feet away thanks to rain the front seats were > vacant.i also heard pray for me brother for the first time there. Rahman > promised bangalore another concert, which i am eagerly waiting for . > these two concerts were very special for me as then paying 1000 and 2500 > for tickets was almost a months income of me then. The next one was this > year at calicut. this one too was great for me as i was attending his > concert after a long time and i could afford a 5000 Rs.ticket and travel > by car from bangalore listening to A R R's songs all the way. i enjoyed > the sdm songs and the malayalam song. it was nice as A R Rahman was > interacting with the crowd before few of the songs. i was so happy to > watch the fireworks after the concert. > This time i felt i was let down for the first time as i felt A R Rahman > did not connect to the crowds that well. and it was almost a replay of > calicut concert. i felt he spoke very less and most of it in english. > very few tamil songs were performed, to be exact 12 out of 34 including > snehidhane which was sung in three languages, its not that i din't like > his hindhi songs but at that place hindhi songs were not enjoyed by the > crowd, it makes a lot of difference. i noticed in the 5000 section when > fiqurana was sung not many knew which song is that. just imagine if he > had started the show with Anbe..Aaruyire, how the crowd would have > reacted to the words "naam iruvarum saerum samayam nam kaigaLil varum > imayam naam thottadhu edhuvum amaiyum idhu anbaal iNaindha idhayam idhu > anbaal iNaindha idhayam'.. it would have been out of the world. songs > like Ellaappugazhum, muquabula, saregame,Oruvan Oruvan Modhaladi, would > have been great at this venue. my disappointment was not only with the > song list it was also how A R Rahman spoke on stage, there was a sense > of urgency in his talks and he some how din't speak much in Tamil, which > din't go down well with the crowd. one more thing which really irritated > me was how our national flag was disgraced by many people, i saw a > person cleaning his nose with the flag and another using the flag to > absorb sweat, few children sweeping the ground with them, i informed > couple of organizers in the 5000Rs section about it, but they din't take > it up , finally i had yell at these people to stop misusing the flag. I > hope the some one brings this to the notice of A R Rahman and ask the > organizers of his concerts to not to distribute flags in the concerts > anymore. for the first time i felt A R Rahaman is moving away from me, > which is very tough to digest for me who has lived life on his movies, > his words( preaching), and his thoughts. I do not know why i am feeling > like this. may be the flag thing irritated me just before the show or > my expectations were very high, or even the fact i had very recently > attended the calicut concert. but last two days is horrible for me, i > dint go to work to today. i am feeling restless, and not abel to come to > terms with this let down. only i know that A R Rahman means to me,he is > not just a music artist for me, he is much more to me. he is the reason > is lifetime.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, > helvetica, sans-serif">i wanted to share these thoughts to somebody and feel > a bit lighter, but it is a very difficult thing to share it with my family > and friends. i believe most of you here would understand what this > feeling is about, please reply if any one has a remedy for > this.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, > helvetica, sans-serif">Thank you </font></div><div><font > class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">GOD bless A R > R.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, > sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" > face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Truth is the only > GOD</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, > sans-serif">Humanity is the only religion</font></div><div><font > class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Love is the > only prayer</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, > helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" > face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Madhusudhan.</font></div><div><font > class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, > sans-serif"><br></font></div></div></div></span> > -- regards, Vithur
