Wherz the pics man ? please Share it with us :-) And one more complain .. Why we dont get to watch any videos of "Rahmania's" performances ??? You guys should think about it !!
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 2:31 PM, DineshVaidya <[email protected]>wrote: > My personal experience is "RAHMAN CARES FOR HIS FANS FOR SURE !", here is > how it went for me and the RAHMANIA group in Pune...... > > The Wandering souls "RAHMANIA" had participated in the 31'st May 2009 > concert in Pune as drummers. We had practiced hard for 5 days straight > nonstop as we had very limited time given to us to prepare including > arranging 22 drums. > > After the concert was over, we had gathered behind the stage, all were > exhausted but happy that we did not do any mistakes. > > We noticed ARR exiting the stage through side wings. We all stood in > attention as we knew we had this last chance to SEE our Guruji. Getting > autographs / photos or even chatting was the last thing we could attempt as > we were warned by the Event Management company and moreover, we had seen ARR > practicing nonstop the night before so as fans, knew that we have to respect > his own space. > > To our Luck, ARR saw us and walked towards us, and softly spoke something > like this "Guys, let's have a group photo" ! > > Then a mad scramble began to locate cameras and assemble the group of 22 > drummers and support team of 6, total 28. Somehow the order was established. > In all this commotion, ARR was patiently standing with the group and allowed > us to click atleast 100s of photos with him as group. He was so much > enthusiastic with the whole scene that he even tried to eject a bystander > from the photoframe assuming that he is not part of our group ! > > All this took 2-3 minutes and ARR was smiling throughout the shoot. After > it got over, he said thank you and left the venue. > > We got some confidence, I though, let's take ARR's autograph on one of the > drums we played in the concert. So myself, Anmol Bhave and his wife ran > behind ARR and caught up with him and requested for autograph on the > instrument as memento. Surprisingly he complied as we were told later that > he does not sign instruments or objects. > > Anmol gave him a ballpen to sign the drum and ARR could not sign as the pen > ink could not write on the synthetic drum skin. He enquired something like > "Any other pen you have ? "..... > > Luck was on our side, for some reason, I had kept a PERMANENT MARKER pen in > my pocket and I remembered that at that instant. I gave him the pen and he > wrote "JAI HO !" on the drum and gave autograph too ! > > Blaze, Sivamani, Suzanne, Tanwi, Rashid Ali, Roopkumar Rathod, Navin..... > all signed almost all the drums ! > > The wandering souls team will never forget this gesture from ARR and other > artist on that day for making us look special when our role in that event > was micro-minuscule.... > > We will cherish these memories forever............ > > We were helped by kind souls in making this meeting / photo and autograph > happen and a thank you to all those without whom this would not have been > possible..... > > Best regards > Dinesh Vaidya > The Wandering Souls "RAHMANIA" > Pune > > --- In [email protected], "Rivjot" <riv...@...> wrote: > > > > Oh no!! thats really sad Rajib. I really hope you meet sir one day and > have picture with him as well :) > > > > --- In [email protected], "A.R.Rajib" <a.r.rajib@> wrote: > > > > > > I went backstage right after the concert ...and he was Gone !! I > searched > > > everywhere ( It's not easy for someone without an pass to enter these > > > areas,but i did all that.I knew security people might shout at me or > > > something like that...but i had no fear that time :P )..even asked > security > > > guards .. no results .. :-( > > > I dont want an autograph to be sent to me or anything like that... I'll > do > > > it myself someday in my lifetime. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > 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 > > > > -- - Regards ~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~
