[arr] A.R.Rahman's 'The Live Life Concert'

[Aparna]

I have written in my blog about ARR's excellent concert yesterday:
http://aparna-a.com/2008/02/10/arrahmans-the-live-life-concert-when-dream-came-true/
Read it when you find time.

Cheers,
Aparna
http://aparna-a.com

Re: [arr] I Finally Saw Him Live !!!!

[$*$ PaVaN $*$]

Rahul,Glad that you guys had a great time..I am really sad that i wasnt able to 
make it.. :( but happy for you guys..
   
  Comeon guys..all those who attneded it.come up with ur reviews..We want 
reviews...From every1...and do post some pics pls..

rahuldavidbeckham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
  Hi Guys !

Feb 9th 2008 was the happiest day of my life, coz thats the day wen 
i saw Rahman saab Live for the first time.
Even though it was termed as a Private Concert still i think there 
wer around 10 - 15 thousands
And sadly most of them, actually majority of them were really dull.
Just sitting in their seats and eatin rather than singing along.
For A RahManiac like me this dream of seeing my GURU live wudn't hav 
been possible without the help of the group.
Been hearing him since 1992, been loving him since 1998 and now 
finally was able to see him on Feb 9th 2008, i hope sumday i will b 
able to actually meet him!!!

THnks a Billion, Vithur , Pavan , John , Narayan, Krishnan, Anish , 
Kalyan for makin this 10 yr old dream of mine come true.
I am really sorry for not knowing the names of the other guys who 
were present there.

Thnks , Thnks and Thnks Again.

And from now onwards i solemnly pledge my devotion to the group and 
their activities.

Rahul.



 



 
 









   
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[arr] Chennai concert in detail ( Thanks to Aparna)

[Vithur]

*
http://aparna-a.com/2008/02/10/arrahmans-the-live-life-concert-when-dream-came-true/
*
**
*February 9th, 2008* - Little did we expect that exactly an year later, we
will get to see A.R.Rahman again and that too see him perform live in a
concert!

Seeing the ad on the newspaper on the 7th morning, my father told my sister
and she immediately registered on the website. We checked our e-mails only
yesterday morning and saw that we had got an e-mail from Marg group that we
had won a pass for the concert! We couldn't believe it! We immediately went
to Marg's office in Old Mahabalipuram Road and collected our passes.

We reached the venue (YMCA Ground, Nandanam) at around 5:45 pm for the
concert that was supposed to start at 7 pm. A queue, not that long, had
already formed outside the entrance to the closed enclosure of the ground,
doubled up as auditorium. But as more and more people started coming, the
security folks asked people to form a queue outside another entrance. We ran
to the other entrance and joined the queue, there with only a few people
being in front of us. We could hear the sounds of the mike testing that was
in progress at that time. It wasn't until 6:15 pm that we were let in. The
first few rows were reserved for the VIPs, then a large number of rows for
the employees of Marg. We managed to get chairs in the second row after all
the reserved rows. With all the sound checks getting over by 6:30 pm, the
next one hour turned out to be a long wait with the excitement building up
with each passing moment.

Finally at around 7:40 pm, Rakshanda Khan came on stage and announced that
A.R.Rahman's concert will start after a short concert by Guitar
Prasanna! *Guitar
Prasanna*, along with *Haridwaramangalam A.K.Pazhanivel* (Tavil), *
S.Karthick* (Ghatam), *B.S.Purushottaman* (Khanjira), *R.Raman* (Morsing)
and *Keith Peters* (Bass Guitar), performed *Taaye tirupurasundari *(raaga
Suddha Saveri), Peaceful (a composition of Prasanna himself that happens to
be my favourite as well), *Alaipayuthey* (raaga Kanada) and 31 (again
Prasanna's composition). Before playing *Alaipayuthey*, Prasanna said that
on the occasion of Rahman's concert, he felt it appropriate to play a
Carnatic song popularized by Rahman. As usual, Prasanna's concert was
superb!

After Prasanna's concert, Mr. Reddy, the chairman & MD of Marg group, and
his wife lighted the *kutthuviLakku*. Then Mr. Reddy invited A.R.Rahman and
one more person onto the stage! There was excitement everywhere and a huge
round of applause followed when Rahman came on stage! They all spoke for a
few minutes and then, a presentation on Marg's project was shown twice while
there was a wonderful display of fireworks on the sky.

After this, finally at around 8:40 pm, A.R.Rahman's concert started and the
next two hours that followed will be etched in my memory forever! [image:
:)]

*Blaaze* first came on stage and said that this was a special show since
this happens to be the first concert of Rahman's in 2008. He also said that
*Hariharan, Chinmayee, Chitra, Benny, Ujjaynee, Neeti, Naresh Iyer* and *
Aslam* will be performing in the concert. The concert then started with
Jaage Hain.

*1. **Jaage Hain - A.R.Rahman & Chitra*
As Chitra's sweet voice greeted us with the words 'Jaage Hain', our eyes
were busy searching for Rahman and then he came and the crowd went mad!
Listening to Rahman sing the song live was such an amazing experience!
Open-air audi, cool breeze surprisingly blowing in Madras, Rahman singing
Jaage Hain right in front of my eyes - if this is not bliss, then what else
is?! My eyes refused to believe that it was really Rahman who was singing in
front of me [image: ;)]

*2. Khalbhali - A.R.Rahman*
As the soft Jaage Hain concluded, Khalbhali started with electrifying beats!
Singing the two completely contrast songs back to back with perfection,
Rahman seemed to be in top form! When Rahman sang 'Ziddi ziddi', the crowd
went mad and the way he concluded the song with ziddi ziddi was superb!
Naveen played some awesome flute interludes in the song and those were just
the beginning of the many more wonderful flute interludes to come in the
concert.

*3. Kadhal Rojave - Chinmayee & Hariharan*
I first couldn't guess from the voice that it was Chinmayee who was humming.
Hariharan's voice along with Naveen's flute, that was making an appearance
throughout the song here and there, made the whole song all the more
wonderful!

*4. Barso Re - Neeti*
Naveen's flute was so beautiful for this song that it made me wish that
Neeti would stop singing and Naveen alone could play! Anyway Neeti's singing
didn't appeal to me much.

*5. Lose Control (Be a Rebel) - Naresh Iyer & Blaaze*
Super beats, Blaaze' Rap and Naresh's *Apni to paathshaala*!

*6. Marilyn Monroe - Ujjaynee & Benny*
This song has not been among my favourite songs of Rahman's. But after
watching Ujjaynee & Benny sing with so much energy levels, Ujjaynee going
ooh oooh ooh, saturday night partykku pogalaam variy

[arr] Re: [semiarr] Ash wants JA postponed!

[Vishwesh]

Gomzy, wakeup mate!! That articles is dated 24 Oct 2007!! Almost 4 
months old!!


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gomzy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
>
> http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2487313.cms
>

[arr] Re: [semiarr] Ash wants JA postponed!

[Chord]

This is an old article from October.  It's not valid.



--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gomzy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2487313.cms
>

[arr] JA review: a good one

[ankita_541]

hey everyone

i don't know if this review has been posted earlier here.
just saw it today and this one's good...

the link is:
http://www.indiatarget.com/cgi-bin/slide_shows.cgi?1003:1

Re: [arr] A.R.Rahman's 'The Live Life Concert'

[$*$ PaVaN $*$]

Excellent Writeup Aparna..Thanks for sharing your experience..Hope you all had 
a great time...
   
  But..i heard that rahman didnt perform Mahrabaa...is it true?

Aparna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
  I have written in my blog about ARR's excellent concert yesterday:
http://aparna-a.com/2008/02/10/arrahmans-the-live-life-concert-when-dream-came-true/
Read it when you find time.

Cheers,
Aparna
http://aparna-a.com



 



 
 









   
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[arr] Re: ARR Concert - CHENNAI - Feb 09th, 2008

[Vithur]

hariharan sang tamizha tamizha song and during unplugged version rahman
said"this was the first song u sang for me and the song describes tomorrow
will be a good day so,i think this was that good day"

hariharan said"im very lucky to sing this song as a first song to you"

some mesmerising moments created by the legend

( posted by a member from orkut )


On 2/10/08, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Dear Rahmaniacs,
>
> Let me take this opportunity to brief all fellow Rahmaniacs, about the
> Concert in YMCA Grounds in Chennai yesterday night. It was a memorable
> occassion for we Fans , as we represented ourselves as a group, and were
> there to shout , whistle around and enjoy his Divine Music in his immediate
> Presence.
>
> List of Singers :-
>
> 1. Mohammed Aslam , Chinmayee, Blazeee, Ujjayineee, Benny Dayal, Naresh
> Iyer, Chitra, Hariharan, Sayanora, Tanvi, Raihana & Israth, Dr. Narayanan
>
> The concert started at about 7 : 30 Pm, with a Guitar Presentation by
> Prasanna & Keith Peters, along with their group of other instrumentalists.
>
> ARR 's programme started at about 8 PM. He started with " Jaage Hain",
> followed by a list of wonderful songs which are as follows :-
>
> 1. Khalbali
> 2. Loose Control
> 3. Maduraikku Pogadheee
> 4. Nee Maryln Monroe
> 5. Kannalane
> 6. Anjali Anjali
> 7. Uyire
> 8. Kaadhal Rojave , Tamizha Tamizha
> 9. Vaaji Vaaji
> 10. Sivaji ( Vaada Song ) :- Blaz
> 11. Azeeem O Shahensha
> 12. Jashn E Bahaara
> 13. Sahaana Saaral
> 14. Dil Se re
>
> The songs came out very fine. But there was a lack of noticebale
> excitement from the crowd, (though we fans were actually shouting and going
> mad, )which made ARR ask " Are you all people sleeping ???". The security
> arrangements were not planned and excuted properly, and I heard that even
> the family members of some of the performers were not alllowed for lack of
> Invitations etc ( Mrs. Keith Peters was not allowed )
>
> It was also very sad to know that ARR wanted to meet a group of Fans, but
> we were not not allowed near ARR, and ARR himself was forced to enter his
> Vehicle immediately after the end of the concert.
>
> I would request Our dear brother Nazeeef Mohammed to add more of his
> thoughts on this mail.
>
>
> --
> regards,
> Vithur
>
> A.R.RAHMAN -  MY BREATH & LIFE FORCE
>



-- 
regards,
Vithur

A.R.RAHMAN -  MY BREATH & LIFE FORCE

[arr] Re: ARR Concert - CHENNAI - Feb 09th, 2008

[Vithur]

I forgot to list the names of our members who were there . Many are not in
YG ( or atleast not that active in YG ) .

1. Nazeef Mohammed
2. Krishnan
3. Narayan
4. John
5. Anees
6. Rakesh
7. Ganesh
8. Venkat Kumar
9. Mathanraj
10. Fani Kalyan ( came from Hyderabad )
11. Rahul
12. Karthik Iyer


My regards for all members . Hope we all join hands and do our best for the
ARR foundation.

On 2/10/08, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> hariharan sang tamizha tamizha song and during unplugged version rahman
> said"this was the first song u sang for me and the song describes tomorrow
> will be a good day so,i think this was that good day"
>
> hariharan said"im very lucky to sing this song as a first song to you"
>
> some mesmerising moments created by the legend
>
> ( posted by a member from orkut )
>
>
> On 2/10/08, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Rahmaniacs,
> >
> > Let me take this opportunity to brief all fellow Rahmaniacs, about the
> > Concert in YMCA Grounds in Chennai yesterday night. It was a memorable
> > occassion for we Fans , as we represented ourselves as a group, and were
> > there to shout , whistle around and enjoy his Divine Music in his immediate
> > Presence.
> >
> > List of Singers :-
> >
> > 1. Mohammed Aslam , Chinmayee, Blazeee, Ujjayineee, Benny Dayal, Naresh
> > Iyer, Chitra, Hariharan, Sayanora, Tanvi, Raihana & Israth, Dr. Narayanan
> >
> > The concert started at about 7 : 30 Pm, with a Guitar Presentation by
> > Prasanna & Keith Peters, along with their group of other instrumentalists.
> >
> > ARR 's programme started at about 8 PM. He started with " Jaage Hain",
> > followed by a list of wonderful songs which are as follows :-
> >
> > 1. Khalbali
> > 2. Loose Control
> > 3. Maduraikku Pogadheee
> > 4. Nee Maryln Monroe
> > 5. Kannalane
> > 6. Anjali Anjali
> > 7. Uyire
> > 8. Kaadhal Rojave , Tamizha Tamizha
> > 9. Vaaji Vaaji
> > 10. Sivaji ( Vaada Song ) :- Blaz
> > 11. Azeeem O Shahensha
> > 12. Jashn E Bahaara
> > 13. Sahaana Saaral
> > 14. Dil Se re
> >
> > The songs came out very fine. But there was a lack of noticebale
> > excitement from the crowd, (though we fans were actually shouting and going
> > mad, )which made ARR ask " Are you all people sleeping ???". The security
> > arrangements were not planned and excuted properly, and I heard that even
> > the family members of some of the performers were not alllowed for lack of
> > Invitations etc ( Mrs. Keith Peters was not allowed )
> >
> > It was also very sad to know that ARR wanted to meet a group of Fans,
> > but we were not not allowed near ARR, and ARR himself was forced to enter
> > his Vehicle immediately after the end of the concert.
> >
> > I would request Our dear brother Nazeeef Mohammed to add more of his
> > thoughts on this mail.
> >
> >
> > --
> > regards,
> > Vithur
> >
> > A.R.RAHMAN -  MY BREATH & LIFE FORCE
> >
>
>
>
> --
> regards,
> Vithur
>
> A.R.RAHMAN -  MY BREATH & LIFE FORCE
>



-- 
regards,
Vithur

A.R.RAHMAN -  MY BREATH & LIFE FORCE

Re: [arr] Professional Audio Quality

[just me!]

where can i get 5.1 audio in singapore?

Gomzy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:   huh!! Dude read 
his mail again.

 
On 2/8/08, gopal b <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:  It seems you stay in India. 
If you want to buy
original DVD's/CD's fly outside india , you can get
them plenty. Fans staying in India are not allowed to
buy orignal 5.1/good quality stuff.

you can download pirated good quality songs from net.
 but dont't try to search them in india.(they don't
sell here)

--- Thineshan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 
> Hey guys, I am wondering, if Rahman composes his
> tracks in 5.1 (or
> whatever it is), why not release it, even if its
> priced high, HQ audio
> lovers would buy it for sure. I am sick of hearing
 > it in stereo,
> occasionally a few 5.1 retail did release and they
> were atleast 10
> times better. but they stopped, sivaji the biggest
> film in recent
> times didnt have a 5.1 retail nor did atm. and for
 > that matter, all
> his hindi soundtracks dont have it as well. its
> truly frustrating to
> listne to stereo even after 5.1 is commercially very
> popular. and it
> doesnt cost more to produce it either, they can be
 > burned to a normal
> audio CD (wav), so y not do it??? 
> 
> 

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[arr] ARR LIVE concert in chennai

[Sathya Sundaram]

Anyone knows y this concert was done without much publicity?
How many ppl attended? Any celebs were there since it was in chennai?


  

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[arr] Al risalah - itwofs review

[Vithur]

Rahman's Marhaba Mustapha is perhaps the only highlight of al Risalah's
soundtrack. Rahman delineates his track from the other routine, devotional
tracks in the soundtrack by beautifully blending the mod musical elements we
expect from him. This is considerably more devout than his other filmy,
devotional songs like Piya haji ali or even Khwaja mere khwaja. It is more
resonant, and going by Rahman's vocals, from the heart. The other composers
– Raj Verma and Liyakat Ajmeri - struggle with archaic, radio-styled
compositions while Rahman delivers a knock-out single worthy of the
prominent 'Song by A.R.Rahman' tag below the film's title!
http://itwofs.com/milliblog/2008/02/10/al-risalah-raj-verma-a-r-rahman-liyakat-ajmeri/

-- 
regards,
Vithur

A.R.RAHMAN -  MY BREATH & LIFE FORCE

Re: [arr] I Finally Saw Him Live !!!!

[Kalimuthu]

Can someone tell me who those 10-15K people were? Were they from any
particular company / group of similar companies?

Just curious to know

On Feb 9, 2008 10:03 PM, rahuldavidbeckham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

>   Hi Guys !
>
> Feb 9th 2008 was the happiest day of my life, coz thats the day wen
> i saw Rahman saab Live for the first time.
> Even though it was termed as a Private Concert still i think there
> wer around 10 - 15 thousands
> And sadly most of them, actually majority of them were really dull.
> Just sitting in their seats and eatin rather than singing along.
> For A RahManiac like me this dream of seeing my GURU live wudn't hav
> been possible without the help of the group.
> Been hearing him since 1992, been loving him since 1998 and now
> finally was able to see him on Feb 9th 2008, i hope sumday i will b
> able to actually meet him!!!
>
> THnks a Billion, Vithur , Pavan , John , Narayan, Krishnan, Anish ,
> Kalyan for makin this 10 yr old dream of mine come true.
> I am really sorry for not knowing the names of the other guys who
> were present there.
>
> Thnks , Thnks and Thnks Again.
>
> And from now onwards i solemnly pledge my devotion to the group and
> their activities.
>
> Rahul.
>
> 
>

Re: [arr] A.R.Rahman's 'The Live Life Concert'

[arr pavan]

Thank you Aparna for giving us a good feel when reading the lines. It is of 
simple expression, perfect yet detailed not missing out anything. Keep posting 
your views. 
   
  Regards Pavan
   
  

Aparna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
   
  I have written in my blog about ARR's excellent concert yesterday:
http://aparna-a.com/2008/02/10/arrahmans-the-live-life-concert-when-dream-came-true/
Read it when you find time.

Cheers,
Aparna
http://aparna-a.com



 

   
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[arr] Snaps From The " Live Life " Chennai Concert

[rahuldavidbeckham]

Im really sry bout the quality of the pics.
Cameras were not allowed inside the venue still i took few snaps from
my mob , i hope u guys like it.

http://www.flickr.com/gp/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/AYmrk8

Rahul.


" ARR The Gr8 Rox !! 

Re: [arr] Reliance

[bhumit taunk]

hie kaushal..
   
  nice to find an ARR fan whoe's frm gujarati m frm Gandhinagar too..
   
  anywys.i dont think so that ARRsir has composed anything for 
Reliancecoz wht i guess u are talking abt sounds ARR like but its not his..
   
  but i will surely try to find the track...
   
  stay in touch..
  could u let me knw ur contact numberwe have a few more frnz n who are Arr 
fans here in gujarat...
   
  Cheers
  Bhumit

KAUSHAL KANSARA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
  HELLO 
  I am Kaushal From Ahmedabad
   
  Can any body knows that in Reliance Mobile advertisement
  Music Compose by ARR Sir.
   
   


  
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[arr] JA promo

[|| V i s h w e s h ||]

Has anybody seen the new promo which ends with Tanishq ad. Some awesome 
classical BGM there, with tablas n' sitars!!! God, I just can't wait to see the 
movie!!

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[arr] Jodhaa-Akbar: God save the Queen (and King)

[Vithur]

*http://passionforcinema.com/jodhaa-akbar-god-save-the-queen-and-king/*
**
*A PLEA TO THE MAKERS OF JODHAA-AKBAR*

I feel like pulling my hair out. UTV Motion pictures and Ashutosh Gowariker-
what is wrong with you guys?

It's less than a week for the release of what is the biggest magnum opus
this year and what should be the most awaited film to hit the screen in a
long time, and yet, strangely- though not very surprisingly- there barely
seems to be any buzz at all. Other than, of course the usual yawn-inducing
controversies that almost always seem to hound historical films made in
India, any real excitement over the film really escapes even a hardcore
Gowariker fan like me.

Can't the producers see the writing on the bloody wall? Just making a good
film simply doesn't suffice- you have to first get bums on seats- period.
And I don't see the makers of *Jodhaa-Akbar *doing enough to ensure that the
theatres remain housefull atleast through the first weekend.

Today is the time of *ghor kalyug* at the box office, of aggressive
hardsell, of driving people nuts with your publicity drive to the extent
that they sing *Dard-e-Disco *(*or Saawariya*) in their sleep. To hell with
the ridiculous theory that says that 'a good film always works'- it doesn't
take a rocket scientist to know that is just politically correct crap.

I can bet that atleast half of the people who watched *Heyy Babyy* or *Om
Shanti Om* did not even like them- and that atleast 25 percent regret having
ever seen them, feeling embarrassed and wincing at the very thought that
they are the reason why Farah Khan and Sajid Khan can continue to boast
revoltingly about their cinematic achievements and why we are poorer than a
few hundred rupees.

*Jodhaa-Akbar*'s publicity campaign has been nothing short of a mess- the
completion of production and date of release getting delayed so many times
have considerably quietened the hype surrounding the film. To make matters
worse, we have a drab and poorly cut first promo, and then the music comes
into stores barely a month before the release.

Gowariker's style of filmmaking is sublime, gentle- almost flowing with the
serenity of a river- and that aspect is also reflected in the music of his
films. That is the reason why the music of both *Swades* and *Jodhaa-Akbar*,
while both magnificently created by AR Rahman did not ever really catch on,
with the exception of a few tracks (*Aahista Aahista*, that beautiful
lullaby deleted from *Swades* today lies almost tragically removed from
public memory).

So there you go- like it or not- the music is hardly going to contribute to
an opening- in sharp contrast to *Hare Krishna Hare Ram* single handedly
getting *Bhool Bhulaiyaa* that massive initial- though giving the music time
to settle and sink into the audience could have helped (Rahman's music often
takes a while to warm up to, and repeated hearing to fully appreciate).
However, Gowariker and Rahman create exquisite music together, and it can't
really be helped that it doesn't cater to the *dhinchak* massy music tastes
of the audience .


What *can* still be helped is improving the quality and increasing the
quantity of the promos and other publicity. Get Hrithik and Aishwarya to get
their traps open and give non-stop interviews. Get the stars on the news,
reality shows, get promotional tie-ups, scream from rooftops- do whatever it
takes to ensure that school children may forget the dates of their board
exams but not that of the film's release.

The bottomlime is- this kind of 'graceful, dignified' publicity will not
help. To hell with grace- get your pants down and your hands dirty guys. The
composed tranquility of a film does not have to be echoed in it's publicity.


-- 
regards,
Vithur

A.R.RAHMAN -  MY BREATH & LIFE FORCE

[arr] Singer Who Sang "Mayaa Mayaa" in the Chennai Concert

[rahuldavidbeckham]

She sang 2 songs in chennai concert.
"Barso Re" and "Mayya Mayya " , Her Name is Neeti Mohan.
She is from the Band Aasma , the band which formed as a result of a
talent hunt conducted by channel V under the name of Popstars 2.
she has become a regular feature in Rahman Saab's Concerts.
She's a trained Dancer as well !!! 

The Way she performed Mayya Mayya was unbelievable !!!

just c this and judge ur self. 
This is from the US concert.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD0yOqcNAdk

the credit goes to the uploader (umeshvarma).

Rahul.

[arr] Videos From the Chennai Concert !!!

[rahuldavidbeckham]

Here are 2 Vids from the chennai "Live Life " concert 

Heres Rahman Saab's Entry:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX5nBvTLEvk

jaage Hain and Khalbali  :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG2MgHqq_KE

the credit of this vids goes to plasmalightwave.

Thnx a lot for recording them.

Rahul. 

[arr] Re: JA review: a good one

[Chord]

I think some of you are not reading previous posts or reviews.  This 
was already posted and this review is not original.  It's a cut and 
paste job from other reviews *(bollyvista, mouthshut).  This Tanushree 
writer didn't actually write it.



--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "ankita_541" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
>
> hey everyone
> 
> i don't know if this review has been posted earlier here.
> just saw it today and this one's good...
> 
> the link is:
> http://www.indiatarget.com/cgi-bin/slide_shows.cgi?1003:1
>

Re: [arr] Chennai concert in detail ( Thanks to Aparna)

[Sathya Sundaram]

Dear Vithur,

Thanks a lot.



- Original Message 
From: Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 6:19:59 AM
Subject: [arr] Chennai concert in detail ( Thanks to Aparna)

http://aparna- a.com/2008/ 02/10/arrahmans- the-live- life-concert- when-dream- 
came-true/
 
February 9th, 2008 - Little did we expect that exactly an year later, we will 
get to see A.R.Rahman again and that too see him perform live in a concert!
Seeing the ad on the newspaper on the 7th morning, my father told my sister and 
she immediately registered on the website. We checked our e-mails only 
yesterday morning and saw that we had got an e-mail from Marg group that we had 
won a pass for the concert! We couldn't believe it! We immediately went to 
Marg's office in Old Mahabalipuram Road and collected our passes.
We reached the venue (YMCA Ground, Nandanam) at around 5:45 pm for the concert 
that was supposed to start at 7 pm. A queue, not that long, had already formed 
outside the entrance to the closed enclosure of the ground, doubled up as 
auditorium. But as more and more people started coming, the security folks 
asked people to form a queue outside another entrance. We ran to the other 
entrance and joined the queue, there with only a few people being in front of 
us. We could hear the sounds of the mike testing that was in progress at that 
time. It wasn't until 6:15 pm that we were let in. The first few rows were 
reserved for the VIPs, then a large number of rows for the employees of Marg. 
We managed to get chairs in the second row after all the reserved rows. With 
all the sound checks getting over by 6:30 pm, the next one hour turned out to 
be a long wait with the excitement building up with each passing moment.
Finally at around 7:40 pm, Rakshanda Khan came on stage and announced that 
A.R.Rahman's concert will start after a short concert by Guitar Prasanna! 
Guitar Prasanna, along with Haridwaramangalam A.K.Pazhanivel (Tavil), 
S.Karthick (Ghatam), B.S.Purushottaman (Khanjira), R.Raman (Morsing) and Keith 
Peters (Bass Guitar), performed Taaye tirupurasundari (raaga Suddha Saveri), 
Peaceful (a composition of Prasanna himself that happens to be my favourite as 
well), Alaipayuthey (raaga Kanada) and 31 (again Prasanna's composition) . 
Before playing Alaipayuthey, Prasanna said that on the occasion of Rahman's 
concert, he felt it appropriate to play a Carnatic song popularized by Rahman. 
As usual, Prasanna's concert was superb!
After Prasanna's concert, Mr. Reddy, the chairman & MD of Marg group, and his 
wife lighted the kutthuviLakku. Then Mr. Reddy invited A.R.Rahman and one more 
person onto the stage! There was excitement everywhere and a huge round of 
applause followed when Rahman came on stage! They all spoke for a few minutes 
and then, a presentation on Marg's project was shown twice while there was a 
wonderful display of fireworks on the sky.
After this, finally at around 8:40 pm, A.R.Rahman's concert started and the 
next two hours that followed will be etched in my memory forever! 

Blaaze first came on stage and said that this was a special show since this 
happens to be the first concert of Rahman's in 2008. He also said that 
Hariharan, Chinmayee, Chitra, Benny, Ujjaynee, Neeti, Naresh Iyer and Aslam 
will be performing in the concert. The concert then started with Jaage Hain.
1. Jaage Hain - A.R.Rahman & Chitra
As Chitra's sweet voice greeted us with the words 'Jaage Hain', our eyes were 
busy searching for Rahman and then he came and the crowd went mad! Listening to 
Rahman sing the song live was such an amazing experience! Open-air audi, cool 
breeze surprisingly blowing in Madras, Rahman singing Jaage Hain right in front 
of my eyes - if this is not bliss, then what else is?! My eyes refused to 
believe that it was really Rahman who was singing in front of me  
2. Khalbhali - A.R.Rahman
As the soft Jaage Hain concluded, Khalbhali started with electrifying beats! 
Singing the two completely contrast songs back to back with perfection, Rahman 
seemed to be in top form! When Rahman sang 'Ziddi ziddi', the crowd went mad 
and the way he concluded the song with ziddi ziddi was superb! Naveen played 
some awesome flute interludes in the song and those were just the beginning of 
the many more wonderful flute interludes to come in the concert.
3. Kadhal Rojave - Chinmayee & Hariharan
I first couldn't guess from the voice that it was Chinmayee who was humming. 
Hariharan's voice along with Naveen's flute, that was making an appearance 
throughout the song here and there, made the whole song all the more wonderful!
4. Barso Re - Neeti
Naveen's flute was so beautiful for this song that it made me wish that Neeti 
would stop singing and Naveen alone could play! Anyway Neeti's singing didn't 
appeal to me much.
5. Lose Control (Be a Rebel) - Naresh Iyer & Blaaze
Super beats, Blaaze' Rap and Naresh's Apni to paathshaala!
6. Marilyn Monroe - Ujjaynee & 

Re: [arr] A.R.Rahman's 'The Live Life Concert'

[Vithur]

Is this Marhaba the same as Azeem O Shanshah from JA or is it Marhaba from
Al Risalah ???.. if its from JA, yes he performed it. Am sorry I got
confused.

Aparna is right 


On 2/10/08, $*$ PaVaN $*$ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Excellent Writeup Aparna..Thanks for sharing your experience..Hope you
> all had a great time...
>
> But..i heard that rahman didnt perform Mahrabaa...is it true?
>
> *Aparna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote:
>
>  I have written in my blog about ARR's excellent concert yesterday:
>
> http://aparna-a.com/2008/02/10/arrahmans-the-live-life-concert-when-dream-came-true/
> Read it when you find time.
>
> Cheers,
> Aparna
> http://aparna-a.com
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> Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your 
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regards,
Vithur

A.R.RAHMAN -  MY BREATH & LIFE FORCE

[arr] Lord of the Rings

[Brijram]

This is an amazing album. Feel like watching the play now. Wonder and 
Final Battle tracks are amazing. Rahman has pulled it off big time 
once again.

I feel we need more discussions here about this interesting soundtrack!!
Gopal, you said you got your copy what are your first impressions?

[arr] BLAZEE Experiences with ARR - Part II

[Vithur]

Dear Rahmaniacs,

Continuation to my previous mail on Blazee Experiences with ARR, This is
PART II

Q :- After the song New , which of the songs have you sung for Rahman ?

Rahman asked me if I could write lyrics for some song, if not be able to rap
up for the same. I tried and came out Warriors of Heaven. Words like '
Silence that always remains the same. I see my mother in mothers'e eys".  In
that song, you will be able to relate yourself to whom you are thinking in
that song. If you think abt somebody who has passed away , you will be able
to relate in that song. Rahman gave me the script of the film " Warriors of
Heaven". I saw the first and the last page. I closed my eyes and started to
pray. I really prayed , and then said that whatever meant to happen will
happen. I wrote it and showed it to RAHMAN . He told Exact. This happened in
January, and in July my father passed away in Zambia. I took my CDs to
Zambia. I played the song from WOHE  after the funeral for the spirits to
hear it . My sister and everybody would say that the lyrics was exact for
the situation. Silence is always that remains the same. Warriors in Peace.
My father was a warrior during the course of his life always. It all became
the way you interpreted it to be. Many started asking me " When did you do
this for this function ?". I told them that it was done for a film. Till
now, its only the prayer which got me the lyrics for that . It just fits
anybody with the situation.

Subhash Ghai 's Kisna "- My wish comes true song.
Pray for me brother  ( Raihana's ringtone )

Rahman told me that it was a project for the UN against poverty. It is the
biggest reason for everything. It shouldnt preach like saying ' Do this Do
that", because if you preach people will switch it off. we worked a lot of
time for that song. Everytime, we sat to write, it was something else. The
thoughts was so deep, such that it was to be simplified. Rahman wanted it to
be like a LOVE Song. When you hear it it should be like a Love Song, and yet
you are talking abt Poverty and all these issues. Thats when people will
love to hear it, because people love to hear to Love Songs. The Title is "
Pray for Me Brother " and you decide on how it has to flow through.

I told him that I would like to put this RAP section somewhere. He saw the
whole thing, and said it works fine.

Oru Koodai Sunlight Lyrics in English was written by me. Could I be the
Sunlight ?. could I be the moonlight ?. Rahman told me I should write
similar to colours. I was thinking how to write , as black & white ar
rascist and How to write ??. Then somehow using sun and moon as connection I
used the words " oru Koodai sunlight ; oru koodai moonlight " and came out
fine .

I have never met Rajnikanth till date. Everytime I think about it, I feel
there is a reson behind it. May be after meeting him, he may feel " is this
guy singing for me??".

Q :- How did you become a real performer ?

1983 - I learnt Break Dancing. after 1985, I continued with Break Dancing
with MJ numbers. I felt that it was a cool thing to do. Stage fear goes off
when you put the kids in the stage early. There were 1,00,000 people in
Kolkata Concert. The Biggest. You have to run here and there on concerts.
You have to make maximum use of it .

Q :- do you maintain your voice ?. Do you do anything special for that ?.

Initially, I used to pretend. I never used to care about it. I used to feel
that the more you spoil it, the more deeper it becomes. Then after
Trivandrum concert, i started practising nothing cold; No Ice Creams ; Warm
Water gargling.

Q :- How much does your wife enjoy Rapping ?

She always supported me. Even during the times, when Rahman didnt call me, I
used to do rapping, not for any particular reason. And she has been with me,
and supporting my raps all that time. for me, listening to other rappers is
a stress release. Its a superb therapy.
I met her in Bombay and we got married. even my daugther liking my rap and
she raps. She knows all my stuff.

Q :- How will you evaluate Rahman as a music director ?/

As a Music Director, he is phenomenal, magical. and as a Human being, he is
GOD's BLESSING, to me particularly. from music point of view, when I walked
into the studio, he is the only man who respects and says " You have come ;
you are free to do whatever you want. This is the basic concept. You give me
whatever you want and feel". At so many instances, he will give me the
freedom to do whatever I want. finally he will come back , he will make it
all working , pick what is right ; what is wrong and will make it work for
everybody. But nobody understands that properly. Its only Rahman who takes
the extra effort to get the best out of a singer. As a Music Director, he
has given me so much of freedom to make me do so many things.

After my father's funeral, when I met Rahman, he used to just talk to me for
hours, and make me feel OK. Its not religion, spirituality, but anything ;
all included. he is that one guy who was

Re: [arr] Sukhwinder to compose for Speilberg!!!

[Gomzy]

Gops, As you would know I was joking, and yes I do know about Dev  :)

Sincere apologies if it meant otherwise.

On Feb 10, 2008 11:41 AM, Thulasi Ram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>   hats off Dev!! terrific profile
>
>
> On Feb 9, 2008 9:48 PM, Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >   Gomtesh,
> >
> > You might want to consider apologizing to Dev. We are privileged to
> > have him in the group. Dev has, to his credit, a distinguished career
> > in visual effects and works for no less that the iconic ILM
> > (Industrial Light and Magic). Check out his IMDB listing
> > http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0543086/
> >
> > Gopal.
> >
> >
> > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com ,
> > Gomzy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Thats right. And i will be working with Speilberg on Indy 5 (
> > Indiana Jones
> > > and the crazy Indian)
> > >
> > > :) kidding.
> > >
> > > On Feb 9, 2008 2:02 AM, devMannemela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I don't know about Sukhwinder :-)
> > > > but I am currently working with Spielberg on Indy 4
> > > > (Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull).
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Feb 6, 2008 11:51 PM, Gomzy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I will kill myself if he composes! Its been my dream to see SS
> > and arr
> > > > > work together. I hope it happens soon!
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 2/7/08, sai shastry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > i read it as 'he is singing' not composing
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 2/6/08, naztitude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Sorry to post this in this forum or my apologies, if this
> > is an
> > > > > > > already discussed topic-came across this peice of news...
> > > > > > > Sukhwinder Singh was spotted after Hollywood heard Chaiyya
> > chaiyya
> > > > > > > in
> > > > > > > Spike lee's "Inside man"-the song became popular in the west
> > and our
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > good old sukhwinder has been roped in for composing a fresh
> > track
> > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > SS.
> > > > > > > I hope he gives ARR credit for being what he is, and the
> > song that
> > > > > > > he
> > > > > > > has sung that has given him this status!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > http://www.musicindiaonline.com/n/i/top_stories/2494/
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
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>

Re: [arr] Re: [semiarr] Ash wants JA postponed!

[Gomzy]

Opps. I dont have the previlege to read these articles at work. I can only
see the subject lines but
not the links.But i make sure you guys get it on time. :)

On Feb 10, 2008 5:51 PM, Vishwesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>   Gomzy, wakeup mate!! That articles is dated 24 Oct 2007!! Almost 4
> months old!!
>
>
> --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com ,
> Gomzy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> > http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2487313.cms
> >
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>  
>

[arr] I've the audio(recorded) of yday's concert almost fully..

[rakesharr]

Hey guys the live life concert was an awesome experience inspite of 
poor audience reactions(except for Rahmaniacs).. 
I recorded the whole concert on my mp3 player.. The sound clarity is 
horrible due to too much noises.. 
Does anyone know how to remove unwanted sound n make the clarity 
better? 
Help me out pls..

Re: [arr] JA review: a good one

[joby cherian]

hi buddy,
that was a superb review...page by page.

On Feb 10, 2008 2:38 PM, ankita_541 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>   hey everyone
>
> i don't know if this review has been posted earlier here.
> just saw it today and this one's good...
>
> the link is:
> http://www.indiatarget.com/cgi-bin/slide_shows.cgi?1003:1
>
> 
>

[arr] hello

[maheshtrilok]

hlo im a big ar rahman fan since my childhood. wat is rehman next movie
---mahesh

[arr] Chennai concert-from my eyes and heart!

[naztitude]

To most of us-The Private concert concept was a mystery and not well 
understood, but soon we learnt it all. To put it plain, ARR and 
troop were a part of a program-that had more events to the evening, 
in contrary to an exclusive ARR live in concert-that has three hours 
and more of ARR!!
This time-Marg, a construction firm had their celebration with ARR 
as chief guest and also as performer (With the gang obviously!).The 
show opened with an AV presentation of the company and followed by 
the Chairman of the group, Mr.Reddy who presented a momento to Boss. 
Note: Boss came in dressed with a simple white shirt and was  his 
usual calm-self. The event followed by a Classical-guitar 
performance led by Mr. Prasanna and our dear Keith Peters. Honestly, 
the crowd could not wait for the man's entry-obviously, who can when 
you know he is going to be up there any moment.
Finally, the moment arrived. The man returned to the stage-not as 
chief guest, but as performer this time-and the next two hours to 
follow, Rahman touched favorites from Roja to RDB, Guru to JA! 
Blaaze-started the show with his regular hiphop approach!

It goes beyond doubts, the performance was mindblowing. This was 
ARR's first concert of the year and he said he was lucky to perform 
in his hometown. The stage was set. Three levels of the stage was 
made to make the show interesting. Every song was perfect, 
unmatchable quality-after all there is a lot of hardwork that gets 
behind an ARR concert.

The performance lasted for around two hours-and breakless. The list 
of singers included Hariharan, Chitra, Blaaze, Chinmayee, Naresh, 
Benny, Neeti Mohan, Tanvi, Sayanora, Aslam, Dr.Narayan, Raihana AR, 
Ishrath AR –musicians-all of them Super percussionist Sivamani to 
Bass king Keith.The entire show was conducted by Mr.Srinivas Murthy 
and to lead them all was none other than our humble, god fearing 
magician musician-AR!!!

The show kickstarted with Jaage hain from Guru-Chitraji took one 
corner and her sweet voice opened the concert, and as the 
orchestration became grander the voice that I call "Chocolate 
Souffle" voice, as quoted by the Hindu-Bangalore came in-Wearing a 
black to the knee overcoat and continued Jaage hain.

The list of songs are as follows:

Jaage hain  (Chitra, ARR)
Khalbali ( ARR)
ARR speaks
Kadhal Rojave (Hari/Chinmayee)
Barso Re (Neeti Mohan)
Paatshala (Blaaze/Naresh/Aslam)
Monroe (Benny/Ujjaynee)
Rubaroo (ARR/Naresh)
Dil se (ARR)
Jashne Bahara (Aslam)
Maduraikepogathadee (Benny/Chinmayee)
Azeem O shaan plus Rukkumani plus Veerapandi (Percussion and Chorus)
Intro to musicians, setup of unplugged
Tamizha Tamizha (Hariharan)
Hari speaks
Unplugged
Tu hi re (Hari)
Anjali Anjali (chitra)
Sahana (chinmayee/Aslam)

Vennilavae (Hari/chinmayee)
Maiyya Maiyya (Neeti/Aslam)
Kehna hi kya (Chitra/ARR)
Tere bina (ARR/Chinmayee)
The boss (blaze/aslam/naresh/Dr Narayan)
Vaaji Vaaji (Hari/chinmayee)
Athiradee (ARR/sayanora/Aslam/Naresh/Chorus)
Humma Humma (Blaaze/ARR/Naresh)
Maa tujhe salaam (ARR/All)

The following songs were a part of the schedule, but was kept from 
performing for unknown reasons:

Ellampughazhum (ARR)
Saregame (Blaaze/Tanvi/Naresh/Sayanora)

Athiradee rocked as usual.Needless to say!! Rahman was super 
energized for Khalbali.Dil se re was touching. Chinmayee surely won 
hearts with her singing and I personally loved Vennilavae.
The highlight, as in the Delhi concert was again-The medley Marhabaa 
plus rukkumani plus veerapandi kottayile.What a show!! This can only 
be felt-no matter how much I can write here, those there would agree 
with me on this. The energy of this performance-I'm amazed. This 
time an ensemble of drums was lead by kids. Excited they were-and 
honored-they shared the stage with ARR!
The unplugged was a rare one.Rahman took to his keyboard, initially 
there was some technical snag-but was well covered by the 
technicians and some timely smartness by Hariharan-who took to 
interact with the crowd.He asked the crowd to sing along and gave 
them a time to remember.
I got a hundred msg's asking me who sang Maiyya Maiyya. Neeti Mohan 
from Delhi was the performer here-but not to forget the ease with 
which Aslam Bhai plays the gujurati with his Walidaaa-brilliant.
Needless to say-Aslam Bhai is a hero-among his pals and fans.He sang 
Jashne Baharaa.Beautiful, infact I'm in loss of descriptions. Really 
well performed.
Tere Bina –a personal favorite.The song of the year.AR's voice just 
reaches your heart and what better than to hear chinmayee play with 
her voice too.
The boss was a crowd favorite.Blaaze stole the show there quite 
easily.
Honestly, the crowd was a huge disappointment. Primarily because the 
show was an invitation based one-and the crowd seemed pretty less 
enthusiastic.The seemed more reserved. So much that ARR asked the 
audience to do something about their energy or asked was the show 
boring?? Well, being a hardcore fan-I truly think ARR should perform 
only for his show-but t

Re: [arr] Re: Inlamhoke Instrumental

[arr pavan]

Dude ! in Inlamhoke song, during that dance phrase in desh raag, if i m 
correct, exactly btween 1:44 to 2:06, it is hard to re-collect the same tune, 
same phrase heard somewhere. May be in another arr old movie as bgm ? Btw this 
desh phrase reminded other video on desh raga of DD-channel, which i used to 
admire during school days. Here it is another good attempt by DD like Mile sur 
mera tumhara :) Enjoy the video.
   
  http://youtube.com/watch?v=MpW2aXc9xQ8
  
Regards Pavan
   
   
  
Thineshan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
   
  expect it by sunday. 

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Karoake if possible... Just remove the voice . Thanks
> 
> On 2/8/08, Thineshan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > sure i will first try it out with a voice remover, if it works out
> > nicely, its no prob to instrumentalize it. or do u mean karoake as in
> > just remove the voice?
> >
> > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com ,
> > Vithur  wrote:
> > >
> > > is it possible for you to give Khalbali Karoake version ??.
Thanks in
> > > anticipation
> > >
> > > If possible pls
> > >
> > >
> > > On 2/7/08, Thineshan  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > thx for the feedback. anyone have ne requests??
> > > >
> > > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
,
> > > > "kaissiom"  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > One word man: Awesome!
> > > > >
> > > > > This is great, keep 'em coming. And you are right about
softwares
> > > > > when it comes to removing vocals, there is NO way you can
actually
> > > > > completely remove vocals. I've tried it with many softwares,
> > > > > including Sonic Sound Forge, and this is as good as it gets.
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com

> > ,
> > > > "Thineshan"  wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > there you all go, I've done an isntrumental of one of my favs
> > in JA.
> > > > > > The BG is intact, while the vocal is gone, so an instrument
> > (you guys
> > > > > > can guess what it is) is replaced with the voice portions.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > http://www.sendspace.com/file/zfr8jp
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > regards,
> > > Vithur
> > >
> > > A.R.RAHMAN - MY BREATH & LIFE FORCE
> > >
> >
> > 
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> regards,
> Vithur
> 
> A.R.RAHMAN - MY BREATH & LIFE FORCE
>



   
 

   
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[arr] Rehman's concert at YMCA, Chennai

[simantinee_roy]

Hi Group, 

Would really appreciate if someone from the group could point me to a 
link or a website where I can watch the entire concert by A.R Rehman 
and others that was organised at the YMCA ground on Feb 9th 2008. 

Pls reply to me only if you have any files to share. I wouldnot bother 
the group. 

Thanks in adv for your help.
Best,
Simmi

Re: [arr] ARR Dubai Concert 14-Feb-08

[Matthew Islam]

The concert has been put on hold for now, indefinately!

Regards,
Matthew Islam


On 2/9/08, Ganesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>   Dear Friends,
>
> Can anyone provide update reg. ARR concert in Dubai on 14-Feb and the
> possibilities to get ticket / passes for this concert?
>
> Highly appreciate any update on this subject. I am based in the U.A.E.
> and my mobile no. is +971 50 6422679.
>
> Best regards
> Ganesh
>
> 
>

[arr] Important!!!

[Thineshan]

if everyone who reads this votes, we can get maduraikku and ponmagal
at 1st and 2nd. lets keep these songs on top for weeks to come. come
on guys. u can vote EVERY HOUR. 

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, shaik kader
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> http://www.ssmusic.tv/top10.php
> 
> ARR Ist song-->MADURAIKKU - AZHAGIYA TAMILMAGAN(2) - Still 1st
Place(31.62 %)
> ARR IInd Song -->PONMAGAL VANDAAL - AZHAGIYA TAMILMAGAN(4) - Still
3rd Place(18.10 %)
> 
> Think, Vote,
> 
> AR Rahman Is Best
>  
>
> -
>  Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now
>

[arr] Re: A.R.Rahman's 'The Live Life Concert'

[anandkv772]

Still didn't understand..why would he did such a concert without much 
publicity and not infront of a massive crowd. Or was the plan to 
record it and release it in DVD or something. Just confused!

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, $*$ PaVaN $*$ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
>
> Excellent Writeup Aparna..Thanks for sharing your experience..Hope 
you all had a great time...
>
>   But..i heard that rahman didnt perform Mahrabaa...is it true?
> 
> Aparna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>   I have written in my blog about ARR's excellent concert 
yesterday:
> http://aparna-a.com/2008/02/10/arrahmans-the-live-life-concert-when-
dream-came-true/
> Read it when you find time.
> 
> Cheers,
> Aparna
> http://aparna-a.com
> 
> 
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
>  
>  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>
> -
> Never miss a thing.   Make Yahoo your homepage.
>

Re: [arr] Chennai concert-from my eyes and heart!

[Vithur]

Nazeef Bhai,

Very good write up. It was a very nice occassion for we, Chennai fans to
meet you and interact with you. God willing, we should be able to meet more
often for concerts, wherever they are performed.




On 2/11/08, naztitude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>   To most of us-The Private concert concept was a mystery and not well
> understood, but soon we learnt it all. To put it plain, ARR and
> troop were a part of a program-that had more events to the evening,
> in contrary to an exclusive ARR live in concert-that has three hours
> and more of ARR!!
> This time-Marg, a construction firm had their celebration with ARR
> as chief guest and also as performer (With the gang obviously!).The
> show opened with an AV presentation of the company and followed by
> the Chairman of the group, Mr.Reddy who presented a momento to Boss.
> Note: Boss came in dressed with a simple white shirt and was his
> usual calm-self. The event followed by a Classical-guitar
> performance led by Mr. Prasanna and our dear Keith Peters. Honestly,
> the crowd could not wait for the man's entry-obviously, who can when
> you know he is going to be up there any moment.
> Finally, the moment arrived. The man returned to the stage-not as
> chief guest, but as performer this time-and the next two hours to
> follow, Rahman touched favorites from Roja to RDB, Guru to JA!
> Blaaze-started the show with his regular hiphop approach!
>
> It goes beyond doubts, the performance was mindblowing. This was
> ARR's first concert of the year and he said he was lucky to perform
> in his hometown. The stage was set. Three levels of the stage was
> made to make the show interesting. Every song was perfect,
> unmatchable quality-after all there is a lot of hardwork that gets
> behind an ARR concert.
>
> The performance lasted for around two hours-and breakless. The list
> of singers included Hariharan, Chitra, Blaaze, Chinmayee, Naresh,
> Benny, Neeti Mohan, Tanvi, Sayanora, Aslam, Dr.Narayan, Raihana AR,
> Ishrath AR –musicians-all of them Super percussionist Sivamani to
> Bass king Keith.The entire show was conducted by Mr.Srinivas Murthy
> and to lead them all was none other than our humble, god fearing
> magician musician-AR!!!
>
> The show kickstarted with Jaage hain from Guru-Chitraji took one
> corner and her sweet voice opened the concert, and as the
> orchestration became grander the voice that I call "Chocolate
> Souffle" voice, as quoted by the Hindu-Bangalore came in-Wearing a
> black to the knee overcoat and continued Jaage hain.
>
> The list of songs are as follows:
>
> Jaage hain (Chitra, ARR)
> Khalbali ( ARR)
> ARR speaks
> Kadhal Rojave (Hari/Chinmayee)
> Barso Re (Neeti Mohan)
> Paatshala (Blaaze/Naresh/Aslam)
> Monroe (Benny/Ujjaynee)
> Rubaroo (ARR/Naresh)
> Dil se (ARR)
> Jashne Bahara (Aslam)
> Maduraikepogathadee (Benny/Chinmayee)
> Azeem O shaan plus Rukkumani plus Veerapandi (Percussion and Chorus)
> Intro to musicians, setup of unplugged
> Tamizha Tamizha (Hariharan)
> Hari speaks
> Unplugged
> Tu hi re (Hari)
> Anjali Anjali (chitra)
> Sahana (chinmayee/Aslam)
>
> Vennilavae (Hari/chinmayee)
> Maiyya Maiyya (Neeti/Aslam)
> Kehna hi kya (Chitra/ARR)
> Tere bina (ARR/Chinmayee)
> The boss (blaze/aslam/naresh/Dr Narayan)
> Vaaji Vaaji (Hari/chinmayee)
> Athiradee (ARR/sayanora/Aslam/Naresh/Chorus)
> Humma Humma (Blaaze/ARR/Naresh)
> Maa tujhe salaam (ARR/All)
>
> The following songs were a part of the schedule, but was kept from
> performing for unknown reasons:
>
> Ellampughazhum (ARR)
> Saregame (Blaaze/Tanvi/Naresh/Sayanora)
>
> Athiradee rocked as usual.Needless to say!! Rahman was super
> energized for Khalbali.Dil se re was touching. Chinmayee surely won
> hearts with her singing and I personally loved Vennilavae.
> The highlight, as in the Delhi concert was again-The medley Marhabaa
> plus rukkumani plus veerapandi kottayile.What a show!! This can only
> be felt-no matter how much I can write here, those there would agree
> with me on this. The energy of this performance-I'm amazed. This
> time an ensemble of drums was lead by kids. Excited they were-and
> honored-they shared the stage with ARR!
> The unplugged was a rare one.Rahman took to his keyboard, initially
> there was some technical snag-but was well covered by the
> technicians and some timely smartness by Hariharan-who took to
> interact with the crowd.He asked the crowd to sing along and gave
> them a time to remember.
> I got a hundred msg's asking me who sang Maiyya Maiyya. Neeti Mohan
> from Delhi was the performer here-but not to forget the ease with
> which Aslam Bhai plays the gujurati with his Walidaaa-brilliant.
> Needless to say-Aslam Bhai is a hero-among his pals and fans.He sang
> Jashne Baharaa.Beautiful, infact I'm in loss of descriptions. Really
> well performed.
> Tere Bina –a personal favorite.The song of the year.AR's voice just
> reaches your heart and what better than to hear chinmayee play with
> her voice too.
> The boss was a crowd fa

Re: [arr] I've the audio(recorded) of yday's concert almost fully..

[Vithur]

Rakesh

You post the MP3s.. we will reduce the noises using Goldwave or any other
software ..


On 2/10/08, rakesharr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>   Hey guys the live life concert was an awesome experience inspite of
> poor audience reactions(except for Rahmaniacs)..
> I recorded the whole concert on my mp3 player.. The sound clarity is
> horrible due to too much noises..
> Does anyone know how to remove unwanted sound n make the clarity
> better?
> Help me out pls..
>
> 
>



-- 
regards,
Vithur

A.R.RAHMAN -  MY BREATH & LIFE FORCE

Re: [arr] BLAZEE Experiences with ARR - Part II

[Sathya Sundaram]

Dear Vithur,

Thanks for the mail.


- Original Message 
From: Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 11:52:21 AM
Subject: [arr] BLAZEE Experiences with ARR - Part II

Dear Rahmaniacs, 
 
Continuation to my previous mail on Blazee Experiences with ARR, This is PART 
II 
 
Q :- After the song New , which of the songs have you sung for Rahman ?
 
Rahman asked me if I could write lyrics for some song, if not be able to rap up 
for the same. I tried and came out Warriors of Heaven. Words like ' Silence 
that always remains the same. I see my mother in mothers'e eys".  In that song, 
you will be able to relate yourself to whom you are thinking in that song. If 
you think abt somebody who has passed away , you will be able to relate in that 
song. Rahman gave me the script of the film " Warriors of Heaven". I saw the 
first and the last page. I closed my eyes and started to pray. I really prayed 
, and then said that whatever meant to happen will happen. I wrote it and 
showed it to RAHMAN . He told Exact. This happened in January, and in July my 
father passed away in Zambia. I took my CDs to Zambia. I played the song from 
WOHE  after the funeral for the spirits to hear it . My sister and everybody 
would say that the lyrics was exact for the situation. Silence is always that 
remains the same. Warriors in
 Peace. My father was a warrior during the course of his life always. It all 
became the way you interpreted it to be. Many started asking me " When did you 
do this for this function ?". I told them that it was done for a film. Till 
now, its only the prayer which got me the lyrics for that . It just fits 
anybody with the situation. 
 
Subhash Ghai 's Kisna "- My wish comes true song. 
Pray for me brother  ( Raihana's ringtone ) 
 
Rahman told me that it was a project for the UN against poverty. It is the 
biggest reason for everything. It shouldnt preach like saying ' Do this Do 
that", because if you preach people will switch it off. we worked a lot of time 
for that song. Everytime, we sat to write, it was something else. The thoughts 
was so deep, such that it was to be simplified. Rahman wanted it to be like a 
LOVE Song. When you hear it it should be like a Love Song, and yet you are 
talking abt Poverty and all these issues. Thats when people will love to hear 
it, because people love to hear to Love Songs. The Title is " Pray for Me 
Brother " and you decide on how it has to flow through. 
 
I told him that I would like to put this RAP section somewhere. He saw the 
whole thing, and said it works fine. 
 
Oru Koodai Sunlight Lyrics in English was written by me. Could I be the 
Sunlight ?. could I be the moonlight ?. Rahman told me I should write similar 
to colours. I was thinking how to write , as black & white ar rascist and How 
to write ??. Then somehow using sun and moon as connection I used the words " 
oru Koodai sunlight ; oru koodai moonlight " and came out fine . 
 
I have never met Rajnikanth till date. Everytime I think about it, I feel there 
is a reson behind it. May be after meeting him, he may feel " is this guy 
singing for me??". 
 
Q :- How did you become a real performer ?
 
1983 - I learnt Break Dancing. after 1985, I continued with Break Dancing with 
MJ numbers. I felt that it was a cool thing to do. Stage fear goes off when you 
put the kids in the stage early. There were 1,00,000 people in Kolkata Concert. 
The Biggest. You have to run here and there on concerts. You have to make 
maximum use of it . 
 
Q :- do you maintain your voice ?. Do you do anything special for that ?. 
 
Initially, I used to pretend. I never used to care about it. I used to feel 
that the more you spoil it, the more deeper it becomes. Then after Trivandrum 
concert, i started practising nothing cold; No Ice Creams ; Warm Water 
gargling. 
 
Q :- How much does your wife enjoy Rapping ?
 
She always supported me. Even during the times, when Rahman didnt call me, I 
used to do rapping, not for any particular reason. And she has been with me, 
and supporting my raps all that time. for me, listening to other rappers is a 
stress release. Its a superb therapy. 
I met her in Bombay and we got married. even my daugther liking my rap and she 
raps. She knows all my stuff. 
 
Q :- How will you evaluate Rahman as a music director ?/
 
As a Music Director, he is phenomenal, magical. and as a Human being, he is 
GOD's BLESSING, to me particularly. from music point of view, when I walked 
into the studio, he is the only man who respects and says " You have come ; you 
are free to do whatever you want. This is the basic concept. You give me 
whatever you want and feel". At so many instances, he will give me the freedom 
to do whatever I want. finally he will come back , he will make it all working 
, pick what is right ; what is wrong and will make it work for everybody. But 
nobody understands that properly. Its only Rahman who takes the extra effort to

Re: [arr] hello

[Vithur]

Hi

ARR next movie in Tamil is Chakkarakatti and in Hindi is JYTN




On 2/11/08, maheshtrilok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>   hlo im a big ar rahman fan since my childhood. wat is rehman next movie
> ---mahesh
>
> 
>



-- 
regards,
Vithur

A.R.RAHMAN -  MY BREATH & LIFE FORCE

Re: [arr] Chennai concert-from my eyes and heart!

[Shivakumar V A]

Bhai Nazeef,


Missed it but no regrets now... felt the whole concert in ur write up..

Share pix if u have any?? + Our Chennai Gang..

dude,, u just Rock..







On Feb 11, 2008 1:54 PM, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Nazeef Bhai,
>
> Very good write up. It was a very nice occassion for we, Chennai fans to
> meet you and interact with you. God willing, we should be able to meet more
> often for concerts, wherever they are performed.
>
>
>
>
> On 2/11/08, naztitude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >   To most of us-The Private concert concept was a mystery and not well
> > understood, but soon we learnt it all. To put it plain, ARR and
> > troop were a part of a program-that had more events to the evening,
> > in contrary to an exclusive ARR live in concert-that has three hours
> > and more of ARR!!
> > This time-Marg, a construction firm had their celebration with ARR
> > as chief guest and also as performer (With the gang obviously!).The
> > show opened with an AV presentation of the company and followed by
> > the Chairman of the group, Mr.Reddy who presented a momento to Boss.
> > Note: Boss came in dressed with a simple white shirt and was his
> > usual calm-self. The event followed by a Classical-guitar
> > performance led by Mr. Prasanna and our dear Keith Peters. Honestly,
> > the crowd could not wait for the man's entry-obviously, who can when
> > you know he is going to be up there any moment.
> > Finally, the moment arrived. The man returned to the stage-not as
> > chief guest, but as performer this time-and the next two hours to
> > follow, Rahman touched favorites from Roja to RDB, Guru to JA!
> > Blaaze-started the show with his regular hiphop approach!
> >
> > It goes beyond doubts, the performance was mindblowing. This was
> > ARR's first concert of the year and he said he was lucky to perform
> > in his hometown. The stage was set. Three levels of the stage was
> > made to make the show interesting. Every song was perfect,
> > unmatchable quality-after all there is a lot of hardwork that gets
> > behind an ARR concert.
> >
> > The performance lasted for around two hours-and breakless. The list
> > of singers included Hariharan, Chitra, Blaaze, Chinmayee, Naresh,
> > Benny, Neeti Mohan, Tanvi, Sayanora, Aslam, Dr.Narayan, Raihana AR,
> > Ishrath AR –musicians-all of them Super percussionist Sivamani to
> > Bass king Keith.The entire show was conducted by Mr.Srinivas Murthy
> > and to lead them all was none other than our humble, god fearing
> > magician musician-AR!!!
> >
> > The show kickstarted with Jaage hain from Guru-Chitraji took one
> > corner and her sweet voice opened the concert, and as the
> > orchestration became grander the voice that I call "Chocolate
> > Souffle" voice, as quoted by the Hindu-Bangalore came in-Wearing a
> > black to the knee overcoat and continued Jaage hain.
> >
> > The list of songs are as follows:
> >
> > Jaage hain (Chitra, ARR)
> > Khalbali ( ARR)
> > ARR speaks
> > Kadhal Rojave (Hari/Chinmayee)
> > Barso Re (Neeti Mohan)
> > Paatshala (Blaaze/Naresh/Aslam)
> > Monroe (Benny/Ujjaynee)
> > Rubaroo (ARR/Naresh)
> > Dil se (ARR)
> > Jashne Bahara (Aslam)
> > Maduraikepogathadee (Benny/Chinmayee)
> > Azeem O shaan plus Rukkumani plus Veerapandi (Percussion and Chorus)
> > Intro to musicians, setup of unplugged
> > Tamizha Tamizha (Hariharan)
> > Hari speaks
> > Unplugged
> > Tu hi re (Hari)
> > Anjali Anjali (chitra)
> > Sahana (chinmayee/Aslam)
> >
> > Vennilavae (Hari/chinmayee)
> > Maiyya Maiyya (Neeti/Aslam)
> > Kehna hi kya (Chitra/ARR)
> > Tere bina (ARR/Chinmayee)
> > The boss (blaze/aslam/naresh/Dr Narayan)
> > Vaaji Vaaji (Hari/chinmayee)
> > Athiradee (ARR/sayanora/Aslam/Naresh/Chorus)
> > Humma Humma (Blaaze/ARR/Naresh)
> > Maa tujhe salaam (ARR/All)
> >
> > The following songs were a part of the schedule, but was kept from
> > performing for unknown reasons:
> >
> > Ellampughazhum (ARR)
> > Saregame (Blaaze/Tanvi/Naresh/Sayanora)
> >
> > Athiradee rocked as usual.Needless to say!! Rahman was super
> > energized for Khalbali.Dil se re was touching. Chinmayee surely won
> > hearts with her singing and I personally loved Vennilavae.
> > The highlight, as in the Delhi concert was again-The medley Marhabaa
> > plus rukkumani plus veerapandi kottayile.What a show!! This can only
> > be felt-no matter how much I can write here, those there would agree
> > with me on this. The energy of this performance-I'm amazed. This
> > time an ensemble of drums was lead by kids. Excited they were-and
> > honored-they shared the stage with ARR!
> > The unplugged was a rare one.Rahman took to his keyboard, initially
> > there was some technical snag-but was well covered by the
> > technicians and some timely smartness by Hariharan-who took to
> > interact with the crowd.He asked the crowd to sing along and gave
> > them a time to remember.
> > I got a hundred msg's asking me who sang Maiyya Maiyya. Neeti Mohan
> > from Delhi was the performer here-but not t

[arr] kuchipudi for ARR's vandemataram

[arr_raghu]

Does anybody know about this??
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9uRIJ0wcAjY&feature=related

Raghu

[arr] Re: Jodhaa-Akbar: God save the Queen (and King)

[Chord]

I don't know what Gowarikar and his team are thinking, but they seem 
pretty confident about their product.  If the movie fails, lots of "I 
told you so" remarks will be heard about how JA wasn't promoted well, 
etc.  The only way this movie is going to be a hit after the first 
week is if the narrative and plot are gripping from start to finish.


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> *http://passionforcinema.com/jodhaa-akbar-god-save-the-queen-and-
king/*
> **
> *A PLEA TO THE MAKERS OF JODHAA-AKBAR*
> 
> I feel like pulling my hair out. UTV Motion pictures and Ashutosh 
Gowariker-
> what is wrong with you guys?
> 
> It's less than a week for the release of what is the biggest magnum 
opus
> this year and what should be the most awaited film to hit the 
screen in a
> long time, and yet, strangely- though not very surprisingly- there 
barely
> seems to be any buzz at all. Other than, of course the usual yawn-
inducing
> controversies that almost always seem to hound historical films 
made in
> India, any real excitement over the film really escapes even a 
hardcore
> Gowariker fan like me.
> 
> Can't the producers see the writing on the bloody wall? Just making 
a good
> film simply doesn't suffice- you have to first get bums on seats- 
period.
> And I don't see the makers of *Jodhaa-Akbar *doing enough to ensure 
that the
> theatres remain housefull atleast through the first weekend.
> 
> Today is the time of *ghor kalyug* at the box office, of aggressive
> hardsell, of driving people nuts with your publicity drive to the 
extent
> that they sing *Dard-e-Disco *(*or Saawariya*) in their sleep. To 
hell with
> the ridiculous theory that says that 'a good film always works'- it 
doesn't
> take a rocket scientist to know that is just politically correct 
crap.
> 
> I can bet that atleast half of the people who watched *Heyy Babyy* 
or *Om
> Shanti Om* did not even like them- and that atleast 25 percent 
regret having
> ever seen them, feeling embarrassed and wincing at the very thought 
that
> they are the reason why Farah Khan and Sajid Khan can continue to 
boast
> revoltingly about their cinematic achievements and why we are 
poorer than a
> few hundred rupees.
> 
> *Jodhaa-Akbar*'s publicity campaign has been nothing short of a 
mess- the
> completion of production and date of release getting delayed so 
many times
> have considerably quietened the hype surrounding the film. To make 
matters
> worse, we have a drab and poorly cut first promo, and then the 
music comes
> into stores barely a month before the release.
> 
> Gowariker's style of filmmaking is sublime, gentle- almost flowing 
with the
> serenity of a river- and that aspect is also reflected in the music 
of his
> films. That is the reason why the music of both *Swades* and 
*Jodhaa-Akbar*,
> while both magnificently created by AR Rahman did not ever really 
catch on,
> with the exception of a few tracks (*Aahista Aahista*, that 
beautiful
> lullaby deleted from *Swades* today lies almost tragically removed 
from
> public memory).
> 
> So there you go- like it or not- the music is hardly going to 
contribute to
> an opening- in sharp contrast to *Hare Krishna Hare Ram* single 
handedly
> getting *Bhool Bhulaiyaa* that massive initial- though giving the 
music time
> to settle and sink into the audience could have helped (Rahman's 
music often
> takes a while to warm up to, and repeated hearing to fully 
appreciate).
> However, Gowariker and Rahman create exquisite music together, and 
it can't
> really be helped that it doesn't cater to the *dhinchak* massy 
music tastes
> of the audience 
.
> 
> 
> What *can* still be helped is improving the quality and increasing 
the
> quantity of the promos and other publicity. Get Hrithik and 
Aishwarya to get
> their traps open and give non-stop interviews. Get the stars on the 
news,
> reality shows, get promotional tie-ups, scream from rooftops- do 
whatever it
> takes to ensure that school children may forget the dates of their 
board
> exams but not that of the film's release.
> 
> The bottomlime is- this kind of 'graceful, dignified' publicity 
will not
> help. To hell with grace- get your pants down and your hands dirty 
guys. The
> composed tranquility of a film does not have to be echoed in it's 
publicity.
> 
> 
> -- 
> regards,
> Vithur
> 
> A.R.RAHMAN -  MY BREATH & LIFE FORCE
>

Re: [arr] PFMB - Recieved

[Madhavan.R]

Gopal,

I got my 10th copy of PFMB. 

Thanks for all your help.

Madhavan.R

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
>
> Sorry about the error. Will check and respond.
> 
> - Original Message 
> > From: Madhavan.R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2008 6:39:59 AM
> > Subject: Re: [arr] PFMB - Recieved
> > 
> > Dear
> > 
> Gopal
> > 
> /
> > 
> Vijay,
> > 
> > Coloring
> > 
> book
> > 
> is
> > 
> awesome.
> > 
> Actually,
> > 
> I
> > 
> ordered
> > 
> 10
> > 
> books
> > 
> and
> > 
> received 
> > only
> > 
> 9.
> > 
> I'm
> > 
> in
> > 
> US
> > 
> and
> > 
> my
> > 
> parents
> > 
> received
> > 
> it
> > 
> in
> > 
> Chennai.
> > 
> They
> > 
> checked 
> > with
> > 
> the
> > 
> local
> > 
> post
> > 
> office
> > 
> too.
> > 
> Could
> > 
> you
> > 
> please
> > 
> check?
> > 
> If
> > 
> it's
> > 
> lost 
> > in
> > 
> transit,
> > 
> then
> > 
> I
> > 
> guess
> > 
> we
> > 
> don't
> > 
> have
> > 
> any
> > 
> option!
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> and
> > 
> appreciate
> > 
> your
> > 
> efforts,
> > Maddy.
> > PS:
> > 
> Sorry,
> > 
> I
> > 
> don't
> > 
> have
> > 
> your
> > 
> personal
> > 
> email
> > 
> ID's
> > 
> and
> > 
> hence
> > 
> posting
> > 
> it 
> > here.
> > 
> Also,
> > 
> I
> > 
> have
> > 
> problems
> > 
> replying
> > 
> through
> > 
> ebay!
> > 
> > ---
> > 
> In
> > 
> arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com,
> > 
> vijay.mohan.iyer@
> > 
> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > 
> Congrats.
> > 
> seems
> > 
> u
> > 
> r
> > 
> the
> > 
> first.
> > > 
> > >
> > 
> 
> > 
> Reply
> > 
> Header
> > 
> 
> > >
> > 
> Subject:   
> > 
> [arr]
> > 
> PFMB
> > 
> -
> > 
> Recieved
> > >
> > 
> Author:   
> > 
> "Vithur"
> > 
> 
> > >
> > 
> Date:   
> > 
>
> > 
> 01st
> > 
> February
> > 
> 2008
> > 
> 07:11
> > > 
> > >
> > 
> Dear
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[arr] Re: I Finally Saw Him Live !!!!

[Mathan]

Me too... Rahul, 

I had few chances to see Arr ot public places for few times. But 
this is my first time to enjoy him in a Live concert. 

I really wants to thanks all of our groups members you were there on 
that time. Even I don't know the name of many of them other than 
Vithur, Venkat and John. When we started shouting during the concert 
I felt I mingled with them. That was awesome experience in my life 
for ever. 

Thanks a millions for you guys.
- Mathan Raj A


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "rahuldavidbeckham" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi Guys !
> 
> Feb 9th 2008 was the happiest day of my life, coz thats the day 
wen 
> i saw Rahman saab Live for the first time.
> Even though it was termed as a Private Concert still i think there 
> wer around 10 - 15 thousands
> And sadly most of them, actually majority of them were really dull.
> Just sitting in their seats and eatin rather than singing along.
> For A RahManiac like me this dream of seeing my GURU live wudn't 
hav 
> been possible without the help of the group.
> Been hearing him since 1992, been loving him since 1998 and now 
> finally was able to see him on Feb 9th 2008, i hope sumday i will 
b 
> able to actually meet him!!!
> 
> THnks a Billion, Vithur , Pavan , John , Narayan, Krishnan, 
Anish , 
> Kalyan for makin this 10 yr old dream of mine come true.
> I am really sorry for not knowing the names of the other guys who 
> were present there.
> 
> Thnks , Thnks and Thnks Again.
> 
> And from now onwards i solemnly pledge my devotion to the group 
and 
> their activities.
> 
> Rahul.
>

[arr] Marhaba - Al Risalah

[ruasma]

Dear Rahamaniacs!!!
i have been a silent member for a verrry long time and have enjoyed ur
analysis and discussions and fights and all that...the reason i didnt
really participate is that i felt a little out of place - i am much
older than most of u, i think - i am two years older than Rahman - and
also becos i think Rahman's music lives by itself - i have been hooked
on the Boss's music now since the Roja days and i think he is only
getting better and better and his singing is truly to die for!

what prompted me to write is simply that u guys are ignoring a gem of
a composition by the Boss - Marhaba from Al Risalah (am not too sure
of the title)
Rahman's rendition of this number is truly awe inspiring - his passion
drenched voice catches in ur throat and we feel what the boss is
feeling - fantastic singing and what a melody...

plz do listen to this comment...

Re: [arr] Chennai concert-from my eyes and heart!

[durba bhattacharjee]

It was a wonderful write up. I think you also posted a write-up on Delhi 
concertright? If so, then I must say that it's always pleasure to read your 
detailed narration of the concert. Thank you very much.
   
  naztitude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
  To most of us-The Private concert concept was a mystery and not well 
understood, but soon we learnt it all. To put it plain, ARR and 
troop were a part of a program-that had more events to the evening, 
in contrary to an exclusive ARR live in concert-that has three hours 
and more of ARR!!
This time-Marg, a construction firm had their celebration with ARR 
as chief guest and also as performer (With the gang obviously!).The 
show opened with an AV presentation of the company and followed by 
the Chairman of the group, Mr.Reddy who presented a momento to Boss. 
Note: Boss came in dressed with a simple white shirt and was his 
usual calm-self. The event followed by a Classical-guitar 
performance led by Mr. Prasanna and our dear Keith Peters. Honestly, 
the crowd could not wait for the man's entry-obviously, who can when 
you know he is going to be up there any moment.
Finally, the moment arrived. The man returned to the stage-not as 
chief guest, but as performer this time-and the next two hours to 
follow, Rahman touched favorites from Roja to RDB, Guru to JA! 
Blaaze-started the show with his regular hiphop approach!

It goes beyond doubts, the performance was mindblowing. This was 
ARR's first concert of the year and he said he was lucky to perform 
in his hometown. The stage was set. Three levels of the stage was 
made to make the show interesting. Every song was perfect, 
unmatchable quality-after all there is a lot of hardwork that gets 
behind an ARR concert.

The performance lasted for around two hours-and breakless. The list 
of singers included Hariharan, Chitra, Blaaze, Chinmayee, Naresh, 
Benny, Neeti Mohan, Tanvi, Sayanora, Aslam, Dr.Narayan, Raihana AR, 
Ishrath AR –musicians-all of them Super percussionist Sivamani to 
Bass king Keith.The entire show was conducted by Mr.Srinivas Murthy 
and to lead them all was none other than our humble, god fearing 
magician musician-AR!!!

The show kickstarted with Jaage hain from Guru-Chitraji took one 
corner and her sweet voice opened the concert, and as the 
orchestration became grander the voice that I call "Chocolate 
Souffle" voice, as quoted by the Hindu-Bangalore came in-Wearing a 
black to the knee overcoat and continued Jaage hain.

The list of songs are as follows:

Jaage hain (Chitra, ARR)
Khalbali ( ARR)
ARR speaks
Kadhal Rojave (Hari/Chinmayee)
Barso Re (Neeti Mohan)
Paatshala (Blaaze/Naresh/Aslam)
Monroe (Benny/Ujjaynee)
Rubaroo (ARR/Naresh)
Dil se (ARR)
Jashne Bahara (Aslam)
Maduraikepogathadee (Benny/Chinmayee)
Azeem O shaan plus Rukkumani plus Veerapandi (Percussion and Chorus)
Intro to musicians, setup of unplugged
Tamizha Tamizha (Hariharan)
Hari speaks
Unplugged
Tu hi re (Hari)
Anjali Anjali (chitra)
Sahana (chinmayee/Aslam)

Vennilavae (Hari/chinmayee)
Maiyya Maiyya (Neeti/Aslam)
Kehna hi kya (Chitra/ARR)
Tere bina (ARR/Chinmayee)
The boss (blaze/aslam/naresh/Dr Narayan)
Vaaji Vaaji (Hari/chinmayee)
Athiradee (ARR/sayanora/Aslam/Naresh/Chorus)
Humma Humma (Blaaze/ARR/Naresh)
Maa tujhe salaam (ARR/All)

The following songs were a part of the schedule, but was kept from 
performing for unknown reasons:

Ellampughazhum (ARR)
Saregame (Blaaze/Tanvi/Naresh/Sayanora)

Athiradee rocked as usual.Needless to say!! Rahman was super 
energized for Khalbali.Dil se re was touching. Chinmayee surely won 
hearts with her singing and I personally loved Vennilavae.
The highlight, as in the Delhi concert was again-The medley Marhabaa 
plus rukkumani plus veerapandi kottayile.What a show!! This can only 
be felt-no matter how much I can write here, those there would agree 
with me on this. The energy of this performance-I'm amazed. This 
time an ensemble of drums was lead by kids. Excited they were-and 
honored-they shared the stage with ARR!
The unplugged was a rare one.Rahman took to his keyboard, initially 
there was some technical snag-but was well covered by the 
technicians and some timely smartness by Hariharan-who took to 
interact with the crowd.He asked the crowd to sing along and gave 
them a time to remember.
I got a hundred msg's asking me who sang Maiyya Maiyya. Neeti Mohan 
from Delhi was the performer here-but not to forget the ease with 
which Aslam Bhai plays the gujurati with his Walidaaa-brilliant.
Needless to say-Aslam Bhai is a hero-among his pals and fans.He sang 
Jashne Baharaa.Beautiful, infact I'm in loss of descriptions. Really 
well performed.
Tere Bina –a personal favorite.The song of the year.AR's voice just 
reaches your heart and what better than to hear chinmayee play with 
her voice too.
The boss was a crowd favorite.Blaaze stole the show there quite 
easily.
Honestly, the crowd was a huge disappointment. Primarily because the 
show was an invitation based one