Monday, October 6, 2014

A R Rahman Ji's Concert- My first joy listening to Him live in concert

Hi All,

One of the most memorable moment of my life- To see Mr. A R Rahmanji perform in front of me live seated in the gallery of Nehru indoor stadium. Thanks to Viji Akka ( My sister in law) for the Tickets. The Show started by 7 PM. We were within the stadium by 5:45 PM and seated ourselves.

The Show was organised by the News7 Tamil channel where the unique thing was all the news personnel are only the Youth below 25 years of age.

It was worth the wait of  1 Hour 20 minutes.The show started by 7:10. The show commenced with the Nadaswarm and Thavil  accompanymnets. Singer Haricharan and one another started with the tamil Song- "Vanga Machan Vanga"

The Mozrat of Madras gave a stunning entry on a chariot accompanied by people who were dressed like Roman solders all in Golden color. The light effect of the show was awesome.

First Rahman started off singing OOrvasi, accompanied by Karthik. Slowly we had all singers joining the show. We had Swetha Menon sing Netru illadha matram ennadhu. Unnikrishnan perform Ennavalae adi ennavalae. A special mention about this song was made by Rahmanji in the beginning. They paid the song a tribute to the Legend, Mandelin Srinivas sir. The Violin Duos- (Ganesh/Kumaresh) Ganesh started with a wonderful aalap of the Raga and then started Unni krishnan sir and the awesome man on Flute.

Forgive me, I am poor at remembering the names. The one who played Flute, Saxs, Sitar & Veena are really worth a mention. Great Orchestra. There was only one miss I can see. I know it is the hardest thing not to miss the beat while performing Live. Kudos to the team.

The woman who sang the classical Numbers- Kannodu kanbadellam, Narumugaye, Minsara Poove received a standing Ovation. Great voice and great efforts. I really loved and enjoyed her sing.

We had awesome numbers - Sa Re Ga Me, Mukkala Mukkapulla, Aathangara Marame, Mady Mady, Konjam nilavu, A new song from the Movie 'I' are special numbers.

The show ended with a beautiful Medly performance where Rahmanji was awesome on his Keyboard.The show ended successfully with the Jai Ho where all the singers got on stage and ended the show. The show ended by 10:40 and I didnt feel Hunger. Agree with the Great versus " Sevikku Unavu illadha podhu siridhu vayitrukkum EEyappadum"

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