Hi Dinesh.. That's nice ya!... Loved the spirit of Puneits!. Can you please upload some photos or videos of the event. It is very rare to see pics/videos of "Rahmania" performing live on the net.
thanks Avinash :) --- In [email protected], "Dinesh Vaidya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When THE WANDERING SOULS invited our GURUji, A R Rahman, to attend > the programmes in Pune, this is what he replied to us in his > usual "short and meaningful" way........... > > "Good luck to the guys Hope they retain the SOUL of the music God > Bless !". > > When the Group met on 8th evening to analyse the 7'th Feb programme > as post-briefing meet, to chalk out the action plan for the 10'th Feb > sold out programme in Pune, Rahman's words were weighing heavily on > everybodys mind. We have to respect GURU's words and have to pull out > all stops to make this event a memorable one. And we delivered > > WE DID IT ! WE DID IT !! WE DID IT !!! We gave a CRACKER of a > performance on 10th in Pune !!!! We upheld RAHMAN's trust in us > > The Balgandharva Auditorium was packed to the capacity at 950PM, 10 > minutes before schedule starting time. On dot 10PM, the curtains > parted to the booming beat of the "Ooruvan Ooruvan from Muthu" as > opening melody. After brief introduction of the RAHMANIA concept and > paying homage to the late Naushad sahib and OP Naiyyar, the show > started. We gave a small sample of RAHMAN's first composition which > he had made at the young age of 7 years and the audience simply got > bowled over as NOBODY knew this information. In the first half, we > presented, > > Ghanana Ghanana Lagaan / Roja Janeman Roja > Kahin Aag Lage Taal / O Humdum Suniyo re - Saathiya > Chup ke se Saathiya / Dil se Dil se > Aye Hairathe Guru / O Yuva Yuva > Ae Ajnabi Dil se / Bombay theme Bombay > Sufi Medley ( Mubaraka / Piya Haji ali / Kehna Hi kya / Satrangi re > and many more ) > > That completed the first half. The sound system had held firm and > group was already fired up enough. The audience had already demanded > ONCE MORE for 5 songs so we were running short of time. > > In the second session, we presented following songs, > > Yun Hi Chala Chal Swades / Roo Ba Roo RDB > Tu Hi Re Bombay / Rangeela Re Rangeela > Hasti rahe tu Saathiya / Paathshala RDB > Tere Bina Guru / Shakalaka Baby Bombay dreams > And finally the audience favourite Patriotic Medley consisting of ( > Bharat Hum ko Jaan se / Des Mere Meri Jaan hai tu / Aazadi / Yeh jo > des hai tera / Maa Tujhe salaam ). > > It was a tough job to juggle the available time in this session also > due to constant ONCE MORE requests. Finally we had to leave aside few > of the best compositions including Vellai Pookkal. The audience gave > the Wandering Souls a STANDING OVATION !!! > > Unbelieveable but true, we had visitors from outside Pune. Shirish > (Shirish Musician) from Yahoo fan group had come all the way from > Hyderabad, in addition to that there were 25 registered Yahoo fan > group members who came from Mumbai just to attend the show. Plus some > special guests and people, who had worked with Rahman. We had > received encouragement via audio messages from Shankar Mahadevan, > Saumya Rao, Sadhana Sargam, Blazee, Naresh Iyer and Madhushree. We > will always remember their kind gesture. > > Thank you AR RAHMAN for your apt, and personalized message to the > group! We now know how difficult it is to compose and present your > songs. You are a genious . > Thank you GOPAL SRINIVASAN ! You are a true friend, philosopher and > guide to us .. > Thank you Vijay Iyer for your encouragement and interaction with > Amith Chandhran and for your guidance..... > Thank you to the family members of The Wandering Souls, Anmol Bhave > and his loyal soldiers ! you guys and gals ( now as my nephews and > nieces ) mean much more than friends to me........ > Thank you all our well wishers and the great audience of Pune ! You > are our support, can't do anything without you > > The programmes were sponsored by Lokasatta ( media sponsors ) and > Bank of Maharashtra who have been always supportive of efforts by > Puneites in the field of performing arts. > > There were many many many fond memories, some tense moments, some > unforgettable situations. At the end of the programme, I just > remember getting up in a trance and hugging Anmol Bhave in highly > emotionally charged atmosphere, we both had tears in our > eyes........tears of satisfaction, tears of happiness, tears of > achievement. > > It was wonderful feeling > > Thank you RAHMAN ! Thank you PUNE ! We will be back shortly.... > > Best regards > Dinesh Vaidya > The Wandering Souls, Pune >
