hey! thanx a ton for sharing.. i could visualize what u said... cant wait to see the award function
On 8/5/07, balajirajagopal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > All - I had the privilege of attending the South Filmfare awards held > on Saturday, 4th August at Hyderabad. Imagine my pleasure when I > found that I was in the same row as ARR - the only difference being I > was in what was called the "Silver class" while ARR was in the "Gold > class" and there was a sort of a barricade between the two classes. > Nevertheless, I had a clear glimpse of him. He was in a black suit > and accompanied by his wife. Actor Vijay was throughout sitting next > to him and in fact, was the one to hand over the best Tamil MD award > to ARR. A couple of ARR related stuff during the awards :- > > a) When Shreya Ghoshal won the award for Munbe va, the compere asked > her to sing a couple of lines. You should see her feeling very > nervous and more than once telling on the mike - ARR Sir, I am trying > to sing the song. She then hummed a couple of lines - brilliantly > done, I must say!. No wonder when the giant screen panned to ARR, he > was giving a smile and gently clapping appreciatively once Shreya > finished her two line singing! > > b) One of the biggest cheers during the evening (of course, the > biggest cheer was reserved for Chiranjeevi) was when Vijay announed > ARR's name for the award. ARR, surprisingly, made a small speech in > tamil thanking both Krishna (Director SOK) and KS Ravikumar (Director > Varalaaru) for the award, saying the tunes were selected by them). > Considering the venue was Hyderabad, I thought ARR would make his > speech in Tamil. > > c) When Devisri Prasad got the award for the best MD in Telugu for > Bommirulu, in his thankyou speech, he made mention of all > the "Jambavans" like SPB, Yesudas, Susheela etc and finally rounded > off by screaming "not to forget the Isaipuyal AR Rahman"!! > > d) Adhiradee of Sivaji was one of the songs which was danced > to....but must confess it was not a patch on the original > choreographed song! > > e) ARR was throughout were calm, composed and with Vijay (were they > discussing something about ATM???). Very dignified was the word that > comes to be immediately. > > f) When ARR went to collect his award, the song that was played on > the big screen was New York Nagaram and I must say, with the lovely > sound effects, the song was sounding even more brilliant! However, > actor Vijay while announcing the award was so morose that one felt he > was doing an unwilling chore rather than announcing a popular award. > > The awards will be telecast on Suntv. Not sure when though! My take > on the awards - it was boring, utterly unprofessional and not a patch > on the regular FF awards (however, if one considers how ARR's live > rendering during the regular awards was botched up, I guess the South > awards were par for the ocassion!!) > > Cheers! > Balaji > > >
