It was your spirit that stands above all Rajib. Kudos.. Good write up.. Thanks & Regards, Rakesh.
On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 10:43 PM, A.R.Rajib <[email protected]> wrote: > > > My comments on A.R.Rahman's Jai ho concert @SaltLake > Stadium,Kolkata,India > > 14th November,2009 > > > > I did my Passport ,visa just to attend this concert (Let's not say how much > struggle i had to doto get my passport & visa done,just to make dis writing > shorter) > > I dint had any passport . .as i never went outside Bangladesh,no Place ever > attracted me that much to visit it(even inside BD) ,may be i was waiting for > something special like this one. So,here I am. . .new country,new city, > Outside of motherland for the first time. . .just to see Mr. Allaha Rakha > Rahman for the first time.Luckily language and the huge number of relatives > was a plus point here,otherwise it would have been impossible for me to > attend dis Concert. > > Ok,let's start da main part of this writing,which is describing the whole > Concert in MY WAY. . .at first the cheking wasnt enough,there was no metal > detector or anything like that,no one even hand searched anyone,which was > very risky in my view,thankfully therz no mishap :-) > > I hated the starting portion of some organaizer ppl's speech, expected > Sourav Ganguly to be there,but later thanked him not to be there as that > saved our precious time > > @6:45pm . . ARR came up on stage with a lift singing . . Jaage hain. . .i > found it too repetitive . . Saw this kinda entry with this perticuler song > in many of his concerts . . .there are huge number of masterpieces to > replace this one. . .but his performance rocked in it !! > > Then . . .khalbali . . Same with it. . .repetative but performance rocked. > . Audience just gone crazy after this > > *Singing tamil songs in West bangla was a BIG MISTAKE* , it was like a > foreign film without subtitle to atleast 95 % of them present there,i loved > Atthiradi . . As i was a huge fan of dis powerpacked song,but west bangla > Audience couldnt just relate to it,only i was shouting the song from the > crowd,and i could see ppl were in a shock,they never heard of this and > allmost all tamil tracks (that is what i felt being there,and being a > bengali. . .forgive me if therz any exception). . .when i was singing all > tamil songs,ppl around me was looking at me weirdly,may b wondering how this > long haired boy can sing in this weird language,as they heard me talking in > bangla as well [?] . . . A Big thanks from my side to arr for performing > tamil tracks in kolkata. . .but mass people dint like it. > > Hariharan's Nahin samne stole hearts of Classical lovers of west bangla,saw > one old guy beside me enjoyin it fully. .. . I dnt need to comment on > Hariharan's performance at concerts. . .he is always perfect. > > Delhi6 title track and then jiya se jiya made the mass crowd cheer up after > nahin samne. . .but there was some mistakes in both these tracks,happens in > a live performance . . Nevamind. > > Then lady lush came with killer dancing performance with Liquid dance . . > Audience (including me) were in shock to see this kinda dance in a ARR > concert,it was just WOW . . > > Then the Bangla track "Ekla cholo" . . I knew it will b played here. . > .thought Nachiketa ,the main singer of the Bangla part of dis song would b > there,ppl would just love it. . He is da ARR of west bangla. . .but Javed > ali was more than perfect in accent and singing both sonu & nachiketa's > part. . One of the most loved track of dis concert > > Sadhna ji started with Kehna hi kya . . I was very happy. .. . The dancers > behind set da environment there,then sadhna ji's singing . . Awesome stuff. > . .but ARR's performance in those "sa re ga ma" part was bad . . He forgot > it totally, and managed to complete it being totally away from the original > part, i dint like it,i am a huge fan of dat part of dis song. . .then it was > again sadhna ji with jiya jale. . Her performance rocked . .and it's one of > da most populer track of ARR in both Bangla. . So u can imagine the > exitement. > > I also didnt like Arr's Fiqrana performance,and the music was nowhere close > to the original. . .arr forgot the lyrics in someplace,sang out of tune in > someplace. . .I think it was perfect @ reharsel,as far as i can remember. . > Dnt knw how they messed up with it the next day. . .the sound system was > also at it's best at reharsel . . .bt @ the concert. . .there was indeed > some problems [?][?][?] > Sometimes there was some bad sounds,and in one place arr's singing was not > audible at all . . > > But his Dil se just rocked. . . He was @ top of dat lift. . .the look was > awesome. . .i would have loved if he had sung the tamil version of it, but > mass audience wont. . . > > Then again Lady Lush back with another powerpacked dancing and rapping on > Konjum nilavu. . .with neeti muhan. . .but alas most of the audience never > heard of the tamil version. . .so they couldnt sing with the singers./.But > they surly heard of the hindi version . > > javed ali as usual perfect with jashne bahara > > Jaane tu with bangali's fav Usha utthup was a serious surprise to mass . > Audience responded well to usha ji very well .. . And sung with her . . .ARR > joined at da last portion. .. Later Usha ji made us sing. ."jaane tu ya > jaane na" . ."maane tu maane tu ya maane na" . .but the respond wasnt that > loud . Then ARR said,it's too low for them,can we try a higher note? Then we > all sung in a higher note,the respond this time was deafing. . . .i could > see ppl at 100,200 & 500rs stand lit newspapers with fire just to make an > awesome look at da stadium . > > Asad ji on Sitar rocked with mausam & escape,while Arr was in piano,but do > anyone know what they played @starting ? Reply on dis please [?] > > Then da unplugged session with Hariharan,Rashid ali...Chk the videos i > uploaded ...awesome singing... > > Rehna tu - A.R.Rahman...I thought it will b a killer performance ..but alas > ...ARR forgot the lyrics in many places ...sung besura somewhere...and the > worst was @ the fingerborard part...it was going nowhere ...dont know what > was the prob [?] > > Hariharan & ARR played " Sa re ga ma" game with audience ...audience > responded well..superb stuff > > With Aye hairathe ....Hariharan rocked the show ...one of the song ppl > loved ...and sung in chorus with Hariharan > > Then my most fav performance of the concert ...Chaiya Chaiya Rap version - > Started with Rehana...then Lady Lush's Killer Rap & Dance...WOW ..Is it > possible to get a studio version of this song ??? > > Then it was Taxi Taxi By Benny , Blazee,Viviane...Being a powerpacked song > ...this dint affect audience at all...as it was unheard by most of them > ..and tamil is the weirdest language according to bangali ppl..but > performance was great ..with a few sound related problems > > Audience just loved Maiya Maiya by Neeti Muhan ...U know why [?] > > Then they played Bombay theme .... I think It wasnt played live , i might b > wrong , correct me !!! ...i can see almost noone at the stage that time when > it was played ..that is y m saying this ..and it was very perfect also > > With Azeem o Shan .. ARR With the drummer troups rocked ....The visuals at > the back was awesome ...some scenes from Jodha akbar > > Then the soulblasting Khawja followed by Araziyaan > > Taal Western + Ringa Ringa ( at first it was a medly...then turned into a > song) -Neeti ,Shewta > > Sivamani played with audience with Drums ...Audince just Loved that..and > responded very well with clapping with his beats > > ARR sung Humma humma after that ... I Can see every single person danced on > it standing ...out of the world experience ..even some aunties danced > infront of me [?] > Then it started with Dhakka Laga where ARR sung a few lines then went on > to Pappu Cant Dance By Tanvi ,Benny etc ...overall very good performance > > Then suzzan came saying ..."Kolkataaaaaa....U want some rangeeeela ?" > ...then sung Mangta hai kya ....and then Aye bachoo > Then ARR came saying ..." so That was the last song of the concert, > Goodnight" ... Everyone stood up ...and said no no ... Then ARR said " I > Said Goodnight !! U want to stay here whole night ?? " ....Ppl said YESSSSSS > ... The he said " Ok... One more song then..." ... it started with Jai ho .. > Ended with Vande mataram > > Any comments on this is welcomed , I tried my best to b honest [?] > > > -- > - Regards > > ~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~ > > >
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