Hey Rajib Man, Good u liked the concert and you met some of your friends from this gang. Ya i think all Jai Ho concerts follow the same template. Actually thats the way it usually is for all tours of all major artists. Saves time and limits even costs in some places. They don't expect many to tour along with the band. But security looks like lax in Kolkata. No frisking and people lighting fire to newspapers!!!! I think is is a serious lapse I wonder when will we ever learn from mistakes. regards wb
To: [email protected] From: [email protected] Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:04:10 -0800 Subject: Re: [arr] My comments on Jai ho Kolkata 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 ~ ~ _________________________________________________________________ New Windows 7: Find the right PC for you. Learn more. http://windows.microsoft.com/shop
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